TOOLS

Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Cloud Calypso is an intelligent robot programming framework that runs in the browser using a simulated Cozmo robot plus the laptop’s webcam and microphone. Cloud Calypso gives students in grades 3-12+ hands-on access to real artificial intelligence tools including face detection, speech recognition, path planning, and landmark-based navigation. Programs developed in Cloud Calypso can also be run on a real Cozmo robot using the Calypso for Cozmo software tool. Free curriculum resources for Calypso are available at https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Calypso/Curriculum/

Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Cognimates is Scratch, but with extensions for AI usage. You can connect a dataset and train it, as well as use text to speech, translation, speech to text, and video identification.

Grade Level: K-5, 6-8, 9-12

Can a neural network learn to recognize doodling?

Help teach it by adding your drawings to the world’s largest doodling data set, shared publicly to help with machine learning research.

Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

PixyCam uses color to detect the size and location of objects using a camera. This version is compatible with the LEGO EV2 and NXT systems and allows students to incorporate AI-empowered vision functionality in their robotics projects.

Grade Level: K-5, 6-8

This website lets students understand the challenge of labeling. For example, if I have students look at pictures of “swimming” they can debate if a fish in the water, a child laying on a pool float, or a group of people playing water polo are adequate examples of the word swimming. It is easy to poke fun at AI labeling, but students often find it difficult to perform themselves, and great classroom discussions arise from the debates and nuances of language.