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Empowering Learning with AI: Hands-On Approaches for Students

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Session description

Ready to empower your students with AI? In this hands-on session, you'll explore creative and adaptable ways to integrate AI into lessons that spark curiosity and engagement. We’ll share tools that give you practical strategies to elevate student learning with AI-driven tools in any classroom setting!

Outline

1. Introduction and Overview (5 minutes)
- Briefly introduce AI’s role in education.
- Explain the session’s focus on practical AI tools for student creativity.

2. Microsoft's Learning Accelerators: Reading Coach (10 minutes)
- Demonstration of how Microsoft's Reading Coach (stand alone website) offers differentiated instruction and coaching for readers.
- Activity: Create a story and try out the platform

3. Diffit for Teachers (10 minutes)**
- Explore how Diffit for Teachers can produce differentiated content for learners of all ages.
- Activity: Take a resource and differentiate it using Diffit.

4. Magic School AI (10 minutes)
- Share how educators can use Magic School AI to help accomplish tasks, prepare activities, and more.
- Activity: Sign up for an account and browse what's available. Then, share your favorite with the audience.

5. Question Well (10 minutes)**
- Learn how Question Well can quickly and efficiently add assessments that may be uploaded to platforms like Gimkit, Kahoot, and more.
-Activity: Sign up for an account and model how to download / upload into other platforms.

6. School AI (15 minutes)
-Explore how School AI and Spaces work, and how the educator has complete control over the AI content, alleviating any fear about students using AI.
-Activity: Chat with a chatbot as a student, then witness how educators can model the conversations happening.

7. Class Companion (10 minutes)
-Explore how Class Companion can help improve student writing by using AI to automatically assess and coach students towards success.
-Activity: Try out the platform as a student, then witness what educators see on their side.

8. Canva Magic Suite (5 minutes)
Briefly share how AI is integrated into Canva and how educators can have students using it in the classroom. We'll share student examples from our own classrooms, here.

9. Padlet (5 minutes)
We'll briefly share how Padlet has integrated AI into their platform and how students can use it. We'll also share examples from our own classroom.

10. Q&A and Wrap-Up
- Open discussion and closing thoughts on AI’s potential in education.

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Supporting research

"The InterACTIVE Class" by Joe and Kristin Merrill (Elevate Books EDU - Jan. 2020). Link: https://amzn.to/39RiHQF

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Presenters

Joe Merrill

Educator

The Merrills EDU, LLC

Kristin Merrill

Middle School Literature and History

The Merrills EDU, LLC

Session specifications

Topic:

Artificial Intelligence

TLP:

Yes

Grade level:

PK-12

Audience:

Teacher, Technology Coach/Trainer

Attendee devices:

Devices required

Attendee device specification:

Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC

Participant accounts, software and other materials:

Attendees should have a wifi ready device. We will create and sign up for any necessary accounts during the workshop.

Subject area:

Elementary/Multiple Subjects, Language Arts

ISTE Standards:

For Educators:
Leader

Advocate for equitable access to technology, high-quality digital content, and learning opportunities to meet the diverse needs of all students.

Citizen

Model and promote management of personal data, digital identity, and protection of student data.

Designer

Use technology to create, adapt and personalize learning experiences that foster independent learning and accommodate learner differences and needs.

TLPs:

Spark Curiosity, Prioritize authentic experiences