AI - Let's Get this Right!
If you are an educator, you know that students need to struggle. But it’s a fine line. Too much struggle, and students give up. Too much help, and they become dependent on the teacher. In my classes, I have seen some of our top students shift too quickly to AI tools instead of struggling with learning. I get it: they are trying to be more efficient, but as I watch them learn this way, I am concerned that they are shortchanging their learning experiences. They are missing the necessary struggle. For some learners, AI isn’t just used to help them learn; it is a means to skip the learning and get a higher grade. In an article in The New Yorker, Ted Chiang recently wrote:“Using ChatGPT to complete assignments is like bringing a forklift into the weight room; you will never improve your cognitive fitness that way.”
--Jon Bergmann
Working in Real Classrooms
AI
Learn about the intersection of AI and education and how to effectively and ethically use AI in your classroom.Â
Mastery Learning Course
In a Mastery Learning classroom, students master content through a semi-asyncronous system. Students work at a flexible pace and don't move on until mastery is achieved. Jon has created a 3 hour course where you will learn the best practices of implementing mastery in your classroom. Â
K12 Flipped Learning Course
Jon has helped countless teachers flip their classrooms. He has created a two-hour course in which you will learn the best practices of a flipped, AI-infused classroom. Â
What is Flipped Mastery Learning
The Missing Link
 Jon Bergmann’s book, The Mastery Learning Handbook, is the missing piece in the rapidly-emerging world of competency-based education. Based on work in his classroom and in classrooms around the world, there is nothing else like it. As an experienced competency-based educator for almost 50 years, I know that this is the nuts-and-bolts toolkit teachers need to transform classrooms around the world, one lesson at a time.
Mark Siegel, Asst Head of School, Delphian School
"A simple, but brilliant idea from a high school teacher in Colorado triggered a huge impact to reviving a lagging and smothering public education system in Korea. What a small and connected world we are living in! I, along with all the teachers of our Future Class Network, an education innovation organization consisting of Korean teachers, sincerely appreciate Jon, and will support all the future endeavors for our next generation. "
Jung Chanpil
TV Producer, Korean Broadcasting Network
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