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I like how you would using the AI tools with a SET group. I like how you use each tool particularly how easy it is to use Microsoft Reading Coach and using tools like Diffit when creating differentiated resources.
I came into this summer course with very very basic understanding of AI for instance I might have asked ChatGPT a question but that was as far as it went. I didn’t understand how AI could benefit my class and my teaching. Using resources like Microsoft CoPilot have shown me how easy it is to use AI to create detailed lesson plans and work with differentiation and assessment. Apps like Khan Academy and RoboGarden will work well during ICT class to give the children skills when using technology.
Lesson Plan: Exploring the Renaissance
Subject: History
Class: 5th Class
Topic: The Renaissance
Duration: 60 minutes
Digital tool: Microsoft Copilot
Curriculum focus: Renaissance, people and events, changes in art, science and society
Learning intentions
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
Explain in simple terms what the Renaissance was.
Identify some important Renaissance people and achievements.
Describe how Renaissance ideas changed art, science and learning.
Ask effective questions of an AI tool.
Recognise that information generated by AI should be checked rather than automatically accepted.
Lesson sequence
1. Hook – “What do these things have in common?”
Display images of:
Leonardo da Vinci
The Mona Lisa
A Renaissance painting
A printing press
A telescope or scientific instrument
A Renaissance building
2. “Interview a Renaissance person”
Put pupils into pairs.
Each pair chooses one:
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
William Shakespeare
Galileo Galilei
Johannes Gutenberg
Raphael
They use Copilot to investigate their person.
3. Renaissance Detective Challenge
Give each pair three statements generated from their research.
For example:
Leonardo da Vinci was interested in both art and science.
The Renaissance began in Ireland.
The printing press helped ideas spread more quickly.
Pupils classify each as:
TRUE / FALSE / NEEDS CHECKING
4. Plenary – “One thing that changed”
Ask pupils to complete:
“Before the Renaissance, ________. During the Renaissance, ________.”
Possible areas:
art
science
books
education
exploration
ideas about humans and the worldI’m also always looking for ways to keep the children active when we have Chromebook time so I think using Khan Academy would be great. Downloading the app for Dash and Dot would also work well with the class.
I’ll be teaching 3rd class next year for the first time in 11 years having only taught 5th/6th up to now so I found it a bit difficult to get out of the senior class mindframe. I really liked the idea of using ChatGPT or Gemini to create different media texts to compare and I think I could make this work in a slightly more junior class using the correct prompts and keeping it relevant to the 3rd class curriculum topics which I’m not 100% familiar with yet.
Having played around with the applications mentioned I think I would really use RoboGarden for programming with my classroom. We have access to Chromebooks twice a week and I am often looking for activities to keep the children engaged while also improving literacy skills. I watched a couple of YouTube videos of how to use RoboGarden and I think it presents coding in a fun, interactive way where the children feel rewarded as they complete activities. I like that it is also quite independent and the children do not feel like they are in competition with anyone.
There were many resources I would use mentioned in this module. I found the module so interesting to see the resources and how they could be used within a classroom. Teaching a senior class I found every resource would be really suitable for me. I was not familiar at all with the Microsoft resources. I think the Reading Coach would work best for my class. I think it would be a good station to add in when completing literacy stations. I like that the children can make stories personal to them. I found the examples for the copilot image creator would work so well in my classroom and be a new fun way to teach literacy. I think I would use it for oral language discussion within a literacy lesson moving on to a writing lesson describing an image generated by me. I would also use Magic School a lot especially with social stories as we saw in the example. I find social story writing quite a challenge so this would be ideal. Twee is also a fantastic resource! Delighted to have seen them all in use.
I love the idea of using Co Pilot Image Creator for the class novel. It is a fun way to keep the children engaged in the story and add an interactive element.
I think AI can transform teaching and learning by aiding the teacher when planning in the classroom. In sort it is taking the pressure away when preparing some lessons. Using AI tools as a basis to help with planning for content and differentiation enables the teacher to focus more on the individual child and how the content will best serve them. I think AI works well as an assessment tool with options such as Google Forms as mentioned in the module.
The immersive reader for me is a fantastic tool that I most definitely will get use of in my senior classroom where some children have access to ICT when completing literacy activities. How best to use ICT has been a struggle for me so areas like incorporating ICT in a lesson for some children is an example of where I said that AI can take pressure off a teacher. It means I have more time to figure out the content for the student who needs differentiation with the support of the ICT ideas.
I think the biggest challenge for implementation is to actually use all the resources mentioned in the module. As a teacher for almost 20 years I felt almost allergic to AI and not realising how much it can help me to ensure the time I spend on my work is the most beneficial to me and my students. More teacher training in the area is needed. I think this is something we could implement at a school level even by sharing our knowledge of AI with all staff. I know I could learn a lot from the younger members of staff!
I agree Caroline. As someone who really is unsure of how to use AI in my classroom I find the lack of teacher training frustrating. I see the younger teachers in the school using AI in such creative ways that I am delighted to be able to learn more in these modules to bring to my own classroom.
<span style=”font-weight: 400;”>I completely agree with your idea for using AI for SEN children for the speak to text. This is something I have struggled with when it comes to differentiation in my class and AI offers an easy solution. I also agree that this module really highlighted the ethical considerations with AI and to ensure school management is ok with the use of AI. </span>
I come to this course pretty much a newbie when it comes to AI. I’d say I have used it only a handful of times and never for my teaching. I have only used Chat GPT so I felt it was important I took on this course to help me understand the benefits of AI and also the other AI tools available to me. From chatting to my colleagues that use AI regularly I can really see the benefits of it in the classroom. Even from something as simple as classroom organisation – I like to have things in my classroom organised and labelled where I can easily see where everything is stored. A colleague used AI last year to create uniform labels for her folders, work space, assessment folders etc and I really felt this was a great use of AI and saved so much time that I would spend doing the same thing. But obviously that kind of stuff is trivial in comparison to the benefits it will have in lesson planning and organisation, differentiation ideas and assessment tools. How easily it can give ideas where I might be really stuck trying to link ideas or differentiate to suit the needs in my class. Even if I don’t use the suggestions given I know it will give me the inspiration to build on the ideas.