Christin Lopez

@jmattmiller This is something that districts can control. We are turning this off. It is too much, too fast, without monitoring. Some teachers may be ready for this, but the vast majority are not.

Google for Edu definitely made a splash at ISTE. But I have concerns about moves it's making with Gemini. You can learn all about the news they released at ISTE here (link below). Of course, with big tech companies and edtech startups, you have to cut through the hype to get to hard truths. Here’s one that I haven’t seen discussed enough … Google is putting Gemini, its large language model assistant, in the hands of students of all ages. That will extend to NotebookLM in coming months. It feels a bit like letting kids out to recess on the playground without supervision. An excerpt from their release: The Gemini app is now available to students of all ages and as a core Workspace service, and in the coming months we’re making NotebookLM available to students of all ages while using their Google Workspace for Education accounts to help them study and better understand their class materials. AI startups like SchoolAI, MagicSchool, Brisk Teaching, and others offer something that Google does not. (I’ve looked and looked and can’t seem to find it.) Monitoring. A place where teachers can monitor the conversations that students are having with AI chatbots in real time. >> They include granular line-by-line transcripts of student conversations with AI. >> They summarize student conversations into insights that teachers can see at a glance in their teacher dashboards. >> They flag student interactions that might be inappropriate or harmful so the teacher can follow up immediately. Google doesn’t appear to have this at the teacher level. It’s available at the admin level — and Google boasts about how it helps districts come into legal compliance with their admin access. But let’s be honest. The admin isn’t going to spend their days monitoring student interactions with AI line by line. Even if Google flags dangerous student interactions with AI, there are several layers of communication (and even some physical distance) that need to be crossed before it gets back to the student. When the teacher doesn’t have direct access to the students’ AI interactions, they miss out on insights AI can provide them about the student interactions — what students struggle with, what interests students are showing, etc. That’s valuable data for teachers to have — especially if it’s instantaneous. You know that Google has seen their competitors’ products. This is an intentional decision not to include that feature. If you're going to turn on Gemini for students, there are tons of ethical and AI literacy implications. Tread cautiously.

@Always_clicking I added this to the opener for a PD tomorrow! Thanks!

I assigned the Sept Challenge to my students. It was great way to learn more about them and they had a blast!. Here are some samples of my students' work completed in Adobe Classrooms: Try it yourself: Click: adobe.ly/4dQfz7e #adobeforedu #AdobeEduCreative #adobeexpress

Enjoying an app smash webinar with @HollyClarkEdu! @GetSchoolAI and @BookCreatorApp to look at what these tools can do together for students.

👉#NOTatISTE ? We have you covered! 👀You can catch all our sessions all week on all our @AdobeForEdu social channels (YT, FB, X) 📺Tune in for all our Education Evangelists for our latest updates all week! #AdobeEduCreative #ISTElive

This is everything. I can now share boards with students individually let them play and then bring them on one big one together! That is going to help with some digital citizenship in big ways!

Where do I pick up my sign? And what time do we roll?

Did you know just how much time #ChatGPT can save you??!! Don't be afraid to try it! 🧠🚀 Brain Blast via @finleyt #aiineducation #edtech

✍️ Googley Poetry Projects & Tools - controlaltachieve.com/2024/04/google… For #NationalPoetryMonth (or anytime): ✨ AI Poem Activities 🤖 Verse By Verse 🧲 Magnetic Poetry 🎲 Random Writing Prompts ⬛ Black Out Poetry 📄 Poetry Templates ➕ Rhyming Add-on #edtech #googleedu @GoogleForEdu

🔍 Gone are the days when the purpose of #assessment was to #grade and rank #students. Assessment is part of the instructional process--#feedback is the priority, not a grade. #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #Teachers #SBLchat #TG2Chat #TeacherTwitter

Google Lens SUPER Image Search in Chrome - controlaltachieve.com/2022/12/google… ? Investigate an image ? Read text from an image ? Translate text in an image #GoogleEDU #controlaltachieve

🎨 Here's a colorful S self-assessment tip, via T @mxphoenixmoony! #TeacherHack #EdChat

💥 PRIMARY TEACHERS!💥 This @canva tip will save you ⚡️SO MUCH TIME!⚡ 💡 Create a design with all of your sight words 😲 Apply a timing to all slides (we like 2 seconds) 🤭 Click "Share," then click "Present" 💯 Now click "Autoplay" #interACTIVEclass @CanvaEdu #CanvaEDU

@HollyClarkEdu Interesting!

Here in Singapore, we played a game called, who is the #AI expert. We compared ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and a simple Google search to see who gave the better answer. The clear winner was Gemini. I was shocked !

Special education teachers and technology integrators, I'm updating my (Digital) Assistive Technology Cheat Sheet and am looking for what updates I've left off. Feel free to share. docs.google.com/presentation/d…

With @bflay's technique, you can have perfectly pickled onions in a matter of minutes, not hours! 🧅 Watch #BeatBobbyFlay, Thursdays @ 9|8c!

Fake News! Evaluating Online Information controlaltachieve.com/2022/04/fake-n… #GoogleEDU #controlaltachieve

Next week, something that our team has been working tirelessly on is launching. 🥁🥁🥁 ⭐️A space for every standard!⭐️ This feature will launch 9k new spaces tailored to common core standards and filter by grade, subject, and topic! This is just the beginning!! Thanks @afau_bion

Who loves explore boards? You know I do! Here is a #hyperdoc from @lhighfill for the upcoming Eclipse Just file make a copy and share with your students. docs.google.com/document/d/1F1…

🏛️ AI Prompt Libraries for Educators - controlaltachieve.com/2024/03/ai-pro… 🤷 Not sure what to type into an AI chatbot? 💬 Check out 100's of educational prompt templates 💡 For lesson plans, rubrics, assessments, tutoring, differentiation, SEL & more! #edtech #AI #ChatGPT #GoogleEDU