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The case for urgently training 400,000 Canadian teachers on AI
Digital Moment says a national approach is needed as its own training has reached 8,000 teachers since 2023, far short of the 400,000 in Canada.
- Digital Moment CEO Indra Kubicek is pushing the government to increase ambitions for AI teacher training, noting current targets fall far short of reaching all of Canada's 400,000 teachers.
- The federal government pledged earlier this year to train 3,000 teachers on AI, yet Digital Moment has already trained 8,000 educators since 2023, independent of government mandates.
- Partnering with the Raspberry Pi Foundation, the organization developed classroom activities, such as social media simulations, that reveal how algorithms drive digital engagement in subjects like English.
- On Sept. 9, the federal government allocated $13M to the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute to provide free AI education to 50,000 K-12 educators, while Digital Moment pursues a national framework.
- Kubicek envisions that within five years, every young Canadian will have received AI lessons, prioritizing equal access for students in remote Prairies towns and downtown Vancouver.
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The case for urgently training 400,000 Canadian teachers on AI
Children are using AI before they even know what it is, one digital executive says. And teachers are struggling to keep up
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