Innovative AI Teaching Techniques: Lessons from the AI School Teams Collaborative

Outline

Welcoming Activity (-0:05-0:06)- Attendees will do a think-pair-share. They will first independently reflect on how they have used AI this past school year. If they have not they will think about ways they want to use AI in school year 2025-2026. They will then introduce themselves to someone next to them and share their reflections. Facilitators will bring people back together and ask for a few volunteers to share their responses with the group. Facilitators will emphasize that attendees should also share their experience and expertise throughout the session.

Introduction (0:06-0:10)- Facilitators wil introduce themselves and their organizations. They will also provide an overview of the School Teams AI Collaborative including the impetus behind its inception, structure, and participants. Participants will also fill out a quick survey with results projected where they identify their role (e.g., teacher, principal) which will help facilitators tailor the session.

Exploration of Frameworks (0:10-0:25) Facilitators will provide a brief overview of the Value Add on Technology Teaching Framework and the Hop-Skip-Leapfrog frameworks that participants used in the Collaborative to make sure the use of AI was aligned to strong pedagogical practices. Participants will work in table groups to explore the frameworks and teaching examples associated with the practices. The group will come together for people to share reflections and reactions.

Breakout sessions (0:25-1:05) Attendees will have the opportunity to attend breakout sessions. Each breakout session will focus on a promising AI-enabled instructional practice that teachers in the Collaborative implemented and iterated on over the school year (e.g. having students use generative AI for writing essays and papers). Facilitators at each breakout session will provide suggestions on starting points, pitfalls to avoid, and artifacts that teachers used in implementing this strategy (e.g. lesson plans). Each breakout session will last 20 minutes so participants have the chance to attend two of the four breakout sessions.

Incorporating Lessons (1:05-1:25) This session is meant to practical and actionable. Attendees will have work time to incorporate an AI-enabled instructional strategy they learned about in the session and incorporate it into their context. Participants will be given the option to move to sections with others who teach the same subject or have similar roles (e.g., instructional coaches) to facilitate collaboration. Facilitators will encourage attendees to share ideas and give each other feedback/

Closing (1:25-1:30) Facilitators will ask a few attendees to share how they will incorporate an AI-enabled strategy in their context in the upcoming school year. Facilitators will close by providing opportunities for attendees to continue collaborating with other practitioners implementing AI into instruction and where they can access resources.

Supporting research

Value Add of Technology on Teaching Framework: https://www.valueedtech.org/
Hop, Skip, Leapfrog Guide: https://practices.learningaccelerator.org/guides/hop-skip-leapfrog/hops-skips-and-leaps-in-practice