AI Resources for Teachers Over the summer a group of VUSD educators met to explore and experiment with some of the AI programs for teachers.  There are so many new products bursting onto the scene, that it's hard to keep up with it all. We created a slide deck containing some of our favorites.  Each slide briefly explains what the AI tool can do, along with a tutorial video on how to use it. We also created a Padlet with multiple AI uses and resources.  Links below. AI for Teachers SlideDeck AI for Teachers Padlet Please take a look and check out ALL the possibilities.  Below are just a few of the tasks an AI tool can do for you. Create Lesson plans Create rubrics Re-level text Math Spiral Review generator Math Story Word Problems Quiz generators Syllabus generators Sub plans Newsletters IEP goals   We will highlight a new program each month and dive deeper into the features and tools.  Have fun exploring.  I promise you will be amazed!

  Using Generative AI as Your TA By Robby Tabor*       Hey there, fellow VUSD teachers! I wanted to share with you all how I've been using generative AI (specifically ChatGPT) to make my life as a teacher a little easier.  📝 Multiple Choice Quizzes : First off, creating multiple-choice quizzes can be a real pain sometimes, right? That's where ChatGPT comes in! With just a few clicks, I can generate a ton of questions to test my students' understanding of the material. It's a lifesaver! Example : “I'm going to give you a question and an answer. Can you turn it into a multiple-choice question, make each answer the same length, and put an asterisk next to the correct answer? Question: “__________”. Answer: __________” “I'm going to give you some texts. I want you to read them and come up with multiple-choice questions and answers, and indicate which answer is correct with an asterisk. Make each answer the same length. The overall goal of the questions should

 ChatGPT / AI in Education The above image was created with an AI Image generator with the following input.   "an image about artificial intelligence in education with a renaissance masters art style" No more searching Google for an image that fits your subject matter! Just create it! By now,  you have all probably heard about the latest artificial intelligence program ChatGPT (Generative Pre-training Transformer).   See this video explaining what AI is and how it can  be harnessed for learning. Perhaps you have only heard of it as a method for students to automatically generate essays and research papers that are not of their own creation.  Often, the output results from ChatGPT are undetectable by the most common plagiarism software such as Turnitin and Google Classroom.  For this reason, many teachers are quick to dismiss it as nothing but a cheater's tool.  However, let's take a look at some of the beneficial uses of such programs because let's face it; it is

 01001000 01000001 0101000 01010000 01011001 00100000 01001000 01001111 01001100 01001001 01000100 01000001 01011001 01010011 Computer Binary Code for... H A P P Y H O L I D A Y S (A fun little text-to-binary translator here ) Celebrate Jerry Lawson and Create Your Own Video Games This fun Google doodle celebrates Gerald "Jerry" Lawson one of the first African American video game programmers. It allows you to make your own 8-bit video game. Super cute and fun. https://www.google.com/doodles/gerald-jerry-lawsons-82nd-birthday   C-STEM Hour of Robots/Hour of Code As a part of the nation wide Hour of Code the UC Davis C-STEM program has created an Hour of Robots and their own Hour of Code free curriculum using Roboblockly. This is the same drag and drop programming platform used to program the Linkbot robots that can be brought to your room by the VUSD Science and C-STEM Coordinator, Aaron Kelly Stephens. Click here for the Hour of Robots/Hour of Code page. Note: Scroll about

 Election Time in America with Google Voyager Google's Voyager ( a part of Google Earth) uses the power of Google Earth along with Google Education Content Creators to bring many difficult concepts to life.  Check out this presentation on Congressional Redistricting in the United States .  We've all heard about Gerrymandering but what does it really mean?  These lessons come with additional resources such as videos and websites.   Here's an example of an instructional video from the Washington Post that is embedded in the lesson.  Gerrymandering Explained ?  They have also included a cool little time lapse case study of how representation has changed in one state over the years.  The lessons are short, but packed with useful information powered by the latest technology. To browse their library of curated lessons  Go to Google Earth and click on the ship steering wheel icon.    Click on the Education Tab Scroll down and explore the presentations. If you are looking for a spe

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