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As a faculty...

We use AI tools enhance our learning, extend our thinking, and push our creativity. We use it to be more productive and efficient in our work.
We transparently discuss our use of AI with students, modeling ethical use and giving credit to AI outcomes, as needed.

This guide is for teachers and administrators at OIS

The guide aims to....

Collate relevant articles and ideas about AI in Education
Create a space for resource and idea sharing
Inform teachers and others about AI and how we use it at our school

Faculty Presentations

23-24 August
22-23 March

What IS ChatGPT?

"ChatGPT is an interface that allows you to interact with artificial intelligence through text inputs and responses." via Artificial Intelligence and the Research Paper

What is ChatGPT and how can you teach with it? via Tech Learning
Podcast: Can ChatGPT make this podcast? via Hard Fork of the NY Times
Historical Analogies for large language models

AI and our Future

The new chatbots could change the world: Can you trust them? via The NY Times
The end of High School English, via The Atlantic
Human skills in the world of innovation, via John Spencer, author of Vintage Innovation
Who gains and who loses in the world of AI? via Marginal Revolution - a short article but the comments are good too
Podcast: Is AI the problem? Or are we?, via The Ezra Klein Show (NY Times)

Key Resources

OIS AI Essential Practices for Teachers
Approved Tools for School Use (OIS)
OIS Statement on AI for teachers (Aug 2023)
Statement on AI, via the IBO
Turnitin.com: Mega-site with teaching resources

Presentations

AR & AI: How emerging technologies will impact schools
AI and its impact on teaching and learning, via Greg Clinton (AIS-Chennai) conversation starters, introductory
AI: A discussion for education, via Christina DiMicelli (massive slide deck with various higher-level concepts, issues, examples)

Mega-Collections:

Ongoing Resources

Teach with Heather's ChatGPT blog
"Generative AI Exists because of the Transformer", via The Financial Times. Excellent aritcle paired with animated visuals to show students how LLMs work

Terms you might hear

AI Glossary, (thanks to the students at Fullers Library for this recommendation!)
Open AI - the company behind ChatGPT
General AI - the pervasive use of AI in society (such as that seen in Sci-Fi movies - approx a decade away...)
Web 3.0 - the next generation of the internet

Open Padlet (log in with your OIS account)

Resources on this guide have been collated from AI chat group managed by Greg Clinton (AIS-Chennai), WAB LibGuide, OIS colleagues, and other platforms such as Facebook library groups, and LinkedIn.