InnEdCO 2025

The session, led by an educator & attorney, will explore legal implications and complexities related to AI in schools. We will discuss privacy concerns, data protection, and compliance with COPPA and FERPA. We will look at some tools educators can use.

Want AI to help you with lesson plans, rubrics, responding professionally to an angry parent?! Of course you do! Now which of the sea of AI tools do you choose? As a teacher and Google Developer Expert for Google Workspace Alice Keeler was disappointed with the quality and lack of transparency most AI tools provide. Check out Educator AI Assistant, created by a teacher, for teachers. Collects ZERO data. Lives in your Google Drive so you own everything. The prompts are transparent, flexible, and fully customizable. Whether you're new to AI or looking to deepen your usage, this session offers a practical and teacher friendly approach to integrating AI in education without losing the human touch that matters most.

Join us to learn how Widefield District 3 and MCVSD 51 in Colorado have implemented FIRST Robotics programs for grades 1-12, with a plan covering professional development, administration, budgeting, IT, instruction, and hosting tournaments/festivals.

Project-based STEM/STEAM learning can bring the best out in students creativity to meet learning goals. Boosting Engineering Science & Technology (BEST) brings the excitement of gaming, strategies of chess building student engagement and learning

Let's focus on the uses of Artificial Intelligence and how these tools can transform learning. We will talk about Generative AI and dive into its uses, and concerns, and explore how it is evolving and the implications for education and the future of work.

Think visually, think computationally! Unleash storytelling, artistic and imaginative skills to create a narrative, then bring it to life by transforming visual story components into a cohesive design and digital world using AI tools and animation.

Gemini is a powerful AI language model that can revolutionize how you interact with information and generate creative content. In this hands-on session, we'll explore the art of prompt engineering, learning how to craft effective prompts to get the most out of Gemini. See how much time you can save, gaining hands-on experience crafting effective prompts and witnessing the transformative potential of AI in education. Leave inspired to reclaim your valuable time and reimagine your classroom workflow!

AI in education is not just about tools. To serve our students, we must consider important aspects of AI: How can we partner with AI to create? How do we address the cheating question? How do we consider issues like ethics, bias, environmental impact?

Do you like ChatGPT? Then you’re going to love Google Gemini! In this session Google Certified Innovator and Google Developer Expert for Google Workspace, Alice Keeler, will show you how Google Gemini is your new best friend and teaching assistant. Essential to using AI is creating GEMS in Gemini. Set up your directions in advance to make it a breeze to lesson plan, make creative student centered activities, and more! 

Join us as we launch our first ASCD+ISTE Book Study on How To Teach AI with author Rachelle Dene Poth. We'll have an introduction to the book with Rachelle and time to ask questions, learn about the book study process, and get your book signed.

*We will have books available for purchase on site or bring your own if you already own it.