Week 4

 The AI generated 6th grade mathematics lesson plan can be found here.  

Part 1

This week we are looking at an AI tool called Magic School. The purpose of this tool is to aid educators in creating lesson plans that align with their classroom’s standards and objectives. This is the first time I have ever used a program like this and found it quite simple to use.

My goal is to teach upper elementary to middle school mathematics. For the AI generated lesson plan below, I chose to look at the sixth-grade standards for exploring probability through sample spaces as defined under the Oklahoma Academic Standards for Mathematics. In addition to the OASM I chose to utilize the ISTE Standards; for Students 1.3 Knowledge Constructor, standards 1.3.a and 1.3.b. Looking at the AI generated lesson plan from Magic School, I do feel that it aligns well with the chosen standards as well as being sufficiently thorough without being too difficult for sixth-grade students to understand.

            I do not think there is anything wrong with the Magic School lesson plan generator. Coming from someone who has never made a lesson plan, the generated version is plainly fine. This lesson plan is effective in addressing data probability. The additional resources provided with the lesson plan contributed to bringing this plan up to standards by adding just a little more to the lesson.

Part 2

There are a large variety of Ai tools available on this site, I chose to look at the Song generator. I chose this tool because sometimes math can be a bit boring and almost feel like a chore to students, especially when it comes to probability and data. The tool creates a song based on the content you decide and to the tune of your choice. Because the lesson is based on probability and one of the activities is rolling dice, I chose to have the AI song generator create a probability and data song to the tune of “This Is How We Roll” by Florida Georgia Line. Many students will be familiar with this song and would be able to sign along with the Probability and Data version of it. I do feel that this specific tool would be useful to keep students engaged and help them with understanding more complex lessons. Do I feel this is a great tool for all? No, however, it is a fun way incorporate something students already know into something new.

Part 3

As a first-time user of Magic School’s AI generator, I would have to admit that it was simple to use and seems to be a great tool to use. The lesson plans would be beneficial to educators who might be struggling with ideas for a specific lesson plan. I do not have any experience with lesson planning and found this to be a fantastic way to gain experience and have a generalized idea of what needs to go into a lesson plan.

I do not have any genuine concerns with Magic School’s AI tools that would turn me away from using in my own future classroom. I am thinking that it would be a wonderful way to gain a better idea of what lesson plans need to look like and give me a general idea of what to include in future lesson plans.

As I mentioned, I have never created a lesson plan and have never used this type of generator before so I will say that I cannot honestly say if I would share it with colleagues, but solely based on my personal experience with it, I would definitely use it for my own classroom use.

 The AI generated 6th grade mathematics lesson plan can be found here.

 

References

ISTE Standards: For Students. ISTE. (n.d.). https://iste.org/standards/students

Oklahoma Academic Standards for Mathematics. Oklahoma State Department of Education. (2022, February). https://sde.ok.gov/oklahoma-academic-standards