Breakout Sessions – Round #1
AI Legal Issues, Implications and Considerations for Schools
(Kevin Sutton, Miller Johnson)
As schools explore educational uses and implication of AI technology, as well as ways to leverage AI to enhance their operations, decision-making processes, efficiency and effectiveness, they must keep in mind several legal issues that could affect data privacy, intellectual property, insurance, discrimination, and tort liability when it comes to their students, parents, staff and community. In this session we will explore statutory guardrails for CIPA, COPPA, FERPA and PRRA, as well as practical guidance for LEAs, PSA, private and parochial schools. (USDOE: CIPA, COPPA, FERPA, and PRRA) (St Paul Schools Document)
AI for Educators
(Amanda Bickerstaff, CEO and Founder of AI in Education)
AI has the potential to revolutionize teaching and learning as we know it. By using AI-powered tools and strategies, educators can personalize learning, improve student outcomes, and better prepare students for success in the digital age. This is an immersive session that uncovers the world of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for educators, going beyond theory, offering hands-on experience with AI tools, and their application in innovative and engaging planning and teaching methods to help uncover the potential of AI in the classroom.
Getting Tactical with AI
(William Jones, Principal at Northville Hillside Middle School and Aaron Romoslawski, Assistant Principal at Forest Hills Northern High School)
Doom and gloom or the next revolutionary ed-tech. Regardless of how you view it, Artificial Intelligence is here to stay (and has been here for years!). ChatGPT, Bard, integrated chatbots in Word and Google Docs, and many more that will flood the market present challenges, but equally, many more opportunities. Join us for a practical conversation about how these tools can be managed and utilized for your work, for your staff, and to drive student learning opportunities! (Repeated in Block 2)
Imagining the AI-Integrated Classroom
(Justin Bruno, Assistant Director of District Programming at Michigan Virtual)
AI is going to have a real impact on education. And in some ways, it’s immediate. Learn what you need to know about how Artificial Intelligence will Change Education and what it means to learn and produce knowledge. For as long as “educational technology” has been a discrete concept, discussions have ensued about how it might change our understanding of the purpose of formal education. As artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) models become more sophisticated, more attention is given to these discussions. This session will explore practical examples of how AI and ML is used for narrow functions like grading and automating administrative tasks, as well as broader possibilities that could alter our very conceptions of teaching and learning. Anyone who holds a stake in the future of teaching and learning should be familiarizing themselves with these tools and formulating the right questions because as GPT-3 “personally” told me, “The full impact of artificial intelligence on education is not yet known.” (Repeated in Block 2)
Practical Ways AI Can Impact and Support Teaching and Learning — It gets real here.
(Amy Dirlam, Instructional Technology Consultant at Berrien RESA/MACUL, Stefani Boutelier, Associate Professor of Education at Aquinas College/MACUL, and Dan Mares, Instructional Technology Specialist at Coloma Junior High/MACUL)
Is AI Friend or Foe? What are cheating and plagiarism anymore? How can we act ethically to avoid creating a dystopian novel? What other questions should we be asking? Get some perspective and new ways of looking at how educators in an AI-Integrated World can leverage technology to support teaching, learning, lesson planning, and teacher productivity.
Driving Innovation through Disruption: How will AI and ML Transform Post-Secondary Opportunities for Education, Business and Industry
(Annalisa Esposito Blum, Berrien RESA, Instructional Technology Consultant, Northrup Grumman, S Dr. Ron Stevenson, Wayne State University)
This panel discussion will explore what secondary schools can do to strengthen the School to Work Pipeline and prepare students and our economic drivers for success. Preparing Students for an AI-Integrated World — What does the future world look like with AI in it? And how do we get students ready? Learn how to get ready for your students’ sake.
Breakout Session – Round #2
Lessons Learned in Early Stages of AI in Education
(Ken Durkin, Senior Director of the Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute at Michigan Virtual and Mark Smith, Executive Director of MACUL)
In this moment of uncertainty, educators with strategic foresight will stand out. Yet, designing a path forward for schools requires educators to see the world as it is, not as it was. It requires understanding new contexts, and building new lenses around vital questions of the world, purpose, change, power and our stories. In this session we will explore insights from a lab school to inform our strategic planning and design, discerning what we want to keep from the past and what to leave behind, and framing our aspirations for what our schools must become.
Evidence of Learning + AI
(Amanda Bickerstaff, CEO and Founder of AI in Education)
This session focuses on the intersection of AI and pedagogy, providing educators with strategies to design activities, assignments, and assessments that encourage students to demonstrate their learning in meaningful ways, rather than simply offloading tasks to AI tools like ChatGPT. Participants will explore ways to leverage AI to augment, not replace, student engagement and cognitive processing. The session underscores the importance of using AI as a tool for deepening understanding and fostering critical thinking, rather than as a shortcut to task completion. In doing so, educators learn how to create enriched learning environments that provide authentic, robust evidence of student learning.
Getting Tactical with AI
(William Jones, Principal at Northville Hillside Middle School and Aaron Romoslawski, Assistant Principal at Forest Hills Northern High School)
Doom and gloom or the next revolutionary ed-tech. Regardless of how you view it, Artificial Intelligence is here to stay (and has been here for years!). ChatGPT, Bard, integrated chatbots in Word and Google Docs, and many more that will flood the market present challenges, but equally, many more opportunities. Join us for a practical conversation about how these tools can be managed and utilized for your work, for your staff, and to drive student learning opportunities! (Repeat of Block 1)
Imagining the AI-Integrated Classroom
(Justin Bruno, Assistant Director of District Programming at Michigan Virtual)
AI is going to have a real impact on education. And in some ways, it’s immediate. Learn what you need to know about how Artificial Intelligence will Change Education and what it means to learn and produce knowledge. For as long as “educational technology” has been a discrete concept, discussions have ensued about how it might change our understanding of the purpose of formal education. As artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) models become more sophisticated, more attention is given to these discussions. This session will explore practical examples of how AI and ML is used for narrow functions like grading and automating administrative tasks, as well as broader possibilities that could alter our very conceptions of teaching and learning. Anyone who holds a stake in the future of teaching and learning should be familiarizing themselves with these tools and formulating the right questions because as GPT-3 “personally” told me, “The full impact of artificial intelligence on education is not yet known.” (Repeat of Block 1)
AI Literacy for Schools, Teachers and Students
(Tom Lietz, Associate Director of Training and Development at MASSP)
We can’t stop teaching until we wrap our brain around AI and this requires a shift in mindset and practice to accommodate a world with AI. K-12 students have grown up in a world where artificial intelligence informs what their families buy at the grocery store,how scientists track the spread of diseases, and even how the photo filters work on their favorite social media apps. But the technology was largely invisible to them—and their teachers—until a new version of ChatGPT burst onto the educational scene late last year. The tool can spit out an essay on Shakespeare, a detective novel, or a legal brief that appears remarkably like something a human has labored over. It can also do computer coding. The technology poured accelerant on a conversation already underway: Now that AI is shaping nearly every aspect of our lives and is expected to transform fields from medicine to agriculture to policing, what do students need to understand about AI to be prepared for the world of work? To be a smart consumer and a responsible citizen? (Repeat of Block 1)
Elevating Student Voice to Prepare for an AI Integrated World
(Matt Alley, Director of Student Leadership at MASSP and Colin Ripmaster, Deputy Executive Director at MASSP)
What does the future world look like with AI in it? And how do we get students ready? Learn how to engage your students in conversations about communicating, creating, learning and working in an AI integrated world. This interactive breakout session will frame AI in the world of learning as something that educators are engaging in, often without the input of the most important stakeholders, our students. This breakout session will put existing practices to the people they’re meant to influence, our students.