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Yorktown middle school teachers and students show classroom use of AI tools
Summary
Yorktown Central School District middle school teachers and students demonstrated day-to-day classroom uses of artificial intelligence tools — including writing support, image generation and AI podcasts — and emphasized teaching responsible, supervised use.
Yorktown Central School District middle school teachers and students on Feb. 10 demonstrated how the district is using artificial intelligence tools in humanities and writing lessons, and described classroom safeguards and teaching practices intended to keep students “the brains behind the technology.”
The presentation, given during the Board of Education meeting, featured a classroom teacher, special education teacher Cheryl Denoia, who said she was initially skeptical but found AI tools aided differentiation and saved teacher planning time. “I was blown away with the possibilities and the outcomes,” Denoia said.
The teachers described several platforms and uses: Magic School (teacher and student tools),…
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