Valerie Thomas

Proactively Limiting the Use of AI in the Classroom By modeling AI, teachers can demonstrate to students the benefits and shortcomings of the technology.

How does teacher @jenroberts.bsky.social persuade students not to use AI in academically dishonest ways?

“Once my students know that I am knowledgeable, that AI is fallible, and that AI writing is easy to spot, the temptation to use it seems to drop a lot.” Here are her strategies. 💻

#EduSkyAI

❓ Have you tried using Mirror Talk with your students?

🗣️ Bozz from Boone shares how they have used it and why it worked well with their students.

✅ If there is a tool that has worked really well for you, please share and tag us!

#itecia

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So much to see in Issue 23! #EduSky #EdTech

🗑️ Free online edu conference
📄 Cover images in Docs
📗 The AI Assist
🚀 NASA yule log
🧘‍♀️ 60-sec de-stresser
🤖 BrainPOP coding
⚪️ iPhone photo burst
📺 Thumbnail techniques

https://learninginhand.com/issue23

Math Progress in Microsoft Teams for Education - globally rolling out and generally available | Microsoft Community Hub Today, we’re pleased to announce Math Progress, a new Learning Accelerator, is now generally available in Microsoft Teams for Education for all supported...

Math Progress, our newest Learning Accelerator, is now globally rolling out and at general availability! FREE and built into Microsoft Teams for EDU 🚀

Blog: techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/educati...

#mathchat #MIEExpert #edusky

What will Sora mean for our news cycles and fake news? I went with a cute example first.
My prompt: A Shih Tzu playing catch with its owner.
Time to make : Thirty-three seconds.
Time to download : instant

Yes. This experiment will work if you make it your own. Customize your experience, build new ones, make a social network that can be controlled by the people who use it an idea we do not go back on.

Disruptive Thinking in Our Classrooms: Preparing Students for Their Future A blog about digital leadership, pedagogy, learning, and transformative change in education.

Disruptive Thinking in Our Classrooms: Preparing Students for Their Future esheninger.blogspot.com/2021/04/disr... #EDUsky #disruptivethink

How are you addressing critical thinking in the age of AI?

My colleague & I created this quick 15min PL for teachers on the need of shifting instruction to process over product. Students can use AI as a thought partner and teachers don't have to see it as the enemy.
#EduSky #AiEdu

bit.ly/3Vzi8U9

The Butterfly Effect: Bluesky Basics for Teachers — Learning in Hand with Tony Vincent Curious about the buzz on Bluesky? Discover how this decentralized platform is bringing educators together with familiar features, fresh possibilities, and hashtags like #EduSky that are sparking vibr...

Here's my attempt to get educators who were used to Twitter up to speed with Bluesky. #EduSky

💬 Character and media limits
#️⃣ Edu hashtags
📝 Customizable feeds
🕑 Realtime chats
🚫 Ads, bookmarking, scheduling
👥 Starter Packs
🧩 Sky Follower extension

learninginhand.com/blog/2024/11...

YouTube video by Five Minute AI Organizational assessment session

❗Union Friends: Someone in my #AI FB group built a 'ChatGPTeam' for organizational consulting. Define roles & interact like a team! See her demo of the AI team here✨: youtu.be/epfSQvLefxU?...

Glad to see someone exploring this space! My vision is to craft a podcast entirely in @notebooklm.bsky.social lm.bsky.social & clone my voice with @elevenlabsio.bsky.social evenlabsio.bsky.social to export a humanized podcast on Critical Thinking in the Age of AI that captures personality & emotion.

Thanks for asking! This flowchart was inspired in part by @wferriter.bsky.social Deconstructing an Essential Standard. I used five of his questions as a foundation. From there, I expanded & customized the prompts to create a comprehensive flowchart for leveraging AI.

I am loving NotebookLM so much! Geesh, these "podcasts" it generates are mind-blowing! I just uploaded a 3-slide Google slide about some PD I've been tinkering with creating, and it generated THIS unbelievable 4:28-minute little podcast! Take a listen: drive.google.com/file/d/1rkl4... #edusky

I haven't tried NotebookLM yet, but you have just pushed it to the top of my to-try list. I just joined an AI fb group for entrepreneurs and the things I've learned in this group have blown my mind and people have mentioned NotebookLM a few times as well.

This infographic provides a beginner's guide to Bluesky, a decentralized social media platform. It covers key features like account creation, posting limits, content sharing options, customization, and the absence of ads and scheduling. It also highlights the importance of alt text, hashtags, and using the Sky Follower Bridge extension to find connections from Twitter.

Bluesky is a social site with familiar features and fresh possibilities for educators. #EduSky

The Butterfly Effect: Bluesky Basics for Teachers:
https://learninginhand.com/bluesky

💡 Struggling to craft effective prompts for AI tools? During my recent professional learning session, The Power of Precise Prompts, I unveiled a game-changing flowchart that takes the guesswork out of AI-assisted teaching.

Our teachers loved how simple and effective this resource is.
#EduSky #AIEdu

🎄 This holiday season, I’m gifting my #EdTech network a 24-day Interactive AI Advent Calendar!

🎁 Each day, unwrap a new tip, prompt, or activity to explore creative ways to use AI in education. #EduSky #AIEdu

www.canva.com/design/DAGXc...

Love this. Thanks for creating and sharing, @debbiecampbell.bsky.social.

AI in Education is here. Take a peek at this graphic from EdTech Insiders.
#ai #education #edtech #teachers #k12

Bluesky Starter Tips for Educators Social media always seems to be changing. Many tools have come and gone (I still remember with fondness my Google+ account) but many more ...

New to Bluesky? Check out my post on "Bluesky Starter Tips for Educators" including connecting with the EduSky community, following people, using Starter Packs, joining EduChats, adding custom feeds, refollowing Twitter friends, and more!
www.controlaltachieve.com/2024/11/blue...

#EduSky #EdTech