theodp wrote: From Wednesday's press release: “Code.org, in collaboration with The Piech Lab at Stanford University, today launches AI Teaching Assistant to help teachers prepare students with the foundational skills they need for the job in computer science. We have ushered in a new era of teaching. , live and thrive in the world of AI. […] Launched as part of Code.org's flagship Computer Science Discovery (CSD) curriculum [for grades 6-10]This tool is designed to increase teachers' confidence in teaching computer science. ” EdWeek reports that an AI computer science grading tool cut one middle school teacher's grading time in half in a limited pilot project involving 20 of her teachers across the country. “Many teachers who teach computer science courses don't have degrees in the field or even adequate training in how to teach it,” Edweek points out. Computers at School He is the only educator teaching science courses. ”
Stanford University's Piech Lab is directed by Chris Piech, assistant professor of CS. He also runs a highly successful free Code in Place MOOC (over 30,000 learners) that teaches the fundamentals of his signature introductory Python course at Stanford University. Before coming up with a new AI teaching assistant that automatically evaluates Code.org's students' JavaScript game code, Piech said about 10 years ago he partnered with Code.org to develop tips for K-12 students. Worked on a Stanford research team to create an algorithm to generate . Code.org's Hour of Code Students Trying to Solve Block-Based Programming Puzzles (2015 Essay) [PDF]). And a few years ago, Piech's lab once again partnered with his Code.org on his Play-to-Grade, which analyzes the gameplay of Code.org student projects to help “help all types of coding challenges. Our goal was to provide scalable automated scoring. According to a 2022 paper (PDF), Play-to-Grade is “funded in part by the Stanford Hoffman Yee Human-Centered AI Grant” for AI tutoring to prepare students for her 21st century workforce. It has been pointed out that it is being supported. The project also aimed to develop a “super teaching assistant” for Piech's Code in Place MOOC. Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn, is attending a presentation of his “AI Tutors” work, which he and his wife have funded, along with his Diamond supporter of Code.org (more than $1 million). In other AI scoring news, Texas plans to use computers to grade written answers on his STAAR test this year. The state plans to save more than $15 million by using technology similar to ChatGPT to provide initial scores and reduce the number of human scorers needed.
