AI PLN 2025 launches with an AI Unconference January 27, 4-5 PM
It all began with a book study: The ATLE Digital Citizenship PLN is studying Digital Citizenship in Action (2nd ed.), by Dr. Kristen Mattson this November.
But then it became so. very. topical! The ATLE AI PLN has been scoping out topics for meetups and events starting late Fall this year and this one is right up there.
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What do digital citizenship and AI have in common? It turns out, quite a bit! Join Digital Citizenship in Action author, Dr. Kristen Mattson, for an exciting hour of discussion around the ethics of AI in our world. In addition to helping you stretch your critical thinking muscles, she will show you lots of ways to get students to do the same.
We're thrilled together to be welcoming Dr. Kristen Mattson, who many of you will remember as dynamic yet grounded keynote and multiple session presenter at the 2022 ATLE Convergence Conference in Red Deer. Her wisdom about digital citizenship and the world we live in, alongside her directness and sense of humor, are refreshing, entertaining, and thought-provoking and SO we're excited she has agreed to join us on November 26, 4-5 PM MT, for an after-school session of interest to all our district and local school leads, edtech leads, and IT leads on the topic of digital citizenship in today's age of AI.
Come be inspired! Register here!
Artificial Intelligence
Network and learn with leaders in AI-augmented education from across Alberta!
Why join?
Become part of a leadership group navigating the journey of AI in education within Alberta. Support colleagues and other school stakeholders as they learn to leverage AI to enhance teaching, learning, and leadership, while accessing cutting-edge tools and collaborating with passionate educators.
Shape the future of responsible AI use in schools. Perfect for leaders, instructional coaches, and teachers driving innovation and improving student outcomes.
Expect monthly meet-ups, expert speakers, and shared resources. Ready to unlock AI’s potential? Click here.
Our PLNs are custom-tailored to best meet identified topics and PL models identified by our ATLE members.
Our team is currently contacting those who identified as being interested in leading or co-leading a PLN group. If you are interested in being part of our Artificial Intelligence PLN, please indicate that on the survey or reach out directly to ProLearn.
ATLE's AI Summit experience May 7, 2024 was a tremendous success. We brought together well over 100 stakeholders from across the province to explore AI in Education in Alberta.
Because the topic was so timely and the conversation so pertinent, we decided to ask our presenters if we could share their resources with you on our website. Please explore their presentations, linked below, and feel free to use them as inspiration as you create your own support for your colleagues, crediting the creators appropriately.
| Katrina Ingram | Ethically Aligned AI | |
| Katrina Ingram | Ethically Aligned AI | |
| Nancy Lake | Rocky View Schools | |
| Devin Austin | Edmonton Catholic Schools | |
| Nicole Cunningham and Julia McLeod | Edmonton Catholic Schools | |
| Jill Kowalchuk | Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute AMII | |
| Jonathon Thomas | Elk Island Public Schools | |
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Janet Bell, Nancy Lake, Nicole Cunningham, Kandis Gilks, Thomas Rogers
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| Thomas Rogers | Edmonton Public Schools | Navigating the AI Landscape: The Evolving Roles of Teachers and the Impact of PD |
| Nancy Lake | Rocky View Schools |
A huge THANK YOU goes to our entire AI PLN, who over the 2023-2024 school year has met regularly to explore emerging AI topics, helping level up the expertise of our entire group across the province, co-create our shared AI compilation of resources, and form the planning committee that created the AI Summit.
A special thanks to Nancy Lake, David Hay, Sue Mylde, Thomas Rogers, Nicole Cunningham for their ongoing leadership contributions to the success of ATLE's AI PLN and AI Summit. If you would like to be part of the 2024-2025 AI PLN, show your interest by completing this form.
Join us April 15 @ 4:00 pm
The AI PLN has been building capacity through conversation and resource sharing.
This co-created searchable, filtered Sheet of AI resources has been tagged to best support those of us exploring AI in education - and to support our AI PLN as we begin to develop resources.
We look forward to our last AI PLN meetup April 15 to share blog posts, and other documents created to help level us all up in our work in our districts supporting impactful and ethical use of AI in our schools.
We also look forward to sharing with you the upcoming look of the ATLE AI Summit, May 7 in Edmonton.
Click here to let us know you're interested in joining our online PLN meeting April 15, and we'll add you to the calendar invite!
Join stakeholders representing different aspects of AI in Education - from the classroom to district office to ethics people and others - to explore this very timely topic. We meet monthly to deep dive discuss topics that connect to AI in Education. Our work and connections will help lay the groundwork for our upcoming AI Summit event later in the Spring (in early May).
Our meetings are at 4 PM, on Thursday, January 11; Monday, January 29; Monday, February 12; Monday, February 26; Monday, March 11; Monday, March 25
All are welcome at any of these meetups!
One more opportunity! Have you considered joining an ATLE Book Chat? TWO of this year's book selections relate to AI: The AI Classroom: The Ultimate Guide to Artificial Intelligence in Education by Daniel Fitzpatrick AND AI for Educators: Learning Strategies, Teacher Efficiencies, and a Vision for an Artificial Intelligence Future by Matt Miller are both on the table for our communities to explore - whether you're new to the world of AI in education, or wanting to expand your horizons in this area, connect with our community in a book chat! Register here!
New for 2023-2024 - this school year, our PLNs are being custom tailored to best meet identified topic and PL models identified by you on our PL survey.
Our AI Leads have met and are putting together AI roundtable meeting opportunities, to occur once a month, after school. If you are interested in being part of our Artificial Intelligence PLN, please indicate that on the survey or reach out directly to ProLearn. If you are interested in joining our after-school chats, sign up here.
We look forward to continue to share the Artificial Intelligence PLN's next steps with you in January of 2024!