April 18, 2018
Audio Only Youtube Extension
Using YouTube to listen to music?
The Audio Only Youtube Extension saves on internet usage by disabling the video while you are listening to Youtube.
Try it out!
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence. These words make me think of robots taking over the world like in the movie I, Robot (2004). For years, many have heard about how technology may have the potential to take over human interaction and replace teachers, striking fear in many towards technological advancements. In reality, artificial intelligence (AI) is not a thing of the future and does not involve Will Smith.
Artificial Intelligence is using technology to perform tasks that would require human intelligence such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision making, or translation of languages. AI is already a part of our day to day life! If you have ever asked Siri for directions, asked Alexa to play a favorite song, or used Google Home to check the weather, then you have engaged with AI. So, how can this technology transform our classroom?
Classroom Resources to try out:
Online sites to try:
Quick, Draw!: The computer can tell you what you are trying to draw, and then make your drawing look better (great for those of use needing a hand in this area!).
Quill Connect: The computer acts as a writing assistant and editor providing instant feedback on grammar skills. This site also will check grammatical errors in uploaded papers similar to the way Grammarly does.
Interactive Stories:
On Echo, enable Select a Story. Then begin by saying, “Alexa, open select a story.”
On Google Home, Story Speaker: Create a choose your own adventure-style story in Google Docs. It’s like you’re coding/creating an AI game run by Google Assistant.
Assistive Technology:
Seeing AI is an app that allows users to have images described and text read aloud.
Hearing AI is an app allowing users to see sound in waves.
*Both of these apps were developed by teams with the Microsoft Garage, an experimental team with Microsoft. These apps work only work on Apple phones at the moment (hopefully coming to Android soon).
Fun Stuff:
Emoji Scavenger Hunt send students on a hunt for the real life object of the emoji shown. The computer tells them if they are correct or not.
Google AI Experiments has a whole page of cool tools to explore. Some require coding, but many are sites you can visit with your students to try AI out.