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Harnessing the Power of AI in Education

presented by

Tom Colabufo

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To access the AI Platform if you have not already done so

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Harnessing the Power of AI in Education

Agenda:

Provide participants with access to fully explore an AI platform.
Highlight some popular tools that engage all learners.
Demonstrate the AI conversational abilities to enhance instruction.

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Question: Why do we need AI in education?�

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Innovation in education has operated �at a snail’s pace for 200 years

Resist change…We don’t need it…We always did it this way…I’m retiring soon!

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All major industries have been using AI for over 20 years…

Finance and Banking

Fraud Detection: Banks have used anomaly-detection algorithms since the 1990s to spot unusual credit card charges.
Algorithmic Trading: Financial traders have relied on automated data models and quantitative prediction tools for decades.
Credit Scoring: Automated systems evaluate loan and mortgage risk using historical statistical models. �

Retail and E-commerce

Recommendation Engines: Major platforms like Amazon have used machine learning to suggest products based on user behavior for over twenty years.
Inventory Forecasting: Large retailers use predictive analytics to manage stock levels and warehouse logistics.
Dynamic Pricing: Algorithms adjust product prices automatically based on supply, demand, and competitor tracking.

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Manufacturing

Predictive Maintenance: Factories use sensor data and machine learning to forecast when heavy machinery needs repairs before breaking down.
Quality Control: Automated computer vision systems have scanned assembly lines for product defects for many years.
Supply Chain Optimization: Logistics and production scheduling are managed via automated routing and constraint-solving software.

Healthcare

Medical imaging and diagnosis: AI can examine X-rays, CT scans, MRIs, mammograms, and other images. It can help identify tumors, fractures, strokes, internal bleeding, and other abnormalities.
Drug discovery: Pharmaceutical companies use AI to analyze huge numbers of molecules and predict which ones might become effective medications. AI can help identify potential drug targets and speed up early-stage drug development.
Personalized medicine: AI can analyze a patient’s medical history, genetic information, laboratory results, and other data to help doctors determine which treatments may be most appropriate.
Predicting health problems: AI systems can identify patterns that may indicate that a patient is at increased risk of complications.
Surgery: AI is being incorporated into robotic and computer-assisted surgery.

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Objectives

I will learn how to utilize and maximize AI to engage all students.

I will discover ways to save teachers hours of planning and grading.

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A Problem We All Face

How often do U.S. workers experience burnout

(by industry)?

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Let’s Begin With Two Driving Questions. . .

How can AI improve student learning?

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How can AI improve the quality of life for our teachers and administrators?

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To answer this question, we must first identify the factors associated with student learning.

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How Can AI Improve Student Learning?

Student engagement

Detailed feedback specific to each student delivered in a timely manner

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Let’s start with a question. . .

How do you engage students?

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What Does Student Engagement Look Like?

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Students are actively participating in learning

Students ask questions, contribute to discussions, complete tasks, and interact with the lesson rather than passively listening.

Students can explain what they are learning and why it matters

When asked, students can clearly articulate the learning target, success criteria, and purpose of the lesson.

Students engage in higher-order thinking

Students analyze, evaluate, justify, create, or solve complex problems rather than simply recall facts.

Students collaborate productively with peers

Students work together respectfully, share ideas, ask clarifying questions, and build on one another's thinking.

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Research shows three clear ways. . .

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How Do You Engage Students?

Students’ Readiness (Ability) Levels

Students’ Preferred Learning Styles

Students’ Interests

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Elementary Examples

Middle School Examples

High School Examples

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Differentiating According To

Students’ Readiness Levels

Graduated Difficulty

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Audience Participation

Step 1: Click on “Tools and Strategies” on the left�Step 2: Click on “Research-Based Strategies” at the top�Step 3: Scroll down to the “Assessment Tools & Strategies” category and click on “Graduated Difficulty”�Step 4: Click on the icon for additional information �Step 5: Click on the “Use Tool” tab and follow directions�Step 6: Create an engaging activity

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Differentiating According To

Students’ Learning Styles

Elementary Examples

Middle School Examples

High School Examples

Task Rotation

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Audience Participation

Step 1: Click on “Tools and Strategies” on the left�Step 2: Click on “Research-Based Strategies” at the top�Step 3: Scroll down to the “Assessment Tools & Strategies” category and click on “Task Rotation”�Step 4: Click on the icon for additional information �Step 5: Click on the “Use Tool” tab and follow directions�Step 6: Create an engaging activity

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Differentiating According To

Students’ Interests

Elementary Examples

Middle School Examples

High School Examples

Math Story Word Problems

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Audience Participation

Step 1: Click on “Tools and Strategies” on the left�Step 2: Scroll down to “All Tools” and below it you will see a “Search tools…” tab�Step 3: Type “Math Story Word Problems”�Step 4: Click on the picture of the tool and follow directions�Step 5: Create an engaging activity

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Differentiating According To

Students’ Interests

Elementary Examples

Middle School Examples

High School Examples

Choice Board (UDL)

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Audience Participation

Step 1: Click on “Tools and Strategies” on the left�Step 2: Scroll down to “All Tools” and below it you will see a “Search tools…” tab�Step 3: Type “Choice Board”�Step 4: Click on the picture of the tool and follow directions�Step 5: Create an engaging activity

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Steve jobs saw the future of AI back in 1985…

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Differentiating According To

Students’ Interests

Elementary Examples

Middle School Examples

High School Examples

Talk to Historical Figures

Aristotle Example

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Audience Participation

Step 1: Click on “Tools and Strategies” on the left�Step 2: Scroll down to “All Tools” and below it you will see a “Search tools…” tab�Step 3: Type “Talk to Historical Figures or Fictional Character”�Step 4: Click on the picture of the tool and follow directions�Step 5: Create an engaging activity

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Promote Higher Level Learning

Instead of Rote Memorization

Elementary Examples

Middle School Examples

High School Examples

Metaphorical Thinking

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Audience Participation

Step 1: Click on “Tools and Strategies” on the left�Step 2: Click on “Research-Based Strategies” at the top�Step 3: Scroll down to the “Instructional Tools & Strategies” category and click on “Metaphorical Thinking”�Step 4: Click on the icon for additional information �Step 5: Click on the “Use Tool” tab and follow directions�Step 6: Create an engaging activity

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Promote Higher Level Learning

Instead of Rote Memorization

Elementary Examples

Middle School Examples

High School Examples

Association Triangles

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Audience Participation

Step 1: Click on “Tools and Strategies” on the left�Step 2: Click on “Research-Based Strategies” at the top�Step 3: Scroll down to the “Assessment Tools & Strategies” category and click on “Association Triangles”�Step 4: Click on the icon for additional information �Step 5: Click on the “Use Tool” tab and follow directions�Step 6: Create an engaging activity

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Promote Higher Level Learning

Instead of Rote Memorization

Elementary Examples

Middle School Examples

High School Examples

Conceptual Understanding

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Audience Participation

Step 1: Click on “Tools and Strategies” on the left�Step 2: Scroll down to “All Tools” and below it you will see a “Search tools…” tab�Step 3: Type “Conceptual Understanding”�Step 4: Click on the picture of the tool and follow directions�Step 5: Create an engaging activity

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Promote Higher Level Learning

Instead of Rote Memorization

Elementary Examples

Middle School Examples

High School Examples

Divergent Thinking

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Audience Participation

Step 1: Click on “Tools and Strategies” on the left�Step 2: Click on “Research-Based Strategies” at the top�Step 3: Scroll down to the “Instructional Tools & Strategies” category and click on “Divergent Thinking”�Step 4: Click on the icon for additional information �Step 5: Click on the “Use Tool” tab and follow directions�Step 6: Create an engaging activity

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Promote Higher Level Learning

Instead of Rote Memorization

Elementary Examples

Middle School Examples

High School Examples

Reading for Meaning

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Audience Participation

Step 1: Click on “Tools and Strategies” on the left�Step 2: Click on “Research-Based Strategies” at the top�Step 3: Scroll down to the “Instructional Tools & Strategies” category and click on “Reading for Meaning”�Step 4: Click on the icon for additional information �Step 5: Click on the “Use Tool” tab and follow directions�Step 6: Create an engaging activity

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Promote Higher Level Learning

Instead of Rote Memorization

Elementary Examples

Middle School Examples

High School Examples

Windows and Mirrors Reflection Generator

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Audience Participation

Step 1: Click on “Tools and Strategies” on the left�Step 2: Scroll down to “All Tools” and below it you will see a “Search tools…” tab�Step 3: Type “Windows and Mirrors Reflection Generator”�Step 4: Click on the picture of the tool and follow directions�Step 5: Create an engaging activity

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Greatly Assist Teachers In

Planning High Quality Lessons

Elementary Examples

Middle School Examples

High School Examples

Standards Unpacker

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Audience Participation

Step 1: Click on “Tools and Strategies” on the left�Step 2: Scroll down to “All Tools” and below it you will see a “Search tools…” tab�Step 3: Type “Standards Unpacker”�Step 4: Click on the picture of the tool and follow directions�Step 5: Create an engaging activity

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Greatly Assist Teachers In

Planning High Quality Lessons

Elementary Examples

Middle School Examples

High School Examples

Learning Window

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Audience Participation

Step 1: Click on “Tools and Strategies” on the left�Step 2: Click on “Research-Based Strategies” at the top�Step 3: Scroll down to the “Planning and Design Tools” category and click on “Learning Window”�Step 4: Click on the icon for additional information �Step 5: Click on the “Use Tool” tab and follow directions�Step 6: Create an engaging activity

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Greatly Assist Teachers In

Planning High Quality Lessons

Elementary Examples

Middle School Examples

High School Examples

A Study In. . .

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Audience Participation

Step 1: Click on “Tools and Strategies” on the left�Step 2: Click on “Research-Based Strategies” at the top�Step 3: Scroll down to the “Planning and Design Tools” category and click on “A Study In…”�Step 4: Click on the icon for additional information �Step 5: Click on the “Use Tool” tab and follow directions�Step 6: Create an engaging activity

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Greatly Assist Teachers In

Planning High Quality Lessons

Elementary Examples

Middle School Examples

High School Examples

Lesson Planner

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Audience Participation

Step 1: Click on “Tools and Strategies” on the left�Step 2: Scroll down to “All Tools” and below it you will see a “Search tools…” tab�Step 3: Type “Lesson Planner”�Step 4: Click on the picture of the tool and follow directions�Step 5: Create an engaging lesson

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Greatly Assist Teachers In

Providing Timely Quality Feedback

Elementary Examples

Middle School Examples

High School Examples

Exit Ticket

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Audience Participation

Step 1: Click on “Tools and Strategies” on the left�Step 2: Scroll down to “All Tools” and below it you will see a “Search tools…” tab�Step 3: Type “Exit Ticket”�Step 4: Click on the picture of the tool and follow directions�Step 5: Create an exit ticket assessment

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Greatly Assist Teachers In

Providing Timely Quality Feedback

Elementary Examples

Middle School Examples

High School Examples

Student Feedback

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Comprehensive Resource Document with Links and Video Tutorials

Library of Video Tutorials Aligned to Tools, click HERE

Videos and Outputs Aligned to Tools, click HERE