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Effective and Efficient Differentiation for Neurodiverse Classrooms Using AI

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Session description

Discover free AI tools for differentiating texts and assignments, giving personalized feedback and next steps, and creating leveled activities instantly. Uncover the possibilities of AI chatbot tutors to guide students through activities and provide scaffolding in a safe environment. You'll leave with time-saving practical strategies for supporting neurodiverse learners.

Outline

Introduction: The Need for Differentiation and Challenges (5 min)
- Briefly discuss the challenges of meeting diverse learners' needs, emphasizing how differentiation can be time-consuming and highlighting the specific needs of neurodiverse learners.
- Introduce AI as a tool to streamline differentiation, giving educators more time for meaningful student interactions, and allowing for supports that one individual teacher could never provide on their own.

How AI Supports Differentiation for Neurodiverse Learners (12 min)
- Introduce 8 specific supports that can be helpful for neurodiverse learners and corresponding uses of AI that can meet those needs (personalized prompts, detailed next steps, reading level adjustments, feedback systems, etc.) This includes live demos via screencasts showing free AI tools in action.

AI Chatbots as Tutors: Aiding Student Independence (7 min)
- Explain how AI chatbots can serve as virtual tutors, guiding students through problem-solving or complex activities.
- Demonstrate scaffolding and how AI chatbots can provide tailored hints or supports based on individual student needs.

Practical Implementation Strategies and Next Steps (6 min)
- Share a few classroom success stories of AI making differentiation easier and more effective.
-Ask participants to commit to trying one AI tool or strategy in their classroom this month and share it with a partner.
-Provide a link to tools and uses mentioned in the session for participants to reference after the session.

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Supporting research

Kauffman, K. (2023, May 2). How AI can help support neurodiverse students in the classroom. Tech & Learning.
https://www.techlearning.com/features/how-ai-can-help-support-neurodiverse-students-in-the-classroom

Evans, M. (2021, April 12). AI’s potential for neurodiverse learners. EdTech Magazine.
https://edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2021/04/ais-potential-neurodiverse-learners

Schaefer, B. (2022, December 6). AI tools for neurodiversity: A new approach to education. Tech & Learning.
https://www.techlearning.com/how-to/ai-tools-for-neurodiversity-a-new-approach-to-education

Holmes, W., Bialik, M., & Fadel, C. (2022). Artificial Intelligence in Education: Promises and Implications for Teaching and Learning. The Center for Curriculum Redesign.
https://curriculumredesign.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Artificial-Intelligence-in-Education-Promises-and-Implications-for-Teaching-and-Learning.pdf

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Presenters

Angela Watson

Owner and Founder

TruthForTeachers.com

Session specifications

Topic:

Artificial Intelligence

TLP:

Yes

Grade level:

PK-12

Audience:

Technology Coach/Trainer, School Level Leadership, Teacher

Attendee devices:

Devices not needed

ISTE Standards:

For Educators:
Learner

Stay current with research that supports improved student learning outcomes, including findings from the learning sciences.

Designer

Use technology to create, adapt and personalize learning experiences that foster independent learning and accommodate learner differences and needs.
Apply evidence-based instructional design principles to create innovative and equitable digital learning environments that support learning.

TLPs:

Ensure Equity, Ignite Agency

Disclosure:

The submitter of this session has been supported by a company whose product is being included in the session