From Smart Talks with IBM: How AI Assistants Can Transform Education

About this episode

Malcolm Gladwell explores how an AI Assistant named Jiwoo is transforming teacher training through simulated classroom interactions.

Malcolm Gladwell visits Kennesaw State University to learn about Jiwoo, an AI Assistant that helps future teachers practice responsive teaching by simulating classroom interactions with students. Discover AI’s impact on teaching methods to prepare teachers for the classroom. This is a paid advertisement from IBM. The conversations on this podcast don't necessarily represent IBM's positions, strategies or opinions. Visit us at https://www.ibm.com/think/podcasts/smart-talks   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Malcolm Gladwell

Topics covered

• AI in education
• teacher training
• classroom interactions
• responsive teaching
• technology in teaching

Keywords

• AI Assistant
• education
• teacher preparation
• classroom simulation
• IBM
• responsive teaching

Sponsors

IBM

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kennesaw State University

Products: Jiwoo

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