8 AI Books Every Educator Needs On Their Shelf

Forget the AI panic. Forget the AI plagiarism wars. The smartest voices in education have broken free of the breathless hype-cycle and entered into something much more useful. That is practical wisdom. After two years of defensive policy making, hasty implementations and heated debates about whether it’s right for students to touch AI, there has been the arrival of nuanced and practical works by thought leaders around the world. Regardless if you’re a classroom teacher who has to work out how to make AI work for your students, an administrator struggling through governance minefields, a parent who is not sure what’s happening in schools, it’s worth your while to pick up these eight books.Before we dive into these books, click here to check out our #1 bestselling books on AI in the classroom, AI strategy in schools and practical guides.Reshuffle: Who Wins When AI Restacks the Knowledge EconomyBy Sangeet Paul ChoudaryPeter Shea, assistant dean of AI integration at Middlesex Community College, described this as: The most important book on AI and Education of the yearIt's easy to see why. Choudary’s central claim is that we’ve misunderstood the real power of AI. It’s not a tool for doing tasks faster through automation, but as the missing mechanism for remaking entire economic systems by radically augmenting coordination. Less “smarter brain” and more “better glue.”Through vivid storytelling, Choudary connects technology, behavior and economic architecture in ways that will change how educators think about building students who are ready for the workforce.AI Optimism: A Guide to Redefining Artificial Intelligence in EducationBy Becky KeeneDon't confuse it for naive techno utopianism. Keene’s perspective is rooted, innovative, and in many ways a breath of fresh air in focusing on pedagogy rather than tools. Employing the trusted SAMR implementation model, and with plenty of real life examples from classrooms, this book illustrates for educators how AI...