This Week’s Free & Useful Artificial Intelligence Tools For The Classroom

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At least, for now, I’m going to make this a weekly feature which will highlight additions to THE BEST NEW – & FREE – ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOLS THAT COULD BE USED IN THE CLASSROOM.

Here are the latest:

There’s no one better than @ddmeyer.bsky.social at skewering AI true believers.AI can help tchrs w/material creation & ELLs w/ pronunciation.Those r 2 genuine benefits(tho not worth destroying planet for)5 Interesting Moments From Khanmigo Segment on 60 Minutes danmeyer.substack.com/p/five-inter…

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) December 11, 2024 at 7:51 AM

What ELA Teachers Should Know About AI Detectors is from Edutopia.

Animated AI lets you create text-to-animations.

Story Play is along the lines of Festive Fables (see “Festive Fables” Is An Example Of The Kind Of AI Tool That Could Help ELLs Develop Reading Skills) – you type in some information and it provides a story.  However, it doesn’t ask you many questions, the transcript does not seem consistent with the spoken word, and it doesn’t provide images.  Eventually, someone will develop an AI tool that actually does help ELLs read.

Bylo.AI is a free text-to-image generator. I’m adding it to THE BEST RESOURCES FOR TEACHING & LEARNING WITH AI ART GENERATION TOOLS.

. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social has highlighted number of terrible schl district guidelines about Artificial Intelligence usage.Though I haven’t gone thru this 1 super-carefully,it seems 2 me this guidebook by Houston district isn’t bad- let me know what u think static1.squarespace.com/static/64398…

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) December 21, 2024 at 9:44 AM

Act-One can create compelling animations using video and voice performances as inputs. It represents a significant step forward in using generative models for expressive live action and animated content. https://buff.ly/3YyYKIx

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— Nik Peachey (@nikpeachey.bsky.social) December 25, 2024 at 1:41 AM

AI is a game changer for students with disabilities. Schools are still learning to harness it https://t.co/ZH6rCUY32F pic.twitter.com/rNBYCDF8N6

— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) December 26, 2024