{"success":true,"data":[{"ID":1419,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1757902974,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Teaching Towards What Lasts in the Age of AI","Handle":"teaching_towards_what_lasts_in_the_age_of_ai","ShortDescription":"AI platforms will come and go. What disposition should we be nurturing in students to prepare them for the murky future of living and working with AI? This conversation will surface new modes of skills that learners need to leverage an unprecedented and evolving AI toolkit: judgment, agency, and creativity.","Description":"Our students are dabbling or completely immersing themselves in ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and whatever platform comes next, or our schools provide them with. But these platforms will change, disappear, become outmoded - if we anchor our teaching to platforms, we\u2019ll always be playing catch-up, and our students will be learning how to drive an App, not how to live with AI. The real work is preparing students to navigate a world where large language models are not too far from ubiquity, without losing their judgment, creativity, or agency along the way, but with a new set of skills and thinking habits that no previous generation has had the opportunity or need to cultivate. \r\n\r\nThis conversation invites us to ask: what is worth teaching about AI that won\u2019t be obsolete when the next version drops? How do we help students build durable habits of mind: questioning what a model generates, spotting its blind spots, and using AI not as an answer machine but as a thought partner, editor, or agent. Just as importantly, we\u2019ll consider how AI can offload the repetitive and tedious tasks that often create the friction that serves as a barrier to learning, without robbing students of the productive struggle that defines real learning.\r\n\r\nAgain, our goal isn\u2019t fluency with today\u2019s platforms. It\u2019s something bigger: equipping learners with the literacies and dispositions to learn intentionally with AI for the long haul, no matter what the interface or platform landscape looks like.","Link":[],"Audience":["High School","Middle School","Elementary School","All School Levels"],"Practice":"We'll start with a brief framing to set context, but most of the time will be spent in conversation in small working groups, organized by ages taught. Participants will first reflect on their own experiences with students and AI platforms to date, and surface what positive practices and habits have emerged (one norm we'll establish is we're looking for what positive student\/personal habits we've seen developing with AI tools, to see if we can develop into something that might be enduring rather than focus on the pitfalls and annoyances). \r\n\r\nNext, we'll remix into small groups of folx that teach or work with many ages, to compare perspectives and surface the habits and dispositions they think will matter most in the long run, and how we might nurture those in a vertical progression of touchpoints. We\u2019ll use case studies to spark discussion: moments where AI shows up in student work, play, or learning process in positive ways, and from these ask what lasting skills those moments could teach if approached with intention. \r\n\r\nFinally, the group will build a shared artifact of \u201cAI literacies that last\u201d as a shareable online asset, capturing ideas and tensions in plain language that educators can take back to their schools. We\u2019ll end by gathering a round of takeaways, ensuring everyone leaves with both concrete ideas and open questions worth pursuing, and an opportunity for everyone to find an accountability partner if they wish to experiment with anything from this conversation in their current school year.","Presenter":["JP Connolly"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Avenues New York"],"PresenterEmail":["jp.connolly@avenues-ny.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":187,"ScheduleLocationID":34,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":"Looking forward to coming back to EduCon this year - it's been too long!","LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":13},{"ID":1438,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1758132508,"CreatorID":6810,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Intentional Inquiry","Handle":"intentional_inquiry","ShortDescription":"Planning in an inquiry driven classroom can be challenging! What tools, workflows, and techniques do SLA teachers use to ensure that planning is student-centered and meaningful? How do you plan? Join in on an open and honest conversation led by an SLA teacher about planning effective units and day-to-day lessons.","Description":"Planning in an inquiry driven classroom can be challenging! What tools, workflows, and techniques do SLA teachers use to ensure that planning is student-centered and meaningful? How do you plan? Join in on an open and honest conversation led by an SLA teacher about planning effective units and day-to-day lessons.","Link":[],"Audience":["High School","Middle School","Elementary School"],"Practice":"Series of guiding questions. Collaborative document shared at the end for resources.","Presenter":["John Henkel"],"PresenterAffiliation":["SLA Center City"],"PresenterEmail":["jhenkel@scienceleadership.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":188,"ScheduleLocationID":34,"SubmitterID":6810,"AdditionalComments":"This is the same idea I did last year that will be updated based on feedback.","LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":13},{"ID":1415,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1757513375,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Big Picture, Little Things","Handle":"big_picture-little_things","ShortDescription":"If you could change one thing about education, what would it be? Join 2 preservice teachers in conversation about the little things we have control over every day as educators.","Description":"Teaching can be incredibly draining and it can be hard to find the things that we can control in a world that asks more and more every day. Join 2 preservice teachers (one in elementary and one in high school) as we discuss the little changes we can make in the midst of everything else and remind ourselves that we are not alone in the fight to support our students and our selves.","Link":["https:\/\/kate.mcclurken-orr.org\/"],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"We will both use conversational protocals to develop soltutions and create a presentation that will be shared with anyone in the room and made available to any educator interested.","Presenter":["Kate McClurken-Orr","Josephine Schrum"],"PresenterAffiliation":["University of Mary Washington","Rowan University"],"PresenterEmail":["kate.mcclurken@gmail.com"],"ScheduleSlotID":189,"ScheduleLocationID":34,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":13},{"ID":1399,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1755989338,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"From Spark to Habit: Designing Classrooms Where Creativity Lives","Handle":"from_spark_to_habit--designing_classrooms_where_creativity_lives","ShortDescription":"We\u2019ll reimagine classrooms as spaces where creativity is practiced daily\u2014through risk-taking, curiosity, and problem-solving. We'll focus on the question: How do we give students not just tools, but the mindset to tackle complex problems with confidence, imagination, and resilience?","Description":"This conversation centers on a powerful question: How can we, as educators, design learning spaces where creativity is not a special occasion but an everyday habit? Together, we\u2019ll explore what it means to cultivate a creative mindset - spaces where learners are encouraged to take intellectual risks, embrace curiosity, and see learning as an iterative process. Rather than prescribing a one-size-fits-all formula, this conversation invites participants to surface their own experiences, challenges, and hope for building a creative mindset.\r\n\r\nThe main idea is simple but transformative: creativity is a practice, not a product. By modeling creativity as exploration, iteration, and reflection, educators can help students unlock new ways of approaching complex problems - whether in STEM, the humanities or beyond. We\u2019ll dig into practical strategies that make creative thinking visible in the classroom, a classroom where student voice and choice flourish. \r\nParticipants will leave not just with tools but with a renewed mindset\u2014one that sees creativity as both a discipline and a gift. In short, this conversation is less about learning \u201cwhat to do\u201d and more about practicing \u201chow to think.\u201d","Link":["http:\/\/www.marymountnyc.org"],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"To make this workshop truly conversational, we\u2019ll use a rotating dialogue model called \u201cCreativity Circles.\u201d Participants will begin in small groups, each tackling a real classroom challenge around fostering creativity. After ten minutes, they will rotate to a new group, carrying one idea forward while gathering new perspectives. This creates a ripple effect where ideas evolve and strength with each exchange. \r\nAs a culminating step, the whole group will come together to surface patterns, insights, and actionable strategies. These collective insights will be captured visually in a shared digital mind map that we will build in real time. The process ensures that every voice is heard, ideas are cross-pollinated, and the group leaves with a tangible artifact of their co-created wisdom.\r\nInstead of passively receiving tips, participants will experience creativity as a collaborative, iterative process - just as they\u2019ll (hopefully) model with their own students.","Presenter":["Eric Walters","Don Buckley","Lillian Ritchie","Elizabeth Collins","Akio Iida","Josh Burker"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Marymount School of New York"],"PresenterEmail":["eric.walters@marymountnyc.org","donbuckley@gmail.com","lritchie@marymountnyc.org","ecollins@marymountnyc.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":190,"ScheduleLocationID":34,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":"Thank you for your consideration!","LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":13},{"ID":1465,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1764086867,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Data as a Generator of Narrative in Visual Art","Handle":"data_as_a_generator_of_narrative_in_visual_art-2","ShortDescription":"How can we provide entry points into data analysis that support visual learners and enhance student curiosity and creativity? Both visual art and data tell stories, and students can use their skills of critical thinking and compassion to create visual narratives that also speak to their passion for activism and world-changing. The conversation will highlight an exciting and innovative seventh grade unit at the Rashi School. In this unit, students explored data about climate change from a variety of graphs and charts. This was connected to the 6th grade Science curriculum, and their Science teacher assisted in providing and vetting sources for the graphs. Students learned about the growing art form of data visualization, and created their own data art using a choice of fiber art, sculpture, and painting. They also wrote artist statements and presented their work in class.","Description":"This conversation will include in-depth discussion of issues and topics that would be generative for data art, as well as a breakdown of the creative process that these students used.\r\n\r\nStudents began by exploring and interpreting the graphs, choosing a topic of interest, and then planning and sketching. After a teacher review process, they began creating their artwork.\r\n\r\nStudents began by sketching and writing answers to the following questions: What is the topic of your graph? What conclusions can you make from your graph? What emotions does the information in your graph make you feel? How will the shape of your project reflect its message? How will your materials reflect the message of your project? How will the colors you use reflect your message?","Link":[],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"During this conversation, participants will put themselves in the students' shoes, choosing from a list of current topics and exploring and discussing data related to those topics. We'll collaborate in small groups, then share out our ideas about how we'd structure the unit, given our own schools' curriculum and yearly themes. We'll also share out what we'd plan to do, if we were the students given this assignment. My hope is that everyone will leave feeling inspired and capable of creating their own work of data art!","Presenter":["Erica Smiley"],"PresenterAffiliation":["The Rashi School"],"PresenterEmail":["esmiley@rashi.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":191,"ScheduleLocationID":34,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":13},{"ID":1443,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1758635893,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Networking for Success: Empowering Students to Build Career-Launching Connections","Handle":"networking_for_success--empowering_students_to_build_career-launching_connections","ShortDescription":"Transform how students approach professional relationships through structured networking activities. This interactive session equips educators with concrete tools to teach networking skills, build student confidence, and create pathways to real-world learning opportunities including internships, job shadows, and career exploration experiences.","Description":"In today's interconnected world, 73% of jobs come through networking, yet most students graduate without essential relationship-building skills. This session explores networking as a critical pedagogical tool that honors students' current lives while preparing them for future success.\r\nWe'll examine how intentional networking instruction creates authentic pathways to real-world learning experiences\u2014from informational interviews to student-driven internships. Participants will experience proven strategies for building student confidence in professional interactions, helping young people recognize their value and articulate their goals effectively.\r\nThe conversation centers on practical implementation: How do we teach elevator pitches that reflect authentic student voices? What scaffolding helps anxious students navigate professional conversations? How can networking activities connect to academic content while building career readiness?\r\nEducators will leave with ready-to-use tools including conversation templates, confidence-building activities, and frameworks for creating networking opportunities within existing programs. We'll discuss how to leverage community partnerships, alumni networks, and local professionals to create meaningful connections for students.\r\nThis approach aligns with EduCon's principle of co-creating modern citizens by teaching students to actively engage with their professional communities. By treating networking as a learnable skill rather than innate talent, we democratize access to career opportunities and empower students to shape their own pathways to success.","Link":[],"Audience":["High School"],"Practice":"The session will use a \"fishbowl protocol\" where participants experience networking activities as students would, then step back into educator roles to debrief and adapt strategies. We'll crowdsource challenges and solutions which will be shared back with participants through a shared google drive folder. Small group reflection will allow for peer consultation on implementation barriers, followed by whole-group synthesis of actionable next steps.","Presenter":["Candace Eaton"],"PresenterAffiliation":["The Workshop School; Workshop Learning"],"PresenterEmail":["ceaton@philasd.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":192,"ScheduleLocationID":34,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":"I also submitted a group proposal with other Workshop School staff.  The priority would be the group proposal related to holistic approaches to internship programming but if there is room for a second presentation I would love to facilitate this deep dive on networking!","LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":13}],"conditions":{"Status":"Accepted","ConferenceID":13,"ScheduleLocationID":34},"total":6,"limit":false,"offset":false}