2024VSTE Virtual Conference

Are you feeling bogged down in all the information you want to give teachers so they can set sail? Explore different ways to approach professional development and sneak in opportunities when they least expect it.

I have spent more than a year of exploring Artificial Intelligence in a variety of ways, from reading the news to trying out apps to working with colleagues and students. I share the lessons learned both present and past (hint: we have confronted disruptive technologies before and survived) that can help all educators find an anchor in the sometimes stormy AI seas.

Ahoy, fellow innovators! As the tides of technology surge, AI is transforming our digital shores faster than you can say 'binary beacon'. Join me on a quest to unlock the treasure trove of possibilities that AI unveils daily. In this session, we'll navigate the seas of education, marrying the power of AI with the thrill of gamification to steer student engagement to new horizons. Discover how to splice games seamlessly into your classroom rigging, bolstered by the strategic winds of AI. If you're ready to chart a course towards using games in your classroom, powered by AI's guiding compass, then weigh anchor with us in this session tailored just for you.

As AI has taken the stage in today's world, it is difficult to know how to utilize AI to make a meaningful impact on student learning.  In many ways, AI is seen as a barrier to learning, but research is showing wonderful ways to integrate AI to enhance critical thinking.  See a real course example about how to integrate AI in online learning for critical thinking and leave with ideas and examples that you can utilize to create a deeper level of analysis and understanding with your students.

When you need a firm foundation in the seas of education, you must drop an anchor.  Lumio and AI can help by being that Anchor. Let?s drop anchor and see how these evolving educational tools can work together to innovate teaching and learning.  In this session, Kevin Marcus will be looking at how LUMIO allows for the importing of different media and supplies instant feedback with documentation from its Game-Based Learning Activities and Response. He will also focus on how using AI can help educators improve their workflow and allow them more time to focus on instruction in their classroom.  This session will be hands-on so that attendees can receive a first-hand experience they can take back to their classrooms.