Mark Ricupito

Part 1 - Introduction

Part 1-Intro

  • October 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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AI has become a big part of everyday life like self-driving cars and voice assistants like Siri and Alexa, Google Translate, Netflix movie recommendations, and Snapchat filters. AI is everywhere whether it's home or workplace related. I see its impact regularly. My kids often use AI tools to help with their homework, and I rely on it for a variety of personal tasks, such as planning travel, discovering new restaurants and bars, finding hotels, and getting recommendations for movies and recipes. These tools have made planning vacations so much easier by offering suggestions that I can filter through.

In teaching, AI has been incredibly valuable. I frequently use sites like Canva, ChatGPT, and SchoolAI to enhance lessons and other tasks. These tools have reduced the time I spend creating lessons, worksheets, labs, and other materials for my science courses. They’ve also helped me refine and personalize communications, such as emails and letters of recommendation, making it more efficient. AI has simplified many tasks.