AI programming by children
As part of the eCraft2Learn project Dr Ken Kahn has enhanced the Snap! programming language with blocks for speech input and output, image recognition, machine learning, and word embeddings. A live demonstration will be shown.
AI programming is entering the modern classroom, and children could become more reflective about their own thinking.
Recent advances in AI make it feasible to provide intelligent support in educational games without the need for handcrafting models of the domain and learners. Dr Niall Winters explores the use of these techniques for the LIFE (Life-saving Instructions For Emergencies) mobile game aimed at nurses and associated healthcare workers across the Global South.