AI professional learning: Secondary teacher
Select from the five free sessions on offer. The introductory session provides key concepts and AI tools to engage your students.
Choose to do some deep-dive options to learn more about the way in which AI can be used as a context for learning. These modules will be focused on a key aspect of AI with relevant curriculum connections.
Presenters:
Dr Karsten Schulz, Digital Technologies Institute and Nathan Alison, Professional Learning Coordinator for Digital Learning and Teaching Victoria
Dr Karsten Schulz has extensive experience in programming and Digital Technologies including building his own AI to enable students to explore how an Artificial Neural Network operates.
Nathan Alison taught Digital Technologies and senior computing courses in Victoria for 11 years before beginning work for DLTV. He brings a background in Computer Systems Engineering and years of hobby coding, as well as a keen desire to help teachers with more complex Computer Science concepts through clear explanations and relevant activities.
This is the recorded version of a 1-hour online workshop, that laid the groundwork for exploring AI with your students. Key concepts are explained and lesson ideas demonstrated. After this session you’ll come away with strategies to explore AI concepts with your students using a selection of amazing AI tools. You’ll be clear on where AI fits in the Digital Technologies curriculum and ways to assess your students.
Who is this for? Secondary Teachers (7-10) interested in building their knowledge of AI and how to implement this in their classroom.
The event was held on Tues 3rd August, 2021.
Digital Technologies concepts in this workshop:
- Digital systems
- Data representation and interpretation
- Specification, algorithms and implementation
- Impact and interactions
Session overview
A detailed session overview of the Introduction session, complete with links to tools, handouts and lesson plans.
This is the recorded version of a 1-hour online workshop, that is a deep dive into algorithms and programming. We introduced activities and lessons where students can integrate an AI model they train themselves into a programming solution suitable for Secondary years. Through creating their own program students will better understand the difference between conventional programming and machine learning to solve problems.
Who is this for? Secondary Teachers (7-10) interested in building their knowledge of AI and how to implement programming in their classroom.
The event was held on Tues 10th August, 2021.
Digital Technologies concepts in this workshop:
- Data representation and interpretation
- Specification, algorithms and implementation
General capabilities covered in this workshop:
- ICT capability
- Critical and creative thinking
Session overview
A detailed session overview of the Deep Dive 1 session, complete with links to tools, handouts and lesson plans.
This is the recorded version of a 1-hour online workshop, that is a deep dive into machine learning and how an AI is trained to recognise text and images. In this session we get under the hood of machine learning exploring activities demonstrating the mechanics of neural networks.
Who is this for? Secondary Teachers (7-10) interested in building their knowledge of AI and how to explore machine learning in a practical way.
The event was held on Thurs 19th August, 2021.
Digital Technologies concepts in this workshop:
- Digital systems
- Data representation and interpretation
- Specification, algorithms and implementation
General capabilities covered in this workshop:
- ICT capability
- Critical and creative thinking
Session overview
A detailed session overview of the Deep Dive 2 session, complete with links to tools, handouts and lesson plans.
This is the recorded version of a 1-hour online workshop, that is a deep dive into data analysis and programing. We introduce a specific area of AI - Natural Language Processing - and explore activities that employ sentiment analysis to draw useful information from texts. Find out how students can turn review comments into star ratings or determine the hero or villain in a novel.
Who is this for? Secondary Teachers (7-10) interested in building their knowledge of AI and how to explore machine learning in a practical way.
The event was held on Tues 24th August, 2021.
Digital Technologies concepts in this workshop:
- Digital systems
- Data collection and interpretation
General capabilities covered in this workshop:
- ICT capability
- Critical and creative thinking
Session overview
A detailed session overview of the Deep Dive 3 session, complete with links to tools, handouts and lesson plans.
This is the recorded version of a 1-hour, free online workshop, that is a deep dive into the ethical issues and dilemmas connected with the design and use of AI. Explore approaches to support students in tackling ethical considerations and misconceptions about AI and how it affects developers, users and 3rd parties. After this session you’ll come away with strategies to develop your students’ ethical understanding and Systems Thinking.
Who is this for? Secondary Teachers (7-10) interested in building their knowledge of AI and how to explore machine learning in a practical way.
The event was held on Tues 7th September, 2021.
Digital Technologies concepts in this workshop:
- Digital systems
- Data collection and interpretation
- Impact and interactions
General capabilities covered in this workshop:
- Ethical understanding
- ICT capability
- Critical and creative thinking
Session overview
A detailed session overview of the Deep Dive 4 session, complete with links to tools, handouts and lesson plans.
