New post up today. The NEA just published a piece on aspiring educators and AI that most of the edtech commentary is missing.

Two future teachers, same generation, totally different takes. One sees AI as an equity tool for multilingual learners. The other watched ChatGPT fabricate half a list of court cases and never trusted it again.

Both are right. The fact that they are both right is the problem nobody is naming.

The real divide is not pro-AI versus anti-AI. It is between future teachers who have been taught a framework for using AI and future teachers who are figuring it out alone on a Tuesday night.

Read the full breakdown: https://www.harvestkernel.com/aspiring-educators-ai-preservice-training-nea/

Question for the community: if you are in a pre-service program right now, or you have hired a new teacher recently, what did their AI training actually look like? Was it part of the curriculum, or did they pick it up on their own?