What AI Can--and Can't--Do in Math
With guest Dan Meyer
Among the most controversial topics in AI is this: What role do we want AI to have in teaching and learning math? In this episode of Future Fluent, Betsy Corcoran and Jeremy Roschelle talk with Dan Meyer, one of the most outspoken and thoughtful critics of math education and how we're using technology. Learning isn't just knowledge work, or pouring facts into students’ heads, Dan says. It's social work. So can --or even, should--AI help with that?
Dan Meyer
Dr. Dan Meyer is the Vice President of User Growth at Amplify where he focuses on teacher efficacy and student learning across Amplify’s suite of curriculum and technology products.
Previously, he was the Chief Academic Officer at Desmos where he led the development of the new interactions between teachers, students, and computers which would eventually result in the core curriculum and digital authoring platform Amplify Desmos Math.
He earned his doctorate from Stanford University in math education and was given the Ross Taylor / Glenn Gilbert award for national leadership. 80,000 people on Twitter and 30,000 subscribers on Substack listen to him run his mouth.
Want more? Check out these references from our interview:
Mathworlds, substack by Dan Meyer
“Teachers Told Us They’ve Used AI in the Classroom. Here’s Why.” EducationWeek
“Using Artificial Intelligence Tools in K-12 Classrooms,” RAND
Hack Education, blog by Audrey Watters
GSV: AI & Education, substack by Claire Zau
Where’s Your Ed At, blog by Edward Zitron
