Introducing Students to AI Safely
Workshop Description
This session is open to all experience levels. I will demonstrate some ideas for professional development to introduce students in the middle school levels of artificial intelligence tools. Emphasis will also be placed on allowing students to question the pros and cons of these tools. Participants will be shown a few structured professional development models used with success as well as have the ability to experiment with tools that were demonstrated to students in stations.
Workshop Leader
Eric Lawson | Director of Technology and Innovation | York School Department, York, ME
Email: elawson@yorkschools.org
X: @elawson1977
Eric Lawson has been in education for over 25 years. He has been an elementary teacher, a technology integrator, an Admin Curriculum/Technology Integrator, and is currently the Director of Technology & Innovation for the York School Department in York, Maine. He has been published in eSchool News, Tech&Learning Magazine and ISTE’s Learning and Leading with Technology Magazine for technology integrated projects and ideas. He was named a member of the Maine Starting 6, and was inducted into the Unum Maine Teacher’s Hall of Fame in January 2012. He was the ACTEM Achieve Award winner in 2018. Eric is a certified Google Champion (Innovator, Trainer, GEG New England Leader and Product Expert).
