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voice additionally podcasting allows students to put into practice the 4cs of 21st century skills communication creativity collaboration and critical thinking https www eschoolnews com digital learning 2025 01 27 creating podcasts in the classroom this unit was designed for and completed by 5th and 6th grade high ability students the students selected this project from a list of possible projects as i offer electives to my elementary students learning events selected a partner and topic students were given the option to work alone or with a partner planning of podcast they used the planning sheet below to plan their podcast with the directions that they would be recording three podcast episodes related to their topic that each episode would need the same introduction and wrap up introductions and wrap ups they wrote introductions and wrap ups for their podcast episodes with feedback from me and their peers on possible improvements developing podcast questions they developed questions for three podcast episodes using the ai tool codebreaker s https www codebreakeredu com chat a llm for kids to help them generate three sets of questions related to their topic they fed background information to the tool and then vetted the questions for their appropriateness for their podcasts canva as their podcast platform they created a canva presentation with slides to represent each of their podcast episodes and used canva s ai images generator to assist them through prompt engineering to create their slide images their questions for each episode were posted on the slides they also used canva s ai to generate introduction music they then recorded their podcasts in canva we ran out of time at the end of the school year to have them properly edit their recordings but they could have also done this in canva 4_ _worksheet_ _podcast_planning download student podcasts click through the slides to hear the different episodes wait a few seconds for the recording to start benefits of student generated podcasts gives students voice and choice highly engaging and fun authentically builds oral and written literacy skills responsible use of ai for enhancing work giving students voice and choice since giving students choice and voice has been key to my instructor for so long i am resharing a blog post i wrote about it a decade ago it s still very relevant today s education should be about giving learners voice and choice https usergeneratededucation wordpress com 2015 08 09 todays education should be about giving learners voice and choice postscript future project i am hopefully going to start working with a group of spanish only students from mexico again with the help of canva i translated the podcast planning sheet to spanish podcast planning spanish 1 download i used https murf ai to translate directions and examples into spanish it did an excellent job dubbing with appropriate sounding voices and adding closed captions share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin like loading written by jackie gerstein ed d october 29 2025 at 12 31 am posted in education educational technology tagged with books digital storytelling educational technology english language arts marketing podcast podcasting writing rosebud ai game making for educators with one comment i heard about rosebud ai a new ai driven game making platform via social media during spring 2024 i got excited as i love creating online games coding and using artificial intelligence and also love having my students do so too rosebud uses generative artificial intelligence to enable students and educators to create engaging ai games just by chatting with our assistant rosebud is highly suitable for educational purposes not only does it provide code but it also offers explanations of what the code does and how it can be modified additionally you can create ai characters that act as teaching assistants or use narrative experiences to explain complex topics in a simple way https www rosebud ai education i had the opportunity to do the rosebud ai educator bootcamp the following game design bootcamp workbook was designed and developed by the workshop facilitator amanda fox who did an amazing job with the workshop and creating this workbook https www canva com design dagngeflcns jlbmhqqmrtc2xh9qdrp1ia edit in general what impressed me about the platform there are several good templates to get started 2d playground ai character ai town ai story template https play rosebud ai home rosie the chatbot is a great assistant to helping create and fix game code according to gemini rosebud ai enables users to craft captivating games through creative conversations to use the rosie ai chatbot to generate code for a game you can ask the ai to write code debug code or explain code you can also ask it to create code for a game based on your specifications such as the genre mechanics or desired features my project i love combining english language arts activities with educational technology whereby the technologies support content area learning as opposed to being the central focus of the learning as such i created a few ai character chatbots whereby students can interact with the major characters of our book study this year the last cuentista https play rosebud ai games 73819644 5ba5 4c79 ac89 0e5cdb29ab8e https play rosebud ai games 18684da3 a7ad 4aaa 95b9 4f1b7fb7fbe3 i used various ai tools to create the assets in my game for the character descriptions google s gemini for the characters images https openart ai for the theme song https suno com create i ll add my students games after they create them games by other workshop participants here is a padlet of games by other workshop participants share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin like loading written by jackie gerstein ed d august 9 2024 at 7 01 pm posted in uncategorized tagged with artificial intelligence educational technology game based learning technology integration building a sustainable future city leave a comment a group of gifted students who i have in my classroom for several years have been building sustainable cities for a number of years as part of their sdgs education see building a sustainable city https usergeneratededucation wordpress com 2022 04 22 building a sustainable city creating a sustainable city sdg 11 a collaboration between nm gifted elementary students and pa 10th graders https usergeneratededucation wordpress com 2023 02 12 creating a sustainable city future city competition i knew about the future city competition for a while and was waiting until my students reached 6th grade the minimum age grade allowed to enter future city is a project based learning program where students in 6th 7th and 8th grades imagine research design and build cities of the future keeping the engineering design process and project management front and center students work in teams to ask and answer an authentic real world question how can we make the world a better place teams spend approximately four months creating cities that could exist at least 100 years in the future each city must incorporate a solution to an annual design challenge this year teams will design a city completely powered by electricity generated from sources that keep your citizens and the environment healthy and safe https futurecity org below is 2023 24 program handbook 2023_2024 fc handbook final verison download hydropolis there were three main students and three other students who helped with the construction of their city here are the highlights our future city hydropolis is a floating civilization powered entirely by electricity the city spends all of its time on the water but it has four designated clearings along north central and south america it travels along the pacific coastline stopping at stations in alaska oregon mexico chile to retrieve fresh food and trade with the locals our city is running on hydroelectric power including tidal energy and waterwheels as well as windmills and solar power windmills are an appropriate energy source because there is no blockage of any kind on the ocean it is a flat surface so therefore wind can move freely in any direction for many miles solar power is also a good source of energy when the sun is out lego model following their conceptualization of the future city they created a lego model this activity was influenced by https www takeactionglobal org lego build the change institutes and https buildthechange discoveryeducation com player 51e7ecf7 441d 4650 bc89 4554b65dbfcf back 9c85b368 8745 40d9 bfa3 304486639915 and the essay they were required to write a mla formatted essay that described their city and needed to include references to support their ideas informational poster board they took their highlights and added images for a poster board that was part of their competition poster board the presentation all teams about 25 in total were judged by los alamo lab and intel scientists in the facility s classrooms the only people allowed were the room were the students and judges the top five teams were invited to present again in the auditorium to an audience of another panel of judges parents and students note almost are their materials were recycled recyclable i as their teacher offered a few suggestions a little assistance but almost everything was completed the students here is their presentation national standards next generation science standards 3 5 ets1 2 generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and their uses affect the environment common core english language arts standards ccss ela literacy ccra sl 2 integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats including visually quantitatively and orally ccss ela literacy sl 3 4 report on a topic or text tell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant descriptive details speaking clearly at an understandable pace ccss ela literacy w 8 7 conduct short research projects to answer a question including a self generated question drawing on several sources and generating additional related focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration reflection it was an amazing experience for the students although i mentioned a few key standards above there were so many cross curricular standards addressed which i love strive for and discuss in all lessons should be interdisciplinary https usergeneratededucation wordpress com 2019 01 13 all lessons should be interdisciplinary key to their success was teamwork this is always one of my working goals with my gifted students gifted students sometimes have trouble doing working in groups needless to say they struggled with this aspect projects requiring teamwork often end up with one or two students doing most of the work this wasn t the case for this project individual strengths emerged too often students do one and done projects at school projects that are a few hours in duration at best this project took months to complete which mimics workforce projects one student was very mathematical oriented as such he often has difficulty verbally expressing his ideas it was magical watching him orally present his part during the judging share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin like loading written by jackie gerstein ed d july 13 2024 at 2 22 pm posted in education tagged with education experiential learning maker education renewable energy science social emotional learning solar power student voice sustainability social entrepreneurship unit with elementary students 2024 a perfect steam lesson with one comment this is my 3rd time doing this project with my gifted learners grades 4th through 6th it was one of my favorite units ever and from their reactions i believe it was one of theirs too i call it a perfect steam science technology engineering arts and math unit the first part of this post explains some of the rationale for this project and the second part describes the unit itself why a unit on social entrepreneurship first i wanted my learners who are from lower income families to develop both an entrepreneur mindset and entrepreneur skills along with the creativity and innovation that comes with these skills entrepreneurship education benefits students from all socioeconomic backgrounds because it teaches kids to think outside the box and nurtures unconventional talents and skills furthermore it creates opportunity ensures social justice instills confidence and stimulates the economy because entrepreneurship can and should promote economic opportunity it can serve as an agent of social justice furthermore entrepreneurship has historically spurred minorities women and immigrants to create better lives for themselves and their families why schools should teach entrepreneurship second not only did i want my learners to gain entrepreneur skills i wanted them to experience the benefits of starting a company in order to raise money to give to a cause also known as a form of social entrepreneurship not every child is temperamentally suited to be a social entrepreneur not every child is suited to be a scientist mathematician or artist but elementary school age kids do have the natural curiosity imagination drive and ability to come up with innovative ways to change the world for the better by exposing our kids to a variety of disciplines including social entrepreneurship we are teaching them they have what it takes to be the change one well known expert on social entrepreneurship david bornstein puts it this way once an individual has experienced the power of social entrepreneurship he or she will never go back to being a passive actor in society young kids need to learn about social entrepreneurship third this unit met my own criteria for an effective and powerful unit instructional challenges are hands on experiential and naturally engaging for learners learning tasks are authentic relevant and promote life skills outside of the formal classroom the challenges are designed to be novel and create excitement and joy for learners learner choice and voice are valued lessons address cross curricular standards they are 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