"Tinkering" generally refers to making small changes to something to improve or repair it in a casual way. This process often involves working in an experimental manner. ​

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A “tinkerer” is someone who enjoys experimenting with and repairing things. A “tinkerer” likes a more hands-on, experiential approach to understanding how things work​​.

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Tinkering encourages learning from failures or surprises to explore towards new ideas, discoveries​, and innovations.

While tinkering with pieces and parts in the physical world is very common, I think this concept can be applied to the digital world too.

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Teachers can tinker with abundant online resources that are accessible everywhere. Now AI can possibly make this tinkering to create or innovate much easier, more interesting and engaging.

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Imagine you find a few pieces of work that can be pruned and glued together to form a new teaching plan or assessment useful in your classroom.

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I hope this space will become a community that connects like minds and shares teachers’ experience of tinkering online with AI. Contact me if you are interested in collaborating on this idea.