AI CAFE 2025

<p>The conversation explores the journey of embracing AI as a tool rather than a toy. The participants discuss the importance of vetting AI apps and the need for critical thinking when using AI-generated content. They...

<p>We began by exploring whether we're just using generative AI because it's the shiny new thing. We quickly agreed that Gen AI is definitely a massive time saver. But how much time did we each have to invest in...

<p>This week, we discuss the need and practical challenges of tracking and assessing student assignments when generative AI is an approved tool. What reliable strategies can we use to see and evaluate students’...

<p>This week, we talk about an AI tool that enables teachers to create custom chatbots for specific units, provide real-time insights into student progress, level reading material, assist with IEP goals, and create...

<p>The number of new artificial intelligence tools available to educators is expanding faster than most of us can follow. This generative AI wave is introducing technologies into the classroom with many unknowns and...

<p>We start the new year by reflecting on our experiences with generative artificial intelligence in 2023 and the lessons we learned. We close by sharing our most useful discoveries and how we plan to use them in the...

<p>This week, we dove into AI image generators and how they can be used to engage students in higher-order thinking. We explored and shared the results of testing and comparing several AI image tools with real students...

<p>This week, we shared our experiences with AI-driven add-ons that enhance teaching and learning — from Clippy to Copilot. We explored ways to share grades with parents, simplify complex tasks like understanding Excel...

<p>Is using AI chatbots to provide feedback to students cheating, cutting corners, or failing to do our best for students? This week, we discovered a hidden barrier to embracing AI, no matter how useful, how much time...

<p>The results students get from AI tools like ChatGPT and Bard depend on how well they’ve learned to communicate with these resources. In this session, we explore effective ways to help students learn and remember how...

<p>Every week, we explore new and helpful ways generative artificial intelligence can support teaching and learning. This week we unwrapped a surprisingly engaging new resource that uses voice to teach and support...

<p>How We Prepared to Head Back to School With Generative Artificial Intelligence <br />Caroline Fell Kurban, Dan Jones, Juli Ross-Kleinmann, and Thomas Mennella</p> <p>It’s fascinating; this is the first back-to-school...

<p>We all agree that grading papers, providing detailed feedback, and maintaining consistency across 100 or more papers are some of the most taxing tasks on a teacher’s to-do list. This week, we met at the AI Cafe to...

<p>Every week, we discover new and helpful ways generative artificial intelligence can support teaching and learning. We’ve also found a new world of student privacy discussions we need to have. This week, we exchanged...

<p>Every teacher is familiar with the three Rs, but this week we all got a sample of why learning more about the three Fs may be just as crucial in the age of AI. Identifying what's fake, false, and phony is much more...