Ignite Instruction: The AI Feedback Revolution

Outline

Title/Introduction/Pre-Work (5 mins) 
Welcome & Hook: Attendees check out "Quick, Draw!" and access the presentation.
Engage the audience and introduce the theme of AI as a partner.

Generative AI & Prompting (10 mins)
Define Generative AI (creates new content, uses LLMs) and Prompt Engineering
Participants understand the vocabulary and the rule: "What you get out of AI is only as good as what you put in!"

10 mins Gemini Deep Dive 
Introduce Gemini (generative AI chatbot that creates text/images) and its features (draft communications, "thought partner").

15 mins Challenge: Power Up Drive Participants practice Instant Summary and Compare Files.
Participants learn to use AI for high-level efficiency (summarizing, analyzing) and immediately generating targeted feedback insights.

15mins Brisk Integration & Differentiation Model 
Introduce Brisk (Chrome extension to interact with documents/webpages). Focus on the
Boost Student Activity feature for differentiation (Tutor, Pulse Check, Writing Coach). Show the Teacher Data view highlighting Activity Insights (Strengths/Needs Work). Share various lessons taught by coaches and classroom teachers and how the data helped to drive their instruction.
Participants learn the differentiation model by practicing generating a Boost Student Activity (Exit Ticket) and viewing the resulting teacher data.
20-30 minsTeachers then have time to create their own.

Outcomes

After attending, participants will be able to design differentiated independent practice that utilizes AI to automatically scaffold learning and provide instant, targeted feedback. They will learn to leverage the data generated by AI to immediately analyze instructional efficacy and adjust teaching strategies. Attendees will leave with the specific skills needed to foster student ownership and implement a model that fully aligns with the ISTE Standards for Educators, accelerating every student's path toward mastery.

Supporting research

Sal Khan (Author of Brave New Words): AI tutors are the only scalable way to give every student personalized learning, support, and guidance previously only available through cost-prohibitive human tutors. Our session shows this is a reality today.

Victorian Academy: https://www.academy.vic.gov.au/resources/enhancing-differentiation-classroom-using-generative-artificial-intelligence: AI can process vast amounts of data on student patterns to enable the creation of personalized learning paths for each student, acknowledging that no two students learn the same way.