Your free, step-by-step course on how to use Flint for your productivity, student success, and classroom goals.
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About the Flint 101 course
Flint 101 gives you the foundation to understand how you can use Flint for teacher productivity, student success, and personalized learning. It's divided into five lessons, a capstone project, and quiz:
Lesson 1: What is Flint?
Lesson 2: Flint chats
Lesson 3: Flint activities
Lesson 4: Navigating and implementing Flint
Lesson 5: Capstone project
Flint 101 quiz and certificate
All of these materials are free and available for any educator who wishes to develop their AI literacy.
To take the course and receive the certificate:
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Enroll in the "Flint 101" course
If you have any questions, concerns, or feedback for the course, please email lulu@flintk12.com. We'd love to hear what you think!
Lesson 1: What is Flint?
Our first lesson introduces you to Flint, answering questions like:
What is Flint?
How is Flint different from other AI platforms?
What are some key terms in Flint I should know?
After reading lesson 1 materials and watching the video, you can try the lesson 1 activity: Ask Sparky! This is an interactive introduction to Flint's key features, terminology, and educational approach.
Lesson 2: Flint chats
Lesson 2 covers one of the major ways you can use Flint: chats! Chats have endless possibilities, which can feel overwhelming at first, so Lulu breaks it down into:
What are Flint chats?
How can teachers use chats?
What are teacher tools?
How can students use chat mode?
After reviewing lesson 2 materials, you can try out the lesson 2 activity, "Practice using chats." This activity walks you through how to use chats in realistic teaching scenarios, working through different classroom situations to understand how Flint can support both teachers and students.
Lesson 3: Flint activities
Our third lesson covers Flint's AI-powered interactive learning feature: creating activities. Lulu answers questions like
What are Flint activities?
How do I create an activity?
How do I share activities with my students?
How do I analyze student responses?
What are best practices for creating activities?
After reviewing the lesson 3 materials, you can try out the activity we made for lesson 3: Activities 101. This is step-by-step guided activity creation exercise where Sparky will guide you through best practices, help you design your activity, and provide personalized tips for your specific teaching context.
Lesson 4: Navigating and implementing Flint
Our final lesson covers how you can apply your chats and activities in your classroom, covering topics such as:
Accessing Flint
Creating groups in Flint
Sharing activities with other educators
Finding tech support on Flint
Defining responsible AI usage guidelines
After reviewing the lesson 4 materials, you can try out the activity we made on Writing Learning Goals and Background for Your Flint Groups. Teachers work with Sparky to craft clear, comprehensive learning goals and background information for their Flint groups, ensuring AI responses are tailored to their specific class context, grade level, and student needs.
Lesson 5: Capstone project
Flint's capstone project invites educators to apply their AI literacy knowledge by designing, implementing, and reflecting on an original Flint activity. This hands-on experience will consolidate learning from the course while producing a practical resource for classroom use.
Some examples of teacher capstone projects include:
James' DBQ exercise activity to support AP history students
Chris' Universal Design for Learning (UDL) guide to help curriculum developers
Charlotte's Binary Challenge quiz for computer science students
Amy's Screen Time Balance Reflection to help students be mindful of digital use
…and more!
The capstone project is a great way to explore Flint's full capabilities and create activities that can be helpful for your classroom and learners across the globe.
Flint 101 quiz and certificate
Congratulations! If you're here, you most likely have finished Flint 101 and want to get certified (or you just want a sneak peek of what's to come, which is also great).
The Flint 101 quiz takes around 20 minutes and consists of multiple-choice questions that test your knowledge on topics covered in Level 1 of the course. Questions range in difficulty, so think critically and carefully read each answer choice.
