Smart Classroom
Smart Classroom
Smart Classroom
An AI learning activity is a short activity that encourages the use of AI tools and
technologies in the classroom. In this AI activity called Smart Classroom, students will
train a machine learning model to recognise the meaning of instructions. They will create
a smart assistant in scratch allowing them to control virtual devices. This project aims to
introduce students to the basics of Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
by making their own machine learning powered project. This is team project, each team
training their own ML Model and working with its own Scratch 3.0 program. All activities
can be done remotely.
Topic of activity: Text recognition, digital assistants, confidence thresholds, supervised learning
Each group of 2 students will need a computer with a web browser. Project
worksheet (download from)
https://machinelearningforkids.co.uk/worksheets
Project worksheets in Ms Word format are available so you can modify them to
suit your class
https://github.com/IBM/taxinomitis-docs/tree/master/project-worksheets/msword
Learning space
School Lab or Synchronous Virtual Classroom (collaborative real-time web2.0
tools with breakout rooms).
- Then using the Machine Learning for kids, the students are shown what they are
going to make.
- Activity 2, 20 min
- The students work in pairs with the worksheet: Quick simplified version of the
project, ideal for use as a first introduction to the tool:
https://machinelearningforkids.co.uk/worksheets
- Activity 3, 10 minutes
- In the plenary, students discuss the confidence score each team attained, and
they draw conclusions about AI ethics and biases in the training data. The
teacher sums up and maybe shows a video like:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59bMh59JQDo&t=5s