Tuesday Tech Tidbit

Canva for Education has recently teamed up with OpenAI to introduce Magic Write , a writing assistant that uses artificial intelligence to help you generate ideas.  Magic Write is similar to ChatGPT in the sense that you can type a request and receive answers.   For example, you could type: " Write me a lesson plan about the Normandy invasion for 10th graders that aligns with Ohio's Learning Standards for Social Studies and includes a video project " OR " Compose a parent email that informs everyone that permission forms for the field trip to the McKinley Museum are due by May 20th. Discuss what students will learn at the McKinley Museum. " Follow the links above to see the results!  Pretty impressive. 🤓  You can easily tweak the text to customize it further.  But look at the time you saved because you didn't have to start completely from scratch. Magic Write is only available to teachers in the Canva for Education platform.  Don't worry; your stude...

Artificial Intelligence resources are being developed at break-neck speed.  My head spins as I try to keep up with AI.  Dan Niessen, a technology integration specialist at NEOnet, recently released these AI resources to help teachers understand and evaluate classroom applications for AI.  While the reputations of resources like ChatGPT have been tarnished due to the capability of students to use AI for academic dishonesty, there are actually a lot of practical and useful applications of AI in the classroom.  It's definitely worth a look. Futurepedia is a collection of AI tools that is updated daily.  Within Futurepedia you can browse 700+ AI tools in 40+ categories like copywriting, image generation and video editing.  Prepare to have your mind blown!  I bet if you take a few minutes to browse through categories that interest you, you will stumble upon a new tool that will improve your workflow significantly. Futurepedia offers both paid and free re...

Artificial Intelligence is advancing at breakneck speed and is dominating many headlines in today’s news. The implications for AI’s influence on education are profound. Chatbots, such as ChatGPT , allow users to generate a wide variety of texts, including school essays.  The results are pretty impressive.  Images can be conjured using DALL-E by merely suggesting them to your computer. Again, the results are pretty impressive.  I am on a committee that is investigating the implications of AI.  We are learning about the capabilities of AI, how to prepare for it in schools, how to harness its power for good, and everything else that comes with such a transformative technology.  The AI committee is compiling resources for teachers, which include news articles and podcasts.  We will continue to add resources to this document.  If you are interested in keeping up with the latest in AI, here is a link to the live Google Doc: AI Resources for teachers If you ...