When AI Moves Into the Classroom

Understanding teachers' hopes and fears about AI is necessary as they are at the frontline of education. This will help how to successfully navigate AI integration into classrooms. This chapter involves interviewing eleven teacher-educators about their thoughts on AI impact in schools. The result shows that participants recognized AI's strong potential to improve teaching, provide personalized instruction for students, and improve access to learning resources. AI can lessen workload through content generation leading to enhanced lessons and assessment. Teachers also recognize the AI potential to help students by providing access to learning materials. On the other hand, they expressed concerns about the AI potential misuse such as the risk of plagiarism, the erosion of students' critical-thinking skills, and diminishing human interaction. They also recognized the lack of teachers' preparation and absence of clear policies pose challenge for the full adoption of AI. In closing, the chapter outlines actionable recommendations for seamless integration of AI in schools.