{"id":7974,"date":"2023-08-29T12:47:23","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T19:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/educatoral.com\/wordpress\/?p=7974"},"modified":"2023-12-24T22:41:01","modified_gmt":"2023-12-25T06:41:01","slug":"ai-for-educators-how-to-get-started","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educatoral.com\/wordpress\/2023\/08\/29\/ai-for-educators-how-to-get-started\/","title":{"rendered":"AI for Educators – How to Get Started"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I put together a few resources to help educators get started with some AI tools that I’ve tried out this summer that also are vetted by other educators. I’ve been reading what other teachers are doing on X (formerly Twitter) and I’ve joined a few Facebook groups for some of the tools I’ve been hearing a lot about and that I’ve tried myself without students so far. The tools I’m sharing below in a video I recorded are also tools that the creators struck me as super supportive and very welcoming of working with educators and also are or were educators themselves in some cases!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am working with a team putting together a course for teachers for our education association that goes deeper into the use of AI in the classroom but the ideas and resources on this post should get people started. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is a summary of what I’ve learned this summer that is possible to get started with AI, and this only barely scratches the surface! Click on the image for a pdf version (all images and pdfs were created on Canva<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n

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Here are some of the AI tools I’ve been using that have amazing support and can help educators with their workloads (click on the image for a pdf version and scroll down to see a video demo of each of these tools): <\/p>\n\n\n

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To use AI tools with kids it gets a little tricky. If you have Microsoft, Bing’s AI Chat seems to be restricted to kids 13 years or older with parent permission. Open AI’s ChatGPT is open for kids 13 to 18 with parent permission and Google Bard is fully restricted to 18 years or older! Google Slides does have a new feature where you can generate images right in your slides (see my video below) and I used Ministudio AI<\/a> last year which is made for kids. Canva<\/a> and Adobe Express<\/a> also have AI tools available for students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some considerations when using AI with students (click on image for a pdf version): <\/p>\n\n\n

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Before using any AI tool with students, address the elephant in the room – when and how is it appropriate to use AI! Here’s a resource (click on the image for a pdf version<\/a>):<\/p>\n\n\n

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And here’s a clean copy of Matt Miller’s AI Plagiarism and Cheating guide that I used with students last year (click image to go to the source): <\/p>\n\n\n

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When I shared and had a class discussion with both my 5\/6 classes, here’s what we all agreed to (click image to download): <\/p>\n\n\n

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And here’s Matt’s newest update to the above graphic with more detailed scenarios for the continuum of more AI created to more Human created (click on the image to go to Matt’s blog post): <\/p>\n\n\n

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In the following video I show the AI tools that I’ve been trying out so you can get an idea of what you can do and how to best get started without getting too overwhelmed! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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