Course Description

Enhance Your Teaching with the Engagement of AI Tools

Step into the future of education with Hello History, a dynamic course in the AI Tools for Teachers Series designed to empower educators with practical, ethical, and imaginative uses of artificial intelligence in the classroom. This hands-on course introduces educators to the pedagogical potential of generative AI through the lens of historical inquiry and storytelling. Centered around the "Hello History" platform—a conversational AI tool that simulates interactions with historical figures—participants will critically explore how artificial intelligence can enrich history education, foster engagement, and support differentiated instruction. Through hands-on experimentation, ethical analysis, and instructional design projects, students will evaluate the affordances and limitations of AIgenerated dialogue in cultivating historical empathy, critical thinking, and disciplinary literacy.

Course Details

Number of Units: 1.0 graduate level extension credit in semester hours

Who Should Attend: K-12 Educators, administrators and anyone interested in leveraging AI to enhance teaching and learning experiences.

Course Materials:  No textbook requirement.

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What You Will Learn

  • Analyze the pedagogical affordances and limitations of AI-generated historical simulations for classroom use
  • Design an inquiry-based lesson plan that integrates Hello History to foster historical empathy and disciplinary literacy
  • Develop strategies for assessing student learning and ethical engagement with AI tools in history education

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