Integrating Next Generation Computing in All Any Discipline: Leveraging and Using AI for and in the Classroom

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The two-hour long virtual meetup provides an opportunity for up to 60 Noyce Scholars to learn how computing and traditional disciplines intersect, and how integrating computing into existing materials can benefit a classroom and ultimately students.

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This interactive virtual meetup, held over two sessions (totaling six hours) from 9 AM to 12 PM PST, offers up to 60 Noyce Scholars the opportunity to explore how computing intersects with traditional disciplines. Educators will discover how integrating computing into their curriculum can enhance student learning, making lessons more engaging and relevant to the real world.

Through a hands-on online experience, participants will learn to leverage AI technology (such as ChatGPT) to create instructional materials for microcontrollers—found in everyday devices like phones, appliances, and cars. Early registrants will even receive their own micro:bit devices to apply their learning in real time!

Designed for educators of all skill levels, these sessions provide expert guidance and a collaborative environment to help teachers seamlessly incorporate computing into their subjects. By the end of the meetup, educators will be equipped with the knowledge and confidence to inspire the next generation of innovators.

Session #1 April 5th -  Exploring 21st-century skills with AI: Hands-on LLM integration.

What does integration of 21st century skills look like in the presence of rapidly advancing tools and technology like Large Language Models? Explore the shift in the computing skills of tomorrow - from design and programming to defining requirements, test criteria, and evaluation. Join this session to get hands-on experience using LLMs to create, refine, and use simulations relevant to your core-content area. Explore the benefits,  possibilities, challenges, and limitations of current Large Language Models. Come with ideas of lessons that you're ready to push the boundaries on, or ones you feel might need something extra! As an added bonus you'll receive a micro:bit which, depending on your simulation, could serve as a real-world interface for data collection and analysis.

Session #2 April 12th - Enhance lessons with LLMs: Integrate cross-disciplinary concepts using continuous refinement.

Leverage LLMs to integrate and find cross-cutting concepts/ideas to enhance your existing lessons. Extend the impact by tailoring and restricting the proposed cross-cutting area to the tools and resources you have at your disposal. Join this session to gain hands-on experience on taking an existing lesson(s) or modules to create a thematic experience in a different space (perhaps in collaboration with an educator in a different field).  As an add-on bonus you'll receive a micro:bit which can be used as a target "available resource" during the lesson enhancement activity.