[CASL-L] ISTE AI Explorations Program Feature

[CASL Vice President - Jenny Lussier]

Thank you so much Liz!

On Fri, Jun 2, 2023 at 10:23 AM ELIZABETH S. WRIGHT <
wright.es at easthartford.org> wrote:

> Hi all!
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> At the CASL Spring Fling last night, I was asked to share information here
> about the GM-sponsored ISTE AI Explorations course I participated in this
> year. Kristine Emond at East Hartford High School and I, in addition to two
> East Hartford teachers, were part of a team for ISTE’s AI Explorations
> program this year.
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> We were able to go through the ISTE-led 8-week course to learn about
> artificial intelligence. We applied as a team to participate towards the
> end of January and the course ran from the beginning of March to the end of
> April. It taught about different AI, including its evolution, machine
> learning, AI perception, chatbots, generative AI, data mining, and a ton of
> other topics, with helpful information for people with all backgrounds and
> levels of experience. Some on our team had no experience at all with AI,
> other than what we use in daily life, and others taught it in their
> classes. The requirement for the course, beyond completing the material,
> was to create usable artifacts to instruct about one element of the AI.
> This could be for any grade level (there are examples for kindergarten
> classes), including adult learners (like in teacher prep programs or PD).
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> Working as a team, we designed an interdisciplinary series of lessons
> between the grade 9 science teacher, the grade 9 design technology teacher,
> and the librarians. In science, students would learn about plastic waste
> and water pollution. In design, students would learn about the design
> process, machine learning, and image recognition. The assessment for our
> interdisciplinary project would be for students to use information about
> the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and Mr. Trash Wheel (a non-AI waste-pulling
> machine in the Baltimore Harbor) to design a technology that would use AI
> image recognition and machine learning to filter living organisms, regular
> waste, and recyclable plastics within the Connecticut River.
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> Our group’s project was selected by our ISTE coach to be featured in the
> AI Explorations course for future cohorts. We were asked if we would be
> willing to participate in an interview about our experience in this project
> for an ISTE-EdSurge Publication such as the EdSurge Online Journal, ISTE
> blog, or Empowered Learner Magazine.
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> Here is the link to the website we created that will be featured in future
> years: https://sites.google.com/easthartford.org/ehps-capstone-2023/home
> <https://sites.google.com/easthartford.org/ehps-capstone-2023/home?authuser=0>
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> If you have any questions about the program or how to connect with it, or
> if you are interested in potentially creating a team in the future, I’m
> happy to help!
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> Liz Wright (she/her/hers)
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> Connecticut IB Academy
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> East Hartford Public Schools
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