AI did my homework...

I personally am not sold on AI, and it's not so much that I don't believe in it, it's that the society we have created and the biases that exist on the internet have so much power over AI that I personally don't always feel comfortable using a service that gives me an answer based on what it knows online. The same goes for teaching as well, I'm not sold because the AI use I've seen for teachers, although it's useful, it's also outdated and the lesson plans are extremely simple, because that's what's currently on the web. That being said, I wanted to try it out, so from now on, ChapGPT wrote this blog, which my help and editing of course. We'll talk later about how I feel about this.

Hey there, fellow educators and tech enthusiasts! 🚀 Ready to sprinkle a bit of futuristic magic into your classrooms? Let's dive into the world of artificial intelligence (AI) and explore how it can jazz up our teaching game.

1. Get Personal with Learning

Imagine having a buddy who tailors lessons just for you. Well, AI can do that! Platforms like DreamBox and Knewton analyze how each student learns and dish out lessons customized to their style. It's like having a personal tutor, but cooler.

2. Meet Your Virtual Teaching Assistant

We all need a little extra help sometimes, right? Enter Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS). They're like virtual assistants, helping students conquer tricky concepts at their own pace. Check out Carnegie Learning and Squirrel AI to see these digital sidekicks in action.

3. Bye-Bye, Grading Hassles

Raise your hand if you'd rather be teaching than drowning in paperwork. 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️ AI to the rescue! Tools like Satchel One and Gradescope use AI to handle the nitty-gritty stuff, like grading and tracking student progress. More teaching, less paperwork—win-win!

4. Dive into Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR)

Let's make learning an adventure! VR and AR, powered by AI, take students on wild journeys. ClassVR and Google Expeditions let them explore historical wonders, conduct virtual science experiments, and basically have a blast while learning.

5. Smart Decision-Making with Data

Who doesn’t love a bit of data magic? AI analytics, like those in Brightspace and Canvas Analytics, give you the lowdown on student performance. It’s like having a secret weapon to fine-tune your teaching game based on real insights.

Time to Level Up

Okay, so diving into AI might feel like stepping into the future, but fear not! Training programs on platforms like FutureLearn and Coursera are here to save the day. Get the skills and knowledge to rock the AI-in-teaching world.

Wrapping it Up

Adding AI to our teaching toolkit isn’t about replacing us—it’s about cranking up the awesomeness. Let’s make our classrooms dynamic, engaging, and totally ready for whatever the future throws our way. Who's in? 🚀✨

Okay, it's me again. That was actually quite easy and painless, I honeslty thought if I gave in to the AI monsters that I would just spontaneously combust, but nope, still here. I do have some notes on this experience though.

1. First and foremost, so easy to do. My first try with "Write a blog post on how to integrate AI into teaching. It should be about a 2 minute read and include resources related to the subject." gave me a great blog, but it was super professional sounding, and that's not how I write, so I asked it to make the blog more casual and that turned into word for word what I posted above. So two tries, which I think is pretty impressive.

2. It gave me some amazing resources to use in my teaching that I would have never even thought to find, so that's amazing.

3. It kind of hit every AI helpable task, like Administration, Lesson planning, Grading, Analytics, and Teaching. I would have never been able to answer those questions let alone given resources as well.

4. It used the phrase "cranking up the awesomeness" which I think is hilarious.

So honestly? I'm kind of a fan now, especially when there's a topic that I may not fully understand, getting AI to give me a rundown of the subject however in depth I wanna go is pretty cool. I also think that there's a lot of room in teaching for AI, especially for things like organization and student success tracking.

I'm still not sold on using AI for lesson planning, at least not fully, I believe that teaching has come a long way in a very short amount of time and what's available on the internet hasn't fully caught up yet.