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What is your district's experience with AI?
Q&A
with Nicole Fuerst, Online Learning Coordinator, Kodiak Island Borough School District, Alaska
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How Learning Blade Works
Students
Teachers
Contextualized Learning
Tailored to the Interests of each
Student
Reinforcement of Basic Academics
Indexed by Standards and Providing Resources
12 Missions that Engage All Students
Mission Challenge
Dolphin Rescue Help rescue rehabilitate an injured dolphin, including creating an artificial prosthetic tail
Haiti Orphanage
Heart Surgery
Energy Production
Design and build an environmentally-sound orphanage for children left homeless by an earthquake in Haiti
Conduct heart surgery and therapy for a child with a heart defect; evaluate the use of artificial hearts or heart components
Evaluate alternative or upgraded energy sources for a city that currently has an old coal-fired power plant
Local Food Consider methods to increase production of local foods in a community
Robotics Design
Flu Outbreak
Explore technology used for robotics design, such as sensors, electrical circuits, industrial design and computers
How health and IT professionals can use data warehousing and analysis to predict flu outbreaks using GIS and social media data
Transportation Jam Evaluate new transportation methods for a city that has a traffic congestion problem
Manufacturing Concept Use modern manufacturing techniques to design and build a new concept car
Entrepreneurship Set up a new business with a focus on entrepreneurship
Lightweight Aircraft Design a lightweight and easily maintained aircraft for distant missions
Hack Attack
Learn about methods to create and protect website, apps and social media after a school’s website and media
Career
Clusters
Biomedicine, Marine Science
Construction, Sustainability
Medicine
Energy Production, Environment
Agriculture
Electronics, Computer Science
Information Technology
Transportation
Advanced Manufacturing
Finance, Business
Lightweight Metals
Manufacturing
Interactive Toolbox of Lessons and Activities
Interactive online lessons, ready-to-use lesson plans and activities for grades 5-9. Can be used by any teacher, anywhere. Validated and proven to increase CS/STEM career interest.
Interactive Lessons
Over 400 online lessons tied to academic standards
Challenge Projects
Hands-on, project-based lessons using common materials
Design Thinking
Solve complex problems with the 5-step creative thinking process
Parent Discussions
Handouts and easy experiments for at-home discussions
Career Videos
Introduce over 50 careers with real-life people
3D
Printing Activities
Create objects that demonstrate science principles
Intro to Coding
20-hour middle school course providing robust coding experiences
Papercraft Figures
Students make origami-type figures of 100 careers and technologies
Intro to Artificial Intelligence
NEW Learning Blade Module
Course Topics
This module provides a well rounded resource to introduce middle school students to artificial intelligence. Includes online lessons, group activities, and lesson plans for guiding students through authentic learning experiences. Topics include:
● What is AI?
● AI in Everyday Life
● Machine Learning
● Robotics
● AI Ethics
● Getting Creative with AI
● Solving Problems with AI
● The Exciting Future of AI
● Exploring AI Careers
Coming August 2024
What is Artificial Intelligence?
Types of Artificial Intelligence
Real World Examples
Introducing the Ethics of AI
Learning Blade Statewide Adoptions
Alabama
Arkansas
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