Deepening our AI Practice

Oct 31, 2024 3:30PM—Apr 22, 2025 5:00PM

Location

Virtual

Cost Early Bird Pricing for Members (Available until Oct 14) $800 members; $720 group-rate 3+; $1,275 non-members

Categories Curriculum & Pedagogy, Ongoing Program, Online, School Leaders, Staff, Teachers

Deepening our AI Practice

SESSION 1: October 31, 2024 | 3:30pm - 5:00pm

SESSION 2: December 5, 2024 | 3:30pm - 5:00pm

SESSION 3: February 13, 2025 | 3:30pm - 5:00pm

SESSION 4: April 22, 2025 | 3:30pm - 5:00pm

ABOUT THIS VIRTUAL ONGOING PROGRAM

As generative AI evolves in sophistication and becomes more deeply integrated into our daily lives, both students and educators need to engage in ongoing learning to develop new skills. This online program is designed for educators who are interested in strengthening their AI skills while exploring how to engage students in productive, ethical use of generative AI tools. By bringing together educators from different schools for learning, discussion, and practice, this program aims to not just deliver knowledge, but share it. Understanding how different schools and people are navigating the ever-changing boundaries of appropriate AI use at school will help us make decisions about the best way to engage our students.

Over Four Sessions Participants will:

Learn how to apply critical thinking and prior knowledge to use AI tools effectively and to accurately assess their output
Learn and practice how to train AI for specific purposes using prompting and external resources
Understand and practice how to harness AI’s multimodal capabilities, and/or its ability to understand and generate imagery, audio, video, code, etc.
Explore critical AI Literacy, and how to apply ethical and academic principles to make decisions about if and how to use AI for school use

AUDIENCE

For all educators who are interested in deepening their AI practice. Participants need to have an introductory knowledge of and experience with generative AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini (covered in “Making Sense of AI” workshop). To ensure they are working with a sophisticated AI model, participants should have, at minimum, access to ChatGPT-4o (available with a free account) or a paid subscription to ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini.

SESSION DESCRIPTIONS

SESSION ONE SESSION TWO SESSION THREE SESSION FOUR

SESSION ONE

October 31, 2024 | 3:30-5:00 | Virtual

Session 1: Leveling up our Prompting Skills

In this session, we will learn how our prompts can affect AI’s behavior and output. We’ll review a few core prompting strategies, then we will practice those strategies by building our own bots. By trying to train generative AI to perform a specific function or task for us, we will learn firsthand the importance of tailoring our language and framing to ensure AI is as responsive as possible.

SESSION TWO

December 5, 2024 | 3:30-5:00 | Virtual

Session 2: Exploring AI’s Multimodel Capabilities

In this session, we’ll review ways in which AI can understand and generate image, audio, and video. We’ll practice using pictures and sounds to communicate with AI, and we’ll consider use cases for when using AI to generate different forms of media can be helpful to our work and our students.

SESSION THREE

February 13, 2025 | 3:30-5:00 | Virtual

Session 3: Critical AI Literacy and our Students

In this session, we’ll explore the concept of “critical AI literacy,” which is using AI with an understanding of its capabilities, its limitations, and the ethical concerns embedded in it. Specifically, we’ll discuss the importance of critical AI literacy to our students and imagine ways in which we can support their practice of this important skill.

SESSION FOUR

April 22, 2025 | 3:30 - 5:00 | Virtual

Session 4: Designing AI-Assisted Learning Experiences

In the final session of the program, we will look at a few examples of how educators are designing learning experiences for students that explicitly bring AI into the classroom to support core academic work. We’ll consider how AI might be used with students to support writing, reading, search/research, data analysis, and more. Participants will discuss the examples and sketch out an initial idea for an AI-assisted learning experience they can bring into their classrooms.

Do you work at an independent school outside of California? Click here for a discount on our non-member registration!

ABOUT THE FACILITATOR

Eric Hudson is a facilitator and strategic advisor who supports schools in making sense of what’s changing in education and in being responsive to the people they serve. He has spent his career in education, and he uses his design sense to put the learner at the heart of every experience. Most recently, Eric spent a decade at Global Online Academy (GOA), first as an instructional coach and ultimately as Chief Program Officer, working with schools around the world to rethink where, when, and how we learn. Prior to GOA, he was a teacher at the middle, high school, and college levels. The classroom is where he developed his passion for learner-centered design and facilitation. He currently serves on the board of the Association of Technology Leaders in Independent Schools (ATLIS). Eric has a M.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, and a B.A. from Cornell University.

Cancellation Policy

Life happens. We understand that there will be times when you cannot attend a workshop that you have registered and paid for. We strive to be as helpful and flexible as possible when things out of your control happen. Please visit our FAQ page for detailed information about our cancellation policy and answers to frequently asked questions about enrollment and membership.