Every Tuesday I share a Tech Tip on our social media pages to assist our staff in their use of technology as it relates to their role. As the field of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to grow and become more integrated into the platforms we are using I wanted to ensure that our staff had a place to go to find out more. If you remember back to one our AI-themed Mantra Monday posts in March, I shared that the first step for educators should be to inform themselves on the programs that are available. In response, I have been refining a… Read More
The Role of Chat GPT in Education – An AI Generated Unaffiliated TED-Style Talk
As I prepped for our discussion on AI with the Manitoba School Libraries Association yesterday I started to curate further resources to support learning in this area. As I put together articles, ebooks, podcasts, and more I was curious to see if there was any current TED talks on the subject. After not finding anything published on YouTube within the past 3 months I began scrolling the TED website to see if there were any TED or TEDx talks close, thinking I could jump in and potentially do one. While there are many options, none were close. I then began… Read More
The Role of ChatGPT and AI Tools in the Modern Classroom
This evening I will be working alongside the Manitoba School Libraries Association (MSLA) in a panel discussion on ChatGPT and AI. The panel will include Barry Dyck, Sean Giesbrecht, Samantha Adamson, and MSLA facilitator Brandy Bartok. As a way to tie the event and AI together, MSLA event-planners utilized ChatGPT to write the event description! Discover the benefits and challenges of using ChatGPT and other AI tools in the classroom, including how they can enhance student engagement, facilitate personalized learning, and address challenges such as differentiated instruction and virtual learning. Our panel will share their insights on strategies for mitigating… Read More
January ICT Newsletter
With the start of a new month comes a new monthly ICT newsletter. These newsletters are designed to serve as an outreach to all MVSD staff and provide: general ICT updates (software changes, divisional ICT timelines, tech-themed holidays) upcoming PD for the month tech tips divisional highlights These newsletters are sent out to staff via our divisional email but are also shared out through our social media pages and divisional website. January 2023 ICT Newsletter by Kirsten Cali
Assessment in the Age of AI
Every Monday I share a different ed tech quote on our Thompson Classroom social media pages for our staff to consider. I don’t know about you but AI-assisted content creation programs are ALL over my online feeds this past month. The big one was Chat GPT (which I wrote about last week) and now the Magic Writing feature within Canva. Understandably, the education world is now trying to find where these programs fit within their current model. So what do you need to know? What are AI-Assisted Programs Programs such as Chat GPT, Canva – Magic Writing, Dall E-2, etc can be… Read More
What is Chat GPT? What Educators Should Know
Chat GPT, also known as Generative Pretrained Transformer, is a type of artificial intelligence that is able to generate text based on a given prompt. It is based on a neural network model that has been trained on a large amount of data and is able to generate human-like responses to various types of prompts. One of the key benefits of Chat GPT is that it can help teachers to save time by automatically generating responses to common questions or tasks. For example, a teacher could use Chat GPT to create personalized feedback for each student, or to quickly generate… Read More
#TechTipTuesday – Dall E 2
On Tuesdays I share a Tech Tip on our social media pages to assist our staff in their use of technology as it relates to their role. If you have worked with students on any type of summative project it usually involves the inclusion of images to aid in understanding of the topic. I know when I was in the classroom this could mean anything from included images within PowerPoint and blog-embedded graphics to printed off images for posters and hand-drawn student recreations from online inspirations. With these types of media-inclusions comes the following questions: how do we find appropriate imagery that… Read More