The SecEd Podcast: Artificial intelligence in schools: Opportunities and risks

This episode looks at the opportunities and risks presented by the development of artificial intelligence (AI) in education.

We speak to three experts who are working in schools to develop AI in effective and safe ways.

We kick off the discussion by asking our panel to list what they consider to be the three biggest benefits of AI in schools and the three biggest risks/threats.

We then look at whole-school AI strategy and policy. What does a good AI strategy look like and what elements need to be included in a school's AI policy? What does effective staff training look like? How should education around AI be fed into the curriculum? What kind of "rules" need to be in place? And what does Ofsted have to say about AI?

We also talk AI in the classroom. How might teachers use AI in their lesson-planning and resource-creation? We discuss a number of ideas for using AI to create resources/plan lessons.

Also, what risks should teachers be aware of when using AI? What pitfalls do teachers need to avoid?

We talk about diversity in resource-creation, the pitfalls of prompt engineering, and data protection.

We name drop a few resources that our panel are using with success, and we end the podcast with their biggest "lessons learned" so far and their final reflections.