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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN EDUCATION Artificial intelligence has been the subject of many controversial points of view. In the educational field, many of us worry that children will no longer actually think but become proficient at copying and pasting instead of thinking. Meanwhile, those of us in education and librarianship do not possess the technical know-how on which artificial intelligence is founded. Image Source: Geek for Geeks A quick internet search on the word revealed that artificial intelligence returns the following definition: "the theory and development of computer systems able to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making, and translation between languages". However, when we search artificial intelligence in education, we read that it is "the use AI technologies and tools to enhance teaching and learning experiences". When put this way, the definition is plain and simple. H...

  THE SAMR MODEL Source Image 3p Learning Throughout the years, I have had the privilege of seeing how technology has been used in our classrooms to help educate our children. In the Merriam-Webster dictionary, technology is defined as “a manner of accomplishing a task, especially using technical processes, methods, or knowledge”. These technical processes have evolved throughout the century as humankind has obtained a better understanding of the world around us. In my days and my part of the world educational technology consisted of the use of a chalkboard and a piece of chalk. Image Source Alamy I was always fascinated by the Chinese traditional calculator, which too is a piece of technology that has stood the test of time and is used in schools.                     Image Source Dreamstime.com What is SAMR? SAMR stands for Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, and Redefinition. It i...