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September 11, 2025

Wake County teachers pioneering use of AI
in the classroom

Be My Eyes Accessibility with GPT-4o
https://www.bemyeyes.com/
A paraplegic athlete carried the Olympic flame, made possible by an AI-powered exoskeleton
  1. Sign in, stowe your other devices, and log into a Chromebook. Complete the While You Are Waiting (WYAW) activities (including attendance!)

  2. QUESTIONS: About the AI Portfolio assignment?

  3. Web 2.0 tools are web-based and let you create something (video, image, blog post, snapchat photo, website, slidedeck, document, online timeline or graph) by accessing the tool directly from the internet. Google is a key source of web 2.0 tools including docs, sheets, forms, etc. Google Sites is also a web 2.0 tool and you're using it because you can use the tool to make a website with your own ideas and content and share with the world.
    • Cloud-based access via the internet
    • Can require sign up or not
    • User created content
    • Allows for sharing via a link (in the cloud) or a download

  4. Let's take a look at some curricular standards with a couple of these tools in mind:
    1. NC SCoS Math: Measurement . Data

      Look at the range of grades and subject areas that have a standard related to data displays. How might your subject area and grade level use this tool?

      Create a Graph: Data displays
      http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/

      We'll use your favorite breakfast votes from today's attendance question.

      Essential Skills - Social Studies
      3.H.1 Understand how events, individuals and ideas have influenced the history of local and regional communities.
        3.H.1.1 Explain key historical events that occurred in the local community and regions over time.
        3.H.1.2 Analyze the impact of contributions made by diverse historical figures in local communities and regions over time.
      6.H.2 Understand the political, economic and/or social significance of historical events, issues, individuals and cultural groups.
        6.H.2.2 Compare historical and contemporary events and issues to understand continuity and change.
        6.H.2.3 Explain how innovation and/or technology transformed civilizations, societies and regions over time (e.g., agricultural technology, weaponry, transportation and communication).

      Timetoast
      http://www.timetoast.com/
      View two examples at:
      https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/1878651 (Personal History)
      https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/rise-of-the-3rd-reich

     

  5. Another tool that offers games and utilities: Flippity https://www.flippity.net/ (one of my favorites)
    1. Not snazzy or slick but current and useful
      (Steve Fortna, one Tech Integration Specialist/Teacher in MA and not a company and it's free)
    2. Uses Google Sheets as a means to create games and activities
    3. AND, there is also a random name generator like Wheel of Names. Find it in the listing and try it out with your student's names. You can use the E-Z List option or the Spreadsheet. See https://www.flippity.net/v2/RandomNamePicker.htm

  6. Let's get hands-on with a basic matching game using images. Follow my lead or go on your own....
    1. Go to Flippity https://www.flippity.net/ and choose the Matching Game - Instructions.
    2. Go down to Option 2: Google Sheets
    3. Copy the spreadsheet and it will open on your Chromebook (it's saved in your Google Drive by default)
    4. Delete the existing data in both columns (but NOT the BLUE header) and add your own content.
    5. We are going to do both text and images. You can use a variety of image sites but I've tested Pixabay and it works with Flippity.
      1. Search for your image and click to go to the image options
      2. Right click on the image and choose "Copy image address"
    6. If you use a different image site, when you have found an image you wish to use, right click to "Open image in new tab" Copy the link with the .jpg or .png at the end. If there is more text/numbers after the .jpg or .png, don't copy it - ignore it.
    7. Paste the address in the appropriate cell next to your word for the image.
    8. Do three to four matching pairs.

      WANT A CHALLENGE?
      Add some more matches using image searches from other sources. MAKE SURE THE IMAGE LINK ENDS WITH .JPG OR .PNG

  7. Once you are done, explore some of these activities created by past interns.
    Matching Game with Images https://www.flippity.net/mg.php?k=1GpCe3cMvS6PnoJ2oqdajLuKAp9oHujX04WiC0rXvRjw
    Government (Quiz Show) https://www.flippity.net/qs.php?k=1JiRrC_8dwIGp3Fl101HagyiswbgIOArcLvy5bGfBcw4
    Historical Timeline I https://www.flippity.net/tl.php?k=1wREsnOowP7Dg_Y7Rb1u9JEOIaylcxaRK5oLwtBqDsBY
    Historical Timeline II https://www.flippity.net/tl.php?k=11UrdKUlL5Xwq_5VXLyGFcwzSXp7b1oG5ChAOz9nij0g


  8. Now let's look at the assignment in Canvas - ask questions, please!
    Here is a strong example: