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AI-Powered Literacy: Creating Personalized Books with Your Students

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HBGCC - Innovation Arcade - Exploration Lab B, Table Table 2

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Session description

Teach elementary students foundational AI skills while helping them create personalized, engaging, and accessible books with the 'Perfect Book Project.' Learn the four-step process, participate in hands-on planning, and discover how to foster AI literacy and reading excitement with your students.

Outline

(1) Introduction and Icebreaker (5 minutes)

Welcome participants and brief introduction
"Perfect Book" Quick Poll: "What's one challenge you face in engaging young readers?"
Brief overview of the "Perfect Book Project" and its goals.
Engagement:
Quick verbal responses from the audience.
Optional: Use a digital polling tool like Mentimeter for real-time feedback.

(2) Project Deep Dive: The Four-Step Process (15 minutes)

Detailed explanation of the project's four steps:
Student Input & Survey
AI-Generated Book Ideas & Student Feedback
Chapter Outline & Student Editing
Final Book Creation & Audio Recording
Visual aids: Show examples of student surveys, AI-generated book ideas, chapter outlines, and finished books.
Highlight the AI literacy lessons embedded in each step.
Explain AI hallucinations and how students edited them.
Engagement:
Show examples of bad AI hallucinations, and ask the audience how they would help students to edit those hallucinations.
Q&A throughout the explanation.

(3) Hands-On Activity: "Perfect Book" Planning (20 minutes)

Participants are divided into small groups.
Each group receives a "Perfect Book" planning digital worksheet and access to the Gemini prompts.
Groups brainstorm ideas for a "perfect book" based on a specific grade level and reading level.
Groups will create a prompt based on their book idea.
Engagement:
Small-group collaboration and discussion.
Each group will share their prompts and book ideas.

(4) Collaborative Resource Creation: "Adaptation Ideas" (15 minutes)

Facilitate a group discussion about adapting the "Perfect Book Project" for different contexts.
Use a shared digital document to capture ideas.
Discussion prompts:
Adapting for diverse learners
Integrating into existing curriculum
Needed resources
Using the project with other subjects.

(5) Q&A and Wrap-Up (5 minutes)

Open the floor for questions.
Summarize key takeaways.
Provide contact information and resources.

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Supporting research

ISTE's Hands-on AI Projects for the Classroom: A Guide on Ethics and AI (2021): https://cdn.iste.org/www-root/2021-10/AI%20Ethics%20Guide%20EN.pdf

Holub, J. & Terlop, R. (2024). Bridging ISTE Standards to Teacher Education: Exploring New Frontiers with Educational Technologies, Generative AI, and Faculty Development. In J. Cohen & G. Solano (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 2399-2403). Las Vegas, Nevada, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved March 15, 2025 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/224313/.

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Presenters

Elizabeth Voci

Instructional Technology Specialist

Dartmouth Public Schools

Session specifications

Topic:

Artificial Intelligence

Grade level:

PK-5

Audience:

Teacher Development, Teacher, Technology Coach/Trainer

Attendee devices:

Devices required

Attendee device specification:

Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC

Participant accounts, software and other materials:

Google Accounts with access to Workspace and Gemini

Subject area:

Language Arts, Technology Education

ISTE Standards:

For Coaches:
Change Agent

Facilitate equitable use of digital learning tools and content that meet the needs of each learner.

For Educators:
Designer

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

For Students:
Empowered Learner

Understand fundamental concepts of how technology works, demonstrate the ability to choose and use current technologies effectively, and are adept at thoughtfully exploring emerging technologies.

TLPs:

Ensure Equity, Spark Curiosity