Foundation and Baseline Understanding

Matt unpacks his approach to establishing a baseline understanding of AI for educators

Covers the "great everything making machine" concept and demonstrates AI capabilities

Addresses how teachers have responded to AI in the past year

Differentiated Learning Approaches

Elementary school focus: Productivity tools and building AI literacy foundations

Middle and high school: Durable and vulnerable assessments, potential student-facing AI pilots

Advanced users: Exploring Leon Furze’s AI assessment scale

Academic Integrity and Guidelines

Importance of consistent, district-wide guidelines for AI use

Implementing guidelines: Human steps and procedures for addressing potential misuse

Engaging Professional Learning Techniques

Matt shares his approach to making AI professional learning engaging and relevant

Emphasizes the importance of humanity, humor, and vulnerability in presentations

Ongoing Professional Learning Strategies

Connecting AI to district priorities and ongoing initiatives

Suggestions for embedding AI learning into regular school activities (faculty meetings, lunch and learns)

Importance of continuous learning due to rapidly evolving AI landscape

Special Populations and AI

Brief discussion on AI tools for students with special needs and multilingual learners

Mention of translation tools and their ease of use

Skills21.org/prompts - Prompt library

Skills21.org/AI - AI resources page

AI student scenarios document

Professional learning survey (Google Form)

AI policy/guideline examples

AI literacy resources for K-12