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Five Big Ideas of AI

• Perception: the idea that computers perceive the world using sensors.
  
• Representation & Reasoning: In AI, computers build representations or models of objects in the world and use those for reasoning.
• Learning: Computers can learn from data and improve over time.
• Human Interaction: Ideally, AI will interact with humans as humans do.
• Societal Impact: AI can impact society in positive & negative ways.
  

How is AI revolutionizing education?

AI is changing the face of education by providing personalized learning experiences, automating administrative tasks, and helping identify struggling students early on. With the help of AI-powered tools, teachers can focus on providing individual attention to students through insightful data analysis.

While it is easy to be terrified of AI (it’s okay to admit if you are) - the best thing we can do is embrace it! Embracing the potential of artificial intelligence is the best way to prepare students for a bright future.

Writing Support

• ChatGPT (free/paid)
  
• This chatbot has been trained to follow your prompts to produce detailed responses to just about any question.
  
• Rytr (free/paid)
  
• Choose your tone, language, and level of creativity to apply to over 30 writing options such as blogs, newsletters, and business pitch ideas. Generate images from text as well.
  
• Sudowrite (free/paid)
  
• This tool focuses on storytelling: Finish an unwritten story, make your own words more intense, paint a picture with your words, or turn art into a story. Chrome extension available.
  

Curriculum & Lesson Support

• Curipod (free/paid)
• Enter your learning objective or big idea to get interactive slides with discussion questions, brain breaks, and word clouds in seconds.
  
• Diffit (free/paid)
  
• Use a PDF, URL, or general topic to create learning resources at different reading levels and translate them into multiple languages.
  
• Eduaide (free/paid)
  
• This powerful tool helps with your most time-consuming teaching tasks, including feedback, assessment, and communication.
  
• ElevenLabs (free/paid)
  
• This text-to-speech tool generates incredibly realistic-sounding audio tracks from any text you give it. Great for adding more accessibility to your videos or slideshows.
  
• Flexi (free)
  
• Ask this AI tutor any question and get responses that include clarifications with analogies, brain challenges, and rephrasing.
  
• MagicSchool (free/paid)
  
• Use the over 50 tools offered to help with teaching tasks, including creating rubrics, writing lesson plans, text leveling and translation, and communication tasks
  

AI Instruction

• AI4ALL (free)
  
• Click and teach an AI lesson directly from this website. The entire lesson is added to your Google Drive and they align with the major curriculum standards.
  
• MIT App Inventor (free)
  
• This site (also in our Coding section) is not only for AI but has many lessons to create apps that use AI. They offer tutorials and cross-curricular lessons to integrate AI in various ways.
  
• ReadyAI (free)
  
• ReadyAI provides courses, books, and summer camps for teaching AI to grades K-12.
  

The first design tool built for the Web, Figma combines powerful features with multiplayer functionality to make it faster, easier and more fun for students to design together — from start to finish. Figma is completely free for schools and works seamlessly on Chromebooks through a web browser.

We support schools with two free products:

• Figma Design is a digital design platform, used to make wireframes, software prototypes, and so much more. Figma is the industry standard design tool, so students can build practical skills for the future when they’re using it in class.
  
• FigJam is a free online whiteboard that gets students excited about learning, fosters deeper collaboration and builds up creative thinking skills. Every student is empowered to create and explore on our playful, interactive canvas.
  

Gamification

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ED Tech Academy

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We are members of Greenbush ED Tech Academy.

“Teachers today are facing an increasingly complex classroom environment. They strive to integrate educational technology into their instruction, but often lack the resources and support to do so. Our online professional development website called EdTech Academy provides teachers with the tools and resources they need to effectively integrate educational technology into their classrooms. With a continuously growing library of on-demand resources, educators can access ideas for instructional strategies, best practices, and other learning materials designed to help them successfully integrate meaningful technology experiences in the classroom. While much of the content on EdTech Academy is available free of charge, members of the site have the ability to complete courses for professional development and college credit.”

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Geography & History

Animal Webcams & Zoos

• webcams at Hawaii volcanoes
  
• virtual run along the rim of the Grand Canyon
  
• Great Lakes Now
  
• Old Faithful Geyser Livestream
  
• Colonial Williamsburg
  
• Ellis Island – Visit Ellis Island with this video created by Scholastic.
  
• Mount Everest – Explore the mountain through 360-degree photos and informative articles.
  
• World of Wonder Travel – Take virtual trips around the US and the world. The website includes a free printable passport and stamps to track the field trips, as well as other educational activities.
  
• The Nature Conservancy of Oklahoma – Explore nature in Oklahoma through videos and photographs.
  
• Rick Steves’ Europe – Visit and learn about Europe with this YouTube channel.
  
• Ford’s Theater – Tour the site of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination through panoramic images.
  
• Historic Philadelphia – Take a picture-based tour of historic sites in Philadelphia, PA. Stops include the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, Betsy Ross Hall, and more.
  
• Holy Land Tour – Virtually visit Bethlehem, Jerusalem, and more.Mount Vernon – Take an interactive and informative tour of George Washington’s home in Virginia.
  
• Mount Everest – Explore the mountain through 360-degree photos and informative articles.
  
• Mount Rushmore
  
• explore a coral reef
  
• The British Museum – View the museum’s galleries online.
  
• Buckingham Palace – Tour the famous London palace virtually.
  
• Boeing Aerospace Tour – Join Boeing on a virtual field trip to the Johnson Space Center.
  
• Son Doong Cave – Explore the world’s largest cave with 360-degree images.
  
• The Statue of Liberty – Learn about the Statue of Liberty through the videos and photographs in this virtual tour.
  
• Titanic Wreckage – Virtually tour the Titanic wreckage on the ocean floor.
  
• Yosemite National Park – Tour the park with interactive panoramic photographs.
  
• AirPano – Visit locations all over the world virtually with 360-degree videos and photographs.
  
• 360 Cities – Provides interactive 360-degree videos and images of locations around the world.
  
• Sites in 3D – Tour locations across Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Kuwait, Yemen, and many other countries using 360-degree images.
  
• Google Earth – “Fly” anywhere in the world in seconds, explore hundreds of cities in 3D, take guided tours, and create your own maps and stories.
  
• Google Maps Street View – Type in any address, select street view, and explore the area. Not only can you take a virtual trip down the streets, but you can also “step” into many museums, landmarks, and other attractions. Here are some I’ve found.
  
• The White House – Washington, D.C.
  
• The Colosseum – Rome, Italy
  
• Great Wall of China – Huairou District, China
  
• Stonehenge – Wiltshire, United Kingdom
  
• Palace of Versailles – Versailles, France
  
• Wilson Island – Great Barrier Reef, Australia
  
• This is just a small sample of the places you can tour with Google Maps. Search for other locations!
  

• Marineland Dolphin Adventure – Learn about dolphins, sea turtles, and more during this video-based tour.
  
• Zoo Tours – This YouTube channel visits zoos all over the country.
  
• San Diego Zoo – Watch live videos and learn about animals, play games, and more on this interactive website.
  
• National Aquarium – Take a virtual tour of this aquarium located in Baltimore, Maryland.
  
• Africam – Watch animals in the African bush live.
  
• All About Birds – Watch birds all over the US and world via live webcams.
  
• Houston Zoo – Watch animals in several of their exhibits via live webcam.
  
• Monterey Bay Aquarium – Watch sea creatures in this California aquarium with the live animal cam.
  
• Franklin Park Zoo – explore the zoo using an interactive map and videos.
  
• HenCam – Observe chickens on a small backyard farm in Massachusetts.
  
• Explore – Watch animals all over the world with these live webcams.
  
• Dublin Zoo – Watch giraffes, zebras, rhinos, elephants, and penguins via live webcams.
  
• KC Zoo Polar Bear Cam
  
• Giant Panda Cam at Smithsonian’s National Zoo
  
• Georgia Aquarium’s Ocean Voyager webcam
  

ART & MUSEUMS

• The Louvre Museum – Explore exhibits at this famous art museum in Paris, France.
  
• MetKids – Explore the Metropolitan Museum of Arts with an interactive map and videos.
  
• Google Arts and Culture – View the art collections of over 500 different museums and galleries. Some of the museums also offer full virtual tours.
  
• Vatican Museums – Virtually tour numerous museums, chapels, and galleries.
  
• September 11th Memorial and Museum – Explore the museum with this interactive video-based virtual tour.
  
• Smithsonian Museum of Natural History – Virtually explore many current and past museum exhibits.
  
• Museo Galileo – Virtually tour this museum dedicated to Galileo in Florence, Italy.
  
• National Museum of the US Air Force – Take a virtual tour of this museum.
  
• National Portrait Gallery – Take a tour of this London museum through 360-degree images.
  
• Anne Frank House – Take a 360-degree tour of Anne Frank’s home in Amsterdam.
  
• Beyond the Battle Field – Watch a behind-the-scenes video-based field trip to the Museum of the American Revolution.
  
• Best Children's Museum Tour: Boston Children's Museum
  
• Best Virtual Tour for Car Lovers: Lane Motor Museum
  

• The Nature Conservatory - explore natural environments, designed for ages 9-15.
  
• Virtual Trip to the Sun – Take a video-based journey from the Earth to the Sun, stopping at our moon, Venus, and Mercury.
  
• The Virtual Rainforest – Learn about the rainforest with this interactive tour that includes informative videos and articles.
  
• The Most Dangerous Ways to School – Watch children all over the world travel to school with this 13-episode documentary series.
  
• NASA Glenn Research Center – Take a look around the facilities with these interactive virtual tours.
  
• Collum’s Lumber Mill – Watch the process of pine trees being made into lumber.
  
• Farm Tours – Learn about agriculture through these virtual tours of farms in Canada.
  
• Mars – Explore the surface of Mars in a 360-degree view while learning about the planet and space exploration.
  
• Memphis Fire Department – Watch a video tour of the fire department.
  
• Eggs in Schools – Take a video-based tour of several egg farms.
  
• International Space Station – Take a video tour of the space station.
  
• Mount Olive Tour – Learn how pickles are made with this video tour.
  
• The Nature Conservancy – Explore ecosystems all over the world with video-based tours.
  
• Amazon Robotics Fulfillment Center Tour
  
• virtual egg farm field trips
  
• Stellarium Web
  
• a virtual field trip of a recycling center and a modern landfill
  
• Best Virtual Dairy Farm Tour: Will-O-Crest Farm
  
• Best Factory Virtual Tour: M&M Factory Tour
  
• Yankees Stadium
  
• where the Dallas Cowboys play
  

Recycling Centers & Power

• Recycling Center Tours for 3rd-12th Grades
  
• Rumpke Recycling Center Videos
  
• Brookfield Power - Hydroelectric Power Plant Virtual Tour
  
• Diablo Canyon Power Plant Virtual Tour
  
• Virtual Tours of the U.S. Department of Energy National Laboratories
  

Large Hadron Collider

• Cern LHC Tour- this one is kinda hard to control
  
• CERN VR - Discover the LHC and CMS in 360 - 360 video that you can manipulate
  
• Google Arts & Culture - A Stroll Through CERN’s Underground Spaces
  

Samsung

Interactive Whiteboard

• Samsung Interactive PD w/ Dee - Slideshow
  
• Flip Facts w/Dee - Sheet
• Lynx Whiteboard - Use Promethean/Smart lessons!
• Official Samsung YouTube Playlist - 25 videos about the Flip
  

iPads in the classroom

PreK-1

Use the iPad Measure App to calculate the Perimeter and Area of rectangles found in the classroom. They then checked the accuracy of the measurements with a ruler and adjusted their calculations.

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