# Peninsula School District — AI

> A public school district in Gig Harbor, Washington, doing its AI work in the open.
> Peninsula School District publishes the software it builds, the guidance it writes,
> the talks it gives, and what it learns along the way. 163 documents, all
> licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 and intended to be adapted by other districts.

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- Full text of every document: https://psd401.ai/llms-full.txt
- Open Knowledge Format v0.2 bundle: https://psd401.ai/okf
- Structured index as JSON: https://psd401.ai/api/content.json
- Search: https://psd401.ai/search?q={query}

## Guidance

The guidance district staff work from. (4)

- [Data Security With AI](https://psd401.ai/guidance/data-security-ai-guidance): Four levels of AI tools, each with a different level of data security, and what each means for working with student data.
- [Student Rights and Responsibilities Handbook Language](https://psd401.ai/guidance/rights-and-responsibilities): Handbook language on students’ rights and responsibilities when using AI tools such as ChatGPT, in line with UDL and ethical AI use.
- [Peninsula School District AI Principles and Beliefs](https://psd401.ai/guidance/principles-and-beliefs): Peninsula School District's AI principles and beliefs. AI enhances and streamlines the efforts of human instructors rather than substituting them.
- [Sample Syllabus Language for Teachers](https://psd401.ai/guidance/sample-syllabus-language): Artificial Intelligence (AI) Use in the Classroom: Guidelines and Responsibilities

## Writing

Notes from the people doing the work: what we built, decided and learned. (15)

- [Build Products Our Agents Can Use](https://psd401.ai/writing/build-products-our-agents-can-use): A call to EdTech vendors, districts and standards bodies: make products safe for district-owned agents, or districts will build the replacements.
- [Feedback in the Age of AI: More Thinking, More Learning, Less Noise](https://psd401.ai/writing/feedback-in-ai): Does including AI feedback increase the chances that students will think hard about the content and improve their future performance?
- [Introducing AI Studio: Your Gateway to Advanced AI Tools](https://psd401.ai/writing/introducing-ai-studio): PSD announces AI Studio, a secure platform giving staff and students access to frontier AI models, with cost-effective API management and custom tools.
- [AI as a Data Intern: Smart, Fast, & Needs Oversight](https://psd401.ai/writing/ai-data-intern): Discover how to harness AI as your tireless data analyst intern - smart and fast, but keep an eye on their work!
- [Leading Change — Embracing AI in Education with Purpose and Heart](https://psd401.ai/writing/embracing-ai-purpose-heart): Superintendent Krestin Bahr shares her thoughts on the implementation of AI in schools.
- [Breaking Down Language Barriers: How AI Can Give Every Student a Voice](https://psd401.ai/writing/breaking-down-language-barriers): Karen Kennedy Floyd, Gig Harbor High School English Teacher shares how the use of HeyGen has given one of her students a voice she has not been able to show.
- [Empowering Student Research Through AI: Dave Stitt's Journey with the GoogleAI + Education Fellowship](https://psd401.ai/writing/google-fellowship-dave-stitt): Part three of our three part series on PSD teachers who were selected for the GoogleAI + Education Fellowship
- [Maximizing Teacher Efficiency: Heather Whyte's “Gemini's Genius” Project](https://psd401.ai/writing/google-fellowship-heather-whyte): Part one of our three part series on PSD teachers who were selected for the GoogleAI + Education Fellowship
- [Revolutionizing Educational Feedback: Kayla Frank's AI Innovation Journey](https://psd401.ai/writing/google-fellowship-kayla-frank): Part two of our three part series on PSD teachers who were selected for the GoogleAI + Education Fellowship
- [Peninsula School District Featured in National K-12 Magazine](https://psd401.ai/writing/psd-featured-magazine): Magazine article regarding work we have been doing in relation to AI.
- [Visiting Stanford AI Tinkery Gives Educators Deeper Understanding and Insights into AI Integration](https://psd401.ai/writing/stanford-ai-tinkery-2025): Digging into our teachers experiences from a recent trip to Stanford to visit their AI Tinkery and dive deeper into AI Literacy and Custom Tool Building.
- [How Can AI Tools Like ChatGPT Help Students With Accommodations?](https://psd401.ai/writing/helping-with-accomdations): Danielle Flores, a special education teacher at Henderson Bay High School, uses AI tools to personalize learning for students with accommodations.
- [Streamlining Educational Partnerships Through AI](https://psd401.ai/writing/streamlining-parnerships): Dan Dizon, Director of Talent, Recruitment, and Retention shares how he is using NotebookLM to interact and catalog university partnerships.
- [Fine-tuning Meta Llama3-2-1b-Instruct model with Custom School District Dataset](https://psd401.ai/writing/fine-tuning-llm-with-local-data): Process and steps necessary to allow a school or district to fine-tune their own llm with data that matters to them.
- [Welcome to the Peninsula School District AI Knowledge Sharing Hub](https://psd401.ai/writing/why-this-website): The story behind why we decided to put this website together and our goals moving forward.

## Presentations

Talks and workshops, published as given. (43)

- [From Vision to Innovation: Aligning District Strategic Planning with Technology Leadership](https://psd401.ai/presentations/from-vision-to-innovation): A keynote on how small districts can use AI strategically: tie technology decisions to the strategic plan, build governance, and grow innovation.
- [Getting Started with PSD AI Studio: A Practical Introduction for Teachers](https://psd401.ai/presentations/psd-ai-studio-training): Hands-on training introducing PSD staff to AI Studio: navigation, prompt engineering, classroom uses and privacy guidelines.
- [Unlocking Efficiency: Leveraging AI in Public School District Operations](https://psd401.ai/presentations/aasa-nce-2026): How Peninsula School District uses AI across operations: prompt engineering, deep research, agentic skills, legislation tracking and custom tools.
- [Prompt Alchemy: Designing AI Assistants with Prompt Chaining](https://psd401.ai/presentations/prompt-alchemy): A workshop delivered at the 2025 WERA Conference on Prompt Chaining
- [I've Started My District's AI Journey, Now What?](https://psd401.ai/presentations/started-journey-now-what): A breakout session delivered at the 2025 AASA AI Super Summit on some of our learnings from four years of AI embrace and where do we go from here.
- [Preparing Education Leaders to Manage AI](https://psd401.ai/presentations/preparing-education-leaders): A breakout session delivered at the 2025 Council of Chief State School Officers on supporting LEAs to lead around Artificial Intelligence
- [Inclusive Intelligence: Merging UDL, Accessibility, and Privacy in AI-Enhanced Learning](https://psd401.ai/presentations/inclusive-intelligence): A conference session delivered at the 2025 AI Empowered EDU conference on Inclusive Intelligence
- [Unlocking Efficiency: Leveraging AI in Public School District Operations](https://psd401.ai/presentations/unlocking-efficiency): A workshop delivered at the 2025 WASBO conference to showcase areas business officials can use AI in their workday
- [Using AI to Boost Efficiency: A Guide for Washington Treasurers](https://psd401.ai/presentations/ai-boost-efficiency): A workshop delivered at the 2025 Washington Treasurers Association Conference to make work more efficient
- [Engaging and Authentic AI Instruction in K-5](https://psd401.ai/presentations/engaging-authentic-ai-instruction): Conference session on how AI insruction is taking place in K-5
- [Using AI to Boost Efficiency](https://psd401.ai/presentations/using-ai-boost-efficiency): A conference session for school personnel staff on how they can use AI to save time and accomplish new tasks more efficiently.
- [Smart Data, Smarter Analysis](https://psd401.ai/presentations/smart-data-smarter-analysis): A conference session at the 2025 AI Innovation Summit on the use of AI for Data Analysis
- [From Policy to Practice: Building a District-Wide AI Framework That Works](https://psd401.ai/presentations/district-ai-framework): A conference session on sharing how districts can build their own AI guidance and policies.
- [Demystifying AI Security: Building Safe Pathways for Educational Innovation](https://psd401.ai/presentations/demystifying-ai-security): A conference session detailing how AI is truly built in simple language to make the security concepts less intimidating.
- [From Policy to Practice: Building a District-Wide AI Framework That Works](https://psd401.ai/presentations/advancing-ai-leadership): A conference session on sharing how districts can build their own AI guidance and policies.
- [Advancing AI Leadership: Building Our AI Future](https://psd401.ai/presentations/policy-to-practice): A workshop delivered to district office leadership on the current state of AI and our next steps forward as a district
- [AI Unpacked: Transforming Educational Data into Actionable Insights](https://psd401.ai/presentations/ai-unpacked): A workshop delivered at the 2024 WERA Conference on the use of AI for Data Analysis
- [Crafting Clarity: Mastering AI Prompt Engineering in Education](https://psd401.ai/presentations/crafting-clarity): A workshop delivered at the 2024 WERA Conference on Prompt Engineering
- [Practical AI Leadership: Mastering the Basics of AI for School Leaders](https://psd401.ai/presentations/practical-ai-leadership): A workshop for PSD building administrators on the basics of using AI well, and on building reusable AI tools from there.
- [Incorporating Generative AI Three District Perspectives](https://psd401.ai/presentations/incorporating-generative-ai): A workshop delivered at the 2024 WSSDA on District AI Perspectives
- [Understanding AI in Education - Theory to Practice](https://psd401.ai/presentations/understanding-ai): A session delivered online for the AESD Online AI series
- [Teaching the Future](https://psd401.ai/presentations/teaching-the-future): A workshop delivered at the 2024 WCCT Conference on The Work we have been doing with our teachers on AI
- [Introduction to AI](https://psd401.ai/presentations/introduction-to-ai): A PD session provided to PSD with a early introduction to AI
- [MagicSchool AI For Teachers](https://psd401.ai/presentations/magicschool-ai-for-teachers): Professional Development for District Staff on MagicSchool
- [AI-Powered Efficiency: Enhancing Workflows and Well-Being](https://psd401.ai/presentations/ai-for-efficiency): A PD Workshop offered to PSD staff on utilizing AI for efficiency and wellness
- [Leveraging AI Tools in Your Workplace - AI For Business Leaders](https://psd401.ai/presentations/leveraging-ai-business): A workshop delivered Gig Harbor Chamber Members on AI in the Workplace
- [ChatGPT Hacks to Streamline Your Workday](https://psd401.ai/presentations/chatgpt-hacks-workday): A workshop delivered at the 2024 WASBO Business Managers Conference on Using ChatGPT To Streamline Workflows
- [Integrating Artificial Intelligence with Universal Design for Learning](https://psd401.ai/presentations/integrating-ai-udl): A workshop delivered at the 2024 Model Schools Conference on How MTSS/UDL/AI all complement each other
- [AI Meeting the Needs of Diverse Populations](https://psd401.ai/presentations/meeting-diverse-needs): A workshop delivered at the 2024 WASA Superintendents Conference on AI For Diverse Students
- [AI Action Research - Board Update](https://psd401.ai/presentations/ai-action-research-update): A presentation delivered to the PSD Board of Directors on the work of the AI Action Research Team in 2023/2024
- [AI: A Brave New World](https://psd401.ai/presentations/ai-brave-new-world): A PD session delivered to the PSD Staff explaining AI to teachers
- [2/3 Unit: Artificial Intelligence (AI)](https://psd401.ai/presentations/unit-understanding-ai-23): Unit on understanding AI for students in grades 2-3 at Pioneer Elementary
- [4/5 Unit: Artificial Intelligence (AI)](https://psd401.ai/presentations/unit-understanding-ai-45): Unit on understanding AI for students in grades 4-5 at Pioneer Elementary
- [K/1 Unit: Artificial Intelligence (AI)](https://psd401.ai/presentations/unit-understanding-ai-k1): Unit on understanding AI for students in grades K-1 at Pioneer Elementary
- [Artificial Intelligence, Prompt Engineering](https://psd401.ai/presentations/ai-prompt-engineering-phs): A PD Session on prompt engineering delivered to the staff of PHS
- [Artificial Intelligence, Prompt Engineering, Deepening Our Usage](https://psd401.ai/presentations/ai-prompt-engineering-cabinet): A PD Session on prompt engineering delivered to the PSD Cabinet Staff
- [Everyday AI - Session 3](https://psd401.ai/presentations/everyday-ai-3): Third session of three part Everyday AI PD Sessions
- [Power & Perils of AI In Government](https://psd401.ai/presentations/power-perils-ai-government): A conference session delivered at the WA Association of Counties 2023 conference.
- [AI - The class assistant for your “best life"](https://psd401.ai/presentations/ai-class-assistant): A sharing session provided to the community at the 2023 AI for All Public Event
- [AI in Elementary Education](https://psd401.ai/presentations/ai-in-elementary-ed): A sharing session provided to the community at the 2023 AI for All Public Event
- [Everyday AI - Session 2](https://psd401.ai/presentations/everyday-ai-2): Second session of three part Everyday AI PD Sessions
- [Unlocking Potential: AI Policy in PSD](https://psd401.ai/presentations/unlocking-potential-ai-policy): A webinar talking about developing AI policy in a district
- [Everyday AI - Session 1](https://psd401.ai/presentations/everyday-ai-1): First session of three part Everyday AI PD Sessions

## Software

Products the district builds and runs. Open source, forkable. (7)

- [AI Studio](https://psd401.ai/software/ai-studio): Frontier AI models for every staff member and student in the district, behind district sign-in, at about a tenth of the cost of per-seat licences.
- [Atrium Capture](https://psd401.ai/software/atrium-capture): Record a workflow in Chrome or on a Mac and turn it into an editable step-by-step guide, saved to Atrium as a private draft — without ever capturing a password.
- [Atrium](https://psd401.ai/software/atrium): A workspace in AI Studio where staff and their agents write documents and build pages together, then publish them to the intranet or the web.
- [LessonLens](https://psd401.ai/software/lessonlens): A private coaching tool for teachers — record or import a lesson and get AI feedback on specific teaching techniques that no administrator or evaluator can see.
- [PSD AI Agents](https://psd401.ai/software/psd-ai-agents): A personal AI agent for district staff, with its own district Google account, that works on its owner's behalf in Google Chat — the way an assistant would.
- [PSD EOC](https://psd401.ai/software/psd-eoc): Emergency notification and operations for districts: start an incident or drill, notify staff, work it in a live timeline, keep an append-only record.
- [PSD PRR Records](https://psd401.ai/software/psd-prr-records): Our public records request system, built to replace NextRequest — Washington's deadlines, exemptions and audit trail enforced in code rather than by policy.

## Open Adaptive District

Our protocol for AI work: six-week cycles any district can adopt, and the fellowship action plan behind it. (6)

- [Google & GSV Ed Leader Fellowship — Action Plan](https://psd401.ai/open-adaptive-district/action-plan): Peninsula School District's action plan for the Google & GSV Ed Leader Fellowship: building the Open Adaptive District and sharing it.
- [The Deep Dive](https://psd401.ai/open-adaptive-district/deep-dive): The reasoning and research behind the design, for anyone who wants it.
- [Get Started — One Page](https://psd401.ai/open-adaptive-district/get-started): The whole cycle as twelve steps on one page, for printing.
- [The Playbook](https://psd401.ai/open-adaptive-district/playbook): The three documents a team uses (build plan, weekly check-in and wrap-up) with templates.
- [The Open Adaptive District — Start Here](https://psd401.ai/open-adaptive-district/start-here): What the protocol is, why we run it, and how a cycle works. Five minutes, and the only required reading.
- [What We’re Learning](https://psd401.ai/open-adaptive-district/what-were-learning): Every team's wrap-up as it is published, including the builds that were stopped.

## Use cases

Staff-submitted examples: the task, the tool, the outcome. (50)

- [AI-Assisted Grant Writing Process](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/Streamlining%20Administrative%20Tasks%20%26%20Operations/assissted-grant-writing): Leveraging AI to streamline grant writing by generating targeted narrative responses incorporating district data and program goals
- [AI-Generated Event Engagement Bingo Card](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/Communication%20%26%20Community%20Engagement/event-bingo-card): Creating an interactive bingo-style engagement tool to encourage student and family participation across multiple booths at an educational innovation event
- [AI-Assisted Event Communication Management](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/Streamlining%20Administrative%20Tasks%20%26%20Operations/event-comms-mgmt): Using AI tools to streamline communication for a district-wide education innovation event by customizing email templates for 37 different booth hosts
- [After Action Review Analysis for Educational Event](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/Data%20Analysis%20%26%20Insights%20for%20Decision%20Making/event-post-analysis): Using AI to analyze multi-stakeholder feedback data to identify key successes and growth opportunities for future district events
- [AI-Enhanced Interview Question Development for Special Education Positions](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/Streamlining%20Administrative%20Tasks%20%26%20Operations/interview-question-development): Using AI to generate and refine interview questions for Special Education teaching positions based on required characteristics, skills, and certifications
- [AI-Generated Meeting Ice Breakers for Team Building](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/Streamlining%20Administrative%20Tasks%20%26%20Operations/meeting-ice-breakers): Using AI to develop inclusive opening activities for meetings with diverse groups to foster collaboration
- [MFA Implementation Communication Strategy](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/IT%20%26%20Technical%20Infrastructure%20Management/mfa-comms-strategy): Utilizing AI to develop public-facing communications and FAQ documentation for student MultiFactor Authentication rollout
- [AI-Enhanced Post-Event Survey Development](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/Communication%20%26%20Community%20Engagement/post-event-survey): Creating and refining a feedback survey for staff participants of the Focus on Education Innovation Event, with emphasis on constructive feedback collection
- [Using AI for Data Visualization of Educational Proficiency Rates](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/Data%20Analysis%20%26%20Insights%20for%20Decision%20Making/proficiency-rates-visualization): Step-by-step data analysis using ChatGPT to create visualization of math proficiency rates comparing district and state trends
- [Automated Intercom System Data Collection and Organization](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/IT%20%26%20Technical%20Infrastructure%20Management/python-data-collection): Development of a Python script to automate the extraction and organization of Informacast notification system dialing codes into school-specific Google Sheets
- [Social Media Campaign Development for Digital Citizenship](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/Communication%20%26%20Community%20Engagement/social-media-digcit): Creating a comprehensive social media campaign using AI tools to promote digital citizenship and cyberbullying prevention for families
- [Analyzing Employee Leave](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/Data%20Analysis%20%26%20Insights%20for%20Decision%20Making/analyze-employee-leave): Using AI to analyze spreadsheet of data on employee leave to identify trends
- [Analyzing Kindergarten Readiness](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/Data%20Analysis%20%26%20Insights%20for%20Decision%20Making/analyze-kindergarten-readiness): Using AI to analyze anonymous WaKIDS data to share with local reporter on Kindergarten readiness.
- [Create Interactive Decision Handler](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/Data%20Analysis%20%26%20Insights%20for%20Decision%20Making/assessment-accomodations): Building out a decision handler for assessment accomodations using ChatGPT o1 Canvas
- [MagicSchool to assist students with narrative writing](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/Enhancing%20Teaching%20%26%20Learning/brainstorming-13-colonies): Using literacy and writing tools to help develop ideas for a narrative writing project
- [Brainstorming Community Action Plans](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/Enhancing%20Student%20Support%20%26%20Wellbeing/brainstorming-community-action): Using AI compile thoughts and then generate ideas for community action on student phone addiction
- [ChatGPT For Game Development Assitance](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/Enhancing%20Teaching%20%26%20Learning/chatgpt-for-game-development): Using the ChatGPT Extension in VS Code to assist students with Game Development
- [Community Survey Analysis](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/Data%20Analysis%20%26%20Insights%20for%20Decision%20Making/community-survey-analysis): Analyzing Survey Responses for Themes
- [Providing Grade-Level Reading for Grandkids](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/Enhancing%20Student%20Support%20%26%20Wellbeing/grandkids-reading): Using ChatGPT to develop grade level appropriate reading stories.
- [ChatGPT Assistance in Grant Writing](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/Streamlining%20Administrative%20Tasks%20%26%20Operations/grant-writing-cte): Using ChatGPT Projects as a knowledge base to assist in grant writing.
- [Creating API Integration Scripts for Network Security](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/IT%20%26%20Technical%20Infrastructure%20Management/have-i-been-pwned): Using AI to write integrations with Have I Been Pwned AI to check passwords
- [Craft Professional Emails](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/Streamlining%20Administrative%20Tasks%20%26%20Operations/hw-craft-professional-emails): Let Gemini help you find the words to express your thoughts in a professional manner. Create emails that are well-worded and succinct.
- [Using Gemini to Differentiate Instruction](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/Enhancing%20Teaching%20%26%20Learning/hw-differentiate-instruction): Write Google forms assessments on the same topic for different ability levels using Gemini as a question generator.
- [Refining TPEP Goals](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/Enhancing%20Teaching%20%26%20Learning/hw-refining-tpep-goals): Utilize Gemini's genius to assist you in crafting your evaluation goals
- [Student Data - Google Sheets](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/Enhancing%20Teaching%20%26%20Learning/hw-student-data-google-sheets): Have Gemini help you create a template for your student data and export it to Google Sheets.
- [Sub Notes Made Easy](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/Streamlining%20Administrative%20Tasks%20%26%20Operations/hw-sub-notes-made-easy): The quickest way to write substitute plans with a little help from Gemini.
- [Writing Rubrics with Gemini](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/Enhancing%20Teaching%20%26%20Learning/hw-writing-rubrics): Generate rubrics for any task with the assistance of Gemini.
- [Using Quick, Draw to Teach Datasets](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/Enhancing%20Teaching%20%26%20Learning/image-generators-creativity): Connecting AI image generators to student creative writing in K/1
- [Using AI To Create Equitable Funding Formulas](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/Data%20Analysis%20%26%20Insights%20for%20Decision%20Making/lap-funding-allocation): Using AI to vet and develop funding formulas taking into account equity factors
- [Easing Senior Student Letters of Recommendation](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/Streamlining%20Administrative%20Tasks%20%26%20Operations/letter-of-recommendation): Using ChatGPT for Student Senior Letters of Recommendation
- [Using Magic School in ELA](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/Enhancing%20Teaching%20%26%20Learning/magicschool-ela): Establishing guidelines and norming about the appropriate use of these powerful tools.
- [Enhancing Writing in ELA 9 and ELA 11 with MagicSchool Tools](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/Enhancing%20Teaching%20%26%20Learning/magicschool-writing-process): Working through the student writing process utilizing MagicSchool.ai
- [Matching Local Course Codes to State Supt. Codes](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/Streamlining%20Administrative%20Tasks%20%26%20Operations/matching-course-codes): Using AI for data categorization to match course codes from local to state codes
- [Using MagicSchool to Modify Curriculum](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/Enhancing%20Teaching%20%26%20Learning/modifying-curriculum): Supporting teachers by modifying curriculum using MagicSchool
- [Teacher-led ChatGPT for narrative stories](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/Enhancing%20Teaching%20%26%20Learning/narrative-stories-student-prompts): Using teacher-led ChatGPT usage to create narrative stories based on student writing prompts
- [Newsletter Article Creation](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/Enhancing%20Staff%20Professional%20Growth/newsletter-article-creation): Creating focused newsletter blurbs for principals to share with staff
- [Flexible Methods for Principal Learning](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/Enhancing%20Staff%20Professional%20Growth/principal-podcast-creation): Creating podcast of concepts principals need to understand to lead their staff
- [Using Quick, Draw to Teach Datasets](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/Enhancing%20Teaching%20%26%20Learning/quickdraw-datasets): Using Quick, Draw to Teach Datasets and foundational AI Literacy
- [Using Teachable Machines to Understand Machine Learning](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/Enhancing%20Teaching%20%26%20Learning/teachable-machines): Using Teachable Machine to interact and develop understanding of machine learning
- [MagicSchool.ai for UDL Choice Board Generation](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/Enhancing%20Teaching%20%26%20Learning/udl-choice-boards): Using the UDL Choice Board tool in MagicSchool to assist in lesson creation
- [Building UDL & Danielson Progression](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/Enhancing%20Staff%20Professional%20Growth/udl-danielson-progression): Taking our UDL Priorities and Merging with Danielson for Teachers
- [Using AI To Understand Large Technical Manuals](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/IT%20%26%20Technical%20Infrastructure%20Management/understanding-network-manuals): Uploading large, complex configuration manuals for better understanding
- [Magic School AI: Modifying Text to Support ML Students](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/Enhancing%20Student%20Support%20%26%20Wellbeing/efficiency-in-ieps): Using Magic School AI: informational text generator, text leveler, text summarizer to support ML
- [Creating Efficiency for IEP's](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/Streamlining%20Administrative%20Tasks%20%26%20Operations/magicschool-text-modify): Using Amplify GenAI and MagicSchool for improving the workflow of Special Education Teachers
- [HeyGen AI Avatar for Translation](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/Enhancing%20Teaching%20%26%20Learning/heygen-mll): Using HeyGen Avatar Platform to provide content to ML students in their native language
- [Job Description Specialist - CustomGPT](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/Streamlining%20Administrative%20Tasks%20%26%20Operations/job-description-specialist): Utilizing a pre-built template for geenrating new job descriptions
- [The Labor Manager](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/Streamlining%20Administrative%20Tasks%20%26%20Operations/labor-manager): AI Assistant providing access for Q&A to all PSD Labor Contracts
- [Presentation Partner](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/Enhancing%20Staff%20Professional%20Growth/presentation-partner): simple AI assistant to help develop presentations following best practices
- [Prompt Engineering Examples](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/Enhancing%20Staff%20Professional%20Growth/prompt-engineering-examples): Prompt to help generate examples for different prompt engineering concepts based on the audience
- [Student Declaration of AI Ethical and Responsible Usage](https://psd401.ai/use-cases/Enhancing%20Teaching%20%26%20Learning/student-declaration): Sample student declaration for how they used AI on an assignment

## Tools

AI tools reviewed for district use. (12)

- [AI Studio](https://psd401.ai/tools/ai-studio): Open-source platform providing secure access to frontier AI models like GPT-5, Claude Opus, and Google Gemini for K-12 education.
- [Amplify GenAI](https://psd401.ai/tools/amplify-genai): Enterprise platform that enables users to build custom AI assistants using their own documents and data with various LLM providers
- [Securly AI Chat](https://psd401.ai/tools/securly-ai-chat): Conversational AI platform specifically designed for K-12 schools
- [ChatGPT](https://psd401.ai/tools/chatgpt): AI-powered conversational assistant for a wide range of tasks, including education, research, and productivity.
- [ClassCompanion](https://psd401.ai/tools/classcompanion): AI-powered formative assessment and feedback platform for teachers and students.
- [Claude](https://psd401.ai/tools/claude): AI assistant by Anthropic, designed for safe, helpful, and honest conversations, supporting education, research, and productivity.
- [ColleagueAI](https://psd401.ai/tools/colleagueai): AI assistant platform for K-12 educators, students, school leaders, and parents, focused on lesson planning, assessment, and personalized learning.
- [Gemini](https://psd401.ai/tools/gemini): Google's multimodal AI assistant for education, research, and productivity, supporting text, image, and code.
- [HeyGen](https://psd401.ai/tools/heygen): AI video generation platform for creating personalized, engaging educational and training videos.
- [Khanmigo](https://psd401.ai/tools/khanmigo): AI-powered tutor and teaching assistant from Khan Academy, designed for safe, effective, and engaging learning.
- [Magicschool.ai](https://psd401.ai/tools/magicschool.ai): AI platform specifically designed for educational institutions that serves as a comprehensive hub for AI tools
- [NotebookLM](https://psd401.ai/tools/notebooklm): AI-powered note-taking and research assistant that becomes an expert in your uploaded documents

## Research

External research summarized, each linking to the original. (26)

- [The Cybernetic Teammate: A Field Experiment on Generative AI Reshaping Teamwork and Expertise](https://psd401.ai/articles/cybernetic-teammate): At Procter & Gamble, individuals using GenAI performed as well as teams, and teams using GenAI were most likely to produce exceptional solutions.
- [Collaborating with AI Agents: Field Experiments on Teamwork, Productivity, and Performance](https://psd401.ai/articles/collaborating-ai-agents): An experiment randomly assigned human-human and human-AI teams to create marketing materials, with the AI given a range of “personality” traits.
- [The Impact of Generative AI on Critical Thinking: Self-Reported Reductions in Cognitive Effort and Confidence Effects From a Survey of Knowledge Workers](https://psd401.ai/articles/impact-critical-thinking-knowledge-workers): A survey of professionals using AI found their critical thinking declined when they had high confidence in the AI’s output.
- [AI for Educators: The University of Sydney](https://psd401.ai/articles/ai-for-educators): Resources and guidelines for higher-education instructors, with AI use cases for planning, assessment and working with students.
- [A Classroom Teacher’s Take on AI - The Effortful Educator](https://psd401.ai/articles/classroom-teachers-take-ai): Blake Harvard, a high school psychology teacher, wrote this blog post on AI from a classroom teacher’s point of view.
- [AI Helps Math Teachers Build Better "Scaffolds"](https://psd401.ai/articles/ai-better-scaffolds): This article describes a study investigating techniques to help teachers incorporate better scaffolds in their middle school math classrooms.
- [Prompting Science Report 1: Prompt Engineering is Complicated and Contingent](https://psd401.ai/articles/prompting-science-complicated-contingent): This report from March 2025 indicates that prompt engineering techniques and approaches have inconsistent results.
- [ChatGPT in lesson preparation – Teacher Choices trial](https://psd401.ai/articles/chatgpt-lesson-preparation): The UK’s Education Endowment Foundation conducted a trial looking at the effects of AI in teachers’ lesson preparation in KS3 (middle school) science teachers.
- [Automated Feedback Improves Teachers’ Questioning Quality in Brick-and-Mortar Classrooms](https://psd401.ai/articles/automated-feedback-improvements): An AI tool analyzed transcripts of teachers’ instruction and gave feedback on “focusing questions.” Questioning changed; other instruction did not.
- [The Widespread Adoption of Large Language Model-Assisted Writing Across Society](https://psd401.ai/articles/widespread-adoption-llm-writing): This paper analyzes the rate of adoption for LLMs in professional writing, specifically: job postings, press releases, and consumer complaints.
- [Superintelligent judges: Can AI models judge as well as humans?](https://psd401.ai/articles/superintelligent-judges): In this post, the authors describe a test using an AI to evaluate student work to measure specific biases known to occur with LLMs.
- [The Perception Crisis: How Educational Institutions Are Missing AI Reality](https://psd401.ai/articles/perception-crisis): The article discusses the growing disconnect between how institutions perceive and respond to AI versus its actual capabilities and usage in 2024-2025.
- [The AI Era Demands Curriculum Redesign: Stories from the Frontlines of Change](https://psd401.ai/articles/ai-era-demands-curricculum-redesign): A teacher’s assessment practice: grading students’ chat histories with an LLM, so they think more deeply about the content and how they use AI.
- [Getting started with AI: Good enough prompting](https://psd401.ai/articles/getting-started-with-ai-good-enough-prompting): Ethan Mollick argues that using AI well takes no prompt engineering, just about ten hours of experimenting to learn what the tools can do.
- [Does ChatGPT enhance student learning? A systematic review and meta-analysis of experimental studies](https://psd401.ai/articles/chatgpt-student-learning): This meta-analysis of ChatGPT use in the classroom suggests it improves academic performance and motivation while reducing student effort.
- [Study: AI-Assisted Tutoring Boosts Students’ Math Skills](https://psd401.ai/articles/ai-assisted-tutoring-boosts-math): A paper on using an LLM to support human tutors. Tutors became more effective, and the weakest tutors gained the most.
- [Evaluating large language models in analysing classroom dialogue](https://psd401.ai/articles/evaluating-llms-in-analysing-classroom-dialogue): A study comparing an LLM with human researchers analyzing classroom dialogue. They largely agreed on coding and qualitative analysis.
- [Can AI Help Kids Feel Creative?](https://psd401.ai/articles/can-ai-help-kids-feel-creative): Creativity shapes children’s development, identity and learning, but their creative experiences with AI are often left out of the conversation.
- [Updating the AI Assessment Scale](https://psd401.ai/articles/update-ai-assessment-scale): An updated article on AI and how it impacts assessments in K-12 and higher education across a range of disciplines.
- [Generative AI Can Harm Learning](https://psd401.ai/articles/generative-ai-can-harm-learning): Students practiced with no device, a tutoring-tuned LLM or a plain LLM. The plain-LLM group did worse; the other two scored about the same.
- [AI Tutoring Outperforms Active Learning](https://psd401.ai/articles/ai-tutoring-outperforms-active-learning): An AI tutor built on pedagogy best practices helped students learn more, in less time, than an active, instructor-led lesson.
- [The GPT Surprise: Offering Large Language Model Chat in a Massive Coding Class Reduced Engagement but Increased Adopters Exam Performances](https://psd401.ai/articles/the-gpt-surprise): Students taking an online coding class were randomly assigned to a group with access to an LLM or a control condition.
- [Beyond CheatBots: Examining Tensions in Teachers and Students Perceptions of Cheating and Learning with ChatGPT](https://psd401.ai/articles/beyond-cheatbots): In this study, the authors explored tensions in teachers’ and students’ opinions about what constitutes learning and cheating with AI.
- [How do students use ChatGPT as a writing support?](https://psd401.ai/articles/chatgpt-as-writing-support): The authors walk through the historical process of writing and how that can and has changed with the advent of ChatGPT.
- [Cheating in the age of generative AI: A high school survey study of cheating behaviors before and after the release of ChatGPT](https://psd401.ai/articles/cheating-in-age-of-genai): Researchers used anonymous survey data from three high schools to see whether self-reported cheating changed after ChatGPT arrived.
- [6 Tenets of Postplagiarism: Writing in the Age of Artificial Intelligence](https://psd401.ai/articles/6-tenets-of-postplagiarism): Dr. Sarah Elaine Eaton explores how AI is reshaping writing and academic integrity in “6 Tenets of Postplagiarism.”

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