Right now, teachers are getting pulled in two completely opposite directions on tech use, particularly with artificial intelligence.
Your admin may want you to use it to plan lessons, save time, stay current. And on one hand, it does save time, and we want to take advantage of the tools we've got, especially if theyre free.
But a lot of us also have this nagging feeling that something about it isn't quite right, and we can't always articulate what exactly is bothering us. Is it what it's doing to student thinking? The privacy stuff? The way it's being pushed on us as inevtiable? The environmental cost?
Most of us are just absorbing that tension on our own, and trying to keep our heads above water. Instructional decisions about AI are often made as a series of small decisions in isolation, without ever getting the time or space to actually figure out where we stand, what we value, what's best for our specific students in our specific teaching contexts..
You're invited to carve out some time and space for that with me next week.
Stay Human: Finding Your Ethical Stance on AI as an Educator is a two-day virtual training I'm running on July 13th and 14th, built around the questions that actually keep teachers up at night: not which tools to use, but whether to use them at all, and if so how much, and what it means for your students and for our society.
REGISTER HERE: https://courses.truthforteachers.com/courses/stay-human
Day one is about you as a teacher. We'll map the full spectrum from AI enthusiast to conscientious objector, work through how AI actually functions so you can evaluate it with clear eyes, and get into a six-stance framework for making consistent ethical decisions about your own practice. Rather than a rulebook, you'll have a way of thinking you can apply every time something new comes along and the pressure ramps back up.
Day two shifts to your students. We get into what the research actually says about AI and learning, why productive struggle matters and what happens when students shortcut, and what it looks like when AI pushes kids to think harder instead of thinking for them. You'll also walk away with 2 complete student mini-units on AI literacy, yours to use in the fall.
By the end of both mornings, you'll have a personal AI philosophy, a classroom policy grounded in your own values, and up to seven hours of PD credit.
We meet 10am to 12:30 Eastern on Monday July 13th and Tuesday July 14th, so we're done by lunch both days with time in between sessions to let the ideas marinate.
Recordings are included, so even if something comes up, you won't lose access, and if you're listening to this too late, you can still take advantage of the training.
If you're a member of 40 Hour AI, this is included in your membership at no extra cost. If not, the early bird price for stay human is $47 through July 8th, then it goes up to $97.
One more thing: if you're a curriculum director, instructional coach, or administrator and you're thinking your whole staff needs this conversation, I also offer this training in-person and virtually for school and district PD sessions. Just reach out to info@truthforteacher.com and I'll create a customized package for you.
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2 options for joining us on July 13th and 14th:
$47 early bird pricing for non-members until July 8th (reg. price is $97)