Future-Focused Learning: Learn, Empower, and Connect with AI

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Future-Focused Learning: Learn, Empower, & Connect with AI

Embark on a transformative journey to integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) into your teaching practice with "Future-Focused Learning: Learn, Empower, and Connect with AI." This comprehensive 6-hour course brings together cutting-edge AI insights to empower educators, enhance classroom efficiency, and foster deeper connections with students.

Through engaging sessions, you'll explore the fusion of AI and Human Intelligence (HI) for impactful communication, data-driven decision-making, and goal planning tailored to diverse student needs. Gain hands-on experience with generative AI tools, refine the art of effective prompting, and uncover strategies to enhance creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking in learning environments.

Participants will learn practical methods for AI-enhanced personalized learning, ethical considerations in AI usage, and maintaining academic integrity. You’ll leave equipped to detect AI-generated content, instill responsible AI practices in students, and create innovative project-based learning experiences that inspire engagement and growth.

Join us as we shape the future of education, empowering educators to harness AI's potential while maintaining the human touch essential to teaching success.

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Total Time: 6 hours

Course Components & Objectives

Part 1: Ctrl-AI-Delight: The Teaching Reboot is Here

Develop a comprehensive understanding of artificial intelligence (AI) fundamentals and the ability to objectively evaluate AI's impact on education, including its benefits and drawbacks.
Analyze and compare three prominent generative AI chatbots, Chat GPT, Google Bard, and Bing Chat, to evaluate their unique features, capabilities, and potential educational applications.
Master the art of guiding generative AI through effective prompting, drawing inspiration from the iterative design process, and enhancing critical thinking and creativity in educational applications.
Unlock the creative potential of generative AI to craft engaging lesson plans, hands-on activities, and captivating class newsletters while exploring the impact of AI on voice and tone in educational content and participating in a dynamic debate on the role of AI in enhancing classroom creativity.
Master the art of AI-enhanced lesson planning, assessment design, and student feedback using generative AI tools while reflecting on the similarities and differences between AI-generated content and human-generated content and evaluating the impact of AI on student engagement and learning outcomes.

Part 2: AI with a Human Touch: Where AI and HI Meet

Maximize your productivity by integrating AI into your daily routines. From crafting newsletters to analyzing classroom data and setting educational goals, AI can save you time and effort. This section will provide practical strategies for using AI to communicate effectively, make data-driven decisions, and plan for future success.
Discover how AI can transform the classroom by providing personalized learning experiences. We will explore using generative AI to adjust reading levels and create accommodations tailored to individual student needs. Experience firsthand how AI can assist in managing diverse classrooms, ensuring every student receives the support they need to succeed.
Streamline your grading process and provide meaningful feedback with the help of AI. This section covers how to leverage AI tools for efficient grading, creating assessments, and offering personalized feedback. Learn to harness the power of AI to enhance your ability to evaluate student performance and identify areas for improvement.

Part 3: AI-nnovative Teaching: Empowering (Not Cheating) Education

Develop a comprehensive understanding of artificial intelligence (AI) fundamentals, explore various Generative AI Tools including image creation tools, and discover our effective prompting guidelines.
Dive into strategies for mitigating AI-assisted cheating and learn methods for fostering responsible AI utilization within classroom settings.
Understand the components of Project Based Learning and create a PBL unit with the aid of Generative AI.

Darryl has been an edutainer (educator/entertainer) for over a decade. He was an early adopter of Google’s educational tools, an incorporator of all things Project-Based Learning, and an all around fun dude. After teaching, he ventured into educational technology as a digital learning specialist and then media specialist. He is passionate about engaging activities like digital escape rooms, design thinking, and the efficiency of using Google tools. No wonder he is the perfect Experience Designer for friEdOnline! He is also a co-host of the “Flipping Good Tech” podcast along with his friend and colleague, Elizabeth. Darryl is a fun-loving guy who likes corny dad jokes and long walks on the beach.

Darryl is a Google Level 1 & Level 2 Certified Educator, Google Certified Innovator, and a Google Certified Trainer.

Truly enjoyed how easy this was to navigate and learn from! It was very interactive!

I had no idea that there were other AI's beside ChatGPT. I also liked how it gave me ways to prompt the AI to widdle things down.

I have been looking for quick, but beneficial ways to further my teaching career, and this was just that!

This course definitely made me more aware of choosing appropriate and accessible design elements when creating resources.

I was hesitant to use AI before because I wasn't truly sure what it was or how to navigate the platform. This course was well laid out and made the material manageable and approachable. After completing this course, I am more confident in my ability to give AI a try and will actually use it to see what types of lessons I can come up with in my math and leadership classes.

This course was so easy to navigate and explained how to use the mentioned AI in a clear, and concise manner!

Credit is offered for certain courses and is based on the time it takes to complete the course activities. You must complete the course in its entirety to earn credit. The amount of possible credits to be earned from a course is located on the course card. Check with your school district to determine if our courses will count for credit in your district.

Like all friEdTech learning experiences, our goal is to provide engaging and practical learning for all. We strive to make sure every activity is purposeful, intentional, and easily applicable; the time you spend learning won't just be for an audience of one! Each course includes clear learning goals, interactive components, and checkpoints for understanding. After the course, you'll have the opportunity to evaluate your experience and share any additional feedback. We love hearing from you!

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DEVICE- The courses will work on all devices, but your best experience will be on a larger screen. If you're choosing between a phone or a monitor - go with the monitor!

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You'll have course access for a set period of time from the minute you sign up. In general, our courses are available 12 months from enrollment. However, there are times a district will purchase a course for a shorter period of time (ex: two months instead of 12). When enrolling in your course, pay attention to the time span included in the enrollment email receipt. You'll find the start and end day of course availability.

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We strive to make your learning experience flexible and self-paced. Our goal is for users to confidently and independently work through all course material. With that said, you're not alone! Submit a help ticket and we'll get back to you. You also have course classmates for assistance, so we suggest making a social post/discussion post of questions within your course.

If you get stuck, you can email us at friedonline@fried.tech. We'll do our best to respond within 24 hours, Monday through Friday 8 a.m.- 5 p.m. CST.

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Great question! Our friEdOnline courses are:

on-demand (completed at your own pace...we love PD in PJs!)
interactive (you’ll be completing engaging tasks as you move through the course)
comprehensive (a full range of topic info and approaches are provided)
asynchronous (not live) learning experiences that you complete when and where you want. You will receive 1-12 hours credit for completing the courses.

Our Facilitated Online Learning Experiences (FOLĒ) combine digital, synchronous webinars, guided assignments via a FriEdOnline FOLE or Google Classroom and includes templates/assignments for extended learning. During a FOLĒ, you will attend live sessions with real, live PD providers who will walk you through the learning materials, more like traditional “live” PD (except not boring and horrible).

Once you…

complete each lesson in this course (look at the navigation menu and check to make sure each one has a checkmark by it), pass the course final assessment with at least 80%, and claim your course completion certificate, you will receive an email from friedonline@fried.tech that contains your individual voucher code.

This email will be sent within an hour of completion of this course.

If you don't receive the email please check your junk mail. If you have double checked each step, and still don’t get your code, please email us at friedonline@fried.tech.

Follow the steps in this document. Remember, if you are in our L1 or L2 Academies you will be emailed a free voucher code upon downloading your course completion certificate.

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We believe everyone should enjoy engaging, interactive professional development any time, any place, and at any pace!

Future-Focused Learning: Learn, Empower, & Connect with AI

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Future-Focused Learning: Learn, Empower, & Connect with AI

6-hourCourse

Certificate &Badge

100% Online &Flexible

Total Time: 6 hours

Darryl Legaspi, M.Ed.

Start immediately and work at your own pace.

Interested in bulk enrollment for your school, district, or organization?

Who is friEdOnline?

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6-hour
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