{"id":3764,"date":"2025-07-30T16:25:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T08:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rzautoassembly.com\/?p=3764"},"modified":"2025-07-30T16:25:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T08:25:17","slug":"how-wisconsin-teachers-are-navigating-artificial-intelligence-use-in-and-out-of-the-classroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rzautoassembly.com\/zh\/how-wisconsin-teachers-are-navigating-artificial-intelligence-use-in-and-out-of-the-classroom\/","title":{"rendered":"How Wisconsin teachers are navigating artificial intelligence use, in and out of the classroom"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Across Wisconsin classrooms, a quiet transformation is unfolding: artificial intelligence, once a distant concept in education, now sits alongside textbooks and whiteboards, prompting teachers to rethink how technology shapes learning. For educators here, the task isn\u2019t just adopting AI\u2014it\u2019s weaving it into lessons in a way that enhances, rather than replaces, the human core of teaching. And while the tool is new, the challenge of balancing innovation with timeless educational values is one they\u2019ve navigated before.<\/p>\n

Darlington Elementary\/Middle School science teacher Mark Acherman has been teaching for more than 30 years and has seen how computers, the internet and smart phones have become widespread in schools. To him, AI is just the next technological iteration.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a teacher, technology has always allowed me to become more creative and a more engaging teacher,\u201d Acherman told WPR\u2019s \u201cWisconsin Today.\u201d \u201cWe have to figure out how we can incorporate (AI) while still doing so many of the other things that are important for students to learn.\u201d<\/p>\n

He\u2019s embracing the technology for his classroom, using an AI tool called Curipod to make his lesson plans more interactive for his fifth- and sixth-grade students.<\/p>\n

Acherman said when students submit responses for questions in the app, they can vote on who had the best answer, which pushes them to be more creative. It also analyzes their written work and suggests areas for improvement.<\/p>\n

His innovation and creativity is part of why he was named one of five Wisconsin Teachers of the Year for 2026 by the state Department of Public Instruction.<\/p>\n

Another recent Teacher of the Year honoree is taking a similar, open-minded approach to AI in the classroom.<\/p>\n

Brian Counselman teaches science at Malcolm Shabazz City High School, an alternative school in Madison focused on project-based learning.<\/p>\n

He told WPR that he sees students being motivated by technology, and teachers can find more success leaning into that rather than avoiding it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you look at things like homework or assignments, I think it challenges teachers in a really healthy way,\u201d Counselman said. \u201cThat\u2019s often finding those real, authentic moments where students are really digging into and experiencing things real time, working with people face to face.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Teacher of the Year winner for 2025, Counselman said the emphasis is on advancing students\u2019 \u201cdepth of knowledge,\u201d progressing from the basic memorization of a fact to understanding how an idea works, why it is the way it is and how else it can be applied.<\/p>\n

A lot of that comes by assessing students through their self-reflections and synthesizing the concepts they\u2019re learning by applying it to their own personal experiences.<\/p>\n

\u201cSure, you can look something up, you can look up a fact,\u201d Counselman said. \u201cBut what the AI tool can\u2019t do is reflect on how you engaged with an experience in or outside of class.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Acherman and Counselman, AI isn\u2019t a replacement for teaching\u2014it\u2019s a canvas, a catalyst, a way to free up time to focus on what machines can\u2019t replicate: the spark of a student\u2019s sudden insight, the depth of a face-to-face discussion, the growth that comes from grappling with uncertainty. In Wisconsin\u2019s classrooms, the future of education isn\u2019t about AI or not\u2014it\u2019s about how teachers, with decades of experience and a keen eye for what matters most, turn this new tool into a bridge between technology and the messy, wonderful work of learning. And in that balance, they\u2019re not just teaching students\u2014they\u2019re modeling how to thrive in a world where innovation and humanity go hand in hand.<\/p>\n

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Across Wisconsin classrooms, a quiet transformation is unfolding: artificial intelligence, once a distant concept in education, now sits alongside textbooks and whiteboards, prompting teachers to rethink how technology shapes learning. For educators here, the task isn\u2019t just adopting AI\u2014it\u2019s weaving it into lessons in a way that enhances, rather than replaces, the human core of [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,124],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-technology"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rzautoassembly.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rzautoassembly.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rzautoassembly.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rzautoassembly.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rzautoassembly.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rzautoassembly.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rzautoassembly.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rzautoassembly.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rzautoassembly.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rzautoassembly.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}