[CUEStage] Creativity + AI: Powerful New Ways to Cultivate Creative Thinking and Expression

[MASSCUE FEATURED SPEAKER] Presented by EdTechTeacher CEO Tom Driscoll

The emergence and rapid development of generative AI provides educators with a unique opportunity to lean into creativity in the classroom.  Learn how AI tools can help students deepen their creative thinking through experiences that encourage idea generation, problem solving and divergent thought.  We will also explore practical ways that AI tools can help students showcase their creativity in novel and imaginative new ways.  

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AI in Education Cohort 2023-2024 (Registration for Cohort 3 is Open)

AI-Themed Live Learning Sessions (Registration Open Until November 1st)

Integrating Artificial Intelligence in the K-12 Science Classroom

Presented by EdTechTeacher Instructors Shawn O’Neil and Jon Rollins

Description: This session is designed to empower Science teachers with the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) into their Science classrooms. Participants will explore AI technologies, learn how to use AI tools to enhance science instruction, and create innovative teaching strategies that harness the power of AI to improve student engagement, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.

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Empowering Educators with AI: Exploring the Latest Tools for Classroom Success

Presented by EdTechTeacher Consultant Alli McCrary

Join us for a fun, hands-on session exploring amazing AI tools to boost your teaching! We’ll dive into AI-powered content, personalized learning, smart assessments, and more. Share ideas, tackle challenges, and learn how to make the most of AI in education with fellow teachers.

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AI in Education Cohort 2023-2024 (Registration for Cohort 3 is Open)

AI-Themed Live Learning Sessions (Registration Open Until November 1st)

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Jamboard Information and Transition Resources

• Jamboard Announcement blog / Workspace updates blog
• Preparing for Jamboard to wind down
• How Admins can identify which users in their domain have active Jam files 
• How users can download their Jam files 
• Using Google Slides as a Jamboard alternative

Alternative #1: Figma (FigJam)

• 5 Reasons to Use FigJam This School Year
• Jamboard <> FigJam Transition website 
• Jamboard <> FigJam feature comparison video 
• FigJam tutorial library,
• FigJam 101 5-min overview 
• Getting Started with FigJam toolkit
• Attend a live training
• Figjam EDU template library
• FigJam 1-min overview video
• Admin set up guide 
• Case study videos: one and two
• Email education@figma.com for questions or to schedule a free PD training
• FigJam FAQs for Jamboard Users

Alternative #2: Lucidspark

• Jamboard <> Lucidspark Transition Website
• Registration Page 
• Help Center Articles
  • Lucid for Education Help Center 
  • Welcome to Lucid for Education
  • Transition from Jamboard to Lucidspark
  • Integrate Lucidspark with Google Meet
• Video Tutorials
• Schedule Individual Support: Meet with one of Lucid’s Education experts

Alternative #3: Miro

• Jamboard <> Miro Transition website
• Case study: How SCI-Arc students and faculty set up Miro 
• How to use Miro for online or blended classes 
• Transforming your digital classroom
• Miro security & privacy policies 
• Miro accessibility
• Blog

Good luck with your Jamboard transition, we hope these resource help! Also know that our team at EdTechTeacher is always here for you. Reach out any time at admin@edtechteacher.org.

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Webinar Date: November 16th, 2023

Time: 7:00 – 7:30 Eastern Time

For 20 years, Justin Reich has worked in schools on all kinds of projects: transforming curriculum, integrating technology, re-engaging students, making school meaningful and relevant to young people and families. Across these experiences, every successful school improvement effort has one thing in common: they all improve one step at time. Iterate: The Secret to Innovation in Schools is a playbook for making big, joyful changes in schools out of small, manageable steps. Iterate reflects insights about design, collaboration, and improvement from educators around the world, and from colleagues at MIT. For learning science, new technologies, and innovative theories to make a difference in the world, they have to make their way into the hands of classroom educators. Iterate offers new ideas for improving learning in classrooms, schools, or wherever you work to make learning better.

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The Microsoft Quick Guide for Immersive Reader

Quick Guides are single page resources that distill features to their essence and lay out the options that exist to improve your instruction. In addition to simplifying the learning process, Quick Guides are clear about which of the Microsoft 365 platforms include the tools. The Immersive Reader is one of my favorite Microsoft tools. Immersive Reader can help students to adjust text to make it easier to process and understand. It allows them to interact with the text, translate it, label the parts of speech and use the picture dictionary to help understanding. A tool with so many possibilities might seem cumbersome at first but using the Quick Guides, you can easily understand the tool, learn how to leverage its power quickly.   

Here is the Microsoft Immersive Reader Quick Guide so you can take a look and use these free guides to make the most of Microsoft 365 for Learning.  

Here are just a few of the other topics available to you:

• Live Captions
• Office Lens
• Reading Coach 
• Math Solver 
• Reflect 

You can find all of the Microsoft Quick Guides here. 

EdTeachTeacher is a Global Training Partner for Microsoft in Education. We can help you to get the most out of Microsoft in your school. Check out our Microsoft services page and feel free reach out to us to find out what we can do for you!

Shawn McCusker is Senior Director of Professional Learning EdTechTeacher.

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A recent national report by the Watson Foundation found that teachers are using ChatGPT more than students and are using it to create new lesson ideas. To help out all of our teacher friends, we are offering a series of posts focused on practical ways that you can use ChatGPT to assist with your own lesson design! Each post will focus on a practical  strategy for using ChatGPT and will include ideas for both elementary and secondary school teachers. Here is the tenth part of our series:

#10 Feedback

Why ChatGPT for Feedback?

By leveraging ChatGPT, teachers can enhance the feedback process, provide personalized guidance, and support students in the learning process. Teachers can leverage ChatGPT to formulate feedback on student work or allow students to receive feedback from ChatGPT on their own. ChatGPT can generate feedback that is tailored to individual needs and teachers can input assessment criteria to target specific areas for feedback. 

How to use ChatGPT for Feedback

First, define and communicate the guidelines and expectations for feedback to ChatGPT to ensure that it provides constructive and helpful responses. Think about what context might be necessary to include — ex. course level, curriculum topic, students age– to ensure that the responses are appropriate for the level and abilities of your students. In addition, include specific criteria for evaluating student work and those aspects that ChatGPT should focus on in its feedback. 

It’s very helpful to provide ChatGPT with sample assignments and samples of student work to help identify areas for feedback. These can include essays, short answers, math problem solutions, science experiment reports, or any other relevant student output. Ideally, these samples will include both examples of “correct” or desirable responses and “incorrect” or undesirable responses. Finally, it’s best to provide ChatGPT with a feedback prompt that is specific to the assignment and based on the samples you have provided.

ChatGPT can provide feedback that guides students towards a correct or desirable response without explicitly revealing the correct answer. ChatGPT can offer hints, ask probing questions, or provide general guidance to steer the student in the right direction. So, if you desire “guided” feedback that doesn’t immediately reveal the correct answer, tell ChatGPT as much in your feedback prompt.

ChatGPT Feedback Examples

The following are short examples of feedback that provide a “correct” answer or desirable solution.

1. World Language

Student Work: “Je suis allé à la parc hier.”

Feedback Prompt: “Provide feedback on the student’s sentence in French: “Je suis allé à la parc hier.” The course is French 1 and the student is learning the passé composé.”

Feedback: “Nice attempt! However, in French, ‘parc’ is masculine, so it should be ‘au parc.’ Also, ‘hier’ should be placed after the verb. Keep up the good work!”

2. Essay Feedback

Student Work: (extended essay)

Feedback Prompt: “Provide feedback on the following essay written by a 12th grade student for a United States history course. In particular, focus on the correct use of grammar, including run-on sentences, mixed metaphors, and punctuation.

Feedback: “In the opening sentence, consider revising it to separate the list of issues using commas and make the structure clearer: : [“…”]  In the second sentence, there is a run-on sentence. Consider breaking it into two or more sentences: [“…”]  

In the paragraph about Jackie Robinson, there are a few issues with punctuation and sentence structure. Consider revising as follows: [“…”]  In the paragraph about “To Kill a Mockingbird,” there is an incorrect sentence structure. Consider revising as follows: [“…”] In the paragraph about “The Star Bellied Sneetches,” there are no significant grammar or punctuation issues. However, consider clarifying the connection between this story and the essay’s theme of equality.

Overall, the essay shows a good understanding of the theme of equality and references relevant examples. Pay attention to sentence structure, run-on sentences, and the correct use of punctuation to enhance the clarity and readability of the essay.”

Examples of “guided” feedback:

Prompt: “For the following problems provide feedback without actually telling the user what the correct answer is. In other words, provide feedback that guides a student towards a “correct” or desirable response (in steps or stages) without immediately revealing what is the  “correct” or desirable response.”

1. Algebra 2

Problem: Simplify the expression (3x^2 + 4x – 2) + (2x^2 – 5x + 3).

Feedback: “You’re on the right track! To simplify the expression, combine like terms. Pay attention to the coefficients and the exponents of the variables. How can you group similar terms together and simplify the expression further?”

2. Spanish 3

Prompt: Write a paragraph comparing two famous Spanish-speaking artists.

Feedback: “You’ve covered some important points! To enhance your paragraph, try using comparative language to highlight similarities and differences between the artists: 

“Al igual que [artist A], [artist B] también se destaca por…”

“Tanto [artist A] como [artist B] comparten la característica de…”

“A diferencia de [artist A], [artist B] se distingue por…”

“Contrario a [artist A], [artist B] presenta una perspectiva distinta en…”

3. ESL class:

a. Prompt: Write a paragraph describing your favorite holiday.

Feedback: “Great start! To provide more details, try including adjectives to describe the holiday. For example: “My favorite holiday is Christmas. Revised sentence with adjectives: “My favorite holiday is Christmas because of its joyful atmosphere, cozy traditions, and heartwarming celebrations.” Explanation: By adding descriptive adjectives such as “joyful,” “cozy,” and “heartwarming,” the sentence provides more details and paints a vivid picture of why Christmas is the favorite holiday.

Just keep in mind that ChatGPT may not always respond exactly as you expect. However, with a bit of creativity and guidance, ChatGPT can be a useful and engaging tool for generating helpful feedback for your students!

–by Tom Daccord, with help from ChatGPT 

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