Dan Jones, a social studies teacher at the Richland School of Academic Arts, is part of the 18% of K-12 educators in the U.S. using AI for teaching.
MANSFIELD, Ohio — In a Mansfield classroom, early technological adaptation is welcome.
“It was important to me to dive into this, explore, see what it could do, what potential does it have,” explains Dan Jones, a middle school social studies teacher at the Richland School of Academic Arts.
Jones is at the forefront of integrating artificial intelligence (AI) in the teaching process.
“When I first started working with AI in December of 2022, I knew it was going to change the entire landscape of the classroom,” Jones says.
Nearly two years later, Jones uses a digital platform, designed to resemble Netflix, to present lectures and content to his 7th and 8th graders. He also implemented a chatbot powered by educational tech company SchoolAI, specifically tailored for students.
“One of the things that …