Presenters
CEO / Educational Consultant
Nancye Blair Black is an ISTE-certified educator, renowned speaker, and consultant who cultivates dignity-driven instructional practices that empower educators, leaders, and students to succeed. Nancye is the author of nationally-implemented computer science curricula and several books, including Tablets in K-12 Education and the Hands-On AI Projects for the Classroom series. She is ISTE's AI Explorations Project Lead and a TC Games Research Lab leader. She's completing her doctoral degree in Instructional Technology at Teachers College Columbia University. Talk to her about equity, AI, ISTE Cert, unique educational experiences, anything you're passionate about! @NancyeBlackEdu.
Susan is an experienced teacher, site administrator, and technology specialist. She is an accomplished author who currently works with educators internationally, focusing on practical technology-based strategies for personal productivity and effective technology implementation in classrooms. Artificial Intelligence, media literacy skills, and social emotional learning are areas of particular interest for her.
Director, Asia Affairs
ISTE
Annie partnered on behalf of ISTE with leading international school solution providers, innovative schools, and teaching colleges in Asia to localize ISTE resources. Annie supported the release of the ISTE Standards in mandarin with support from Beijing Normal University. Annie also leads projects with UNESCO, General Motors, and other leading edtechs, schools, and non-profit organizations to promote ISTE conferences and professional development services.
Annie Ning holds a master's degree of science in education from the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania.
#TheRealCareerUpgrade - Former District Technology Coordinator now classroom teacher, Brandie is a STEM Educator for a micro-school in Norfolk, Virginia. Brandie strives to bring the highest level of engagement, innovation, and creativity to her learners. Her passion projects include working with Amazon Future Engineer: Your Voice Is Power, ProjectSTEM, Coding Club for Girls with ImagiLabs and Black Girls Code, and partnering with local innovation labs and organizations for community learning experiences. Brandie is also an Instructional Coach for the ISTE-GM AI Explorations Course and a member of the Cult of Pedagogy Tech Guide Team.
Session description
Interested in AI in the classroom? Then this is the place to be! Join other teachers and coaches to discover cutting-edge AI applications in education, explore powerful strategies for student-driven AI projects, and discuss the burning questions about AI and education on every educator's mind right now. Presented by ISTE's AI Explorations program, these innovative educators and AI education leaders will facilitate an incredible, interactive learning event designed with classroom educators in mind!
Purpose & objective
Today’s headlines are filled with references to technologies like deepfakes, Dall-E 2, and ChatGPT - all of which are AI innovations that are quickly changing the world - and the educational landscape. Innovative K-12 educators and education leaders have used AI tools to improve efficiency and instruction, as well as to empower students to think critically, create, and be more career ready. Of course, AI also creates new issues, prompting us to rethink instruction, assessment, equity, and digital literacy. This forum for teachers, coaches, and other educators will tackle 2024's hottest topics and biggest questions around AI and education.
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Outline
This session will feature an innovative and interactive approach to a multi-presenter session, giving both presenters and attendees the opportunity to interact and respond to various issues surrounding AI education.
1. Getting Started: Introduction of presenters & welcome from ISTE and GM.
2. Take a Closer Look: The meat of the session will explore hot topics in AI education through a series of critical questions, using storytelling, demonstrations, student work, and other strategies to bring current issues to life.
3. Wrapping Up: Audience Q&A, Final thoughts from fellows, and Resource share.
This session is developed and presented in collaboration with select educators and education leaders from the ISTE-GM AI Explorations program.
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Supporting research
The Hands-On AI Projects for the Classroom series by Nancye Blair Black and Susan Brooks-Young: http://iste.org/ai
EdSurge's AI is for Everyone, Everywhere microsite: edsurge.com/research/guides/ai-is-for-everyone-everywhere
Teaching AI by Michelle Zimmerman: https://my.iste.org/s/store?_ga=2.258389194.151861514.1617643684-1341423513.1605563246#/store/browse/detail/a1w1U000004LpbQQAS
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