Purposeful AI: Using AI to Spark Critical Thinking, Creativity, and Human Agency
Explore how AI can be used purposefully to support teaching, learning, and student thinking. This series will introduce practical AI tools and strategies teachers can use in their own classrooms while also exploring what students need to know to become informed, critical, and responsible users of AI. Together, we’ll consider how to use AI without losing sight of the thinking, creativity, curiosity, and human decision-making at the heart of learning.
Details for this workshop:
Explore practical ways AI can support language development, increase access to content, and facilitate the creation of more engaging learning experiences for multilingual learners. Participants will consider how to use AI intentionally and responsibly while maintaining the relationships, rigor, and language-rich interactions at the heart of effective instruction. Educators will leave with concrete examples of activities they can do with students immediately.
Presenter Maggie Essig is an Education Specialist at the Illinois Resource Center and a leader in multilingual education. With experience as a teacher, administrator, professional learning designer, and consultant, she designs and facilitates professional learning focused on Multilingual Learners, innovative instruction, and educational technology. Her work is grounded in a belief that educators thrive when they have the tools, support, and inspiration to try something new. Maggie is passionate about creating equitable, engaging learning experiences where language, learning, technology, and possibility intersect.
Virtual Workshop
2 PD Hours
Free Workshop
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