From Imagination to Creation: Using AI for Storytelling in the Classroom
This workshop empowers English language teachers to enhance storytelling by integrating artificial intelligence (AI) and Bookcreator. Participants will learn to generate AI-driven short stories and images to foster creativity and engagement among students. Main Purpose: Equip educators with skills to use AI tools for generating short stories and accompanying images, and incorporating them into digital books. This fusion of technology and storytelling enriches language learning and inspires students to explore their imagination. Outline of Topics and Activities: - Introduction to AI in Education: - Understand the role of AI in modern classrooms. - Explore the benefits of AI-generated content in storytelling. - Creating Short Stories with AI: - Demonstrate user-friendly AI tools for story generation. - Practice generating short stories based on prompts. - Generating Images with AI: - Create images that complement the AI-generated stories. - Tips on refining AI outputs for classroom suitability. - Compiling Digital Stories with Bookcreator: - Guide on assembling stories and images into digital books - Best practices for customizing and publishing - Interactive Activity: - Participants generate a short story using AI tools. - Create accompanying images. - Compile and publish the story using Bookcreator. - Sharing and Discussion: - Present stories to the group. - Discuss challenges, insights, and classroom applications.Technical Requirements:- Devices: - Laptop or tablet with internet access.- Software and Accounts: - Access to AI story and image generation platforms. - Bookcreator account set up prior to the workshop.