ALEX Learning Activity

  

Artificial Intelligence in Your Everyday Life

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  This learning activity provided by:  
Author: Ginger Boyd
System:Geneva County
School:Samson Middle School
  General Activity Information  
Activity ID: 2742
Title:
Artificial Intelligence in Your Everyday Life
Digital Tool/Resource:
Streams Speak
Web Address – URL:
Overview:

In this learning activity, students will watch a video about Google Assistant. In this video, students will witness artificial intelligence being used via Google Assistant to call a salon to book an appointment for a client. Students will then use an artificial intelligence-generated text-to-voice website to create an audio file of their own.   
  Associated Standards and Objectives  
Content Standard(s):
Digital Literacy and Computer Science
DLIT (2018)
Grade: 6
29) Define artificial intelligence and identify examples of artificial intelligence in the community.

Examples: Image recognition, voice assistants.

Unpacked Content
Evidence Of Student Attainment:
Students will:
  • define artificial intelligence.
  • identify examples of artificial intelligence in the community.
Teacher Vocabulary:
  • artificial intelligence
Knowledge:
Students know:
  • that artificial intelligence is the use of computer systems to perform tasks normally requiring human intelligence and include services such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision
  • making, and translation between languages.
Skills:
Students are able to:
  • identify examples of artificial intelligence.
Understanding:
Students understand that:
  • while artificial intelligence is designed to aide, it also has negative side effects.
Learning Objectives:

Students will be able to define artificial intelligence and identify examples of artificial intelligence in their everyday life. 
  Strategies, Preparations and Variations  
Phase:
During/Explore/Explain
Activity:

This learning activity should be completed after an introductory lesson on artificial intelligence. 

  1. The teacher will kick off this activity by asking students to list some of the ways they use artificial intelligence every day. Allow time to briefly discuss (5-10 minutes). 

  2. The teacher will show the video Google Duplex: AI Assistant Calls Local Businesses to Make Appointments. Google Duplex is a technology powering a new Google Assistant feature. Billed as a completely automated system, Google Duplex can essentially make calls for you, but with a natural-sounding human voice instead of a robotic one.

  3. The teacher will partner students together with an internet-connected device and share the Streams Speak website. On this website, the students will create an AI-generated human voice clip using text-to-speech capabilities.  Their AI-generated voice clip will be used to answer the questions: (1) How would you define artificial intelligence? (2) What are some ways Google's AI technology can be used? 

  4. The students will download their audio file from Streams Speak and email it to the teacher to share with the class.
Assessment Strategies:

The students will be assessed on completion of the AI-generated voice clip on Streams Speak and the correct response to the questions asked. 
Advanced Preparation:
Variation Tips (optional):

The teacher may choose to have students complete this learning activity individually, with a partner, or in a small group. 
Notes or Recommendations (optional):

Streams Speak can be used with or without creating a free account. Users can receive 10,000 characters/mo for Speech Generation, 30 minutes/mo of Voice Transcription, and Advanced Email Support for free. 

This learning activity should be used with the following learning activities:

Artificial Intelligence/Science and Star Wars (before activity)

Real or Artificial (after activity)
  Keywords and Search Tags  
Keywords and Search Tags: AI, artificial intelligence, robots, Streams Speak