A 2024 Google Ed Leaders Book Club Pick
Time Saving AI Tools that Make Learning More Engaging
Busy educators need tools that support their planning and provide them with more time with students. While Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a promising solution, it can only help if we're willing to learn how to use it in ways that improve upon what we already do well. The Artificial Intelligence Playbook: Time Saving Tools that Make Learning More Engaging is here to empower teachers to explore AI's potential and discover practical ways to implement it to enhance their planning and instruction. Two chapters and 6 "Educator Functions" guide teachers step-by-step through how to purposely use AI to:
- Compose Writing Prompts and Avoid Plagiarism
- Manage Content
- Foster Student Engagement
- Meet Students' Instructional Needs
- Assess Student Learning
- Continue Lifelong Learning
Though AI has the potential to reduce workload for educators, it will never replace teachers. Your connection with students is irreplaceable--and greatly impacts their learning. Consider AI a valuable tool that provides you with more time to build and sustain those vital relationships with students and that can assist them in learning at the very same time.
Meghan Hargrave is an experienced educator, with over 15 years in the field. After being a teacher leader in the classroom, she moved into education coaching and consulting where she supports hundreds of K-12 schools and districts worldwide. Her work has always focused on important instructional shifts in education and practical ways the educators she supports can embrace these shifts effectively, which has included the integration of Artificial Intelligence tools in the classroom. She is ChatGPT, GoogleAI, and AI for Education certified in addition to working closely with thousands of educators on how to implement these tools in the classroom. She is an international presenter, has taught preservice teachers at Columbia University's Teachers College, regularly contributes to popular educational publications, and is known for sharing innovative and effective classroom strategies via social media @letmeknowhowitgoes.
Douglas Fisher is professor and chair of educational leadership at San Diego State University and a teacher leader at Health Sciences High and Middle College. Previously, Doug was an early intervention teacher and elementary school educator. He is the recipient of an International Reading Association William S. Grey citation of merit and an Exemplary Leader award from the Conference on English Leadership of NCTE, as well as a Christa McAuliffe award for excellence in teacher education. In 2022, he was inducted into the Reading Hall of Fame by the Literacy Research Association. He has published numerous articles on reading and literacy, differentiated instruction, and curriculum design, as well as books such as PLC+, Visible Learning for Literacy, Comprehension: The Skill, Will, and Thrill of Reading, How Feedback Works, Teaching Reading and most recently, Teaching Students to Drive their Learning. Doug loves being an educator and hopes to share that passion with others.
Nancy Frey is a Professor in Educational Leadership at San Diego State and a teacher leader at Health Sciences High and Middle College. She is a member of the International Literacy Association's Literacy Research Panel. Her published titles include Visible Learning in Literacy, This Is Balanced Literacy, Removing Labels, Rebound, The Social-Emotional Learning Playbook, and How Scaffolding Works. Nancy is a credentialed special educator, reading specialist, and administrator in California and learns from teachers and students every day.
