“Don’t replace tasks that make you think or make your students think. Thinking is a good thing, and we don't want to replace that. Don’t replace the human connection. This is how God made us.” –Jenny Copeland 

The thing about AI is that it may just highlight what we as human teachers CAN do. AI needs teachers. Only educators can bring certain elements to the table. We can use it to be transformational inside our classrooms. Jenny explores where AI is headed and shares predictions from Big Tech companies, from the workforce and content creation to adapting inside the education system with academic and emotional support. Through the Gartner Hype Cycle, Jenny is hopeful that AI will reach a plateau of productivity where it will be helpful rather than a distraction.  

Great teachers will never be replaced by AI, but those who refuse to learn AI may be replaced by teachers who choose to embrace this tool. Only humans can bring the connection and relationship piece.  

Every day in the classroom is YOUR day to impact and inspire through God’s power and grace working in you.  

Go do what God has called you to do!

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Resources Mentioned:

“Control -Alt- Achieve” by Eric Kurtz 

“AI For School Leaders” by Vickie F. Echols

“How to Teach AI” by Rachelle Dene Poth

“Storytelling with Purpose” by Michael Hernandez

“Learning First, Technology Second” by Liz Kolb

“Learning Technology, “ by Liz Kolb

“From the Garden to the City” by John Dyer