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Flexi, the AI Tutor: Learning Just the Way You Want It
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Activity Description
Often our students have questions, even after classes. Flexi, an AI tutor, is offered by CK-12 to assist students with any questions they may have 24/7 anywhere, on any device. Flexi uses AI but it also has a large selection of courses in Math and Science to answer questions. Answers can include links to background information (lesson from CK-12) on the question asked. Students can ask questions in other topic areas from AI.
In this activity, have the class explore a variety of questions and write a reflection on how they see themselves using Flexi.
Preparation
- Check the website to ensure it is not blocked at your site.
- Read through the lesson plan.
- Print and make copies of any handouts.(found in Documents)
- Create a student account in Google then sign up for a student account here in CK-12 (ie Jose Student, Demo Krishna, or scholar Mai )
How-To
Using the student account, go through several questions students may ask in class.
Teacher Tips
CK-12 is free. It always will be. Students can use it to expand their knowledge. Teachers can use it to design individualized lessons for their students. Paired with Flexi, learners can be more successful in their academic success. That is only the beginning, you can use CK-12 in your LMS (Schoology, Canvas, Google Classroom) or create a class at CK-12 and they will track the students: time on task, what they know, what they still do not understand and give you suggestions for next steps. You can learn more about CK-12 in their webinars
More Ways
CK-12 is a free website designed to teach students of all ages. To explore all that is available, select Switch to Teacher Version. Select Subject on the tabs to see the MANY subjects they have created interactive lessons for. Select Explore to learn about the different ways they address online teaching including FlexBooks, Adaptive Practice, Simulations, PLIX etc. To learn how others are using CK-12, select Testimonials under Other Resources.
Program Areas
- ABE: Adult Basic Education
- ESL: English as a Second Language
- ASE: High School Equivalency Preparation
- ASE: High School Diploma
- CTE: Career Technical Education
- AwD: Adults with Disabilities
Levels
- All Levels
- All Levels
View Lesson Plan
Warm-up
Engagement
Ask the question: What do you do when you do not know the answer to a question? Where do you go for help?
Turn to your neighbor and discuss sources for help. Share answers as a class. Write the answers on the board.
What are some problems with your sources? What might limit their usefulness?
Answer in pairs then share as a class. Write the answers on the board.
Introduction
Engagement
Describe the qualities of a perfect answer machine in pairs then share with the class.
Considerations: accuracy, anywhere, anytime, understandable to all, in all languages etc
Presentation
Engagement
Enhancement
The Internet has opened up the anywhere/anytime criteria. What are possible problems? discuss in pairs then share with the class.
- Accuracy: we still have to check sources.
- Can't understand the answer. Still too hard.
- Language barriers
- others
- Create a student account in Google then sign up for a student account here in CK-12 (ie Jose Student, Demo Krishna, or scholar Mai )
- Introduce Flexi Go to the site.
- Select a question from current subjects Math, Science, English etc)
- Sample questions:
- explain the Pythagorean theorem
- how do you add fractions with unlike denominators?
- how does photosynthesis work?
- how do atoms bond together?
- what is the first law of motion?
- how do I use the different verb tenses?
- how can you identify the subject of a sentence?
- how can I start an essay?
- In the How Can Flexi help, type in the question. (point out the different ways available to input the question-+button: Draw Equation, Take a Picture, Upload Image or Math Keyboard) select the arrow
- Review the answer. Was it clear, sufficient? ask a clarifying question, demonstrating how to guide the answer. Does the answer need to be written to a different reading level?
- Select the Shortcuts, Learn with Analogy. Ask the question again. Select an interest (sports, video games, music, food, fashion) Select Generate.
- demonstrate each of the shortcuts with your selected problem: Learn a Concept, Lessons, Step-by-step Solutions
- discuss as a class what they liked, challenges.
- Sample questions:
Practice
Engagement
Enhancement
- Students create an account individually or as pairs or small groups depending on the number of computers (if there are not enough, have students use their phones),
- Together, write a problem or topic you want help with.
- Share it with the class so an assortment of questions are being asked.
- use the worksheet(found in Documents) and go through the problem using the different shortcuts: Learn with analogy, Learn a Concept, Learn a Subject, and Step-by-Step Solutions
- As a pair, group discuss Flexi, how can you use it. Share ideas with the class
Evaluation
Engagement
Enhancement
Extension
As a pair/small group, wirte a reflection on How you might use Flexi (this is at the bottom of the worksheet found in Documents)
Application
Engagement
Enhancement
Extension
Have students use Flexi at home and come back to class sharing their experiences. This can be expanded to include individual reflections on how they can use Flexi?CK-12 in their schoolwork/home needs.
Repeat the lesson being sure all groups use the Lesson shortcut. Discuss the uses of CK-12 lessons in their school work.
View Documents
- Using Flexi the AI Tutor.docx - Worksheet for students to try different elements of Flexi
View Subjects
- Basic Communication
- Communicate in interpersonal interactions
- Communicate regarding personal information
- Community Resources
- Understand aspects of society and culture
- Understand concepts of time and weather
- Understand how to access and use educational systems and services
- Understand how to locate and use different types of transportation and interpret travelrelated information
- Use community agencies and services
- Use leisure time resources and facilities
- Use mailing and shipping services
- Use the telephone and similar communication systems
- Consumer Economics
- Demonstrate financial literacy skills
- Understand consumer protection measures
- Understand how to manage household finances
- Understand how to purchase and maintain an automobile and interpret driving regulations
- Understand methods and procedures to obtain housing and related services
- Understand methods and procedures used to purchase goods and services
- Understand procedures for the care, maintenance, and use of personal possessions
- Use information to identify and purchase goods and services
- Use measurement and money
- Electives
- Career Exploration
- Intro to Computers
- Employment
- Communicate effectively in the workplace
- Demonstrate effectiveness in working with other people
- Effectively manage workplace resources
- Effectively use common workplace tools and technology
- Understand basic principles of getting a job
- Understand concepts and materials related to job performance and training
- Understand how organizational systems function, and operate effectively within them
- Understand wages, benefits, employee rights, and concepts of employee organizations
- Understand work-related safety standards and procedures
- English Language Arts
- American Literature
- English 1-4
- English Electives
- Journalism
- Literature
- Speech
- World Literature
- Fine Arts
- Art History
- Fine Arts Electives
- Music Appreciation
- Government and Law
- Understand an individual's legal rights and responsibilities and procedures for obtaining legal advice
- Understand civic responsibilities and activities
- Understand concepts of economics
- Understand historical and geographical information
- Understand information about taxes and fees
- Understand issues related to science and ethics
- Understand the functions of government
- Understand voting and the political process
- Health
- Understand basic health and medical information
- Understand basic principles of health maintenance
- Understand basic safety measures and health risks
- Understand forms related to health care
- Understand how to access and use the health care system
- Understand how to select and use medications
- Independent Living
- Perform home-care skills
- Perform self-care skills
- Use support services to assist in maintaining independence and achieving community integration
- Language Arts - Reading
- Analysis
- Comprehension
- Inference and Interpretation
- Synthesis and Generalization
- Language Arts - Writing
- Language Facility
- Organization of Ideas
- Writing Conventions
- Learning and Thinking Skills
- Demonstrate ability to use critical thinking skills
- Demonstrate ability to use problem-solving skills
- Demonstrate study skills
- Demonstrate the ability to use information and communication technology
- Demonstrate the ability to view the media critically
- Identify or demonstrate effective skills and practices in accomplishing goals
- Understand aspects of and approaches to effective personal management
- Math
- Algebra
- Calculus
- Math
- Compute using decimal fractions
- Compute using fractions
- Compute using whole numbers
- Compute with percents, rate, ratio, and proportion
- Math
- Consumer Math
- Conversions
- Decimals
- Math
- Demonstrate measurement skills
- Demonstrate pre-computation skills
- Math
- Fractions
- Geometry
- Integrated Math
- Math
- Interpret data from graphs and compute averages
- Math
- Math Electives
- Percentages
- Pre-Algebra
- Proportions
- Trigonometry
- Math
- Use estimation and mental arithmetic
- Use expressions, equations, and formulas
- Use statistics and probability
- Math
- Whole Number Skills
- Mathematics
- Algebraic Concepts
- Data Analysis/Probability/Statistics
- Measurement/Geometry
- Numbers and Operations on Numbers
- Reading
- Consumer Skills
- Critical Thinking/Decision Making
- Employability
- Government
- Health
- Learning to Learn
- Vocabulary
- Reasoning Through Language Arts
- Mechanics (Capitalization, Punctuation, Spelling)
- Science
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Earth Science
- General Science
- Health and Life Science
- Physical Science
- Physics
- Science Electives
- Social Studies
- American Government
- Economics
- Psychology
- Social Studies Electives
- U.S. History
- World History
- Writing
- Basic Sentences
- Mechanics (Capitalization, Punctuation, Spelling)
- Paragraph Skills
- Parts of Speech
- Report Writing
View CTE Sectors
- Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Arts, Media, and Entertainment
- Building and Construction Trades
- Business and Finance
- Education, Child Development, and Family Services
- Energy, Environment, and Utilities
- Engineering and Architecture
- Fashion and Interior Design
- Health Science and Medical Technology
- Hospitality, Tourism, and Recreation
- Information and Communication Technologies
- Manufacturing and Product Development
- Marketing Sales and Service
- Public Services
- Transportation
View CTE Anchor Standards
- Anchor Standard 1: Academics - Analyze and apply appropriate academic standards required for successful industry sector pathway completion leading to postsecondary education and employment. Refer to the industry sector alignment matrix for identification of standards.
- Anchor Standard 2: Communications - Language Standard: Acquire and accurately use general academic and domain-specific words and phrases sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the (career and college) readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.
- Anchor Standard 3: Career Planning and Management - Speaking and Listening Standard: Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) in order to make informed decisions and solve problems, evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source and noting any discrepancies among the data.
- Anchor Standard 4: Technology - Writing Standard: Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products in response to ongoing feedback, including new arguments and information.
- Anchor Standard 5: Problem Solving and Critical Thinking - Writing Standard: Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem, narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate, and synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
- Anchor Standard 6: Health and Safety - Reading Standards for Science and Technical Subjects: Determine the meaning of symbols, key words, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context.
- Anchor Standard 7: Responsibility and Flexibility - Speaking and Listening Standard: Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
- Anchor Standard 8: Ethics and Legal Responsibilities - Speaking and Listening Standard: Respond thoughtfully to diverse perspectives; synthesize comments, claims, and evidence made on all sides of an issue; resolve contradictions when possible; and determine what additional information or research is required to deepen the investigation or complete the work.
- Anchor Standard 9: Leadership and Teamwork - Speaking and Listening Standard: Work with peers to promote civil, democratic discussions and decision making; set clear goals and deadlines; and establish individual roles as needed.
- Anchor Standard 10: Technical Knowledge and Skills - Writing Standard: Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products in response to ongoing feedback, including new arguments or information.
- Anchor Standard 11: Demonstration and Application - Demonstrate and apply the knowledge and skills contained in the industry-sector anchor standards, pathway standards, and performance indicators in classroom, laboratory, and workplace settings, and the career technical student organization.
View Standards
- Number and Operations: Base Ten
- 1.NBT.2-3 - Understand place value.
- 1.NBT.4-6 - Use place value understanding and the properties of operations to add and subtract.
- 2.NBT.1-4 - Understand place value.
- 2.NBT.6-9 - Use place value understanding and properties of operations to add and subtract.
- 3.NBT.1-3 - Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic.
- 4.NBT.1-3 - Generalize place value understanding for multi-digit whole numbers.
- 4.NBT.4-6 - Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic.
- 5.NBT.1-4 - Understand the place value system.
- 5.NBT.5-7 - Perform operations with multi-digit whole numbers and with decimals to hundredths.
- Operations and Algebraic Thinking
- 1.OA.2 - Represent and solve problems involving addition and subtraction.
- 1.OA.3-4 - Understand and apply properties of operations and the relationship between addition and subtraction.
- 1.OA.5-6 - Add and subtract with 20.
- 1.OA.7-8 - Work with addition and subtraction.
- 2.OA.1 - Represent and solve problems involving addition and subtraction.
- 2.OA.2 - Add and subtract with 20.
- 3.OA.1-4 - Represent and solve problems involving multiplication and division.
- 3.OA.5-6 - Understand properties of multiplication and the relationship between multiplication and division.
- 3.OA.7 - Multiply and divide within 100.
- 3.OA.8-9 - Solve problems involving the four operations, and identify and explain patterns in arithmetic.
- 4.OA.1-3 - Use the four operations with whole numbers to solve problems.
- 4.OA.4 - Gain familiarity with factors and multiples.
- 4.OA.5 - Generate and analyze patterns.
- 5.OA.1-2 - Write and interpret numerical expressions.
- Geometry
- K.G.4 - Analyze, compare, create, compose shapes.
- 1.G.2 - Reason with shapes and their attributes.
- 2.G.1,3 - Reason with shapes and their attributes.
- 3.G.1-2 - Reason with shapes and their attributes.
- 4.G.1 - Draw and identify lines and angles, and classify shapes by properties of their lines and angles.
- 5.G.1-2 - Graph points on the coordinate plane to solve real-world and mathematical problems.
- 5.G.3 - Classify two-dimensional figures into categories based on their properties.
- 6.G.1,3-4 - Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area, surface area, and volume.
- 7.G.1 - Draw, construct, and describe geometrical figures and describe the relationships between them.
- 7.G.4-6 - Solve real-life and mathematical problems involving angle, measure, area, surface area, and volume
- 8.G.2,4-5 - Understand congruence and similarity using physical models, transparencies, or geometry software.
- 8.G.7-8 - Understand and apply the Pythagorean Theorem.
- Measurement and Data
- 1.MD.2 - Measure lengths indirectly and by iterating length units.
- 2.MD.2-4 - Measure and estimate lengths in standard units.
- 2.MD.6 - Relate addition and subtraction to length.
- 3.MD.1-2 - Solve problems involving measurement and estimation of intervals of time, liquid volumes, and masses of objects.
- 3.MD.3-4 - Represent and interpret data.
- 3.MD.5-7d - Geometric measurement: understand concepts of area and relate to area of multiplication and addition.
- 3.MD.8 - Geometric measurement: recognize perimeter as an attribute of plane figures and distinguish between linear and area measures.
- 4.MD.2-3 - Solve problems involving measurement and conversion of measurements from a larger unit to a smaller unit.
- 4.MD.5-7 - Geometric measurement: understand concepts of angle and measure angles.
- 5.MD.1 - Convert like measurement units within a given measurement system.
- 5.MD.2 - Represent and interpret data.
- 5.MD.3-5c - Geometric measurement: understand concepts of volume and relate volume to multiplication and to addition.
- 1.MD.4 - Represent and interpret data
- Number and Operations: Fractions
- 3.NF.1-3d - Develop understanding of fractions as numbers.
- The Number System
- 6.NS.2-4 - Compute fluently with multi-digit numbers and find common factors and multiples.
- 6.NS.1 - Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to divide fractions by fractions.
- 6.NS.5-8 - Apply and extend previous understandings of numbers to the system of rational numbers.
- 7.NS.1-3 - Apply and extend previous understandings of operations with fractions to add, subtract, multiply, and divide rational numbers.
- 8.NS.2 - Know that there are numbers that are not rational, and approximate them by rational numbers.
- 6.RP.3-3d - Understand ratio concepts and use ratio reasoning to solve problems.
- 7.RP.1-3 - Analyze proportional relationships and use them to solve real-world and mathematical problems.
- Number and Operations: Fractions
- 4.NF.1-2 - Extend understanding of fraction equivalence and ordering.
- 4.NF.3-4c - Build fractions from unit fractions by applying and extending previous understanding of operations on whole numbers.
- 4.NF.6-7 - Understand decimal notation for fractions, and compare decimal fractions.
- 5.NF.1-2 - Use equivalent fractions as strategy to add and subtract fractions.
- 5.NF.3-7c - Apply and extend previous understanding of multiplication and division to multiply and divide fractions.
- Ratios and Proportional Relationships
- 6.RP.1-2 - Understand ratio concepts and use ratio reasoning to solve problems.
- Expressions and Equations
- 6.EE.1-4 - Apply and extend previous understandings of arithmetic to algebraic expressions.
- 6.EE.5-8 - Reason about and solve one-variable equations and inequalities.
- 6.EE.9 - Represent and analyze quantitative relationships between dependent and independent variables.
- 7.EE.1-2 - Use properties of operations to generate equivalent expressions.
- 7.EE.3-4b - Solve real-life and mathematical problems using numerical and algebraic expressions and equations.
- 8.EE.1-4 - Work with radicals and integer exponents.
- 8.EE.5 - Understand the connections between proportional relationships, lines, and linear equations.
- 8.EE.7-8c - Analyze and solve linear equations and pairs of simultaneous linear equations.
- Statistics and Probability
- 6.SP.1-3 - Develop understanding of statistical variability.
- 6.SP.4 - Summarize and describe distributions.
- 6.SP.5 - Summarize and describe distributions.
- 7.SP.1-2 - Use random sampling to draw inferences about a population.
- 7.SP.3-4 - Draw informal comparative inferences about two populations.
- 7.SP.5-8b - Investigate chance processes and develop, use, and evaluate probability models.
- 8.SP.1-4 - Investigate patterns of association in bivariate data.
- Functions
- 8.F.1,3 - Define, evaluate, and compare functions.
- 8.F.4-5 - Use functions to model relationships between quantities.
- Number and Quantity: The Real Number System
- N.RN.2 - Extend the properties of exponents to rational exponents.
- Number and Quantity: Quantities
- N.Q.1,3 - Reason quantitatively and use units to solve problems.
- Algebra: Seeing Structure in Expressions
- A.SSE.1-2 - Interpret the structure of expressions.
- A.SSE.3-3a - Write expressions in equivalent forms to solve problems.
- Algebra: Arithmetic with Polynomials and Rational Expressions
- A.APR.1 - Perform arithmetic operations on polynomials.
- A.APR.6 - Rewrite rational expressions.
- Algebra: Creating Equations
- A.CED.1-4 - Create equations that describe numbers or relationships.
- Algebra: Reasoning with Equations and Inequalities
- A.REI.1-2 - Understand solving equations as a process of reasoning and explain the reasoning.
- A.REI.3-4 - Solve equations and inequalities in one variable.
- A.REI.6 - Solve systems of equations.
- A.REI.10 - Represent and solve equations and inequalities graphically.
- Functions: Interpreting Functions
- F.IF.1-2 - Understand the concept of a function and use function notation.
- F.IF.4-6 - Interpret functions that arise in applications in terms of the context.
- F.IF.7-9 - Analyze functions using different representations.
- Functions: Building Functions
- F.BF.1 - Build a function that models a relationship between two quantities.
- Functions: Linear, Quadratic, and Exponential Models
- F.LE.1-1c - Construct and compare linear, quadratic, and exponential models and solve problems.
- F.LE.5 - Interpret expressions for functions in terms of the situation they model.
- Geometry: Congruence
- G.CO.1 - Experiment with transformations in the plane.
- Geometry: Similarity, Right Triangles, and Trigonometry
- G.SRT.5 - Prove theorems involving similarity.
- Geometry: Geometric Measurement and Dimension
- G.GMD.3 - Explain volume formulas and use them to solve problems.
- Geometry: Modeling with Geometry
- G.MG.2 - Apply geometric concepts in modeling situations.
- Statistics and Probability: Interpreting Categorical and Quantitative Data
- S.ID.1,3 - Summarize, represent, and interpret data on a single count or measurable variable.
- S.ID.5 - Summarize, represent, and interpret data on two categorical and quantitative variables.
- S.ID.7,9 - Interpret linear models.
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Educational Purposes: Flexi is intended for non-commercial, educational use, such as homework assistance, test preparation, and concept reinforcement.
Personalized Learning: Students can engage with Flexi for personalized tutoring, benefiting from features like step-by-step problem-solving and adaptive practice.
Integration with CK-12 Resources: Flexi is integrated with CK-12's suite of educational materials, allowing users to access a broad range of subjects and resources.
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