Hello Everyone,
Everyone talks about AI, but no one has the time to learn it. So, the easiest way to learn about using #AIinEducation in as little time as possible: the #AIinEducation Course. YOU can learn alongside the kids, using simple FREE apps that slot neatly into your existing curriculum.
This FREE course steps you through understanding and creating with AI. It shows you how to use it with real classroom examples, ready-made lesson plans, and curated links. And yes, ethics and limitations are part of the journey, so the conversations stay grounded.
The course is FREE (worth repeating, professional collaboration and teacher-to-teacher generosity matters). It’s unbiased, unaffiliated, with no hidden agenda, just a drive to make education BETTER. It cuts through the clutter and the result is brilliant, easy and inspiring to use.
But I’m doing more. I want to build a movement, teachers, parents and students, who see AI not as a threat, but as a tool for agency, creativity and curiosity. Together we can shift the conversation from fear to possibility.
Will you join the movement and bring #AIinEducation into your classroom, your staffroom, your community?
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Enough of the chat, check out the Amazing Tools & Absolutely Splendid ideas I have to share with you today, in the spirit of
EASIER, MORE PRODUCTIVE
& A WHOLE LOT MORE FUN!
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#AIinEducation - Week 4 - AMAZING Worlds & AI-Generated Images
AI isn’t the SOLUTION But it gives teachers the time & tools to build the real one: agency + curiosity.
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MIND CANDY
Our greatest natural resource is the minds of our children.
Walt Disney
I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones. John Cage, composer 5 Sep 1912-1992
If we only train our students to give answers, who will come up with the questions?
Cathy Brown
How heavy is a rainbow?
It’s pretty light…..TA! DA!
WEEK Four - AMAZING Worlds & AI-Generated Images – FREE
This WONDERFUL set of lessons lets students turn their own words into pictures, and the best part? NO drawing skills required! With just a carefully written prompt, a class can generate vivid images of new worlds, creatures, and adventures that no one has ever seen before. The IMAGINATIVE POSSIBILITIES are endless!
In these five lessons, students read AMAZING Worlds, explore how prompts guide AI, and then create their own illustrated books by combining AI images with their hand-drawn worlds. They practise refining prompts, comparing outcomes, and publishing finished digital books in Book Creator or Canva to showcase their creativity.
Along the way, students practise LITERACY (writing, flow writing, typography, storytelling), VISUAL ARTS (illustration, layout, design), and DIGITAL LITERACY (prompting, iteration, ethical reflection). Teachers report high engagement: younger learners delight in seeing their imagined creatures brought to life, while older students experiment with detail, perspective, and style to get closer to their vision.
Aimed at primary schools, but adaptable across K–12 for AI literacy, this safe, free, cross-curricular entry point helps students see how AI is trained, why balanced data matters and how they can play an active role in shaping tomorrow’s technology.
NSW Syllabus Outcomes are provided for Stage 2, however just upload the pdf to ChatGPT or similar for outcomes for your stage level, state or country.
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WEEK 4 AMAZING Worlds & AI Generated Images
Quick Guide to Book Creator - very quick just to get you started
Quick Guide to Flow Writing
AI Text to Image Tools Comparison - Tools to use, FREE options and Data Privacy Compliance
Text to image prompt Guide Table - Tips and tricks and sample prompts for apps
Success Criteria Week 4
Don’t keep this to yourself, good ideas are better shared.
Know a teacher who’d love this? Pass it on!”
AI isn’t the SOLUTION
AI isn’t the solution. But it gives teachers the time & tools to build the real one: agency + curiosity. We tell kids what to do all day, every day. Then we wonder why they don’t grow into curious, self-directed learners. The crisis doesn’t start in Stage 3, it starts in… it starts in Kindergarten.
click here to read more….
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PICK Your FEAR Children love big words almost as much as they love a good scare 👻 Phobias give them both! Ever heard of the fear of chickens, paper or even… buttons?
Yes, there’s a name for each one. Spooky, silly & tongue-twisting, these words spark curiosity, laughter & just the right shiver.
GOOGLE NGRAM Viewer is a free online tool created by Google that lets you search and visualise how often specific words or phrases have appeared in books over time. Try you kids names, concepts you are working on or current popular words.
TORNADOES - A Tornado Hits The Weather Channel Amazing Video Along with other Disaster videos on the VT Disaster Page
JOKES & RIDDLES Telling jokes takes a lot of talent. Have a joke telling contest.
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I have lots of Inspiring Videos on my Video pages.
You must watch this one
WHAT If Money Didn't Matter by Alan Watts on the page.
What makes you itch? How do you like to spend your life? What do you desire? what if money didn't matter? What if money was no object? What would you like to do if money were no object?
This is the basis of the the Video ‘What do YOU Like?“
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Before you go I have a question for you:
Would you be interested in learning more about AI and how to integrate into your teaching? Would you like more information about inservice and training?
No need to decide just yet, just email me if you'd like to start the ball rolling. cathy@virtualteacher.com.au or check out the VT AI Consultancy Page.