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Artificial Intelligence Explorations

and Their Practical Use in School Environments

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Westville School District

Lisa Coburn, a technology coordinator in the Westville School District in Westville, Illinois, had a twofold learning goal in mind in introducing a group of students to artificial intelligence: The students would learn about AI by creating an AI device that would facilitate learning for other students.

To accomplish her goal, Coburn supported her students to write a chatbot script to customize responses for a natural language recognition app for use in the classroom. The goal was to have it respond to simple, repetitive tasks, like asking students to line up for lunch, or to help with simple instruction.

Coburn found that because students already had experience with AI in their daily lives, mainly for their own entertainment purposes, looking at AI through a more educational lens was new but not difficult.

This program was a real eye opener in that I realized just how prevalent artificial intelligence is in our daily lives. Incorporating AI brought on more excitement with the students, so that was fantastic as well.

Lisa Coburn

This case study is part of a GM grant-funded program, Artificial Intelligence Explorations and Their Practical Use in School Environments©.