AI Literacy - Teacher & Student Training

Teacher Self-Paced AI Trainings

RCS AI Policy and Procedures for Teacher and Student Use

This session equips educators with the knowledge and skills to integrate AI tools responsibly and effectively into classroom instruction. Participants will explore district policies, ethical guidelines, and best practices for leveraging AI while safeguarding student privacy and promoting academic integrity.

Magic School for Educators and Magic School for Students Combined Certification Course

This session brings together the best of both worlds--AI tools for educators and AI literacy for students. In this interactive training, you'll gain a foundational understanding of modern AI systems, including their capabilities, limitations, and strategies for crafting effective prompts. Discover how MagicSchool AI can streamline your workflow by generating lesson plans, rubrics, vocabulary lists, and more.

You will also explore MagicSchool for Students, a student-facing platform designed to build AI literacy. Learn best practices for integrating AI into student learning, navigate the platform, customize and assign tools, manage content moderation, and monitor student activity.

Once this session is completed, teachers will be able to use MagicSchool Student with their students.

Credit Hours: 2.0

Course# 38577

Section # 43189

Self-Paced AI Training for Student AI Programs

Per the RCS Use of Artificial Intelligence policy, only 3 programs have been approved at this point for student use of AI. If teachers would like to use AI with students, they must first complete the self-paced training on the program below, and then they must complete the Teacher Agreement form and train their students on the use of the program.

First: Complete the Teacher Training

Register in Professional Learning if you want professional development for the session. Professional Learning
Email Jeannie Williams, [email protected] or Jennifer Brooks, [email protected] if you do not want PD credit, and they will share the Schoology course codes for teacher training.

Approved Programs for Student Use with Teacher Supervision

Magic School AI Magic Student https://www.magicschool.ai/ Self-Paced Magic School for Student Certification Course (Teacher Training) Course: 38577 Section: 43189	School AI Student Spaces & Student Sidekick https://schoolai.com/ Must complete self-paced RCS AI Policy and Procedures for Teachers and Students course before using with students.
Class Companion - AI Writing Feedback Tool -- https://classcompanion.com/ Must complete self-paced RCS AI Policy and Procedures for Teachers and Students course before using with students.

Second: Complete the Teacher Agreement for Using AI with Students that is located in the self-paced courses listed above.

By signing this agreement, you agree to review these AI instructions with students prior to having them access the programs, and you agree to monitor their actions in the programs as instructed in the above trainings.

Student-facing presentation for ClassCompanion:

Generic Student AI Training by Kim Cing

Student-facing presentation for MagicSchool use:

Student-facing presentation for SchoolAI use:

Using SchoolAI by Kim Cing

Finally, if you decide to use one of these programs with your students, please share your feedback with the instructional technology team.

Contact Jeannie Williams, [email protected] if you have any questions.