Chapter 5: Teaching A report by McKinsey first suggested that AI’s initial benefit could be to improve teaching jobs by reducing low-level burdens in administrative or clerical work (Figure 6). The report also suggests that recovered time from AI-enabled technology should be rededicated toward more effective instruction—particularly, outcomes such as reducing the average 11 hours of weekly preparation down to only six. We highlight these opportunities and two others below. 1. Handling low-level details to ease teaching burdens and increase focus on students. A good teacher must master all levels of details, big and small. When working with a particular student, the teacher may wish to later send that student a helpful learning resource. How will they remember to send it? A voice assistant or other forms of an AI assistant could make it easier to stay organized by categorizing simple voice notes for teachers to follow up on after a classroom session ends. We are beginning to see AI- enabled voice assistants in the market, and they could do many simple tasks so that the teachers can stay focused on students. These tasks can include record-keeping, 46 | P a g e
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