NO or LOW-Risk Artificial Intelligence (NLRAI)
in Primary Schools
“What if AI could make teaching easier, not riskier?”
Design & Concept by Cathy Brown Animation Pikaffects CC Images from Pixabay
Fear & Compliance Issues Are Crushing AI Enthusiasm in Schools!
Are we letting fear and compliance crush AI enthusiasm in our classrooms? Watch this video to see what’s really happening. AI has the power to transform education, but outdated fears are holding us back, leaving our students at a disadvantage.
No to Low-Risk AI (NLRAI) offers a solution—safe, compliant tools that empower students without compromising privacy or ethics.
Let’s stop crushing innovation and start preparing our kids for a future powered by AI.
SO, WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?
While numerous frameworks, guidelines, and risk evaluation tools are available for AI in education,
what's notably absent is practical advice on how to implement AI effectively in the classroom.
THE QUESTION BECOMES...
"How do I actually use AI in MY classroom without running into compliance issues?"
THE ANSWER IS...
USE “NO TO LOW-RISK AI” Applications – (NLRAI)
The introduction of No to Low-Risk Artificial Intelligence (NLRAI) in primary schools
provides a remarkable opportunity to enhance education while ensuring the protection of student privacy and safety.
As AI becomes integral to various aspects of life, integrating these technologies in classrooms is critical to preparing young learners for a digital future.
However, the implementation of AI must focus on safe, effective tools that pose minimal risk and educate about AI use.
NLRAI can be fast-tracked for use in primary schools, ensuring that students can benefit from AI without concerns over data privacy, ethics, or equity.
Benefits of NLRAI in Primary Schools
1. Enhancing Student Learning
NLRAI tools have the potential to enhance student understanding of AI.
Programs like Google's Teachable Machine and QuickDraw, Canva or Adobe Express. Text-to-image tools give students hands-on experience with AI, showing how it works and how it can enrich learning.
By creating their own AI-driven projects, eg Text to Image, AI single purpose assistants & creating machine learning models, students become AI creators, gaining valuable insights into the strengths & limitations of AI.
This gives them a basis for making ethical & informed choices about AI use.
NLRAI enhances learning through personalized, adaptive tools that give instant feedback and adjust to each student’s pace and ability.
This personalised approach fosters deeper learning & helps students build essential skills in critical thinking, problem-solving, creativity & digital literacy.
2. Streamlining Admin Tasks – SAVES TIME
AI reduces admin by automating grading, lesson planning & scheduling.
This allows teachers to dedicate more time to direct instruction and student engagement, improving the overall efficiency of the classroom.
By leveraging AI for administrative tasks, teachers can focus on fostering meaningful interactions with their students
& providing personalized support where it is most needed.
For example, AI-powered platforms for lesson planning, eg. VT AI Programmer,
Helps educators, it is a planning NLRAI. The VT AI Programmer creates tailored lessons that meet
the unique needs of students.
AI-based grading systems can provide immediate feedback to students, helping them understand their strengths and areas for improvement.
3. Supporting Inclusive Education
NLRAI can also play a crucial role in supporting inclusive education.
For example, text-to-speech and speech-to-text technologies can assist students with disabilities, while adaptive learning platforms can adjust content to meet the specific needs. This includes deaf and blind students, students with Dyslexia, ADHD & Autism, multilingual learners or students with behavioural challenges.
These NLRAI tools help create a more equitable learning environment
where all students can participate and have access to the resources
they need to succeed.
Think, immediate feedback, overcoming input challenges, improved attention, able to achieve superior results and able to complete activities.
AI can also help teachers identify students who may be struggling and provide targeted interventions to help them catch up with their peers.
Types of NLRAI Applications in Education
1. Learning About AI
Students can train AI & learn how it works.
Using programs such asThe Teachable Machine,
students can train a AI
to recognize their own images, sounds,
poses & create their own machine learning models.
Using programs like Quick Draw students can look at data samples & the “guessing” process used by LLMS.
This equips them with the knowledge to make ethical and informed choices about AI use based on a solid understanding of how they work.
2. AI Content Creation Tools
Students bring their creative ideas to life.
AI-powered content creation tools like Canva, Whisk AI & Adobe Express allow students to create visually engaging content quickly & easily.
These tools use AI to assist with design, layout, and image generation, helping students bring their creative ideas to life.
By using AI to streamline the content creation process, students can focus on developing their ideas and exploring new ways to express themselves.
In addition to content creation, these tools help students develop essential digital literacy skills.
AND
to gain a deeper understanding of how AI can be used to
enhance creativity & communication.
3. Single-Purpose AI Assistants
Help with tasks like guiding learning, answering questions & planning lessons.
These assistants are designed to perform a single function, making them easy to use & understand. They do not collect or store personal data, making them ideal for use in educational settings where privacy is a concern.
For example, AI assistants can provide immediate feedback to students, helping them understand their mistakes, ask follow questions & improve their performance. AI lesson planning assistants can suggest activities & resources based on the learning objectives set by the teacher.
The VT AI Programmer, can help educators plan lessons, it uses the NSW Curriculum as a reference.
Here’s the video overview, There is one on Translations and Prompting
Students can also become creators of single purpose AI Assistants.
The SUPER AI Assistants are NLRAI – NO to LOW Risk AIs
You are welcome to use them, they are all FREE and require
NO login & NO Data Collection.
Check out the Podcast here from DEEP DIVE
Read the full White Paper: Implementing NO to LOW Risk AI in Primary School
by Cathy Brown September, 2024
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