What Educators Need To Know About AI: Q & A With Justin Reich

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What educators need to know about AI: Q & A with Justin Reich

The emergence of text-generative artificial intelligence tools, like ChatGPT, presents both opportunities and challenges for schools. What do teachers and leaders need to know about these tools, and what role should they play in professional learning? The Learning Professional discussed these issues with Justin Reich, a learning scientist whose work focuses on the future of learning in a networked world. Reich is director of the MIT Teaching Systems Lab, which engages teachers and leaders in collaborative learning about how to create and maintain active and student-centered learning experiences. He is the author of the books Failure to Disrupt: Why Technology Alone Can’t Transform Education and Iterate: The Secret to Innovation in Schools and the host of the TeachLab Podcast. He is also an associate professor

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Suzanne Bouffard

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Suzanne Bouffard is senior vice president of communications and publications at Learning Forward. She is the editor of The Learning Professional, Learning Forward’s flagship publication. She also contributes to the Learning Forward blog and webinars. With a background in child development, she has a passion for making research and best practices accessible to educators, policymakers, and families. She has written for many national publications including The New York Times and the Atlantic, and previously worked as a writer and researcher at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She has a Ph.D. in developmental psychology from Duke University and a B.A. from Wesleyan University. She loves working with authors to help them develop their ideas and voices for publication.