Baltimore – The brand new summer program has transformed the way students learn within the classroom by incorporating artificial intelligence.
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Students embrace the future with AI-powered summer programs
Thirty students at City Springs Elementary School spend the time learning new skills over the summer holidays and engage in personalized learning with the power of AI.
Rhonda Richetta, the school's principal, says it's exciting to get students to engage in something new.
“We should not resist it. We should embrace it and know more about how it can help us achieve our goals in education,” says Principal Richetta.
The Future Thing Edge Summer program located within La Chow includes new software that not only helps each student solve problems, but also provides personalized digital teaching assistants that will help each student learn how to obtain information.
“It's something that we didn't have in the education system that we basically decide what they know as education and that we can cut it down to each individual, individual,” says Joshua Ray.
Students also spent time away from the computer to learn other skills.
In one room, students were learning by setting set design, lighting, audio, camerawork, editing, and even setting up their own podcasts.
“It was a good experience because they really like to use it in the real world,” says the town of Tevin.
Tevin Towns teaches students how to make films and says he is proud of the growth he saw in his students during the program.
He says they even learned important skills that help them beyond production.
“From the first week so far, there's one better communication and two better teamwork,” Towns says.
In another room, students were able to create their own music under the guidance of Joshua Ray.
Both rooms promote student creativity.
“The kids learned who they were, the talent they had. They didn't know if they could sing before they got here,” says Lay.
Principal Richetta says that this is just a beta programme, but he saw a major change in the students and teachers involved.
