[Shane Dempsey]

<span style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Part 2: Lesson Plan incorporating AI concepts:</span>

Lesson Title: “Fun with Teachable Machine”

Learning Objectives:
Introduction to AI: Understand the concept of artificial intelligence.
Hands-On Exploration: Explore Teachable Machine and its basic functionalities.
Creativity: Create a simple project using images, sounds, or poses.
Materials Needed:
Computer or Tablet: Ensure each student has access to a device.
Teachable Machine: Open the Teachable Machine website.
Props (Optional): Fun props like stuffed animals, toy instruments, or silly poses.
Lesson Steps:
Introduction (10 minutes):

Discussion: Start by asking students if they know what AI is. Explain that AI helps computers learn and make decisions.
Show and Tell: Share a brief video or image related to AI (e.g., a robot, talking smart speaker, or self-driving car).
Explore Teachable Machine (15 minutes):

Demo: Show students how to open Teachable Machine on their devices.
Gather Examples:Explain that we’ll teach the computer to recognize different things.
Gather examples (images, sounds, or poses) together as a class. For example:Images: Show pictures of animals (dog, cat, bird).
Sounds: Make animal sounds (barking, meowing, tweeting).
Poses: Stand up, sit down, wave, etc.
Create a Simple Project (20 minutes):

Choose a Category:Divide students into small groups.
Each group selects a category (e.g., animals, colors, or actions).
Train the Model:Use Teachable Machine to train the model:Upload images, record sounds, or demonstrate poses.
Train the computer to recognize the chosen category.
Test It Out:Test the model with new examples (e.g., show a picture of a dog and see if it recognizes it).
(10 minutes):

Group Presentations:Each group shares their project with the class.
Show how the computer recognizes their chosen category.

Conclusion:
Encourage students to explore Teachable Machine at home.
Ask them to create a mini-project (e.g., teach the computer to recognize their favorite toy or a family member’s voice).

[Shane Dempsey]

There are many ways that I am thinking about integrating AI into my teaching. I have already used Gamma since the start of this course to design a PowerPoint presentation on a topic that I plan to teach in the coming year and I was impressed by the results. I have lots of ideas for Google Teachable Machine too. I think it could be used in a fun way to teach Gaeilge vocabulary; to incorporate into an SPHE lesson on feelings and recognising feelings of others through visual clues; practicing and checking letter and number formation.I definitely see myself using Microsoft Reading Coach also. I love the idea of generating stories and having the children choose pathways to take the various chapters in. I feel that once I start using AI, it will have a snowball effect and one idea will lead to another. I read a story where a teacher in England was teaching her students about the plague and she used AI to conjure up a 13 year old girl from plague times for the children to interview. I’d like to try something like this as I think it would be very stimulating and engaging.

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[Shane Dempsey]

I am really excited about the possibilities that Google Teachable Machines might bring to the classroom. One application of it that springs to mind is for use in SPHE when teaching feelings/emotions. I see this lesson integrating very well with Drama also. We are doing the Zones of Regulation programme in our classroom and this is very heavy on children recognising their current emotional state and that of others based on actions and visual cues. I think it would be great to use Teachable Machine to differentiate between happy and positive or calm faces based on the roleplaying of children in a drama style setting and sad/upset/angry faces with another sample set of children. Following this children could try miming the various emotions to see if the machine recognises the emotions they feel they are expressing.

I also see a lot of applications for the STEM functions. Having Senior Infants this coming year I can see myself using it for teaching/reinforcing number formation. We could teach the machine numbers 1 to 10 for example and then I could call out a number for the children to write on their whiteboards and to check using the machine.

[Shane Dempsey]

I am really looking forward to trying out Microsoft Reading Coach. In the past I have use Photostory to stimulate creativity and engagement in my students and I kind of see this as a similar but easier to use tool. I particularly like the idea of generating stories with the children’s input. I’m not entirely sure how I will use the reading function in a large class setting though and I fear it may be more suited to a SET setting.

I like the sound of Diffit and have had a quick look at it. It’s staggering how quick it generates material. I was a bit overwhelmed at the amount of content and I thought a lot of it was more appropriate for a different level then the one selected however. If I have an EAL child this year I think I will definitely use it though. I can also see myself using the auto generate subtitles function in YouTube and the questions generator in Twee.

[Shane Dempsey]

I taught Senior Infants and 1st Class for the last few years. Every one of these years I have had two to three children that have exhibited strong dyslexic tendencies. They all started the year on non-differentiated homework but quickly it became apparent that this wasn’t fair or productive for them. Each year I differentiated the homework and changed the normal spellings intended for Friday spelling tests to tricky/dolch word recognition learning. This always felt like a poor substitute. Having learned during this module about the immersive reader function in Word I think this might be something that could help. It would be brilliant if their Read at Home books could be accessed via Word so that they could use it as a reading aid for the homework task at hand. Also the fluency checker function would be a brilliant tool to check for progress in students with literacy needs. The challenge I see with this however is getting access from the publisher to a MS Word version.

[Shane Dempsey]

The use of AI tools in the classroom can significantly impact future teaching, learning, and assessment. Here are some key points:</p>

1. Personalized Support for Teachers: AI can provide actionable feedback to teachers, enhancing their practice and improving student outcomes. Teachers can design imaginative, innovative and engaging lessons with less research and man-hours.
2. Changing Learning Priorities: AI can shift the focus from rote memorization to critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving skills.
3. Fear-Free Learning: AI-powered tools can create a safe environment for students to explore and learn without judgment.
4. Additional Assessment tools: These advancements can revolutionize education by making it more adaptive, equitable, and effective and less prone to human error. Robot-error can happen too however!

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