Artificial intelligence Archives - Ditch That Textbook https://ditchthattextbook.com/category/artificial-intelligence/ Ed tech, creative teaching, less reliance on the textbook. Thu, 07 Dec 2023 14:29:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 How to create substitute teacher plans in 15 minutes with AI https://ditchthattextbook.com/sub-plans/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sub-plans https://ditchthattextbook.com/sub-plans/#comments Thu, 07 Dec 2023 14:29:56 +0000 https://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=26207 Need quick substitute teacher plans? AI-powered tools can help. Here's how you can create sub lesson plans in 15 minutes (so you can go back to bed). We've all had those days, you wake up sick with no warning and you know you need to stay home and rest. Ah, but you're a teacher. You can't […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/sub-plans/feed/ 2 Leveraging AI to spiral essential standards https://ditchthattextbook.com/leveraging-ai-to-spiral-essential-standards/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=leveraging-ai-to-spiral-essential-standards https://ditchthattextbook.com/leveraging-ai-to-spiral-essential-standards/#comments Mon, 04 Dec 2023 11:56:38 +0000 https://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=25993 Jake was a HS social studies teacher before joining the team at CESA 5 in Wisconsin as a curriculum and ed tech specialist. Some favorite ed tech topics include digital citizenship and media literacy, inquiry based learning, standards based grading, AI, and UDL. He's also a HS cross country coach, husband, and father of three […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/leveraging-ai-to-spiral-essential-standards/feed/ 2 6 ways to prepare students for an AI future https://ditchthattextbook.com/ai-skills/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ai-skills https://ditchthattextbook.com/ai-skills/#comments Mon, 27 Nov 2023 15:19:02 +0000 https://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=26280 AI is developing rapidly. It’s poised to make significant changes to our world and the workforce. No matter what comes our way, we can still prepare students to adapt to it. Here are 6 shifts we can make in our classrooms right away. Artificial intelligence has been growing by leaps and bounds.  Some of us look […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/ai-skills/feed/ 2 Lesson planning with AI: Save time and get ideas https://ditchthattextbook.com/ai-lesson-planning/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ai-lesson-planning https://ditchthattextbook.com/ai-lesson-planning/#comments Mon, 20 Nov 2023 14:16:00 +0000 https://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=24819 Artificial intelligence can help you write lesson plans faster -- and give you new ideas you might not consider. Here are some tips and strategies you can use. Planning lessons has always been a struggle for me. When I have planned lessons for my high school Spanish classes, I've almost always over-thought them. I would worry about […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/ai-lesson-planning/feed/ 4 30 AI tools for the classroom https://ditchthattextbook.com/ai-tools/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ai-tools https://ditchthattextbook.com/ai-tools/#comments Mon, 13 Nov 2023 15:22:00 +0000 https://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=24452 Artificial intelligence is growing by leaps and bounds. It's no longer science fiction anymore!  Lots of AI tools can serve as our own personal assistants -- answering questions, helping us write text, create images, speak more effectively, and more. Time has always been a barrier in the classroom. Most teachers would agree that they would be able […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/ai-tools/feed/ 31 4 ways Microsoft uses artificial intelligence to support teaching and learning https://ditchthattextbook.com/microsoft-ai/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=microsoft-ai https://ditchthattextbook.com/microsoft-ai/#comments Thu, 09 Nov 2023 13:42:46 +0000 https://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=26099 This post is sponsored by MicrosoftAs the capabilities of artificial intelligence continue to grow, educators are learning new ways that AI can support teaching and learning.Microsoft has released some great free options that teachers can start using right away. Plus, for schools that already have Microsoft licenses, another powerful option might already be available at teachers’ […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/microsoft-ai/feed/ 1 5 ways I’ll use AI when I go back to the classroom https://ditchthattextbook.com/back-to-classroom/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=back-to-classroom https://ditchthattextbook.com/back-to-classroom/#respond Tue, 31 Oct 2023 19:10:37 +0000 https://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=26093 I'm headed back to the classroom soon! After studying artificial intelligence and all the tools that support teaching and learning, here's what I'm excited to use. So, a bit of personal news ... I'm going back to teach in the classroom! There's a temporary semester-long position to teach Spanish at the high school where my wife teaches […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/back-to-classroom/feed/ 0 AI image generators: 10 tools, 10 classroom uses https://ditchthattextbook.com/ai-image-generators/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ai-image-generators https://ditchthattextbook.com/ai-image-generators/#comments Tue, 12 Sep 2023 15:58:09 +0000 https://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=25778 Image created with MidjourneyI can't tell you how much of my life I've wasted fishing for images on Google Images. You know what I mean, right? Fishing for images?You get an idea in your mind of the kind of image you'd like to use. Then you start fishing ... putting your fishing line in the waters […]

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