Category: #withSchoolAI

  • Hour of AI Week Is Here! #HourOfAI #withSchoolAI

    Hour of AI Week Is Here! #HourOfAI #withSchoolAI

    Happy Hour of AI Week everyone! If you are thinking, “Wait a second. I thought it was the Hour of Code Week.” you are not losing your marbles. Code.org has shifted from the Hour of Code to the Hour of AI. You can find out more about this change here. 

    I loved teaching the Hour of Code in the classroom to get students excited about coding and computational thinking. The Hour of AI is designed to do the same. Sometimes students think they know what AI is and assume it is in everything. They might not be far off in thinking that, but students do need to know about AI, how to spot when it is being used, and how to use if effectively in their learning. 

    The team at SchoolAI knew they had to have something awesome for teachers to give to their students to help them explore AI in a safe way. There are a series of lessons for all grade levels to help students explore AI. As a teacher, we even did a full webinar on showcasing the lessons and what they would look like if you were the student. You can watch the recording here. 

    If you want jump right into the lessons SchoolAI created, you can find them all right here. 

    What I love about these AI Lessons is that they are designed to empower the student to explore AI with the guardrails needed to ensure that it is safe. It was important that SchoolAI made sure that all of these resources were made available to all of our users for free. Watching the Sandbox recording of how the Lessons can be used and rolling the lessons out to students next week is a great way to engage your classroom in AI. If you are new to using AI, it is a wonderful opportunity to explore AI with your students knowing that it will be safe for everyone. 

    This partnership with Code.org really shows the commitment to a sound, pedagogical approach to AI instruction that is at the heart of what SchoolAI believes. If you want to know more about how SchoolAI can support you and your students, sign up for a free account. I hope you will share how you use the lesson with your students in our Community or on socials. Tag me @TheNerdyTeacher if you do so I can share with everyone. 

    Hugs and High Fives, 

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  • One Small Idea Can Have A Big Impact #EdChat

    One Small Idea Can Have A Big Impact #EdChat

    I’ve been very lucky to have been part of many different EdTech Communities over the years. From my time spent with amazing educators at Adobe, Google, Raspberry Pi, Sphero, TED-Ed, and my first EdTech Community, Evernote, I’ve loved how you get what you put into a community. It can be what you need it to be when you want it to be. I’ve taken all of these experiences I use them to help me craft the community experience for educators in the SchoolAI Community. 

    One of the things I have loved from the different communities was the effort to give the community members a platform to share their story. There is so much we can all learn from each other, but educators are not always given the chance to share or they do not have the ability to attend a conference and share their story. Sometimes the keynote circuit is the same few names and it can be tough to break into those conversations. That’s why I have started the SchoolAI Lightning Talks. 

    Open to any educator who has an idea worth sharing, I want to give as many educators as possible a chance to share something that matters to them. You can find all of the details here and the submission page here. Do not let “I’m sure everyone already knows this.” or “It probably doesn’t make that big of a difference.” stop you from sharing. Do not let the imposter syndrome take over and prevent you from sharing your idea. If you have any questions, feel free to send me an email at [email protected] or find me on my socials. @TheNerdyTeacher

    Hugs and High Fives to everyone!

    NP

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