1.1 Potentials & Risks

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The AI tools now quietly occupyingsettling into your school'sschool devicesarrived showedwith upno without so much as an instruction sheet.instructions. In the UKUK, a review found,found that only 7 out of 100 education technology companies had ever testedput their own products inthrough a controlled trial, and justonly 12 out of 100 had sought externaloutside certification. The storyclassroom is no different intells the classroom.same story. Only 11 out of 100 school administratorsleaders and teachers across 17 American states said they'dhad ever asked forrequested peer-reviewed evidenceproof before bringing inadopting a new tool into school. Since no one asked, no one had to explain.tool.

AndThe theresult, outcomein many cases, is as plain as day: wasted money. In the US, two two-thirds of school software licenses satgathered idle,dust, and 98% weresaw barelyalmost touched.no use. The EdTech Genome Project examinedlooked aroundat about 7,000 teaching tools worth 13 billion dollars and found that 85% were either mismatched or misused. Not scams. Not defective. Just tossed into the hands of people left without a leaflet.

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