In response to a growing need among their customers for clear advice on artificial intelligence, the K-12 Otus software company has appointed advisory advice that will help the company collect knowledge and comments on new AI tools and ideas.
The OTUS AI Advisory Committee includes teachers, directors, educational technology specialists and district administrators of more than 20 school districts in 11 states, representing a mixture of urban, suburban and rural communities, according to a recent press release.
He adds that the Council meets monthly to discuss the problems related to the use of AI in education and offer an overview of the OTU should take with its own AI features. The company makes a platform which combines the evaluation data of students from several sources to follow progress and clarify teaching, its website States.
Co-founded by college teachers in 2013, Otus has 200 school districts as customers, encompassing more than a million students, according to the company's website. Chris Hull, president of Otus and one of his co-founders, said that the objective of the AI ​​Advisory Council was to ensure that the characteristics of the AI ​​of the platform actually benefit schools.
“AI has an incredible potential for kindergarten education in the 12th year, but it is essential that we are doing well,” said Hull in a public statement. “Educators should have a siege at the table when it comes to shaping how AI is used in schools.
According to the press release, members of the AI ​​Advisory Council test and provide comments on the new AI features for the OTUS platform, such as asking the AI ​​to generate students' progression updates for parents or identity areas where students need additional instruction. The members of the Board of Directors also discuss their own challenges and solutions in the adoption of AI in kindergarten schools in the 12th year.
For example, a recent meeting has dealt with the subject of teachers who resist the use of AI due to the concerns about cheating, the members of the board of directors sharing solutions such as “the presentation of the relevance of AI to the real worlds, the introduction of AI tools with the guarantees approved by teachers and press statements, and strategically indicates them.
Caitlin Wlezien, a member of the AI ​​advisory council of AI, said that the tests and discussions on products have been useful in their own work as coordinator of educational technology for Wood Dale School District 7 in Illinois.
“Being part of the AI ​​Advisory Council really opened my eyes to the way AI can support teachers and students significantly,” Wlezien said in a statement. “It was great to connect with other educators, share ideas and find new creative ways to introduce technology in class.”
The training of AI advisory advice has the potential to become a trend in ED technology and other industries as the need for expertise in the field is increasing. The non-lucrative America on Tech, which offers technological education programs and labor preparation, for example, spear His own advisory advisory on AI in February.
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