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Next Level AI Skills for Educators and Students: Moving Beyond the Basics

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Colorado Convention Center, 107/9

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CEO / Educational Consultant
The Block Uncarved
@NancyeBlackEdu
ISTE Certified Educator
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.
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Technology & Innovation Teacher
The Galloway School
@mark_gerl
Mark is the Middle Learning Technology & Innovation Teacher at The Galloway School in Atlanta, GA. His classes include Game Design, App Design, Web 3.0 Tools, Wearable Technology, Robotics, AI and Coding. This year he co-authored the Next Level AI Skills for Educators course and facilitated the course in it's pilot offering. Mark has been a proud member of the ISTE AI in the Classroom PLN since 2018. He has presented on innovative and leading edge educational concepts at conferences since 2015.Mark is a diverse, inventive, imaginative teacher with classes ranging from Drones to Programming, AI to Game Design. He believes that Learning is one of Life's great joys, and that Teaching is a profound and noble calling. His work includes incorporating UX and Game Design concepts into Lesson Plans and Assessments for school to be amazing. His latest endeavor is having his students do 3D modeling designs that are printed in chocolate.

Session description

As artificial intelligence (AI) technologies advance so must our explorations into the intersections of AI and educational practices. This session is presented by the authors of ISTE's new advanced AI skills course. In it, they will take you beyond the basics and into powerful ways curate, create, and critically assess AI technologies, ensuring they enhance your educational goals in meaningful and responsible ways. It will illuminate the types of skills, practical applications, and ethical considerations that will empower you, your colleagues, and your students to be informed users and creators of AI applications for educational use.

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 thought leadership session will tackle 2024's hottest topics and biggest questions around AI and education. It will support teachers and education leaders as they explore to the next level of emerging AI technologies and discern where it fits into various aspects of educational environment. Practical understandings about what AI is and how AI works will be revealed in the context of societal impact, educational equity, ethics, and digital citizenship.

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Outline

Getting Started
Take a Closer Look
Putting It Into Action
Q&A - as time permits
Conclusion

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Supporting research

https://www.edsurge.com/research/guides/ai-is-for-everyone-everywhere

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Session specifications

Topic:
Artificial Intelligence
Grade level:
PK-12
Skill level:
Beginner
Audience:
Teachers, Chief technology officers/superintendents/school board members, Curriculum/district specialists
Attendee devices:
Devices required
Attendee device specification:
Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC
Subject area:
Computer science, STEM/STEAM
ISTE Standards:
For Educators:
Citizen
  • Mentor students in safe, legal and ethical practices with digital tools and the protection of intellectual rights and property.
For Students:
Empowered Learner
  • Students understand the fundamental concepts of technology operations, demonstrate the ability to choose, use and troubleshoot current technologies and are able to transfer their knowledge to explore emerging technologies.