Reading and Writing Workshop
Workshop Title: “Teaching with AI: Tools for Equity and Engagement”
Week 4 Focus:
Integrating AI as a Teaching Tool
This workshop helps educators explore how to responsibly integrate AI in instruction by analyzing current tools, evaluating their educational use, and crafting thoughtful reflections and lesson ideas.
Objectives:Participants will:
Part I: Reading and DiscussionAnchor Texts (Freely Accessible)
1. Skim and Scan:
Part II: Writing Workshop
Mini-Lesson: Responsible AI Integration
Facilitator models:
Prompt 1 – Reflective Paragraph:
Describe how you could use one AI tool to support equity or differentiation in your classroom.
Prompt 2 – Argument Paragraph:
Should AI tools be a core part of K–12 education? Support your view with evidence from the readings.
Prompt 3 – Application Plan:
Create a short (2–3 sentence) description of an AI-enhanced mini-lesson or activity for your subject.
Peer Review and Publishing
Peer Review Protocol – “TAG” Method:
Optional AI-Integrated Extension
Hands-on Exploration:
Workshop Wrap-Up Discussion
Exit Questions:
Week 4 Focus:
Integrating AI as a Teaching Tool
This workshop helps educators explore how to responsibly integrate AI in instruction by analyzing current tools, evaluating their educational use, and crafting thoughtful reflections and lesson ideas.
Objectives:Participants will:
- Identify and test key AI tools for classroom use.
- Read and analyze texts on AI in education.
- Reflect on responsible and equitable implementation of AI tools.
- Draft a classroom-ready mini lesson or activity enhanced by AI.
- Practice citing sources and synthesizing ideas from digital readings.
Part I: Reading and DiscussionAnchor Texts (Freely Accessible)
- MIT Sloan: What is Generative AI?
https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/what-generative-ai - Education Week: How Teachers Are Using AI in the Classroom
https://www.edweek.org/technology/how-teachers-are-using-ai-in-the-classroom/2023/08 - The Hechinger Report: AI in Education – Opportunities and Pitfalls
https://hechingerreport.org/ai-in-education-opportunity-or-threat/ - Common Sense Media: AI Tool Reviews for Education
https://www.commonsense.org/education/search?search=ai
1. Skim and Scan:
- Highlight AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Eduaide, Curipod).
- Annotate benefits vs concerns.
- Which AI tool do you find most promising? Why?
- What are some ethical risks mentioned?
- How do these tools align with your teaching goals?
- Compare the Hechinger article to the Common Sense tool reviews.
- Ask: How do educators weigh promise vs risk?
Part II: Writing Workshop
Mini-Lesson: Responsible AI Integration
Facilitator models:
- How to evaluate AI tools using a critical lens.
- Example: Using ChatGPT for feedback while maintaining student voice.
- Frame: “AI as a supplement, not a substitute.”
Prompt 1 – Reflective Paragraph:
Describe how you could use one AI tool to support equity or differentiation in your classroom.
Prompt 2 – Argument Paragraph:
Should AI tools be a core part of K–12 education? Support your view with evidence from the readings.
Prompt 3 – Application Plan:
Create a short (2–3 sentence) description of an AI-enhanced mini-lesson or activity for your subject.
Peer Review and Publishing
Peer Review Protocol – “TAG” Method:
- Tell one strength.
- Ask one clarifying question.
- Give one suggestion.
- Share in small groups or post to a shared Google Doc or Padlet.
- Save in your professional reflection portfolio.
Optional AI-Integrated Extension
Hands-on Exploration:
- Use one tool (e.g., Eduaide, Curipod, ChatGPT) to assist with your lesson/activity idea.
- Compare your original and AI-assisted versions.
- Reflect: What improved? What needs your judgment?
Workshop Wrap-Up Discussion
Exit Questions:
- What makes an AI tool pedagogically valuable?
- What equity concerns do you need to address when using AI?
- How can you promote student-centered learning with AI in the mix?