Mr Barton Maths Podcast #198 AI and Education – episode 1 (with Neil Almond)
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Mar 19, 2025 Neil Almond, an experienced primary school teacher and educator, discusses the transformative role of AI in education. He shares practical use cases for AI tools like ChatGPT and highlights their potential to streamline teachers' tasks. The conversation delves into AI as a 1-to-1 tutor for students, enhancing personalized learning. Neil also addresses ethical considerations and the need for teachers to retain essential skills amidst the rise of AI technologies, exploring their complex impact on the educational landscape.
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NQT Year Failure
- Neil Almond's first NQT year was a difficult experience in an academy.
- Lack of planning, curriculum, and clashing teaching philosophies led to his departure.
How AI Works
- AI language models predict the next word using statistical probability based on training data.
- They don't understand words but see tokens, impacting tasks like counting or letter identification.
AI Successes and Failures
- Craig Barton used ChatGPT to answer meeting questions, receiving impressive, book-informed responses.
- However, AI struggled with simple tasks like counting bullet points in a document.