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ELAi: 10 Ways to Elevate Teaching & Learning

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Colorado Convention Center, Bluebird Ballroom Lobby, Table 37

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Presenters

Dr. Jennifer Toney

3rd Grade Educator

Sharpsville Area School District
@JENTONEY
@jentoney15

Jennifer Toney is a #PAProudEducator and member of the Keystones Technology Innovators Star: Class of 2019 who teaches in Western Pennsylvania. She is a third grade English Language Arts teacher where she focuses on digital and analog blended learning approaches to all things literacy in her departmentalized, gamified workshop classroom. Her scholarly interests include multimodal composition in the elementary classroom, blended learning approaches to literacy workshops with young learners, and English Language Arts curriculum development in the K-5 setting. Learn more about Jennifer by visiting her website: https://sites.google.com/view/jennifertoney/biography or contacting her on Twitter: @JENTONEY.

Session description

This session shares 10 impactful ways AI enhances education. Gain insights from an elementary ELA teacher’s real-world integration, backed by teaching tools and student successes. Attendees will learn about teaching resources that are available to help integrate AI into their learning communities. Elevate your teaching by partnering with AI!

Purpose & objective

Through this poster presentation attendees are expected to leave with the following main takeaways:
Attendees will have obtained an introduction to 10 ways to partner with AI in their classroom.
Attendees will leave with a toolkit of practical strategies and will be equipped to incorporate AI into their teaching practices.
Attendees will begin to develop one or two goals for partnering with AI in their learning communities to better meet the needs of their learners.

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Outline

Potential conversation points include:

Brief Definitions of AI terms
-Human-trained
-Deep-learning
-Natural Language Processing
-Large Language Model
-GPT

Safety with AI and young learners

Share five impactful ways to integrate AI into teaching responsibilities
-Standards-aligned, personalized calendars
-Enhancing Parent Correspondence
-Emails
-Newsletters
-Translate
-Creative Lesson Planning with Collaborative materials
-Collaborative class materials making writing lesson example
-Leveled texts
-Streamlining Assessment Creation & Scoring
-Formative Grammar Gallery Walk Example
-Utilizing Data Analysis for Informed Instruction
-Qualitative research example
-Explore five strategies for leveraging AI to meet the needs of all learners (12-15 minutes)
-Overcoming Writer’s Block
-Trouble Story Elements Example
-Tailoring Lessons for Varied Learning Levels
-Enriching Learning with Virtual Field Trips
-Reading Series Example
-Enhancing Storytelling Through Animation
-Google CS First Example
-Fostering Vocabulary Development
-Scribble Diffusion Reading Vocabulary Example

Answer questions/Address common concerns and provide insights based on teacher experiences.

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Supporting research

Since her first time attending ISTE in 2023, the presenter has spent time exploring AI in education and how she can utilize it in her elementary classroom. She draws on the work of the following educational leaders and teacher researchers through their writing and podcasts:

Daniel Fitzpatrick, Amanda Fox, and Brad Wienstein
Holly Clark
Matt Miller

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