Artificial intelligence is new, fast-evolving, disruptive — and, for some — a little scary.

It should be some comfort to know we’ve been here before. Think back to the birth of the printing press, color TVs, personal computers and the Internet. The rise of anything this pervasively transformative is either heralded as the answer to all our problems or labeled a perilous threat.

Whatever the risks or benefits: AI is certainly here to stay. A recent Walton Family Foundation poll, in fact, found 46 percent of teachers and 48 percent of students say they use ChatGPT at least weekly. So the question becomes: how do we use it in a way that’s responsible, informed, and aligned with our educational goals and values?

In this Connect Canyons episode we explore those very questions with Canyons District’s AI experts, Digital Teaching and Learning Specialists Emma Moss and Jonathan Stewart. They touch on a number of topics and cover:

• 2:24 How AI is being used by teachers to work more efficiently and tailor instruction to meet students’ needs.
• 5:10 How AI is being used to democratize adaptive technologies and bring learning accommodations within easy reach for special education students and students with learning disabilities.
• 11:18 Steps Canyons schools are taking to mitigate the risks of AI, from plagiarism to the spread of misinformation and deep fakes.
• 20:20 Tips for parents in monitoring their student’s use of AI at home.
• 22:38 The different AI tools approved for districtwide use in Canyons classrooms in alignment with the District’s Strategic Plan and federal data privacy and security standards