This idea really grabbed me. Having the kids identify the four most important scenes in a chapter of, say, The Outsiders would help them understand concepts such as important and scene, as well as develop their abilities as fiction writers to scaffold chapters. But I also wondered, why not just have them draw or act out the identified scenes?
Hey Brad, thanks for the read and great question. All are great options imo that work different critical and communication skills. The reason I usually go with this AI image generation approach over manual drawing is: a) time constraints (students usually take longer hand-drawing/coloring their images than AI generating), b) variable student drawing ability (some really struggle to get past stick figures, some self-conscious about sharing their drawings, etc.), and c) it's a fantastic opportunity to develop student "AI literacy" alongside our regular content and skill acquisition. Give it a spin and keep me posted!
Really like this. Will definitely be sharing these ideas with some of my k-5 coworkers!!
Appreciate it, Clay - very curious to hear how this runs with the K-5 age, keep me posted!
I just tested Nano Banana to generate visuals for math word problems, and it did great!
This idea really grabbed me. Having the kids identify the four most important scenes in a chapter of, say, The Outsiders would help them understand concepts such as important and scene, as well as develop their abilities as fiction writers to scaffold chapters. But I also wondered, why not just have them draw or act out the identified scenes?
Hey Brad, thanks for the read and great question. All are great options imo that work different critical and communication skills. The reason I usually go with this AI image generation approach over manual drawing is: a) time constraints (students usually take longer hand-drawing/coloring their images than AI generating), b) variable student drawing ability (some really struggle to get past stick figures, some self-conscious about sharing their drawings, etc.), and c) it's a fantastic opportunity to develop student "AI literacy" alongside our regular content and skill acquisition. Give it a spin and keep me posted!