{"success":true,"data":[{"ID":1352,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1730488434,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Powering Up Criticality and Creativity with AI-Guided Writing at SLA at Beeber","Handle":"powering_up_criticality_and_creativity_with_ai-generated_writing_at_sla_at_beeber","ShortDescription":"How are your students using AI to support their revising and thinking this year?  Students at SLA at Beeber will show the work they have been doing on Writing Partners this semester. We will also invite you to power up your criticality and creativity with AI-guided writing.","Description":"How are your students using AI to support their revising and thinking this year? \r\n\r\nWe will share with you the work students at Science Leadership Academy at Beeber have been doing on Writing Partners https:\/\/writingpartners.net  this semester. They are using AI Writing Partners to:\r\n\r\n- create AI images for their Bios\r\n- revise their Bios using questions provided by the New York Times Learning Network\r\n- fact-checking while watching live the Harris-Trump and Vance-Walz debate live and later on the video\r\n- analyzing and finding themes in each of their sorted sets of time-stamped comments on videos of the debates\r\n- using an outlining tool to organize compositions about the debates and the issues that matter to each of the students.\r\n- getting feedback on drafts at different points in the process\r\n- creating images for their pieces of writing, an vibrant title, and a subhead to publish their work on Writing Partners as well as on a New York Times Forum.\r\n\r\nAnd so much more... \r\n\r\nJoin us to share your stories about writers using AI productively in your classrooms and to see what we are up to at SLA @ Beeber.","Link":["https:\/\/writingpartners.net","https:\/\/slabeeber.org"],"Audience":["High School","Middle School"],"Practice":"Students will present examples of their work, then invite participants to say what they see them doing. The students will also invite participants to do some writing themselves on the same platform where they have been working and to test a few AI Writing Partners to see for themselves how it works.","Presenter":["Paul Allison","Dr. Bonnee Breese Bentum"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Writing Partners","Science Leadership Academy at Beeber"],"PresenterEmail":["allisonpr@gmail.com"],"ScheduleSlotID":176,"ScheduleLocationID":33,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":"We will have to organize bringing the students.","LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":12},{"ID":1357,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1730499319,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Make the Invisible Visible: Multimodal Tools & Models for Fostering Agency in Daily Learning","Handle":"make_the_invisible_visible--multimodal_tools-models_for_fostering_agency_in_daily_learning","ShortDescription":"In this conversation, will explore tools and visual strategies, such as learning cycles, project pathways maps, illustrated concept briefs, and more, to make the process of learning transparent and accessible for students. Participants will have the opportunity to share their own favorite tools, respond to and critique provided examples, and explore new ideas for making the invisible visible.","Description":"In traditional classroom settings, learning is often linear, and complex cognitive processes often remain abstract and obfuscated for learners. The research behind Universal Design for Learning (UDL) points to the power of making learning processes accessible through multi-modal design. \r\n\r\nThis conversation will provide a space to share a range of tools and strategies to make learning processes transparent and shift power dynamics in the classroom. We'll discuss specific, high-leverage and repeatable frameworks like a learning cycle, as well as specific instructional techniques like metacognitive prompting, guided and gradual-release decision-making, and conferring\u2013all aimed to cultivating self-directed learning skills that position learners to lead increasingly more of their own learning pathway.\r\n\r\nWhy this? Because making the process of learning, and key cognitive and metacognitive learning strategies visible, accessible, and actionable, students can better develop their own procedural, conceptual, and metacognitive skills and knowledge, and ultimately expand their a sense of agency as learners. We\u2019ll explore how these approaches connect to such lifelong skillsets as working in collaborative teams, project leadership, and reflection, which are each critical to student-centered learning environments.","Link":["http:\/\/www.cblpartners.org"],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"This session will be highly interactive, launching with opportunities to explore models, share examples from our own practice, and discuss challenges and opportunities in the work. Participants will have the opportunity to workshop existing models and\/or co-design visual tools that could be used in their own classrooms. Using small group discussions, participants will examine and modify sample templates, brainstorm ways to implement them across different subjects, and share insights from their own practices. This session aims to equip educators with concrete tools and inspire a supportive, iterative learning environment that meets students where they are and supports their journey toward self-directed learning.","Presenter":["Sydney Schaef"],"PresenterAffiliation":[],"PresenterEmail":["sydney@cblpartners.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":179,"ScheduleLocationID":33,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":"Thank you for the opportunity to submit!","LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":12},{"ID":1339,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1730298661,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Thinking Outside the Box: Can ALL Students Become Proficient Readers?","Handle":"thinking_outside_the_box--can_all_students_become_proficient_readers","ShortDescription":"Sub-literacy is rampant for students of all ages and ability levels, negatively impacting their full participation in school and in life. This problem can be solved. Join us and EBLI students to discuss how! We'd like to hear your insights, solutions, and action steps and share about what we have discovered.","Description":"The majority of students, regardless of age or ability level, suffer from sub-literacy: reading, spelling, and writing below or well below their potential.\r\nWhether you are a teacher or administrator serving elementary to high school students, you are impacted by this epidemic. Effective, efficient literacy solutions and outside-the-box thinking at all tiers of instruction are imperative to tackle this pervasive problem.\r\nWhy is it that 67% of 4th graders in the US are not proficient in reading? What social and emotional impact does this have on them, including when they become adults who are not proficient in reading? What is the negative impact on communities and society? And the most important question of all: Can this be remedied? If so, how?\r\nOur \u2018Brain Trust\u2019 collaborative has been discussing and, more importantly, taking action to address the question of \u2018how\u2019. The good news is that we have realized, through experience teaching emerging readers through secondary students and adults, that this issue CAN be rectified. The goal: 95-100% of ALL learners become proficient readers.\r\nSystemic change takes time, energy, collective brainstorming and targeted action that, among other things, serves to penetrate the status quo mindset. You have unique and beneficial insights and talents to add to this mission. Let\u2019s work together to cast a wider net to provide solutions to rectify the sub-literacy crisis in our country!","Link":["http:\/\/www.ebli.com"],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"We welcome students and attendees to converse while engaging in literacy activities that activate our brains\u2019 natural ability to process language, regardless of our perceived literacy proficiency. Small group discussions including EBLI student ambassadors will follow with questions to discuss how it feels to utilize instruction that results in enhanced learning and outcomes in reading, spelling, and writing in a short amount of time.","Presenter":["Nora Chahbazi","Shari Most"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Nora Chahbazi: Founder","Literacy Brain Trust; Co-Founder: Structured Linguistic Literacy Collaborative","Founder","EBLI; Board Member","The Reading League Michigan Shari Most","Orton Gillingham Associate","EBLI Private Practitioner","Member My Brother's Keeper","Member"],"PresenterEmail":["nora@ebli.com","sharimost@gmail.com"],"ScheduleSlotID":184,"ScheduleLocationID":33,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":"Thank you for this potential opportunity!","LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":12},{"ID":1354,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1730491257,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Experience the Synergy: AI and Poetic Creation","Handle":"experience_the_synergy--ai_and_poetic_creation","ShortDescription":"This interactive workshop explores the powerful combination of AI-guided writing and poetry. Participants will learn to harness AI as a means to enhance their creative writing process. Through hands-on activities, educators will discover how to integrate this innovative approach into their classrooms, fostering creativity, critical thinking, and digital literacy.","Description":"Educators will embark on a journey to explore the powerful intersection of artificial intelligence and poetry. The participants will discover how the facilitators spent a summer writing and playing with the strategy and how she introduced it. Participants will discover how to leverage AI as a creative tool to enhance their own writing process and ways to introduce it to their learners. \r\nThe session begins with an introduction to generative AI and its applications in education. Participants will gain a foundational understanding of how AI can be used to support creativity and critical thinking. Through hands-on activities, educators will experiment with AI-powered image generation tools and Writing Partners to craft their poetry. By analyzing the generated images, participants will learn how to identify new perspectives, themes, and imagery to enrich their writing.\r\nThe workshop emphasizes the iterative nature of the creative process. Participants will engage in multiple rounds of poetry revision, continuously creating new AI-generated images as catalysts for inspiration and deeper revision. This cyclical approach fosters experimentation, risk-taking, and a deeper understanding of the poetic craft.\r\nThroughout the workshop, participants will reflect on the pedagogical implications of using AI in the classroom. We will discuss strategies for integrating AI into curriculum, assessment, and student projects. \r\nBy the end of the session, educators will have a solid foundation in using AI as a creative tool, practical strategies for incorporating AI into their teaching, and a renewed sense of inspiration for their own writing and their students' creative endeavors.\r\nThis workshop is designed for educators of all levels who are interested in exploring innovative teaching methods and harnessing the power of technology to enhance student learning. No prior experience with AI or poetry is required.","Link":["https:\/\/writingpartners.net","https:\/\/www.pocanticohills.org"],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"Introduction (10 minutes):\r\nGet to know everyone in the room by sharing names, positions, and one word that they connect with AI \r\nBrief overview of generative AI and its potential in education\r\nIntroduce the concept of using AI as a creative tool for poetry\r\nStory (10 minutes):\r\nWe will share the story of our experience working with pre-service teachers on working with generative AI through NowComment and how that sparked a creative approach for one of the facilitators\r\nThe facilitator will share how they developed authentic poems and matched them with ai generated images, which further developed the work\r\nThey facilitator will share how they took their personal writing experience and used it with their third graders.\r\n\r\nHands-on Activity: AI-Generated Imagery (30 minutes):\r\nParticipants write a short poem based on an image in Writing Partners.\r\nIntroduce an AI image generation tool or participants use one of their choice(e.g., Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, Canva, Designer)\r\nParticipants will paste their poem into the AI tool and ask it to generate an image that matches their poem.\r\nEncourage participants to use the generated images as inspiration for revising their poems\r\nProvide prompts and guidance for incorporating new imagery and language\r\nShare poems and images \r\n\r\nReflection and Sharing (10 minutes):\r\nFacilitate a group discussion about the workshop experience\r\nShare ideas for integrating AI into classroom practice\r\nDiscuss ethical considerations and challenges","Presenter":["Paul Allison","Marina Pisto Lombardo"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Writing Partners","Pocantico Hills Central School"],"PresenterEmail":["allisonpr@gmail.com","marinaplombardo@gmail.com"],"ScheduleSlotID":185,"ScheduleLocationID":33,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":12}],"conditions":{"Status":"Accepted","ConferenceID":12,"ScheduleLocationID":33},"total":4,"limit":false,"offset":false}