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This app helps teachers AI-proof their assessments using learning theory

Building Great Tech · Is AI Breaking Our Education System? - With Shannon Seaver

“So in our app that we made for the She Builds, appathon, it it was called, let's get real.”

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So in our app that we made for the She Builds, appathon, it it was called, let's get real. And part of that app, what it does is it helps teachers to AI proof their, their assessments. And my hope is to show teachers that in there's something called a Bloom's taxonomy pyramid in of learning.

About this clip

Shannon Seaver explains her team's app called 'Let's Get Real' that was built for the She Builds appathon. The app is designed to help teachers create AI-resistant assessments by incorporating principles from Bloom's taxonomy of learning.

Why this clip

Provides concrete solution to the pressing problem of AI cheating in education through practical application of established learning theory.

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