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The field of literacy is only beginning to wrestle with the promises and perils of AI, particularly those students who may struggle with literacy learning. The purpose of this presentation is to share one experienced teacher’s exploration of generative and other AI tools with middle school students at a school for students with language-based learning differences. One focus will be on how AI can be leveraged to support writing without losing what makes learning to write so valuable. Further explorations of experiences these middle school students had with using AI to support learning will also be shared with the goal of looking at how AI can be used by and with students to support their learning. The ultimate goal of the session is to engage in a conversation about how AI can be integrated into literacy learning in ways that support students while still helping them to develop the skills and strategies they need to be successful in and beyond school. Participants will leave with some new ideas about how to leverage AI to support writing and learning, along with some specific tools that can be used in the classroom either with or by students.
Introduction and Background on the School (5 min.) - Audience polling with get a sense of the group’s perceptions of the promises and perils of AI for literacy learning.
Introducing AI to Students (5 min.) - The presenter will share the lesson used to help students begin to understand how AI works in order to better understand how to use it.
Leveraging AI for Writing (15 min.) - The presenter will share the experiences students had over the course of a school year to explore how AI can be used for writing without students giving ownership of their thinking.
Leveraging AI Beyond Writing (10 min.) - The presenter will share other tools and experiences that students had with ways to leverage AI to support aspects of literacy and learning beyond writing.
Conversations and Sharing Ideas (20 min.) - Participants will work in small groups to brainstorm and share ideas through Google Docs or another interactive sharing platform with the goal of starting a conversation about AI and literacy learning.
Wrap-up (5 min.) - The session will end with a final chance for questions.
ISTE U Course: Artificial Intelligence Explorations and Their Practical Use in Schools (Summer 2023 Cohort)
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Zimmerman, M. (2018). Teaching AI: Exploring New Frontiers for Learning. International Society for Technology in Education.
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