Workshop Description: This workshop will equip K-12 educators with a toolkit to leverage AI technology in the classroom. The toolkit will include the following skills: 1) general understanding of AI, 2) AI usage for instructional tasks, 3) AI usage for students' success and support, and 4) common challenges and AI misuse. This workshop will equip educators with a toolkit to navigate a perilous but promising AI tide. The toolkit will include the following skills:

1. WHAT: General understanding of current AI hype (how did we get there)

2. HOW: How does it work - current tools and applications (openAI, chatGPT, plugins, LLM models)

3. WHY: AI Applications and tools - generating text, images, videos, sounds

4. WHERE: AI Applications for teaching - build your own AI-generated product for teaching

5. PERILS: Learn about AI implications - biases, laws, regulations, cheating

This workshop provides educators with the knowledge, skills, and resources to integrate AI graphics effectively across the curriculum, fostering creativity, critical thinking, and digital literacy skills in students across all subject areas.

Coding experience is not required.