AI in a Remote WA Science School: Beating Workload, Student Cheating & Better Assessments

About this episode

Kane interviews Sri about the use of technology in a remote science school and the impact of recent events on education practices.

In this Teacher’s AI Cafe episode, Kane interviews Sri, Head of Science at Karratha Senior High School in country WA, discussing technology use in a remote, diverse mining-town context and recent cyclone concerns. Sri explains how COVID accelerated adoption of digital tools like PhET simulations and Socrative, though many teachers reverted to pen-and-paper afterward. They explore how ChatGPT’s release in early 2023 shifted assessment practices toward more open-ended tasks and increased in-cla...

People in this episode

Host: Kane Pittard

Guest: Sri

Topics covered

• AI in education
• remote learning
• assessment practices
• technology adoption
• COVID impact
• student engagement

Keywords

• AI
• education
• remote learning
• assessments
• technology
• COVID
• Karratha
• PhET
• Socrative
• ChatGPT

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Karratha Senior High School

Products: PhET simulations, Socrative, ChatGPT

Places: Western Australia

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