A MiddleWeb Blog
For most of us, teaching and using Artificial Intelligence can seem frightening. Despite any apprehension we feel, the truth remains that AI is an essential topic for our classroom this year.
AI Anxiety
Artificial Intelligence is rapidly changing many aspects of our lives including how we work, communicate, find/evaluate information, and teach. As a result, there’s been an uptick in “AI anxiety” for many educators.
AI anxiety is very real, widely documented, and refers to the uneasiness or fear that we experience as we contemplate negative outcomes and risks to ourselves and others using AI (Wang & Wang, 2022).
Despite widespread worry about Artificial Intelligence, it’s also true that – if we educate ourselves about AI’s pitfalls and potential – it can serve as a powerful tool for learning by helping provide feedback, tutoring, and personalized learning experiences.
With the opening days of school upon us, let’s explore one question on the …