Jordan Teaching & Learning
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School AI Newsletter by dtaylor
Welcome back to a new school year! We are so excited to have students and teachers back in the buildings. This year, our department is using the new Jordan District Portrait of a Graduate as our professional development themes for each month. August is a big introduction to the Portrait and each month we will dive into deeper into each trait with more detail.
The new Portrait of a Graduate in Jordan School District outlines the essential skills and characteristics that students should develop to succeed beyond their K-12 education. These traits include:
The district believes that academic excellence alone is not enough; students must also cultivate these broader skills to thrive in any career path they choose. Digital tools, like Adobe Express, can play a pivotal role in helping students develop these traits. For example, in the following table are a couple of ideas of how you could use Adobe Express to practice some of these essential traits in the JSD Portrait of a Graduate.
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| Engaged Citizen: Use Adobe Express to have students create Public Service Announcements about an issue important to their community. | Curious Thinker: Use Adobe Express to create a mini-documentary to ask questions about the world around us. |
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| Curious Thinker: Create interactive PDFs with Adobe Acrobat to demonstrate student learning and curiosity. | Empathetic Communicator: Students can craft digital storytelling projects that share personal narratives or highlight diverse cultural experiences. |
Check back each month as we dive deeper into these characteristics and all the many ways we can use our Big 6 tools to help our students become better prepared to enter the 21st century world.
SchoolAI gives educators the time, data, and tools to design a better, more personalized classroom experience. If you want to learn more, check out the presentation listed below for a quick overview.
Getting Started with School AI by dtaylorWelcome to our district! We are thrilled to have you join our community of dedicated educators. We're excited to support you with the latest tech tools to enhance your teaching and inspire your students. Let's make this an amazing year together!
This school year, AI is a hot topic, sparking engagement and innovation in the classroom. Explore these Google tools with your students to help introduce the basics of AI.
Introducing Experience AI
Experience AI is an educational program for teachers and students aged 11–14, offering cutting-edge resources on artificial intelligence and machine learning. Developed by the Raspberry Pi Foundation and Google DeepMind, it supports teachers and ignites students' passion for AI.
For younger students, try Google’s “Quick Draw!” to introduce AI concepts. It's a fun, interactive game where students draw pictures, and an AI tries to identify them. This activity makes learning about AI engaging and accessible for all ages.
Google News- August 2024 by kelli.cannon