Thank you for attending the my latest speaking engagement! Below you’ll find the full collection of resources referenced during the session. Each is available as a free downloadable PDF to support your work in bringing AI thoughtfully into education.
Frameworks & Strategy
AI in Education: Readiness Phases
A framework for strategic and sustainable AI implementation that guides organizations through four phases of readiness. It helps educators, leaders, and support staff build the knowledge, skills, and mindsets needed for thoughtful AI integration.
Creating an AI Impact Strategy
A playbook for aligning AI efforts with your organization’s unique mission and core priorities. It includes five framework components, four guided worksheets, and a structure for measuring outputs, outcomes, and impact.
Design Thinking Toolkit for Education
A practical guide that walks teachers, school leaders, and educator preparation faculty through the five phases of design thinking. Includes ready-to-use templates for tackling complex problems through a human-centered approach.
AI Literacy & Curriculum
AI Literacy Framework for Special Education Services
Defines the essential knowledge, skills, and ethical commitments for responsible AI use in special education. Organized into four developmental levels and five core domains with over 20 defined outcomes.
AI Literacy Curricula in US K–12 Schools
A curated directory of the most actively used AI literacy programs along with a research-based evaluation rubric for comparing them. Designed to help educators and district leaders identify high-quality AI curricula.
Glossary of AI Terms for Education
A plain-language reference that defines foundational AI concepts for educators, families, and school leaders. Covers key terms from artificial intelligence and algorithms to computer vision and chatbots.
Ethics, Data & Research
AI, Ethics, Data & Decision-Making in Education
A curated resource directory for educators working with AI and data systems. Covers key focus areas including policy frameworks, ethical considerations, and responsible data use in educational decision-making.
How Can AI Truly Support Educators?
Summarizes key research findings from ISTE, UC Irvine, Harvard, Wharton, MIT, and others on how generative AI is reshaping educator workflows. Explores both the potential and the limits of AI in reducing teacher workload.
Practical Guides
Evaluating AI Tools for Your School or District
A quick-screening checklist that helps school and district leaders evaluate AI tools before they reach the classroom. Focuses on student data privacy, instructional alignment, and creating a transparent review process.
Communicating Your AI Strategy to Families
Provides talking points, FAQ templates, and sample messaging to help school leaders communicate proactively with families about AI. Builds trust through transparency and models the critical thinking schools want students to develop.
Talking About Generative AI With Your Kids
A parent-child conversation guide that offers age-appropriate openers and discussion prompts for exploring AI together. Encourages curiosity, ethics, and safe engagement with generative AI tools.
How to Create a Custom Gem in Google Gemini
A step-by-step guide for educators to build personalized AI assistants using Google Gemini’s Gems feature. Free for Google Workspace for Education accounts, Gems let you save custom instructions so you don’t have to repeat them in every chat.
Publicly Available Builds
The following are examples of builds from our Co-Design Lab (note that these are still in Beta version)