Module 5

Digital Skills & Data Literacy

in practice
Guidelines for facilitating the learning of
Artificial Intelligence (AI) by School
Students of Grades 7-12
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 Structure of the Module

• Definitions and Frameworks

• Datasets
Activities A
• Digital Assistant in Class
Activities B
• Image Recognition, faces and real things
Activities C
• AI Tools for Teachers and Students
Activities D
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 Definitions: EU Frameworks
DigComp 2.2

DigCompEdu

https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC128415 https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC107466

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 Definitions: Facilitate Framework
# Area Competence Short Description (related to Module Objectives)
5.1 digital resources 5.1.1 selecting, - to identify, evaluate and select digital resources for teaching and learning
structuring, sharing - to structure digital content and make it available in different formats to
different media
Digital Skills & Data Literacy

- to share resources to media, use open licenses and use as open licenses and
open educational resources
5.1.2 analysing, - to analyse and modify existing resources and process it in different
modifying formats
5.1.3 creating - to create or co-create new digital educational resources
5.2 data processing 5.2.1 processing - to process digital material for retrieving information from trained machine
or for training the machine
5.2.2 creating - to create digital material for training the machine
5.3 digital management 5.3.1 organising, - to identify technological needs and adapt strategies, educational
implementing methodologies, and responses, using documented sources
- to turn ideas into action, designing, planning, implementing and evaluating
activities and projects to achieve objectives

5.3.2 using devices - to select and use digital devices and networks, including tools and
and apps applications, for any educational and administrative activity
5.3.3 engagement - to enhance digital relevant activities and practices
- to ensure continuous professional development

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Definitions: the AI Literacy Taxonomy

Conceptualizing AI literacy: An exploratory review (2021)

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Definitions: the AI Literacy Taxonomy

Conceptualizing AI literacy: An exploratory review (2021)

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 Datasets

Oxford Dictionary defines a dataset

as “a collection of data that is
treated as a single unit by a
computer”

https://labelyourdata.com/articles/what-is-dataset-in-machine-learning

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Datasets: indicative types of data

text
speech, questions
images, photos, figures, comics, hand-made sketches…
faces, gestures, emotions
numbers, db-fields
units, math expressions
sounds, melodies, songs, voices, tweets
videos, motions
facts

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Datasets: indicative types of data

text
speech, questions
images, photos, figures, comics, hand-made sketches…
faces, gestures, emotions
numbers, db-fields
units, math expressions
sounds, melodies, songs, voices, tweets
videos, motions
facts

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Datasets: creation of cartoon “emotions”

The dataset consists of 10 k images, i.e., 28 animations

of Tom and Jerry. The dataset generated from the MaskR-CNN
model is annotated into four emotions.

These emotions are Happy, Angry, Sad, and Surprise. For both
cartoon characters, around 1000 images depicting each out
of the four emotions were manually segregated. In total,
8113 images (or masks, of size 256 9 256) were used for
the purpose of training.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00521-021-06003-9

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Datasets: creation of cartoon “emotions”

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Datasets: creation of cartoon “emotions”

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 Datasets: Activity

Explore the following two datasets (from Google Experiences):

• Coco Explorer
• Bird-Sounds

Use the presentation at the Projects Google Drive or the following:

Padlet link: bit.ly/facilitate-AI

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 DA: Digital Assistant in Class

From: “human – computer interaction” …

To: “human – machine communication”.

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 Digital Assistant in Class
From: “human – computer interaction”
Stuart K. Card, Allen Newell, and Thomas P. Moran . 1983, The Psychology of Human–Computer
Interaction.
Unlike other tools with specific and limited uses, computers have many uses which often
involve an open-ended dialogue between the user and the computer.
Suchman, Lucy (1987). Plans and Situated Action. The Problem of Human-Machine Communication.
New York, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

To: “human – machine communication”.

Machine to human combination is a form of communication in which humans co-work with
Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems and other machines as opposed to utilizing them as tools or
devices.
Andrea L. Guzman (2017). Human-Machine Communication, Rethinking Communication, Technology,
and Ourselves. (Volume editor) TextbookXX, Media and Communication, Series: Digital Formations .

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 Combined sources in class: teacher and digital
assistant
• Students use digital assistants everyday with their mobile devices
• Structured use of an AI system like digital assistant in class was a big
surprise for them
• Easy to use by educators
• Several free tools available like Siri, Alexa, Google Assistant, Cortana
etc.
• We used Alexa because of the connection with Amazon database and
Alexa Skills.
 Why to incorporate a Digital Assistant in class?
• Every student who is now at school will work, interact and
communicate with a “machine” (AI, robot, IoT cyborg, etc)
• It’s a popular application of AI - part of our everyday life
• Measurable
• Value for money school project
• Easy to use even without IT background
• Attractive to students
• It is easy to design sustainability projects in class with a DA
 “Alexa our new friend in class”

• Design of lesson plans

• 8 weeks learning plans within the EFL class for the 2 nd
grade of High
School students
• Introduce Alexa as the class new friend and assistant
• Allow students to interact
• Surprise but also curiosity among class members
 Basic findings (1)
• Questionnaires
• Observation qualitative data
• Alexa archives
 Basic findings

• Students were surprised but also happy to have alexa in class

• They were competing Alexa
• They were trying to find mistakes
• They were trying to find questions Alexa couldn’t answer
• They were polite
• They were asking for Alexa to be there everyday in class
 Sample questions

• How old are you Alexa?

• Do you have brothers or sisters?
• Are you envy of Google Assistant?
• Which is better, you or Siri?
• When is your birthday?
• Do you know the number of sand grains in the world?
• How many starts are our there?
 DA new projects in Class

• Collaborative methodology lesson plans

• Energy efficiency in every class with help of Alexa and IoT
• Teach her Greek!
 Image Recognition

…faces in photos

…faces in cameras

…real things

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Introduction
• A facial recognition system is a technology capable of matching
a human face from a digital image or a video frame against a
database of faces, typically employed to authenticate users
through ID verification services, works by pinpointing and
measuring facial features from a given image.

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Faces in a photo
https://www.betafaceapi.com
We will use betaceapi to search for faces in
photos.

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Step : select processing
options

Step 2: upload image and

wait

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The faces

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More info
(click on a face)

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Activity
Part 1:

• Can the app find every face?

• Let’s try to confuse it?
• When is more difficult to detect a face?

Part 2:

• What can the app tell us about age and other characteristics?
• Try different photos of the same person is the information the same?
• When a person looks younger?

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Activity
Part 3:

• Try a family picture or picture of people with different ages?

• Is the app recognize people age correctly?
• Is the age difference of people relatively correct?

Part 4:

• What if we put a famous person photo?

• Have the app recognise him/her.
• Did it work?
• How you think it did it?

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Faces in a camera

https://www.luxand.com
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Luxand face apps
Luxand team has many different apps for android and/or iphone which can be
found here: https://www.luxand.com/apps/

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 How it works
• Open the app Face recognition

• Camera switch the front and back camera

• The first time you must put your name by tap and type pic1

• After that simply open the app and it will know you pic 2

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.luxand.facerecognition

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Activity
• Now it is your turn

• First get familiar with the app

• Next you must introduce yourself to it

• After all, have been introduced check if

still remember everyone.

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Search what you see…

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Summary
Collectively, the facial recognition market is soaring.

Facial recognition technology has improved dramatically over the past

few years.

Either live or from photos as we see in our examples. Next steps will be
even more accurate or ignore “obstacles” like glasses or mask

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 AI Tools

…for Teachers and Students

…from Desk Research and Best Practices of FACILITATE AI

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PHOTOMATH
•SCAN
Use the Photomath app to scan a
tricky problem. You can also
manually input problems using our
smart calculator!

•SOLVE
Get instant solution steps for your
exact problem, vetted by our team of
math teachers.

•LEARN
Use those steps to dig into the nitty-
gritty and learn at your own pace! https://youtu.be/XlbVB50mIh4
 SYMBOLAB
• An advanced math education tool.
• It allows users to learn, practice and
discover math topics using mathematical
symbols and scientific notations as well as
text.
• Provides automated step by step
solutions to algebraic, trigonometric and
calculus topics covering from middle
school through college.
• The stated goal of the site is to make
scientific content universally accessible by
applying proprietary machine learning
algorithms in order to understand the
meaning and context of the queries. https://youtu.be/6mt-zrRlHpY
 WOLFRAMALPHA
The world's first and only
computational knowledge engine.

• Enter your question or calculation,

and Wolfram|Alpha uses its
computational power and ever
growing collection of knowledge to
compute the answer. Discover
new information about the world,
and integrate expert knowledge
into any facet of your life.

https://youtu.be/rRGNS6z5bLY
 SEEK BY
INATURALIST
Use the power of image
recognition technology to identify
the plants and animals all around
you. Earn badges for observing
different types of plants, birds, fungi
and more!
• Get outside and point the Seek
Camera at living things
• Identify wildlife, plants, and fungi
and learn about the organisms all
around you
• Earn badges for observing
different types of species and
participating in challenges https://youtu.be/i56_R8z1N28
 VERSE BY VERSE
• An experimental AI-powered
muse that helps you compose
poetry inspired by classic
American poets.
• Select up to 3 authors for
inspiration and then choose the
format of your poem. After
writing your first line you can
automatically generate lines
from the selected authors or
write your own.

https://youtu.be/5yYDOuLjX-0
 DUOLINGO
• The world’s most popular way to
learn languages. The company’s
mission is to develop the best
education in the world and make it
universally available.
• Learning with Duolingo is fun,
and research shows that it works!
With quick, bite-sized lessons,
you’ll earn points and unlock new
levels while gaining real-world
communication skills.

https://youtu.be/LV2R1vWFg3w
 MUSENET
• A deep neural network that can
generate 4-minute musical
compositions with 10 different
instruments, and can combine
styles from country to Mozart to
the Beatles.
• MuseNet was not explicitly
programmed with our
understanding of music, but instead
discovered patterns of harmony,
rhythm, and style by learning to
predict the next token in hundreds
of thousands of MIDI files
https://youtu.be/fY5omEwxWa8
 SOCRATIC
• Socratic is a learning app from
Google that helps high school
and university students
understand their school work. It
uses Google’s artificial
intelligence (AI) and search
technologies to connect
students to helpful educational
resources from the web and
sites such as YouTube.

https://youtu.be/LDjpwJdZmV4
 GRADESCOPE
main features:
• AI-assisted and manual question
grouping
• Student-specific time extensions
• AI-assisted grading
• Increased efficiency and fairness

https://youtu.be/QTSOwjSCw6g
 CENTURY TECH
• An AI platform that utilizes cognitive
neuroscience and data analytics to
construct personalized learning plans for
students. In turn, these personalized plans
reduce work for instructors, freeing them up
to focus on other areas.
• The AI platform also tracks student
progress while pointing out knowledge gaps
in the learning. It then provides personal
study recommendations and feedback for
each user. As for teachers, Century helps
them access new resources that reduce the
time needed for monotonous tasks like
planning and grading. https://youtu.be/agmf9Vx1eXs
KNEWTON’S ALTA
• The AI tool is the company’s newest
product for higher education. It is a
complete courseware solution that
combines adaptive learning technology
with openly available content, which
helps develop a personalized learning
experience for each student.
• Each Alta product provides all of the
instructional content needed for a course,
including text, video, examples, and
assessments. It is also available in
multiple courses, including those within
the fields of statistics, math, economics,
and chemistry. https://youtu.be/xu7E2j9jxnA
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