Over the last year, I worked with SchoolAI as a Learning Experience Designer. During that time, I really wanted to look at the implications for AI within an ELA and ESL classroom. After completing my ESL endorsement in 2021, I felt like I saw a way, through the use of AI, to help better support my students.
DATA! We all know the importance of data. After reviewing the data from the reading inventory assessments, I know that students’ reading ability in my classroom range seven total grade levels (ranging from 5th to 12th grade). This data is important for a few reasons:
1. it provides a baseline to measure growth, and
2. it helps me be cognizant of the materials and plan for their complexities.
So, what is the point of this post? Well, when I was a baby teacher, I had no idea what I did not know. I had no clue what some things meant. I had no idea how to even do some things that I should have known how to do. AI is a great equalizer in many regards. A lot of the processes that take time to learn are now simple, convenient prompts to write.
As I teach my coworkers, colleagues, and even my sister (shout out to my sister) how to use AI, I have grown to understand the single easiest way to teach others is to show them. There is no right or wrong way (for the most part) to prompt an AI. More often than not, when sit with a teacher, they just want to watch me go through some prompts, so they can figure out how they want to utilize AI.
SchoolAI has two different features that allow you to level texts. One of them is the dedicated tool located under the “Tools” tab. The other would be via Co-teacher (the chat feature) located under assistants. In the video below, you will see me, in real time, adapt an article through both of those methods.
To compare the leveled texts as a GoogleDoc, check them out via this link.
Educator, writer, and edtech thinker.
Graham Bany