The shock waves that Google Classroom’s AI tools are sending through the education world
By reading this article, you will learn how the indiscriminate introduction of educational technology can cause chaos in the classroom and what the criteria are for judging true educational value . Through the vivid experience of an educational expert, you can discover the real problems and solutions of education in the AI era. Summary of Key Content ✅ Google unilaterally launches 30 AI tools with default activation during summer vacation 📊 The quality of AI-generated training materials is significantly lower than that of existing expert-created materials 🔍 Educational AI should be evaluated based on educational effectiveness, not convenience 💡 Teachers need not only AI utilization skills but also AI judgment skills 1. A bomb exploded at the worst possible time It was during the summer vacation of an education professional, the week of July 4th, when almost everyone in education was on vacation or at least away from work, that Google dropped a bombshell. On Monday, June 30, Google released 30 new AI tools to Google Classroom . But the most shocking part is that all of these tools are set to “enabled by default.” Google's double standard There was no prior notice. We didn't even ask for the consent of the educators. We just pushed 30 unproven AI tools onto a platform used by millions of students and teachers every day. Interestingly, Google didn't enable Gemini and NotebookLM by default when they added them to Workspaces around the same time, meaning they had the ability to be cautious but chose not to do so in the education space. 2. Shocking results directly confirmed by experts Even though he was on vacation, this education expert decided to test each of these tools out, because someone had to do it. Case 1: Failure of the model answer generation tool Testing the 'Exemplar' tool This tool was designed to generate model student answers that teachers could show their students. In theory, it was a really good idea. I asked sixth graders for a model answer to an assignment where they had to write a journal entry from Cherry Valance's perspective on the widely read novel The Outsider. The results were dismal. The AI-generated answers were something like, "technically it's ice cream and it's vanilla flavored, but it 's missing all the elements that make you actually want to eat it. "
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