How quickly should we incorporate AI in our classrooms? How do we decide what to use -- and how much to use? When I returned to the classroom after 8 years away, I was confronted with those same questions. In this session, I'll share how I used AI to teach, what I didn't use, how quickly I rolled it out, and what tips I have for your own classroom.

Swing by the Kami Booth for a chance to get my book AI for Educators for FREE and get it signed by me.

SchoolAI Spaces let students interact directly with chatbots trained on what YOU want them to learn. But … what can they learn? What can the Spaces do? In this session, I’ll share 10 pre-made Spaces you can use right away – and how I would use them in class.

Differentiating instruction can feel like a daunting, time-consuming task. But it doesn't have to be—at least when you have some help! Class Companion can help you create materials that are right on your students' level. Plus, it can provide individualized, real-time feedback that fits them perfectly. In this session, you'll get practical strategies to start differentiating right away with Class Companion.

You don’t have to reinvent the wheel, and you don’t have to spend hours looking for teaching resources on Teachers Pay Teachers. There’s a lot out there waiting for you. You just have to know where to look! In this session, you’ll learn about lots of teacher resources with pre-made lesson plans, videos, activities, projects, and more you can use in class right away.

Tik Tok. Snapchat. Instagram. Students love them. They use them all the time. (And if they’re too young, they watch their parents use them!) If social media is a language students speak, let them put those skills to good use! Learn how to capture the excitement of these social media platforms without actually downloading and using the apps. You don’t need the app to create the experience!

Join Matt Miller on an EXPO Hall Tour of his favorite things.  Fuel your enthusiasm for exploration of the FETC EXPO with this one-hour tour. Visit the top 10 chosen EXPO booths with our featured speakers as they explain why they love different products and companies exhibiting at FETC.  Wear your sneakers and get ready to experience a guided journey of their favorite elementary edtech tools, gadgets, apps and programs to integrate into schools designed to maximize learning. 

Let’s face it. Artificial intelligence is going to touch our students’ careers and lives in some way in the coming years. Let’s help students prepare for it -- even if we can’t see it yet. In a session based on his popular keynote speech, AI for Educators author Matt Miller encourages you to put on your Tomorrow Glasses, providing practical steps to ensure your instruction is relevant to your students’ future. You’ll leave this speech with more confidence to envision the classroom that your students need and to take the imperfect steps necessary to create it.

AI is changing our students' outlook for the future -- the workforce, job-ready skills, and what it means to be a responsible human. How can we prepare them -- especially when everything changes so fast? It's time to help students develop AI literacies -- some based on new high-tech advancements, and some based on timeless skills that will never become obsolete. In this session, we'll unpack the ACE framework (Awareness, Critique, Exploration) with practical, applicable ways to implement them in your classroom.

Swing by the Meet the Author Book for a chance to get my book AI for Educators and learn more about how you and your students can support St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

When people hear “AI and education,” many immediately think of ChatGPT doing students’ homework. Writing their essays. Doing all of the thinking for them. But AI is TECH, a tool, and technology has always been only as valuable as how we use it. In this session, you’ll see how AI tools and technology can be used in the classroom to support and elevate student critical thinking.

It's harder than ever to capture students' attention with cell phones, social media, and constant distractions. But it doesn't have to be! MagicSchool can help you connect learning to student interests, cultivate curiosity, and engage them in work that really motivates them. In this session, you'll get practical strategies and tips to get started on this with MagicSchool—for free!