A.I.101 Part #2: Demystifying AI for Edu...

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Learn how to use AI in the classroom

In This Task…

You will learn that generative AI can be used in the classroom.

1. Watch the video below
0:00 - Introduction
0:51 - Demystifying AI for Educators
3:12 - What is AI?
5:56 - How does a large language model work?

2. Complete the “Evidence of Learning” tasks below by submitting your responses.




Evidence of Learning...

In a short paragraph or two, respond to each prompt:
  • Where is AI being used around the house and work?
  • Describe an example of when you used/witnessed someone else use AI?  (Alexa, Siri, etc)
  • How, if at all, has this impacted your life?

All posted evidence

Ai in life

AI is being used in a lot of everyday places. Around the house, it shows up in things like Alexa, robot vacuums, and even smart thermostats that learn your schedule. I know I have used all of these at my house and I find all of these extremely helpful. I love that my thermostat has learned when we are home and when we are not and it uses that information to be more energy efficient. Also, I have my robot vacuum set up to vacuum each day without having to think about it. I am also constantly using my Alexa to ask for things like what the weather is on a certain day. All of these  make things more convenient and save time!
emily-balisteri 8 months ago

Task 1

  • Where is AI being used around the house and work?
AI is being used in houses with smart appliances and entertainment as well as smart assistance. AI is being used at work for writing assistance such as chatgpt and grammarly. It is also being used with learning platforms such as IXL. 

  • Describe an example of when you used/witnessed someone else use AI?  (Alexa, Siri, etc)
Its common now to see people using AI daily. I have see people using Siri on their phones for directions or questions asking for store hours. Many people I know have Alexa in their house to ask questions such as the weather for the day. 


  • How, if at all, has this impacted your life
AI has really started to impact my life because it seems to be everywhere now. I went shopping for new appliances for my kitchen and everything can be a smart appliance which is so crazy to me! I use chatgpt often for work and personal reasons. There are so many apps now that I have been exploring through tech Tuesday as well that I learning beneficial ways to incorporate in my work and personal life. 
jenniealessi 8 months ago

Part 1

AI in Everyday Life:  As a teacher and a mom to a teenage son, AI helps in both home and work life. It saves time but also has limits. AI at Home: Smart Assistants (Siri) – We use Siri to set reminders, check the weather for travel and lax practice, and even answering quick homework questions. Homework Help – My son asks ChatGPT to explain AP World History topics, but I remind him to fact-check and think critically. AI can summarize, but it can’t replace deep learning.  AI at Work: AI helps with grading & lesson Planning . AI tools help me create quizzes, projects and give feedback faster, so I have more time to help students. It also helps with classroom engagement – AI-powered platforms like Kahoot! make learning fun and interactive.

A Real-Life AI Moment: One night, my son asked Google Assistant about the causes of the French Revolution for his AP World History homework. It gave a basic answer, but he still needed me to explain it in depth. AI was a helpful start, but it didn’t replace real discussion and analysis.

How AI Has Changed Life: AI makes life easier but not perfect. It helps with time management and quick answers, but it can’t replace critical thinking or personal teaching. As a mom and teacher, I see AI as a tool, not a shortcut.

mbruce 9 months ago

AI 101 Part 2

AI is increasingly integrated into both our homes and workplaces, making tasks more efficient and accessible. Here are some ways AI is used in these settings:
At Home:
  1. Smart Assistants (Alexa, Siri, Google Assistant): These are common AI-powered tools that help with tasks like setting alarms, playing music, controlling smart home devices (like lights or thermostats), and answering questions.
  2. Smart Appliances: AI is in refrigerators that suggest recipes based on what you have or washing machines that adjust settings based on the laundry load.
  3. Entertainment: Platforms like Netflix and Spotify use AI to recommend movies, shows, and music based on your preferences.
  4. Security: AI is used in smart security systems that recognize faces or detect unusual activity, sending alerts to your phone.
At Work:
  1. Automated Customer Support: Many businesses use AI chatbots to answer customer queries instantly, even outside working hours.
  2. Data Analysis: AI is used to analyze large amounts of data and find trends, which is especially useful in fields like marketing, healthcare, and finance.
  3. Task Automation: AI helps automate repetitive tasks like scheduling meetings or managing emails, freeing up time for more complex work.
Personal Example: I’ve used Siri on my phones to set reminders or get directions while driving. I’ve also used Google Assistant to help manage my day, whether it’s setting a timer for cooking or finding information about a topic I’m interested in.
Impact on My Life: AI has made everyday tasks easier and more efficient for me. For instance, often use voice assistants to control smart home devices like lights or music, which saves time. Additionally, AI-powered recommendations help me discover new content in entertainment, making it easier to find something enjoyable without spending too much time searching.
sharon 9 months ago

AI is everywhere!

  • Where is AI being used around the house and work?
Large language models generate text based on existing text and language widely available on the Internet. It's important to scrutinize the outputs though. So crafting a workout schedule, a meal plan or a vacation itinerary is good for a desired output, However, with serious tasks such as crafting legal document- people should probably proceed with caution. 
  • Describe an example of when you used/witnessed someone else use AI?  (Alexa, Siri, etc)
I use AI in my workflow all the time. Generating discussion questions, project ideas, lesson objects. Sometimes I have an idea, I just need help fine tuning the wording of directions or rubric criteria. 
  • How, if at all, has this impacted your life? 
AI is helping me understand my students better. I've often asked AI to generate student-like responses to have have exemplars for in class instruction. ChatGPT also generates possible student responses to discussion prompts and possible student struggles. 
Some concerns I have are ethical use. I am concerned about how AI could encourage students to "short cut' instead of doing the work. I'm also 
lfeyes 9 months ago

Part 1:

  • Where is AI being used around the house and work?
AI is being used increasingly around the house and at work. Most commonly, I see ads and commercials for different products such as google home which allow you to control different things inside your him just by stating what you would like to happen! I think in the educational setting, it is good to familiarize ourselves with AI because this isn't something that's going to go away, it is going to impact how we do work in our field! It is possible to use now to obtain insight into ideas about how to teach different lessons in creative ways.
  • Describe an example of when you used/witnessed someone else use AI?  (Alexa, Siri, etc)
I have seen people use AI an increasing amount. My mother for example, has begun using AI and Siri when in her car to send text messages, play different songs, and navigate her to different places. For her, this is much much safer than the alternative of picking up and using her phone while she is driving!
  • How, if at all, has this impacted your life?
I think AI has the potential to make our lives easier. Like I mentioned earlier about navigation, we can simply as our phones to take us somewhere and they will, we don't need a nap anymore. AI is a good way to look up recipes for items you already have in your kitchen as well. At this time, I use AI for more leisurely reasons, however I can see it impacting my life in education as well. 
ckearney About 1 year ago

Part 1 Evidence

A.I. is being used in many places in our lives, both in and out of our homes.  Some examples are self-driving cars, Siri, Alexa, and Snapchat filters. My family and I use some of these in my house daily.  We have Alexa turn on lights, play music, and tell us information such as the weather or to help my kids learn information they have questions about.  We always use Siri in the car for directions or to verbally text people while driving so we are hands-free. This has helped us in our daily lives by making a lot of tasks easier.  It has made information more readily available and faster, it allows us to make our house function easier through "daily routines" that we don't need to do manually any longer.  Once we learned how to make all of these A.I. functions work it has dramatically helped us with daily tasks.
rmccaffery Over 1 year ago

AI: Use / Impact

  • Where is AI being used around the house and work?
AI is all around us.  It is used mostly with Siri or Alexa in day to day tasks at home.  Workplace uses can include something as basic as google email.  The email pays attention to what you are typing and then suggests words ahead of what you are typing in order to suggest appropriate language.  Talking to your phone, TV or other devices has become commonplace.
  • Describe an example of when you used/witnessed someone else use AI?  (Alexa, Siri, etc)
I have used AI throughout my day every day.  It is to cut down time doing certain tasks so I can do other things with my time.  Time is our most valuable commodity.  I have used Alexa, Siri and other chatbots in order to generate content or access information.  So many times now I use Google to figure out actors / actresses in a show and then continue to ask questions of it with AI results.  

My own children have used Siri and Alexa repeatedly.  When my son was younger, he received a device from a family friend of ours and used Alexa on a daily basis.  He wanted it to tell him a joke - every day!  It started out our morning on a positive note!  My daughter used it to play music in the morning of a certain genre or performer.  She enjoyed seeing the randomization of what the AI would select.  

  • How, if at all, has this impacted your life?
As with all technology - it is a blessing and a curse.  It is a blessing because it definitely is a time saver, but also accessing information quickly allows you to move on to the next part of your day.  I have used it to generate ideas about lessons, assessments, or writing certain pieces for my teaching day.  But it can be a curse because if you don't type in exactly the tone, vocabulary level, or specificity for the content, it could take more time than it would if I just wrote it.  Also - people check to see if ChatGPT was used for certain emails, etc. and it just destroys your trust and reputation if that is all you rely on.
llabrake95 Over 1 year ago

Part ! - AIIas a teaching assistant in the classroom and in the real world.

.Where is AI being used around the house and work?

AI is being used with self driving cars, siri & alexa, google translate, snapchat filters, etc.  Generative AI can be like your own personal teaching assistant where you can access lots of information in just seconds. I had never thought about generative AI as a personal teaching assistant, but it makes total sense and changed my mindset on how it can be used.

Describe an example of when you used/witnessed someone else use AI?  (Alexa, Siri, etc)At home,

 I use Alexa all the time to play music, tell  the weather, tell the score of a sports game, set timers, etc., This is just like  the things you could need to do in the classroom.  I’ve used Chat GPT to write progress report comments and compose emails to parents about concerns or recommendations. Students can also ask Alexa or Siri for specific word choice for writing or even math problems to see if they would need to refine any of their language. The revision series in the video showed great ways to be more specific and refining or fine tuning the search for information especially in the classroom for assignments. You can really cater the assignment to differentiate student learning

How, if at all, has this impacted your life?Using

AI has made our lives a little simpler in so many ways.  For example when I’m driving I can ask SIRI to call or text my family, find directions, and play my music through Apple Play.   Again, I see a connection with AI and teaching.  We can use it to ask create tasks and then revise what is given to us- which is again a huge time saver, just like a real teaching assistant.
msionko Over 1 year ago

Introduction

I have heard of AI being used for all kinds of things at work and at home- writing emails, speeches, essays, and even messages in sympathy cards.  I've used it mostly in the car through Maps,  which I guess uses AI, and Siri.  My Siri interactions are not always very successful, but that might be because I don't have everything set up properly.  Which is evidence that the tool is only helpful it the user understands it!  I don't have Alexa in my house because I've been a little nervous about it.  My nephew has an Alexa device in his bedroom, though, and I know he asks it all sorts of things that he wonders about.  My sister can see a report of the questions he asks.  She's noticed that sometimes he struggles to ask the right question to get the information he is looking for.  This actually makes me want to get one for my daughter, so I can better support her curiosity.  
kstephan Over 1 year ago

Part 1

Sure, AI is being used in daily life. For example, you can activate your phone hands free to make a call or send a text message while driving.  You can ask Siri for a business phone number or address. You can have Alexa play music on an outdoor device. Even auto-correct your documents as you write uses AI.  It is used to access apps on your phone to leave yourself a reminder note, etc. These voice activated commands make completing tasks more convenient and efficient even if they don't necessarily enhance the result. I have also seen media in which AI generated pictures have enhanced a presentation.  The pictures in the presentation adapted nicely to what the lecturer was introducing. 
jduma Over 1 year ago

Part 1 Evidence

Where is AI being used around the house and work?
AI is being used in things we use daily, like maps, music, siri or Alexa. 


Describe an example of when you used/witnessed someone else use AI?  (Alexa, Siri, etc)
My husband sells things on eBay and uses chatGPT to help save time writing descriptions for the things he is selling.  I've also used siri, or alexa to help with things like setting timers or finding quick answers to questions. 
 
How, if at all, has this impacted your life?
I have yet to dive deep into all the things AI can do however the things that I have used it for have made things more convenient for me.  I am very excited after watching this video to start to use it more in my classroom to help cut down on the time I spend on tasks outside of the school day.  I think chatGPT can be a great starting point to draft parent emails, newsletters, and even possible help enhance lessons to make them more engaging!
kielebarbalate Over 1 year ago