AI Practical Guide for Educators

Who Is This Designed For?

  • Providers of Professional Development
    • Facilitators of Professional Development
    • School Leaders and Administrators looking to help and support their educators’ expanding their skills.
  • Individuals Seeking Professional Development
    • Teachers looking for ways to augment their lesson planning, curriculum management, and student engagement
    • Educators looking to brush up skills or get new ideas

What Topics are Included?

The main topics (and subtopics) are:

  • Lesson Planning (Creating Lessons, Student-Centered Lessons, Evaluating Lessons)
  • Assistant (Differentiation - or Accomodation for All, Thought Partner, Translation)
  • Digital Media (Graphics Generation, Presentations, Audio & Video Files)
  • Assessment (Test and Quiz Generation, Evaluating, Rubric Generation)

Additionally there is a section of Possible AI Tools for Supporting Teaching and Learning.  These are the possible tools referenced throughout the document.

Why Would I Want to Use This?

This document was created to address common ways AI may be implemented in high need areas for teaching and learning that educators face on a daily basis. Explore the literature, reflection questions, and AI samples to further grow and expand your knowledge and skills about how AI can enhance the quality of lesson planning, work time, and impacting student learning. Each Reflective Practices section offers a roadmap for thinking and leveling up one’s instructional practices. The AI Prompting Work Samples offers activities for practicing the use of AI to support a wide range of needs by educators in their day-to-day work.

Additional Support Resources

Throughout this resource you may notice the Michigan Virtual logo, which links to the Michigan Virtual’s Teacher Guide to Artificial Intelligence in Education. This additional resource is designed to support and deepen your understanding of the topics covered in this guide, helping “you harness the power of AI to enhance your teaching practice, support your students, and navigate the ethical considerations unique to AI” with practical tips and foundational knowledge. Starting by reviewing the Key Terms, Key Principles and Teacher’s Role will support your learning in this guide. 

Another resource from Michigan Virtual is the Planning Guide for AI: A Framework for School Districts, along with the companion Framework Table (pdf), which “provides educators with practical insights and strategies to navigate the complexities of integrating AI in their districts.”

Contributing authors for this work were Advanced Learning Partnerships Consultants Madeline Black, Kim Loomis, and John McCarthy. The work was possible through a partnership between:

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