CONNECT 2024

Join this session to explore the whys and hows of integrating the new Computer Science organizing idea into teaching and learning in grades K-3. Leave more confident about what the curriculum is actually asking us to do, what computational thinking is really all about, how you’re doing much of it already, and how (through shared samples, strategies, and practical support resources) we can all create engaging classroom activities that best prepare our students not only for what’s next, but also for what’s now - fun non-tech body coding, tech activities with little robots, and more!

There are so many ways that teachers and students can leverage AI to support instructional and learning strategies, from helping with lesson planning to supporting student literacy and their overall development of learning strategies. Whether reframing text for various purposes, composing drafts, sifting through and summarizing information or even pulling together ideas to create synthesis, AI is here within reach at no cost to be drawn upon as a teaching and learning tool that supports understanding and creation of new knowledge. Explore several realistic ways teachers and students can use ChatGPT and related AI tools to work smartly - efficiently, thoughtfully, and ethically. Leave with strategies and resources that you can use tomorrow to help your students minimize AI plagiarism and maximize opportunities for deep learning with AI in your classroom.