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I agree that coding is an excellent skill to teach the older and even younger pupils. It is a skill they are using when they finish school and now, with resources like Scratch, it has become even easier to teach. I also love the idea of using Immersive reader for children with dyslexia. It makes it achievable for them and builds their confidence.
In my future teaching and planning, I intend to incorporate Ai into my lessons. This utilises a range of resources that engage the children as well as saving time. The resources I am going to use in my classroom are quizzit to create quizzes that can be used for assessment, Khan Academy for educational games/assessments that can be easily differentiated, as well as Gamma for presentations on a range of topics. I also realise the importance of ethical awareness and digital literacy. Every lesson will include a brief piece of questioning the answers and information provided by AI to encourage the children to use it as an aid and not to rely on it.
Lesson Plan:
Lesson Plan: Introduction to India (1st Class)
Theme: Exploring the World – India
Duration: 40–45 minutes
Strand: SESE – Geography / SPHE (cultural awareness)
Class Level: 1st ClassLearning Objectives:
By the end of the lesson, pupils will:
Recognise India on a map
Identify the Indian flag
Learn 2–3 facts about Indian culture (e.g. food, clothing, animals)
Appreciate cultural diversity in a fun and respectful way
Lesson Breakdown:
1. Introduction (5 mins)
Show globe or map.
Ask: “Do you know where Ireland is? What other countries do you know?”
Introduce India: “Today, we are going to learn about a country called India!”
2. Where is India? (5 mins)
Point to India on the globe.
Show its location compared to Ireland.
Mention it’s very far away and much bigger than Ireland.
Introduce the Indian flag (show a big colour picture): saffron, white, green with a blue wheel in the middle.
3. Culture Snippets (15 mins total)
Generated a presentation on Gamma on ‘India’. This explores the history, culture, food, flag, traditions, clothes of India.
4. Activity – Colouring (10 mins)
Choose one:
Colour in the Indian flag
Colour and decorate an elephant with patterns and bright colours
5. Review & Recap (5 mins)
Ask:
“Can anyone remember the name of the country we learned about?”
“What colours are on the flag?”
“What animals might you see in India?”
Give a sticker or star to each child who shares something!
I agree with this idea Justine. Scratch is a great resource for coding and improving working memory. The idea of getting them to use the voice command would be great for their confidence and allowing them to see progress in their learning. I am definitely going to use scratch next year and will look into using it for all abilities.
There are many AI tools that were shown that could be integrated into a primary school class for September. I’m teaching 1st class next year and had 2nd last year. An activity I did last year was an oral language lesson where the children asked ChatGPT a question based on the topic we were studying. They would learn about the importance of being specific, asking open/closed questions and getting to compare their answers to the bots. Another tool that could be used is Khan Academy. This is a programme that we used last year in our school. I would use it for assigning lessons on a Friday during Ipad time. I could design teacher-designed tasks that the children would complete. This gave me a great indicator as to who had a good grasp of the topic at the end of the week and who needed help. You can also differentiate these lessons and track their assessments. It is a brilliant tool when used alongside concrete materials and books.
I agree David on the speaker coach. This resource will aid teaching oral language, a topic I find particularly difficult being in a DEIS Band 1 school. The speaker coach will be able to improve their speaking clarity, word accuracy, tone and many other aspects.
There were so many useful tools in this module that I cant wait to use next year with my class. I know that I’m going to use Microsoft CoPilot if we can get the children microsoft account because that would be very useful for teaching descriptive writing and the image generator in particular. Secondly, I thought Magic school is brilliant in terms of keeping all of the resources in one place and makes it really accessible, I thought the math problem generator is a real time-saver too. However, the best tool that I am going to use in my classroom is Diffit. I found this to be mind-blowing how much time it is going to save. To be able to search for a topic and have open/closed questions as well as other resources available at the click of a button is helpful. The fact it gives you differentiation and helps EAL children too is excellent. This will undoubtedly aid my teaching and assessment too. Gamma is another excellent resource for creating presentations because these are usually very time-consuming. You have presentations made for you in a way that are going to fully engage the children as well as tick all of the boxes in terms of differentation, assessment and EAL learners.
I agree with Jennifer that its really important to use AI tools as part of a balanced curriculum and that teachers don’t get too over reliant in it. In an age where children are too engrossed in technology, it wouldn’t be ideal having them using AI and technology all the time. However, balancing it with book/copy work and hands on activities for maths would keep them engaged and enjoy their learning
Based on what you have learned in this module, how do you think AI can transform the teaching and learning experience in your classroom? Provide specific examples and potential benefits and discuss any challenges you might face in implementing AI tools. Post a reflective piece (150 words min) to this Module forum as a Reply to this post.
From my reading of module two, It is clear that AI can tranform teaching and learning experiences in my classroom. I like the idea of using Mathia to create programmes that are differentiated for each child and progress is easily monitored, This would be great for assessment at the end of a topic. I am also going to use Immersive Reader, being in a DEIS Band 1 school, we have many struggling readers, this tool would be great to use during literacy stations where you have a group working independently and the teacher could then work with the struggling readers using Immersive Reader. This would engage the children easier than books as it is a different form of reading to books. Further to this, our school has started using Khan Academy for generating assessments on Ipads. This is great because it improves engagement and allows the teacher to give assessments based on a child’s individual ability. The challenges you would face is the cost of the Ipads and the AI programmes. These can be expensive to buy but also you have the expense and time it takes to train up teachers in using this software.
I agree Anne Marie that the AI prompts to create images is very useful, especially with SESE topics and EAL learners, I found the story maker tools very useful for EAL learners and children with literacy difficulties because it allows them to create images and speech bubbles instead of full sentences. I’m definitely going to use it for new maths games that are aligned with the new curriculum.
Reflect on the potential classroom use of AI tools and how this can impact on future teaching, learning and assessment. Post a reflective piece (150 words min) to this Module forum as a Reply to this post
Like many people, when Artificial Intelligence was introduced, I was very skeptical as to the potential downfalls of it in regards to the children being overly exposed and reliant on technology. However, this module has begun to show the positive impacts that AI can have in terms of future teaching, learning and assessment. My school has began to use the basic functionality of Khan Academy so I’m excited to use the AI version of Khan Academy for group-work. ChatGPT and Microsoft Co-pilot can also be useful tools.
In terms of learning, the image creator, story maker and text to audio tools can be very useful. I have used the image creator tool as a writing prompt for 2nd class and they loved it. We also made stories in Literacy Lift-off and turned them into interactive stories with images so the children had their own books generated at the end. These tools made the learning more fun and engaging and the class were really interested in it, it actually made writing fun. The children are so exposed to quick and easy entertainment at home through Ipads and Smart phones and its nice to be able to make this more accessible through using AI.
For assessment, knowing Khan Academy, it has a very useful tool where you can track the child’s progress and then assign work at their level, this as well as other tools make AI really useful for quick differentiation. It saves a lot of time in teaching too knowing that you have ready-made lessons and differentiation. In our school, we have also used AI to generate child-led rubrics that tracks their progress in different topics, you can design the rubrics based on their ability too. In summary, it’s clear that AI has many benefits in terms of future teaching, learning and assessment.