Technology/Innovation

Suggested Reflection Questions

1. Your role at Burke's

2. When did this opportunity take place?

3. Summary of workshop/ opportunity

4. Goals & Collaborations:

   - What were your big takeaways from your workshop or project?

This was an excellent conference and attending with Alice was advantageous in that we are able to continue our discussions and exploration of what we learned now that we're back at Burke's. I have compiled all of our notes from the conference in this document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ri7uDEw9UCL-akZzzmGRDOqtr-_y0I5gOijNZcMXQME/edit?usp=sharing

and am happy to further discuss anything of interest if you'd like regarding the importance and advantages of being highly AI literate so we are able to equip ourselves and our students to think critically about its role and use in our daily lives. These images show the notion of a Human/AI/Human sandwich to visually the human-centered approach to AI use as well as the mind

shifts needed in being prepared for the AI world we live in.

This online class focused on AI Literacy Competencies around safety, AI use and integration in teaching, and general consideration, knowledge and resources in teaching our students to be critical thinkers and consumers of media. I compiled some of the resources in this Wakelet board that (https://wakelet.com/wake/ucrMZVESzY1aAUMe-vHxF) I hope will be useful.

We are all immersed in AI in today's world, both in our personal and work settings, and it is important for the adults and students in our community to be educated and stay centered in a human-centered approach to our use of AI as there is no avoiding its presence and influence.

The Fab Play Maker Institute was easily the most practical and inspiring professional development opportunity I have had for identifying maker resources, engaging with other maker educators, and improving the quality of my instruction.

It was amazing to visit the Hawken School in Gates Mills, Ohio, which has hosted this event for the past seven years. Their unbelievable facilities include a fabrication lab, a woodshop, a robotics lab, a computational thinking lab, and a theatre props room. The school even built a cabin in their woods for outdoor education. The format was hands-on, where you could make any number of things with the tools they had laid out, and learn or review at your own pace. We had a show and tell on the last day, and each educator made at least ten different examples of things to take home. I learned about casting/molding to make plastic parts (and chocolate…