AI Tools for Teachers- An Interview with Professor Lorraine Males
What does it actually take to use AI well in a math classroom? In this season four premiere, Azadeh and Guy welcome Dr. Lorraine Males, Wyoming Excellence Chair in Mathematics Education, to explore AI integration in teacher preparation. Dr. Males shares insights from her NSF-funded research with Colleague AI, a human-centered platform designed to support, not replace, teacher judgment. The conversation covers why foundational pedagogical knowledge must come before AI tools, how a focus on process over product changes everything, and what math educators can learn from the calculator era. If…
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