Train and program AI in pictoblox – masks

This lesson is part of the curricular unit “Exploring AI in Primary School”, which consists of 7 moments: Moment 1, Moment 2, Moment 3, Moment 4, Moment 5, Moment 6, and Moment 7.

Overview of the curricular unit

Moment 1
Moment 2
Moment 3
Moment 4
Moment 5
Moment 6
Moment 7

Age

8 — 11

Class

25 students

Duration

2h

Teacher

Cláudia Meirinhos

Moment 6: Lessons 16 and 17

In this lesson, students have the opportunity to continue exploring programming activities in Pictoblox in groups, this time to train the AI to recognize faces.

Lesson 16

  • Objective · Program AI in Pictoblox, applying knowledge about programming Machine Learning
  • Duration · 60 minutes
  • Equipment · Computer
  • Activity · Train the AI
  • Evaluation · Interest and participation; practical activities with AI

Students will train the AI, and in groups, they will carry out the programming activity following the instructions on how to create a mask identifier in Pictoblox.

Lesson 17

  • Objective · Program AI in Pictoblox, applying knowledge about programming Machine Learning and the ‘text to speech’ AI
  • Duration · 60 minutes
  • Equipment · Computer
  • Activity · Train the AI
  • Evaluation · Interest and participation; practical activities with AI

In this lesson, students continue to explore programming activities by creating a mask identifier in Pictoblox.

The first step is to plan the project in a group. The second step is to go to Pictoblox and carry out the planned activity.

*All the lesson plans, materials and resources are proposed by teacher Cláudia Meirinhos, result of her master’s thesis: Download ebook (only available in Portuguese).

All the lesson plans, materials and resources developed within school year 2021/2022, are proposed by teacher Cláudia Meirinhos, result of her master’s thesis: Download ebook (only available in Portuguese).

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