AI tools are evolving and being produced at lighting speed. It is possible to list pages and pages of links, but that can quickly overwhelm. This is a short starter list.

AI Tools to Try

The “BIG” Four Chatbots: ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Copilot (generative pre-trained transformers) 

Brisk Teaching - A browser extension tools that brings AI to you when you need it.

Diffit - differentiated content creation with a straightforward design and various output options

Magic School – numerous education tools that do "all the things!"

Gamma - create presentations (free/fee)

Eleven Labs - speech synthesis

Goblin Tools - break down tasks

Suno - create music

Sora - explore examples of creating video from text, this will blow your mind!

Article/Paper/Report/Video

History of AI - University of Queensland

Try ELIZA (first basic chatbot) - link

Agrobot: Robots that can pick fruit - Control Automation (see video of harvest)

Virtual Fencing - Tri-State Livestock News

Virtual Fencing w/Animal Activity Monitoring - Cornell CALS

Sugarcoating the Apocalypse - New York Times

Watch an AI Learn to Write - New York Times

Teachers are Going All In on Generative AI - Wired

Most Teachers Are Not Using AI. Here’s Why - EducationWeek

AI is Forcing Teachers to Confront an Existential Question - Washington Post 

Handout: AI and the Future of Learning - USDOE Office of Ed Tech 

Generative AI exists because of the transformer (technical) - Financial Times

AI Could Help Translate Alien Languages (talk with whales?) - The Atlantic

Quantum Computing (60 minutes episode) - see YouTube link

AI is getting very popular CNBC - article

Prompting Resources

Prompt Ideas for Educators - AI in Education

Tips to raft a powerful prompt (Canva link)

Demos from Presentations (links to docs that replicate GPT output)

CTE Article - link

Ted Lasso Life Lessons - link 

Owl/Medicine Wheel Story - link 

Persuasive Writing Milk - link (version 2)

Fact check of AI basics site bit.ly/jmai  - link 

Write an Email Prompts - link

Policy Reference Docs/Sites (these point to articles/examples)

Readiness Checklist - CGCS and COSN

AI Guidance for School Toolkit - teachai.org

Planning Guide- Michigan Virtual

Planning Guide/Framework - Montana Virtual Schools

Human Centered AI - Washington State

Generative AI Implementation Guidance - North Carlina Dept of Public Instruction

Report of the NEA Task Force on Artificial Intelligence in Education 

Student AI Integration (red light/green light) chart/guidance (see in Canva)

Stoplight chart for classroom guidance - slide

Newsletters/Briefings to keep up on AI and/or the world

Superhuman AI (sign-up)

The Morning: New York Times daily briefing sent to your inbox (sign-up)

The Neuron - hip AI newsletter (sign-up)

AI x Education - AI newsletter (sign-up)

AI+Education Simplified, choose free option (sign-up)