Event Information
0–5 min | Welcome and Opening Activity
As participants enter, they join a live word-cloud poll (Mentimeter or Slido) to share their favorite classroom tools. Vicki welcomes attendees, outlines goals, and previews the high-energy, practical focus on real classroom transformation.
Process: Device-based activity (live poll).
5–10 min | Innovate Like a Turtle
Vicki introduces her “Turtle Method,” a simple framework for sustainable innovation that helps educators keep up without feeling overwhelmed. Participants receive a QR code linking to a Google Doc they can use to plan their next innovation or personal learning goal.
Process: Device-based activity (QR code planning document).
10–50 min | 50+ Tools, Prompts, and Classroom Applications
A rapid showcase of 50+ AI and edtech tools organized by teaching need—assessment, creativity, collaboration, and AI integration. Includes authentic classroom examples, student-created projects, prompts, and how to teach AI use and ethics within project-based learning and “vibe coding.”
Process: Quick peer share and device-based poll where participants post which tool or idea they plan to try next.
50–60 min | Q&A and Closing Reflection
Open questions, discussion, and final reflections. A closing live poll remains open for participants to share the tool they’ll try next as they leave.
After this session, participants will be able to:
1. Examine 50+ real-world AI and edtech tools currently used by classroom teachers.
2. Select three or more tools aligned with their curriculum goals and learner needs.
3. Articulate the key instructional strategies shared across these examples, such as formative feedback, creativity, and personalized learning.
4. Create an individualized next-step plan to implement innovation sustainably and meaningfully.
Center for Integrative Research in Computing and Learning Services, Washington, DC, 2023.
https://circls.org/ai-and-education-policy
Davis, Vicki. “AI in Education: Friend or Foe? A Student Perspective #AILiteracyDay.” Cool Cat Teacher Blog, 28 Mar. 2025, www.coolcatteacher.com/ailiteracyday2025/.
Davis, Vicki. “A Meaningful App-Building Project.” Edutopia, George Lucas Educational Foundation, 11 July 2024, www.edutopia.org/article/collaborative-app-building-students/. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
Davis, Vicki. “Incorporating AI Art Generation in the Classroom.” Edutopia, www.edutopia.org/article/generative-ai-art-school.
Davis, Vicki. “Using AI to Encourage Productive Struggle in Math.” Edutopia, www.edutopia.org/article/using-ai-encourage-productive-struggle-math-chatgpt-wolfram-alpha.
Davis, Vicki. “Using Genius Hour Projects to Help Students Find Meaning.” Edutopia, 18 Feb. 2022, www.edutopia.org/article/using-genius-hour-projects-help-students-find-meaning.
Lindsay, Julie and Vicki Davis. Flattening Classrooms Engaging Minds: Move to Global Collaboration One Step at a Time. Pearson Publishing. 2013.
Mediaplanet. LA Times Insert. “How Teachers Can Help Students Use AI the Right Way.” Education and Career News, 23 Nov. 2024, www.educationandcareernews.com/education-technology/how-teachers-can-help-students-use-ai-the-right-way/. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
NAESP - 5 Strategies for Success in Bringing AI to Schools - https://www.naesp.org/resource/5-strategies-for-success-in-bringing-ai-to-schools/
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Technology, Artificial Intelligence and
Future of Teaching and Learning: Insights and Recommendations, Washington, DC, 2023. https://www2.ed.gov/documents/ai-report/ai-report.pdf
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