Conference Schedule

8:00 - 9:00

Hubbard Auditorium
Arrival & Registration

9:00 - 10:00

Hubbard Auditorium
Welcome & Keynote

10:15 - 11:15

Hubbard Auditorium
Annie Murphy Paul Breakout Session: Deeper Dive into "Thinking with our Surroundings" from The Extended Mind
Annie Murphy Paul
Presentation and Q&A
Pearse Hub for Innovation
What Learning Science Tells Us about Teaching with AI
Peter Nilsson, Maya Bialik
Presentation and Q&A
Brush 2nd Floor
Rethinking Creative and Critical Thinking in the Age of AI
Adam Alsamadisi
Facilitated Discussion
Brush 201
Dangerous (Artificial) Minds: Engaging student critical thinking and analysis in their interactions with AI
David Nurenberg
A combination - some presentation, and some chances for participants to engage in the assignments/tools themselves to experience how they operate
Brush 202
Expanding Inquiry: Using AI Tools to Create Simulations and Investigations
Melissa Poole, Steve Armandt
Workshop
Brush 203
Student Buy-In and "Ungrading" in the Humanities Classroom
Caitie Cotton
Presentation and Q&A
Brush 302
AI-Powered Pedagogy: Crafting Effective Prompts for Transformative Learning
Maureen Gassert Lamb
Workshop
Brush 308
Untethered Thinking: Design Thinking Frameworks for Tech-Free Student Brainstorms
Jen Solomon
Workshop
Brush 310
Better Together: How Human Connection Transforms AI into an Effective Educational Partner
Kate Seyboth
Presentation and Q&A
Brush 314
Lessons Learned from (Co-Lab)orating Across Schools
Ned Heckman, Maureen Russo-Rodriguez
Workshop
Writing Center
Overcoming students’ initial reactions to AI through text-based experiments
Kyle Conrau-Lewis
Presentation and Q&A
Kravis Center
The Value of Struggle: Preserving Meaningful Learning in an AI Age
Marta Napiorkowska
Presentation and Q&A

11:30 - 12:30

Pearse Hub for Innovation
Leverage AI to Support Teaching Your Passions
Peter Nilsson, Maya Bialik
Workshop
Brush 2nd Floor
Low-Tech Reading: Strategies for Engaging High-Tech Screenagers
Lena Sadowitz
Presentation and Q&A
Brush 201
From Curiosity to Community: Launching a Teacher-Led Gen AI Professional Development Initiative
Heidi Hojnicki, Dr. Rachel Heffner-Burns
Presentation with Q&A and Application Activity
Brush 202
Slavery and Loomis Chaffee: An Ethical History Project: Collaborating with Students to Make Meaning in and out of the Classroom
Eric LaForest, Elliot Dial, Karen Parsons
Facilitated Discussion
Brush 203
Place-Based Education in the Era of AI
Marley Matlack, Sarah Griggs
Presentation and Q&A
Brush 302
AI-Powered Pedagogy: Crafting Effective Prompts for Transformative Learning
Maureen Gassert Lamb
Workshop
Brush 306
Creating a Student Learning Praxis in the Age of AI
Richard Scullin
Workshop
Brush 308
Metacognition and AI: Empowering High School Students to Become Strategic Learners in a Technological World
Luke Peterson
A combination of a workshop and facilitated dicussion
Brush 310
Ctrl+Alt+Engage: Rebooting Classrooms with AI Simulations
Steph Sperber
Workshop
Brush 314
Digital Dependency vs. Human Connection: Educational Strategies for the AI Character Era
Suzanne Ellinwood
Workshop
Writing Center
What's in a Name: Metaphors We Write By
John Morrell
Presentation / Facilitated Discussion
Kravis Center
The Value of Struggle: Preserving Meaningful Learning in an AI Age
Marta Napiorkowska
Presentation and Q&A

1:30 - 2:30

Pearse Hub for Innovation
How To Define and Draw Clear Lines for Appropriate AI Use
Peter Nilsson, Maya Bialik
Workshop
Brush 2nd Floor
Low-Tech Reading: Strategies for Engaging High-Tech Screenagers
Lena Sadowitz
Presentation and Q&A
Brush 201
From Curiosity to Community: Launching a Teacher-Led Gen AI Professional Development Initiative
Heidi Hojnicki, Dr. Rachel Heffner-Burns
Presentation with Q&A and Application Activity
Brush 202
Expanding Inquiry: Using AI Tools to Create Simulations and Investigations
Melissa Poole, Steve Armandt
Workshop
Brush 203
Pre-Skilling for the Unknown: Building a Human-Centered AI Culture in Schools
Meghan Chew, Sue Teyan, Erin O’Grady, Marc Maier, Nina Yuen
Presentation but then participate in our Learning Lab protocol.
Brush 302
AI-Adapted Writing Assignments for Skill Development and AI Literacy
Ron Spalletta
Presentation and Q&A
Brush 306
Teaching Student Presentation Skills
Scott MacClintic
Facilitated Discussion
Brush 308
Metacognition and AI: Empowering High School Students to Become Strategic Learners in a Technological World
Luke Peterson
A combination of a workshop and facilitated dicussion
Brush 310
Build-a-Bot Workshop: Make Your Own AI to Make Sense of AI
Lista Lincoln
Workshop
Brush 314
Digital Dependency vs. Human Connection: Educational Strategies for the AI Character Era
Suzanne Ellinwood
Workshop
Writing Center
Do Androids Dream: Teaching AI Literacy Through Literature
Jennifer Blue, Anne Peterson
Presentation and Q&A
Kravis Center
Student Buy-In and "Ungrading" in the Humanities Classroom
Caitie Cotton
Presentation and Q&A
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