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Keynotes

Breaking Bias: Unleash Your Inner AI Detective

Alana leads her audience in an eye-opening exploration of the transformative power of AI, while revealing the hidden dangers that can arise without careful oversight. Drawing from real-world examples, she uncovers how biases become embedded within AI systems and the potential consequences for educators who may unknowingly rely on biased tools in their classrooms. With a passionate emphasis on the need for diversity and inclusivity in AI’s development, Alana calls for a thoughtful approach to integrating AI into education.

At the core of her message is a mission to equip educators with the skills to guide their students in navigating an AI-driven world. Alana empowers her audience to become leaders in building critical AI and media literacy, helping students recognize bias, misinformation, and deepfakes in AI-generated content. By fostering these essential skills, Alana argues that educators can turn students into discerning creators and thinkers, prepared to thrive in a digitally saturated world.

The Academic Parrot: Empowering Independent Thinkers in an AI-Driven World

Alana guides her audience on a transformative journey through the landscape of modern education. Drawing from her own experiences, she discusses the challenges surrounding traditional teaching methods, including rote memorization, and passionately advocates for a paradigm shift in education – one that empowers students to chart their own paths and embrace their unique identities as independent thinkers and creators. In a world where artificial intelligence can regurgitate information, Alana stresses the importance of fostering individuality.

At the heart of Alana’s message lies a call to action for educators to challenge the status quo and embrace their role as catalysts for change. By breaking free from the constraints of traditional teaching methods, Alana argues that educators can unlock the full potential of their students and prepare them to thrive in an increasingly dynamic and uncertain future.

The Generative Age: Reinventing the Future of Education

Alana challenges her audience to rethink the future of education in a world rapidly shaped by generative AI. She passionately advocates for a transformation in teaching practices that fosters creativity and adapts assessments to better serve students in an AI-driven era.

At the core of her message is the belief that educators hold the key to shaping the future by equipping students with the critical skills needed to succeed in an AI-powered world. Drawing on practical strategies and real-world examples, Alana empowers educators to create learning environments that embrace new technologies while nurturing independent thinkers and innovators, ready to thrive in an evolving digital landscape.

The Game of Education

Alana teams up with educators to play the game of education, where students navigate a series of quests, assignments, and exams to advance their grades. She argues that this glitch often leads to a narrow understanding of success, overlooking the multifaceted skills and qualities essential for thriving in today’s society.

In a world where artificial intelligence can easily achieve victory, Alana challenges the conventional view of achievement and advocates for a paradigm shift in our approach to teaching and learning. She encourages educators to challenge the status quo, redefine success, and empower their students to thrive beyond the confines of traditional expectations. Alana calls upon educators to rewrite the playbook, championing innovation and independent thinking to level up every student’s skills and pave the way for an epic future. The journey towards this transformation begins with us. You game?

Workshops
  • A World of (AI) Possibilities
  • Bot or Not? Ensuring Academic Integrity in the Age of AI
  • Breaking Bias: Media literacy in The Generative Age (AI)
  • Debugging Creativity and Imagination: The fusion of AI, computational thinking, and algorithmic writing
  • Empowering Leaders to adapt to the AI-driven future
  • From Chalkboards to Chatbots: Rolling out AI professional development to your school/district
  • Prompt Engineering: Writing the perfect AI prompt to get the best response
  • Rebooting Education: 3.0 Strategies for teaching in The Generative Age
  • Socrates’ Standards: Develop a class/school/district AI position statement and guidelines that reflect your mission and values
  • The Generative Age: Reinventing the future of education