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Virtual SessionCONTENT & ENGAGEMENT
Core Content Presented: The LIFT Framework (Lead, Integrate, Focus, Transform) as a systematic approach to human-AI co-intelligence in lesson design. Participants will experience a streamlined, template-driven process for transforming the "Be a Sleuth" dinosaur trackway lesson using AI collaboration. The session is designed for quick wins and immediate application, demonstrating the power of structured human-AI partnership in lesson design. Participants leave with a tangible redesigned lesson and clear understanding of how LIFT can transform their instructional practice.
Connection & Engagement Strategy: This virtual session uses a Padlet "Mission Control" as the central hub where all participants work through a guided template. Each educator moves through the four LIFT phases independently, receiving just-in-time instruction from the Intelligent Hoodlums at the start of each phase, then experimenting with AI tools to transform their lesson. Strategic collaboration moments allow participants to see peer work, sparking ideas and creating social proof. The template reduces friction and ensures success, while the live facilitation demonstrates expertise participants will want to access beyond this session.
Audience Activities: Individual work through scaffolded digital template, AI experimentation via personal devices and browser-based tools, strategic peer viewing of work-in-progress via Padlet, guided prompting practice, live Q&A moments with the Intelligent Hoodlums, and self-paced lesson transformation.
TIME ALLOCATION BY LIFT PHASE (50 minutes total)
Opening and Orientation: (5 minutes)
The Intelligent Hoodlums welcome participants and introduce the Padlet Mission Control interface. Quick demonstration of how the template works: four columns (one per LIFT phase), each with embedded instructions, examples, and space for participant work. Frame the promise: "In the next 45 minutes, you'll transform a lesson from solid to engaging using AI. Everything you need is in this template. We're here to guide you through it." Share the "Be a Sleuth" original lesson link in Padlet. Set expectations: this is about experiencing the power of LIFT, not perfection.
PHASE 1: Lead with Human Intention (10 minutes)
The Intelligent Hoodlums provide brief instruction (2 minutes): "Before AI touches anything, YOU define the pedagogical vision. This phase is about clarity." Display the five design questions on screen while participants access them in their Padlet template column.
Individual work : Participants answer the five design questions directly in their Padlet card: What pedagogical problem am I trying to solve with this lesson? What do I already know about this challenge from teaching experience? What standards or outcomes must be addressed? What pedagogical frameworks will guide me? How will I recognize successful transformation? The template includes sentence starters and example responses to reduce cognitive load.
Collaboration moment : The Intelligent Hoodlums highlight two to three participant responses visible in Padlet, naming what makes them strong. "Notice how this educator identified authentic science practice as the gap? That's pedagogical clarity." This creates social proof and models quality thinking.
PHASE 2: Integrate Available Instruments (10 minutes)
Brief instruction: The Intelligent Hoodlums explain resource inventory. "AI is one instrument. What else do you already have? This prevents AI from replacing what already works." Template provides checkboxes for common resources plus open response.
Individual work: Participants complete their resource inventory in Padlet: existing materials they have, cross-curricular connections possible, free digital tools available, pedagogical strategies they can leverage, and constraints to consider. Template includes prompts like "What apps or websites do students already use?" and "What worked last time you taught inference skills?"
Share and synthesis : The Intelligent Hoodlums scan submissions and name patterns. "I'm seeing Google Earth, Padlet, and museum virtual tours showing up. Great. Now we're ready to bring AI into a resource-rich environment, not a vacuum."
PHASE 3: Focus with AI (15 minutes)
Live demonstration : The Intelligent Hoodlums share screen and model one AI interaction. They craft a detailed prompt incorporating Phase 1 intentions and Phase 2 resources, send it to an AI tool (projected live), then think aloud while evaluating the response: "This part is good but this feels generic. I'm going to push back." They show how to refine, reject, and guide the AI. The exact prompt and response are dropped into Padlet for reference.
Template walkthrough: The Intelligent Hoodlums explain the Phase 3 template structure. It includes: pre-written prompt starters participants can customize, specific components to redesign (opening hook, core investigation questions, differentiation strategy, student creation activity, assessment approach), and space to paste AI responses plus their own refinements.
Individual experimentation : Participants work through the template, choosing which lesson components to redesign. They use AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, whatever they have access to) to generate ideas, then refine them based on their Phase 1 and 2 work. The template keeps them moving: "Paste AI's suggestion here. What do you want to keep? What needs changing? Write your refined version here." Participants work at their own pace. Some may complete two components, others may go deep on one.
Collaboration moment : The Intelligent Hoodlums spotlight participant work visible in Padlet. "Look at how this educator pushed back on AI's first suggestion and got something better. That's co-intelligence." Brief open chat for questions or aha moments.
PHASE 4: Transform through Experimentation (7 minutes)
Brief instruction : The Intelligent Hoodlums frame reflection. "You just did something most educators haven't: you stayed in the driver's seat while using AI. Now capture what you learned."
Individual reflection: Participants complete three prompts in their Padlet template: What surprised me about this process? One element I'll use Monday? The next lesson I want to LIFT? Template provides space for answers.
The offer and next steps : The Intelligent Hoodlums acknowledge the work. "You've seen what's possible in 50 minutes. Imagine what you could do with deeper practice." They make the soft offer: "We run cohort-based LIFT studios where educators spend four weeks transforming their most important lessons. If you want to go further, drop your email in the Padlet and we'll send details." They share the LIFT Framework full template, sample prompt library, and community access link. Close with: "You brought the pedagogy. AI brought the processing power. That partnership? That's the future."
ENGAGEMENT PROCESS & TACTICS
Individual Digital Work (Primary mode throughout session): Participants work independently through the four-column Padlet template. Each LIFT phase has its own column with embedded instructions, scaffolds, examples, and response spaces. This ensures all participants make progress regardless of tech comfort or pacing. The template includes fill-in-the-blank prompts, multiple choice options for common responses, and open text fields for customization. Dropdown menus help participants select resources and constraints quickly. The goal is maximum success with minimum frustration.
Device-Based AI Interaction (1 extended instance): Minutes 28 through 38: Participants use personal devices to access AI tools (browser-based ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, or whatever they have). They copy template-provided prompt starters, customize them based on their Phase 1 and 2 responses, send to AI, evaluate results, and paste refined outputs back into Padlet. This is the core transformation work. Template provides explicit guidance: "Copy this prompt starter. Replace the bracketed sections with your specific details. Send to your AI tool. Evaluate the response using these questions. Refine and paste your improved version here."
Peer Viewing via Padlet (3 strategic instances): Minutes 14 through 15: After Phase 1, the Intelligent Hoodlums highlight strong participant responses visible in Padlet, creating social proof. Minutes 25 through 26: After Phase 2, they name patterns in resource inventories, showing collective wisdom. Minutes 38 through 41: After AI experimentation, they spotlight examples of good human-AI collaboration visible in submissions. Participants can browse others' Padlet cards at any time, but these are facilitated moments drawing attention to quality work.
Live Instruction and Modeling (4 instances): Minutes 0 through 5: Platform orientation and session framing. Minutes 5 through 7: Phase 1 instruction on human intention. Minutes 15 through 17: Phase 2 instruction on resource integration. Minutes 22 through 27: Phase 3 extended demonstration of AI prompting with think-aloud protocol showing how to critique, refine, and guide AI responses.
Live Q&A and Chat Interaction (Ongoing): Throughout the session, participants can post questions in Padlet comments or virtual meeting chat. The Intelligent Hoodlums address questions just-in-time, often by showing solutions in real-time on their screen. This maintains momentum while providing individualized support.
Community Building and Lead Capture (1 instance): Minutes 48 through 50: The Intelligent Hoodlums make the offer for deeper engagement (cohort-based LIFT studios) and provide a specific place in Padlet for interested participants to drop contact information. This is framed as value-add, not sales pitch: "If you want to go deeper, we'd love to work with you."
PARTICIPANT MATERIALS
Provided at session start via Padlet Mission Control: Four-column interactive template with embedded instructions for each LIFT phase, "Be a Sleuth" original lesson (linked PDF), sentence starters and scaffolds for all reflection questions, pre-written AI prompt starters participants can customize, examples of strong responses for each phase, dropdown menus for common resources and constraints, and embedded video or text instructions from the Intelligent Hoodlums for each phase.
Created during session by each participant: Completed Phase 1 design questions defining their pedagogical intention, Phase 2 resource inventory showing existing assets, Phase 3 AI-enhanced lesson components with refinements, Phase 4 reflection responses and action commitments. All work lives in their personal Padlet card, which they can export or save.
Shared post-session: LIFT Framework complete template (blank version for future use), curated library of AI prompt examples from the session, access link to Intelligent Hoodlums community space (Discord or Slack), "Be a Sleuth 2.0" sample showing what full transformation looks like, and for interested participants who provided contact info, details about cohort-based LIFT studios.
Participants will have built a lesson plan or concept which uses co-intelligence strategies
LIFT Framework is based on:
Schlechty: https://www.rcsdk12.org/cms/lib/NY01001156/Centricity/Domain/1053/sc_pdf_engagement.pdf
Chi & Wylie ICAP Framework: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00461520.2014.965823?scroll=top&needAccess=true
Lee & Hannafin Own It, Learn It, Show It https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11423-020-09842-w
UDL: https://udlguidelines.cast.org/
Ethan Mollick, Co-Intelligence: https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/i-cyborg-using-co-intelligence
Miyake & Kirschner's Team Learning Model
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