Generative AI tools, like ChatGPT and Bard, have dominated the conversation about AI in education. Educators are understandably concerned about how to ensure students use AI responsibly and ethically. A tool like AI Chat is helping schools address this problem.
While schools have a responsibility to introduce AI thoughtfully, they shouldn’t let this overshadow their thinking about AI. The applications of AI in education extend well beyond student use of generative AI chatbots. For example, AI tools can help teachers focus more on teaching and supporting students by automating tedious and time-consuming tasks, such as grading multiple choice quizzes, adapting curriculum and materials to personalize learning, and creating supplementary instructional content.
It may surprise you to learn that AI can also help resource-constrained school teams in other ways, including:
- Detecting safety threats
- Identifying student mental health needs
- Assessing school climate
- Supporting the whole student
Read on to learn about the revolutionary AI tool that is helping schools overcome resource limitations and tackle some of their most pressing challenges.
How AI in Education Can Help Schools Overcome the Shortage of Mental Health Providers
The shortage of mental and behavioral health professionals is a nationwide issue, and among those hardest hit are K-12 students. School psychologists, who typically provide psychological services to support students’ mental health, are in particularly short supply. Only one state (Utah) meets the recommended student-to-psychologist ratio of 500:1, with the national average sitting at 1,119:1.
While the resources to support students are dwindling, the concerns around student mental health are not. Given the incidence of suicide, cyberbullying, and other threats, ensuring student safety and wellness is a paramount concern. However, with limited resources to address the issue, the traditional methods of identifying and supporting students who are struggling emotionally often fall short.
AI-powered student wellness monitoring helps schools effectively support student safety and wellness with the resources they currently have.
Securly Aware uses AI and machine learning technologies to scan students’ online activities for signs of distress, including suicidal ideation, self-harm, depression, grief, cyberbullying, and violence. As it detects risk signals, it alerts school teams so they can respond quickly to critical situations and investigate looming concerns before they get worse.
Student wellness monitoring that’s powered by AI is able to work around the clock to identify students who need help now. It also provides early identification of students who are trending negatively. With timely and accurate insights into students who are in urgent need of support, as well as proactive insight into those who demonstrate risk signals, schools can:
- Focus their resources where they’re needed most
- Respond to urgent concerns in a targeted and efficient way
- Gain early insight into students who demonstrate risk
- Ensure no student is overlooked
- Prevent the worst before it happens
To learn more about student wellness monitoring and what to look for in a monitoring solution, get the free guide.
Could AI Help Your School Solve Its Biggest Challenges?
Generative AI chatbots are stealing a lot of attention, but they’re just one example of how AI can be used in education. By taking on the heavy lifting associated with supporting student safety, wellness, and school improvement initiatives, AI tools like Securly Aware can help K-12 administrators fill critical gaps and gain the peace of mind that they’re tackling their most pressing issues.
To learn more ways AI is helping schools address the challenges they face today, read the blog.
