{"id":96308,"date":"2025-08-04T19:08:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T23:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=96308"},"modified":"2025-08-04T19:11:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T23:11:40","slug":"5-ways-to-spark-critical-thinking-about-ai-in-the-art-room-wilde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2025\/08\/04\/5-ways-to-spark-critical-thinking-about-ai-in-the-art-room-wilde\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Ways to Spark Critical Thinking About AI in the Art Room [Wilde]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theartofeducation.edu\/2025\/07\/july-5-ways-to-spark-critical-thinking-about-ai-in-the-art-room\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>5 Ways to Spark Critical Thinking About AI in the Art Room<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from theartofeducation.edu by Paige Wilde<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Here are five AI activities to explore this summer to help you and your students navigate artificial intelligence with an ethical,\u00a0responsible, and creative approach.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n<strong>1. Use Google\u2019s\u00a0<em>Quick, Draw!<\/em>\u00a0to have fun and get curious about AI.<br \/>\n<\/strong>We all have a desire to doodle\u2013even students and adults who say, \u201cI can\u2019t even draw a stick figure!\u201d Bring lots of light-hearted energy into your art room with Google\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/quickdraw.withgoogle.com\/\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/quickdraw.withgoogle.com\/\"><em>Quick Draw!<\/em><\/a>\u00a0tool. This platform allows you to draw simple prompts, such as a bike,\u00a0a cat, or a\u00a0cup, in 20 seconds. While you\u2019re drawing, AI attempts to recognize the subject.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">This tool works with any skill level and is a space to draw freely without overthinking. Beyond quick sketching, this activity demonstrates that human input builds\u00a0machine learning, and it\u2019s only as \u201csmart\u201d as the information (or in this case, drawings) we feed it. It\u2019s a fun way to explore the evolving role of AI in our visual world!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">No tech? No problem! Use paper to run the same activity. You can even use the\u00a0<em>Thumbnail Sketche<\/em>s\u00a0template in\u00a0FLEX Curriculum. Students sketch quick prompts in groups and then guess the drawings to spark conversation about how AI \u201clearns.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5 Ways to Spark Critical Thinking About AI in the Art Room &#8212; from theartofeducation.edu by Paige Wilde Here are five AI activities to explore this summer to help you and your students navigate artificial intelligence with an ethical,\u00a0responsible, and creative approach. &#8230; 1. Use Google\u2019s\u00a0Quick, Draw!\u00a0to have fun and get curious about AI. 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