By Wes Emlet
I'm not sure about you but I often forget Siri exists. Whether it's searching for an app or wondering what the weather is like outside, I'll often find myself searching these things manually and later think to myself, "Oh yeah, I could have asked Siri to do that for me." Who's Siri you may be asking? Without getting too technical, she's the built in intelligent assistant on all of your Apple Devices who uses speech recognition technology and natural language processing to convert your spoken requests into actionable responses. So instead of spending time searching for an app or inputting an equation, we can simply ask Siri to do those actions for us in a matter of seconds. So now that Siri's fresh on my mind it got me thinking, how can we use this type of technology as an instructional tool in our classrooms? Obviously, it's a time saver and we are always looking for ways to save time in our classrooms. So simply asking Siri to open an app is a quick and easy way that even our youngest learners can use to save a few seconds of searching. An excellent time saver for teachers is the use of the built-in timer. Ask Siri to set a timer during station rotations and be on your way. Need a random number? Ask Siri for one! One the best ideas I've seen so far was by Joe and Kristin Merrill this past summer at the ISTE conference in Philadelphia during their "Interactive Classroom" session. They play, "Are You Smarter Than Siri" and have their students use white boards to "race" against Siri. Check it out in action below. The possibilities of using Siri in the classroom really are endless. I added a few ideas to the document below for using Siri in the classroom. What ways are you using Siri? Please share!
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Catherine W. Burton
12/3/2019 01:03:40 pm
Great Article Wes! Did you have Siri write it for you?
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