AI for Teachers: Increase Productivity & Improve Instruction

In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this teacher professional development course will provide you with an understanding of how artificial intelligence (AI) can be utilized to help improve your instruction and streamline your planning. Model Teaching's Mission is to Improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. Learn about the benefits of using AI for education with this training, which covers six currently available AI tools that can be utilized for lesson planning, assessment, differentiation, and communication with students and parents.

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AI for Teachers: Increase Productivity & Improve Instruction

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Course code: T14900

This course will help you understand how to use artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance your instruction and streamline your planning. Throughout this training, you will learn about six AI tools currently available to teachers that will support your lesson planning, assessment, differentiation, and communication with students and parents. This course comes with a downloadable PDF of the content and a planning document to help you choose the AI tools that you can use to improve instruction and planning for your classroom.

What you will learn

  • Understand the benefits and limitations of using AI in the classroom as a teaching tool
  • Analyze a variety of teacher-focused AI tools and learn which tools can be used for specific teaching tasks
  • Evaluate AI's uses for planning, differentiation, assessment, student feedback, and parent communication

How you will benefit

  • Reduce your planning time by allowing AI to take over the time-consuming portions of your day
  • Increase student learning by using AI for planning differentiation, assessments, and more robust lessons
  • Become more aware of the capabilities and potential for AI for learning now and in the future

How the course is taught

  • Self-Guided, online course
  • 3 Months access
  • 1 course hours
  1. AI for Teachers Course Content
    1. The video and article will provide you with an understanding of AI and its applications for supporting your planning and instruction in the classroom. The course also includes some "Reflect or Discuss" prompts to help you connect with the course content and ends with a "Try This Task" to guide you explicitly on how you might implement the ideas into the classroom.
  2. Quiz
    1. You will answer questions related to the use of AI in your instruction and planning. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
  3. Implementation Reflection
    1. The reflection prompt requires you to plan for use of the "try this task" by either reflecting on the content yourself or discussing them with the colleague. You will then discuss a new concept you can attempt to implement in the future based on something you learned in the course.
  4. Considerations for Implementation
    1. This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
  5. Videos and Further Reading
    1. Additional content suggestions are provided to enhance and expand your understanding of AI tools that can support your instruction and planning.
Self-Study

Prerequisites:

There are no prerequisites to take this course.

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

  • This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.

Software Requirements:

  • PC: Windows 10 or later.
  • Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
  • Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
  • Microsoft Word Online
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader
  • Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

  • Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
  • Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

Your course begins immediately after you enroll.​

You have 3 months of access to the course. After enrolling, you can learn and complete the course at your own pace, within the allotted access period. You will have the opportunity to interact with other students in the online discussion area.

There is no time limit to complete each lesson, other than completing all lessons within the allotted access period. Discussion areas for each lesson are open for the entire duration of the course.

Because this course is self-guided, no extensions will be granted after the start of your enrollment.

AI for Students: Ensuring Appropriate & Effective UseFundamentals
Fundamentals
AI for Students: Ensuring Appropriate & Effective Use