IBM wants to put Watson in hands of every teacher — from crainsnewyork.com by Thornton McEnery
IBM’s Watson team is in the early stages of developing a mobile app that will help educators use artificial intelligence to create lesson plans.
Excerpt:
Are you a public-school teacher in need of a lesson plan but faced with the crushing ennui of having to find something fresh in your dreary curriculum?
There’s an app for that! Well, almost.
IBM’s Watson team is in the early stages of developing a mobile app that will leverage “thinking computer” technology to put a digital teacher’s assistant in the palms of educators everywhere. Watson’s artificial intelligence is designed to synthesize volumes of data when asked a question like “Watson, can you help me with a lesson plan on the Civil War?” IBM is working with educators to collect and collate vetted content.
Addendum on 2/16/15: