You have reached the end of our journey into the exciting world of AI for educators! Along the way, you gained a strong foundational understanding of AI in order to unlock its potential to support and transform your teaching practice. The following is a recap of key course takeaways and helpful resources to continue exploring.
Review
This course began with a definition of AI and numerous everyday examples. You delved into machine learning and discovered how it enables personal voice assistants, music recommendations, fraud detection solutions, and lots more. In addition, you learned how AI models provide the underlying capabilities of AI tools. AI was introduced as a productive and insightful tool for creating content of all kinds.
You also discovered many ways in which AI can be a unique teaching assistant for educators — from generating newsletters to tailoring learning materials to reading levels to adding engaging examples. You can now use the AI tool of your choice to generate text, translate languages, write different kinds of creative content, and so much more.
During this course, you also mastered the art of prompting, including how to incorporate shots and request chain-of-thought outputs. Then, you learned why evaluating outputs, fact-checking, and responsible practices are all crucial. By understanding the strengths and limitations of AI tools, you will be well-prepared to use AI thoughtfully in your practice.
Throughout this course, you learned about many important terms and concepts to help you apply generative AI in your teaching practice Review these terms and definitions in the Generative AI for Educators glossary.
Continue learning about AI
This is just the beginning of your AI journey. Keep exploring, experimenting, and using your creativity to tap into the full potential of this exciting tool with these resources:
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Google for Education’s AI for Education site details the benefits of AI for educators and provides information about using AI responsibly and ethically.
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Visit ai.google.com to explore more about AI development, its applications in various fields, and open access to research and tools.
Bring AI to your students
And here are some additional resources to get you started with AI in your practice:
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The Day of AI website, dayofai.org, promotes a global initiative empowering educators and students to navigate AI through curriculum packages and professional development opportunities. Use this resource to help your students be productive and responsible users of AI.
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Experience AI, experience-ai.org/en, offers free resources and challenges to introduce AI and ML concepts to students ages 11-14 in an engaging and interactive way.
Thank you for being a part of this AI adventure!
