HBGCC - Playground A

Makerspaces are not just reserved for libraries or ed-tech classrooms. Teachers of all subject areas can benefit from maker space projects in their classrooms. This playground will encourage educators to engage in hands-on activities in their classrooms.

HBGCC - Posters, Table 16

Educators face significant stress and burnout. This poster presentation explores how AI tools can help educators achieve a better balance between their home and work lives. By leveraging AI-powered solutions, educators can streamline tasks, enhance efficiency, and reduce stress, ultimately promoting mental health and well-being.

HBGCC - Playground A

Our playground explores ongoing innovations in higher education. Through hands-on experiences, learning stations will demonstrate how higher education is responding to current demands, such as AI, accreditation, curriculum challenges, digital citizenship, UDL, diversity, and inclusion.

HBGCC - Innovation Arcade - Exploration Lab C, Table Table 1

Attendees will be immersed in a student-centered, literacy-integrated STEM lesson that combines culturally responsive literature and the engineering design process to foster engagement, creativity, and problem-solving in elementary students. Acting as students, they will analyze diverse children's books, identify real-world problems, and prototype AI-enhanced solutions. This hands-on model lesson demonstrates discussion scaffolding, problem-solving strategies, and AI-driven differentiation, providing firsthand experience in how AI tools and diverse storytelling can support inclusive, inquiry-driven STEM education. This immersive, hands-on session will equip educators with practical strategies, AI-enhanced tools, and a student-centered framework to create inclusive, engaging, and impactful STEM learning experiences in their own classrooms.