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Recorded Session
Purpose and Objectives
Purpose:
To address the need for K-12 education to evolve with AI advancements, introducing AI-driven strategies and tools for the modern classroom.
Objectives:
Understand AI's dual nature: educational potential vs. ethical concerns.
Recognize AI's growing influence in various industries.
Familiarize with ChatGPT and AI ed-tech tools.
Engage with AI tools and understand AI's data-driven predictions.
Experience generative AI's educational potential.
Access a comprehensive AI resource repository for educators.
Participate in a Q&A for clarifications.
Obtain a resource-rich, shareable slide deck.
Educational Challenge
The challenge lies in equipping K-12 education for an AI-driven future. Traditional methods may not prepare students adequately for AI-augmented careers.
Technology Intervention
The presentation underscores AI's role, highlighting:
- Talking Avatars - educational vs. deepfakes. - D-ID, Play.ht
- AI's industry-wide applications.
- ChatGPT in education.
-Quick Draw for AI predictions.
-Generative AI Tools for immersive education. - Thinglink, Blockade Labs, Midjourney, Chat GPT, D-ID
Models Employed
Generative Ai - text to text, text to image, etc. See above for specific names
Instructional Strategies
Talking Avatars demonstrations.
Real-world AI applications showcase.
Hands-on exploration of ChatGPT.
Interactive Quick Draw activity.
Storytelling with generative AI tools.
All activities are related back to strong instructional strategies such as Hattie's Questioning (.48 effect size) and Feedback (.77 effect size), as examples.
Evidence of Success
The shareable slide deck with comprehensive resources and feedback during the Q&A session serves as indicators of the presentation's impact.
1. Presenter introduction including a talking avatar of myself welcoming everyone - This is used to show the double edge sword of this technology. Deepfakes vs. True Educational uses like using talking avatars as Historical Figures to retell their historical event using AI.
5 minutes
2. A look at Industry Advancements using AI - "Wow" Current Events
Health Care Industry Advancements, Humanoid robots, Flying Helicopters, Palm Recognition, Iris Scanning for Digital ID - "Wow" type current events to make the audience understand 2 things:
1. Our world is changing
2. We have to prepare our students for that world!
10 minutes
3. ChatGPT – What is it and how to get an account if you don’t have one
Educational Uses of ChatGPT
Other Ed Tech Tools with AI Layers besides ChatGPT
10 minutes
4. Interactive Section where I ask for an audience member to participate in Quick Draw - I use this activity to showcase the importance of data and how AI/data is used to help make predictions. It is a great tool for teachers to begin to understand how AI works in making recommendations and predictions during a fun, engaging activity.
10 minutes
5. Immersive Worlds Demo using a Variety of Generative AI Tools - used to tell the story of the Underground Railroad – very cool stuff!!!
10 minutes
6. Resource Section – prompt examples, repository of AI tools example, free curriculum, and much more.
5 minutes
Question and Answers
10 minutes
The entire slide deck is shareable and linked to every tool/article/artifact that is covered during the presentation. This presentation is very engaging and informative.
The Hands-On AI Projects for the Classroom series by Nancye Blair Black and Susan Brooks-Young: http://iste.org/ai
The AI Education Project - aiedu.org
Industry advancements - Articles
https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Wellness/artificial-intelligence-medical-procedure-paralyzed-man-walk/story?id=99588314#:~:text=Gert-Jan%20Oskam%2C%2040%2C%20was%20able%20to%20walk%20after,injuries%2C%20and%20essentially%20putting%20his%20thought%20into%20action.
https://synchron.com/
https://nypost.com/2023/03/29/immortality-is-attainable-by-2030-google-scientist/
EdSurge's AI is for Everyone, Everywhere microsite: edsurge.com/research/guides/ai-is-for-everyone-everywhere
Teaching AI by Michelle Zimmerman: https://my.iste.org/s/store?_ga=2.258389194.151861514.1617643684-1341423513.1605563246#/store/browse/detail/a1w1U000004LpbQQAS
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