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Diffit is something I am also interested in seeing how it can be used to support the different learners in the classroom. Thanks for suggestion of Reading Coach for getting to all the children in the class.
Develop a lesson plan incorporating AI concepts and write about how you plan to use it and other AI tools in your teaching
The lesson that I would like to do would really be a series of lessons and I mentioned it in an earlier post after seeing another teachers suggestion for use of teachable machine.
Lesson Objective: Help the child recognize and differentiate between four key emotions—happy, sad, mad, and excited—using facial expressions and body language through the use of teachable machine interactive photo-based learning.
Learning Outcome:
The child will record short videos showing different emotions—happy, sad, mad, and excited—using their face and body. .
Student will upload photos of 4 emotions under 4 different categories into Teachbale Machine
Student will play guess the emotion using the the trained model
The student will use Teachable machine and webcam to see how their own expressions are interpreted by the program.
Student will show a feeling with face and body and the computer will identify it
Ihis lesson plan was aided and in part developed using copilot and chatGPT to help me refine and organise the lesson into a coherent and methodical way to best teach the child and use the AI technology.
My experience with AI in the past has been limited to using Copilot or CHat GPT to help devise lessons. Now I am able to incorporate other AI programs that I have learnt about into my lesson planning. What I have learnt from these technologies as welll sa through this course is the importance of asking the right question, then using and adapting what is suggested by AI into my knowledge of the class/student – the 80/20 ruleI love the idea of using teachable machine in SET to look at faces and different feelings and identify the differences. I work with children with austim and we always look at pictures and flash cards of faces and discuss the feeling and how to identify the feeling. I have also had children take their own photos showing each emotion. Being able to collate and use Teachable to review the images would be a great opportunity for the child as it s less abstract- its their faces and bodies and they can see it and review it . Thanks a great idea
I have used Scratch for the past 2 years and the students enjoy it. What I like about Scratch is that it teaches the students about coding but it also improves the children’s familiarity with the computer and its capabilities including accessing and using the microphone- a firm favourite. I have used the guided lessons offered by Scratch whats nice is that they offer a printable scaffolded plan for children that need that level of support, but then they can experiment and play around within it.
I am interested to extend this learning with Robogarden. In my review of Robogarden what I am liking is the cross curricular applications. The hour of code lessons I reviewed introduce the children to coding in a progressive manner but also educate and them whilst coding, giving snippets of information throughout. The math missions will be a nice addition to our maths week activities, reinforcing to the children the cross applications and capabilities of computers and coding.
Osmo leanring looks interesting. We invested in ipads for our junior classes last year and this looks really exciting and would be a great tool to incorporate technology and hands on learning. Like everything though cost is an issue, It would be great if we could get our hands on these and trial before purchase to see the benefit of them in the classroom.AS an SET teacher I too see great potential in Microsoft Learning Accelerators. Having a child be supported in a !:! session and then have it carried through to the classroom or at home with microsoft reader offers a huge opportunity for learning . Then being able to use the Speaker for the same child to be able to hear their reading and have targets set for what they can work on to develop their fluency etc is exciting
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Give two examples of how you can use some of the tools identified in this module to improve your own teaching, learning and assessment.
The 2 resources I have see at this time that I am excited at using in the new school year in regards to supporting my teaching and learning are Magic School and Microsoft Learn.
Magic School looks like a really useful tool. The teacher tool of multiple explanations will be a useful tool for me as a SET teacher. This tool will support me as a teacher in being better able to differentiate and assist children to be able to access the class work in a better supported way. I really liked its suggestion of the 80/20 rule in using AI.
The classroom use of this platform is huge. When I put in what i needed as a teacher from AI it came back with a list of different tools that would support me in developing material for my students to meet their learning goals. AS an SET teacher I can use this tool for developing 1:1 material to meet specific learning targets but also help create material to support students in the classroom. The impact on teaching is huge, the different learning needs of children are becoming more pronounced and we are being asked to differentiate tasks for students with less support available. Being able to take for example a creative writing lesson and generate more specific scaffolds to support the needs of students in the class that need more to complete the same but different task is a game changer
Microsoft Learn offers me the opportunity to continue to learn about AI and what services are available . As a teacher in this changing and developing area of education I feel it is important to continue to learn and adapt my teaching and this platform will assist me with this. The potential for students and teachers of the AI tools that the Microsoft platform offers is great. Microsoft Reading Coach is what I am most excited about. AS an SET teacher I have a number of students who are not reading at their class age, who are not excited to read because it’s hard. Being able to generate text that can be tailored to fir their age, reading age and interests is exciting. The impact that this will have on teaching and learning is huge. In the past we have been restricted in text availability and this has impacted the reader who is not reading at class/age level. Being able to give child text, that is age appropriate but can support their learning is promising
I am also keen to use Diffit to supplement reading materials and help tailor reading and comprehension to interests of child to support the reluctant reader
.Like the other comments cost is something I feel is going to be the biggest challenge we face in the embracing of ai and the accompanying technology. Many of the ai tools recommended bar the exception of chat gpt and its like is that they require a subscription cost to make use of the full capabilities. Add to this ensuring there is sufficient access to devices including laptops, tablets is expensive. Maintaining and upgrading technology to get the most from what is available is expensive. Where is the money going to come from?
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 tool
Immersive reader is something that i feel will be of use in my classroom. I am an SET teacher and have children who struggle with accessing the in class text, use of this will be similar to the old text to speech programs we used that were expensive. Natural reader is a similar program I have since learnt about.
I have gone down a rabbit hole inspired by this course and have found that grammarly, a program I have used in the past to assist children in spelling and grammar correction now has an ai add on that will assist with speech to text.
This is something I have been looking for as have a number of students with expressive language difficulties. The children find it difficult to express and organise their thoughts in writing but find verbally expressing their ideas easier. Previous programs that offer this have been unreliable.
The challenge i perceive I will face the most is time. As an SET teacher time is limited and there is so much you want to do and teach in a short period of time. I do think children will grasp the use of ai quicker than we anticipate as it is novel, which makes it fun and not seem like standard learning.
I am lucky that my school has invested in technology as the biggest challenge is that with the chronic lack of funding by the dept, providing all children with access to laptops, tablets etc is going to be the biggest challenge.Ross great ides about the use of AI that I hadn’t thought of, I really like the idea of using it in creative writing
I have used AI in a number of ways including marking and correcting grammar in both English and Irish which is very exciting. I even took a screenshot of a daily mental maths page and it corrected it for me. The use of AI in the classroom is so exciting and like you I am doing the course to find more ways that it can be used to enhance the learning experience of my students and prepare them for the future.
Reflect on the potential classroom use of AI tools and how this can impact on future teaching, learning and assessment.
I have been an early adaptor of AI and have used it in many ways in the past 2 years to help me with my teaching. I have used it to reword and articulate my thoughts in a more coherent way to help formulate support goals and even report card comment, I have used it to generate art ideas for confirmation and even generate a picture for a card of thanks for visitors to the school. I am excited by what it can offer me as a teacher. Ihe potential that AI has on teaching, learning and assessment is endless and I believe if we teach children how to use it effectively it can be only positive. I know that people are concerned that AI may replace learning, but I disagree. Yes a child could get AI to generate a response to a question, but how is that any different than the child in the past who copied information direct from a text book. We as educators need to show children the power and use of AI and how it can support their learning.
As a tool for assessment I haven’t really embraced but see the real benefit. Having AI generate a marking rubric is the key way that I feel it could only benefit educators and students. Having a clear definitive guide to provide to students at all levels will support learning and guide teaching
Overall ! am excited by the potential of AI in the education spaceAs a part of our STEM program this past school year the students investigated and experimented with light and mirrors this year we conducted a number of activities.
The students investigated mirrors in different groups to look at different properties of light and mirrors in different ways.
Group 1- Make a simple periscope. Goal of activity is to understand how mirrors reflect light and how periscopes work.
Each of these activities were designed to be hands on and engaging with the goal of providing students the opportunity to experiment with in order to learn and better understand the basic concepts of light and reflection
Group 2- Mirror kaleidoscope. Objective to see how mirrors can create patterns through reflection.
Group 3- Exploring angles of reflection- Make a light maze
Group 4- Mirror writing.
Each group had 3-4 students. All materials, including simple instructions and science explaining activity were at station. Students had 25 minutes per station. The activities were completed over 2 days.
Michelle, I love the idea of adding vaseline to the children’s hands so they can really grasp the concept. Lots of opportunities for hands on learning
I had not used this book in this way before, what a great idea. Your lesson ticks so many boxes but opens so many new opportunities to extend in many different ways. Thanks
