Using AI

Know, Apply, and Engage Artificial Intelligence to Elevate Instructional Practices

⚙️ Highly Effective Teaching & Leading 🆓 Free for GOCSD Members

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About this Course

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already changing the way we work, communicate, and create—and education is not immune from this technology’s impact. In this recording, we’ll use SPN’s Future-Focused Instructional Design Process of Know, Apply, and Engage to explore AI and consider its impacts on school systems. We’ll learn through hands-on experiences that evaluate AI’s transformational potential and predictable challenges. We will:

  • Practice writing prompts for AI models

  • Use AI to simplify your workflow

  • Unleash your creativity

  • Create Future-Focused learning experiences for students

For this course, we recommend having on hand a device (phone, laptop, or tablet) that has access to at least one AI model such as: OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google Gemini, or Microsoft Copilot. This might be an installed app, or one that you can access via your web browser.

Guest Expert

Adam

Adam Wallenfang
Content Manager
Successful Practices Network (SPN)

Adam Wallenfang is SPN’s Content Manager, collaborating across the organization to build dynamic content and learning experiences that support SPN’s mission to care for the present and enable the future for all students.

Adam has a diverse set of experiences working in preK-12 education, having taught in and supported education systems all over the country. He was a high school English teacher at public and independent schools, an Educational Technologist at a preK-5th grade school, and worked on Apple’s Worldwide Education team to design and deliver enriching professional learning experiences for leaders and teachers looking to integrate technology into their school systems.

Adam earned his B.A. in English and certification in Secondary English Education from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He achieved his M.A. in Educational Psychology—Educational Technology from the University of Connecticut. He has trained, taught, and worked in Wisconsin, Connecticut, Florida, and New York, and he now resides with his family in Chicago.

GOCSD Members may request access to this course for free. Within 24 hours you will receive an email invite. You can then follow the steps in the GOCSD Catalog Guide for help accepting enrollment in the course.

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We use the Learning Forward Standards for Professional Learning when designing our experiences to ensure that we provide professional learning that leads to high-quality leading, teaching, and learning for students and educators.

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