1. I explored Code.org, which I've never been to or heard of before. It was nice to be able to filter by what I wanted to search for, etc. in their catalogue. So I filtered by grade and by topic. I searched for 11th grade and the following topics... Art and Design, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Literacy (no results), and Games and Animations. It seemed like a lot of the games, etc. were geared more towards elementary and middle school students, not high school. There was one such game involving, "choose your team and make a basketball game." The one's that seemed most age-appropriate were involving AI... AI and Machine Learning, Coding with AI, Focus on Data, Focus on Impact in Society, How AI Works, and Our AI Code of Ethics. Also, the AI Lab sounded interesting. Being able to explore how computers learn from data to make decisions, then develop projects around real-world data, and designing solutions to solve a personally or societal relevant problem.
2. My general thoughts have definitely come around with AI technology. I was pretty apprehensive and hesitant at first (as one can imagine), especially when trying to learn and to incorporate something new (like AI technology) in education and in my social studies classroom. But I'm definitely starting to see the benefits of AI... Using ChatGPT to differentiate reading levels and to help ENL students; using AI to provide instant feedback, personalized learning, or data that shows trends in student learning; creating and refreshing lessons, assignments, activities, and assessments; and using AI as a "teaching assistant" in my classroom. Like I've said before, the possibilities are endless... And like Uncle Ben said to Peter Parker (Spider-Man), "With great power comes great responsibility." It's our job as educators to harness, practice, model, and teach these best practices to our students, so that they're indeed ready for the future!
2. My general thoughts have definitely come around with AI technology. I was pretty apprehensive and hesitant at first (as one can imagine), especially when trying to learn and to incorporate something new (like AI technology) in education and in my social studies classroom. But I'm definitely starting to see the benefits of AI... Using ChatGPT to differentiate reading levels and to help ENL students; using AI to provide instant feedback, personalized learning, or data that shows trends in student learning; creating and refreshing lessons, assignments, activities, and assessments; and using AI as a "teaching assistant" in my classroom. Like I've said before, the possibilities are endless... And like Uncle Ben said to Peter Parker (Spider-Man), "With great power comes great responsibility." It's our job as educators to harness, practice, model, and teach these best practices to our students, so that they're indeed ready for the future!