1.1 What technical skills are required to integrate AI into education?
Objective 1: Identify opportunities to integrate AI tools that align with high-impact instructional strategies and approaches.
As it turns out, AI is extremely easy to learn to use! Click the thumbnails to watch the full video and begin your AI journey. Throughout the 'Perspectives and Resources' section, you'll find brief overviews for each required video to help guide your viewing. Note that these overviews are for context only and will not provide answers to the reflection questions.
📽Video Run Time: 9:17 mins
📽Click to watch the full video, then answer the following questions.
Google’s AI Course for Beginners
(in 10 minutes)
Video Overview:
AI is easy to use - even without a tech background.
AI supports faster lesson planning by generating outlines, warm-ups, and activity ideas.
Differentiation and student support are simplified with tools like Diffit and AI-generated rubrics or self-assessments.
Parent communication becomes more efficient through AI-generated newsletters and messages.
AI enhances, not replaces, teaching.
Start small with one task to build confidence and save time for what matters most in teaching.
📝 After watching the full video, respond to the following in your Guided Overview:
1. Pick one of the tools shown in the video (such as MagicSchool.ai, ChatGPT, Diffit, or Curipod) and try one quick task:
Create a warm-up question
Generate a writing prompt
Draft a parent email
2. Reflect on your experience using the tool. Was it easy? Was it difficult? Explain.
Try customizing your AI-generated content. For example, change the tone of the email, or adjust the grade level of the writing prompt.
Quiz Time!
📝 Respond to the following questions in your Guided Overview:
Match each tool to its intended purpose by selecting the correct term from the word bank. (Hint: You may use AI to help!)
A. MagicSchool.ai C. Curipod E. Canva Magic Write
B. Diffit D. ChatGPT F. Eduaide.ai
Purpose
1. Generates multiple versions of texts at varied reading levels and includes built-in comprehension questions
2. Creates interactive slide decks with polls, drawing, and collaboration prompts using AI
3. Provides customizable lesson plans, IEP supports, parent email templates, and more, all teacher-centered
4. Helps design visually appealing newsletters, classroom posters, and lesson content using AI-assisted writing
5. Acts like a brainstorming partner to draft emails, warm-ups, questions, rubrics, and more
6. Offers dozens of education-specific AI tools like text rewriters, learning objectives, and unit builders
Once you finish the quiz, click 'Next' to continue to Section 1.2.