Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Education

⭐Gemini - Google's AI assistant. Get help with writing, planning, brainstorming, and more. 
PISD Hotspot: Gemini Page
Gemini in the Classroom Canvas Course  PowerSchool registration, to earn 1-hr trade hour and a badge!
Create and Assign NotebookLM & Gems in Google Classroom (Google Support Page)
100+ Ways to Use Gemini: Gemini in Classroom (Google Slides)
Video - Creating Gems in Google Gemini (by Eric Curts, 12 min)

⭐Microsoft 365 Copilot - The Microsoft 365 Copilot app (formerly Office) lets you create, share, and collaborate all in one place and now includes Copilot. Copilot Chat resources for Education, Meet your AI assistant for education: Microsoft Copilot
CoPilot Agents: Build your own agent with Microsoft 365 Copilot

⭐NotebookLM - AI-powered research and note-taking assistant. 8 expert tips for getting started with NotebookLM
Teacher-led AI learning experiences for students: NotebookLM, Create & Assign NotebookLMs & Gems in Google Classroom

Adobe Express - Generative AI innovations, including: AI image generator, generative fill, text to template, translate, drawing and painting, Firefly generative AI

Canva - Magic Design, Magic AI image generator, Magic Switch for translations, Teacher only: Magic Write & Magic Code. List of Canva AI enabled features for students. 
Canva AI Canvas Course - PowerSchool registration - earn 1.5 trade hour and a badge!

Kami - AI-powered assessment

Pear Assessment - Question Generator and Assisted Rubric

Pear Deck - Instant Pear Decks, Getting Started

Pear Practice - Getting Started 

Pear Start - How Pear Start works, Getting Started, Pear Start DLT class recording (37 min, 2025)

Seesaw - Seesaw AI tools, including: reading fluency assessment, question assistant, read-with-me narrated passage tool, translate.

WeVideo - AI Assist, including: interactive video questions, subtitle generator, background noise reducer.

Adaptive Learning Tools used in several subject areas: HMH, Dreambox Learning, MATHIA, Reading Plus

When using generative AI, you get out what you put in. Here is a formula to consider when entering prompts into Gemini/CoPilot/etc. and getting the desired results. 

• Role
  Specify the persona you want ChatGPT to adopt (e.g., a particular type of professional or individual).

• Context
  Describe why you need this response and how you intend to use it.

• Examples
  Provide one or more examples of the kind of response you're looking for.

• Style
  Indicate the tone, voice, or writing style you want ChatGPT to use in the response.

• Format
  Specify the desired format (e.g., bullet points) and any word count guidelines.

Free, self-paced courses:

• Generative AI for Educators - 2 hours, by Google's Applied Digital Skills 
• AI 101 Self-Paced Professional Learning for Educators - approx. 5 hours (5 60-min units), create a FREE account, sign in with Google using your PISD email, by code.org
• Canva AI Course: Self-paced, 1.5 hours. Earn a badge! PowerSchool registration

DLT AI Class Recordings:

• AI in PLCs : How Teams Use AI Together (47 min, 2026)
• Efficiency Meets Engagement: Leveraging Pear Start for Learning Impact (37 min, 2025)
• Meet Gemini: Your AI Teaching Assistant in the Classroom (41 min, 2025) Take this Canvas Course, PowerSchool registration, to earn 1-hr trade hour and a badge!
• Opportunities for ChatGPT in Education (37 min, 2024)
• View the upcoming training schedule at www.pisd.edu/dltclasses.  

✨ AI Supports—It Doesn’t Replace Thinking: Use AI as a springboard for ideas, not as the finished product.

✨ Check for Accuracy and Bias: AI content may contain errors or unintentional bias, so review carefully before using.

✨ Prioritize Privacy: Avoid sharing personal information such as names, addresses, or other sensitive details.

PISD Digital Citizenship website - Being committed to digital citizenship keeps us inclusive, informed, engaged, balanced, and alert about our use of digital tools.

See Student section below for understanding expectations for using AI. 

Guide to ChatGPT for Parents and Caregivers (Common Sense Media)

A Parent's Guide to ChatGPT (PISD Slide Deck)

5 Tips for Talking to Your Kids About Generative AI (Video, 1:52 min)

5 Tips for Talking to Your Kids About Generative AI (Article) 

1. Talk about the benefits and risks of using artificial intelligence
2. Try out AI tools together
3. Talk about biases in tech
4. Have conversations about plagiarism and cheating
5. Ask your child's teachers and school for support

AI feedback & guidance from PISD high school students

Student Advisory AI Discussion - April 2024

Using AI Responsibly

✨ AI Supports—It Doesn’t Replace Thinking: Use AI as a springboard for ideas, not as the finished product.

✨ Check for Accuracy and Bias: AI content may contain errors or unintentional bias, so review carefully before using.

✨ Prioritize Privacy: Avoid sharing personal information such as names, addresses, or other sensitive details.

PISD Digital Citizenship website - Being committed to digital citizenship keeps students inclusive, informed, engaged, balanced, and alert about their use of digital tools.

Understanding Expectations for using AI

Students, when using AI stick to "TAPE":

• Transparency: Be open and honest about when and how GenAI informed your work by using citations, appendices, screenshots, etc.
• Accuracy: Carefully examine the work that GenAI produces and verify its output with other sources. It may "hallucinate" with wrong info, display bias, or have inaccurate sources in its training.
• Process (mindfulness): Document your thinking processes when working on learning tasks. This can help to share how you arrived at your thinking and avoid the appearance of plagiarism.
• Expectations: Follow your teacher's expectations when using GenAI for generation of or feedback on formatting, visuals, language, or ideas.
• Created by Alex McMillen

AI Tools for Students

Adobe Express & Canva - create images with generative AI (see section for instructions)

There are many AI tools built into student digital textbooks and several online tools we use every day. Ask your teacher for their recommendations and expectations around the use of AI in their classroom.