Dates: August 5, 2025
Times: 10:00am to 3:00pm ET on Zoom
Format: Synchronous Online Conference
Price: Free
For more information, questions or to register: Email tcacademy@tc.columbia.edu
Instructor(s)
Clare Berends-Eitel, M.S., is the Associate Director of Instructional Design for the Digital Futures Institute at Teachers College, Columbia University. A former elementary educator with nine years of classroom experience, Clare now leverages her deep understanding of pedagogy and emerging technologies to empower educators through comprehensive instructional design, professional development workshops, and her leadership of the city-wide "Teachers Supporting Teachers" program for newly graduated teachers.
Lalitha Vasudevan, PhD, is the Vice Dean for Digital Innovation and Managing Director for the Digital Futures Institute at Teachers College, Columbia University. Over the past 20 years, she has explored the intersection of adolescent literacies, media and technologies, youth culture, and juvenile justice. She engages participatory, ethnographic, and multimodal methodologies to study how youth craft stories, represent themselves, and enact ways of knowing through their engagement with literacies, technologies, and media.
Learning Objectives
Participants will:
- Understand the potential of AI tools to personalize and enhance teaching and learning.
- Demonstrate the ability to select and apply AI tools for instruction, content creation, and assessment.
- Collaborate with peers to evaluate and refine AI-integrated instructional practices.
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for K-12 educators who want to learn more about AI tools and integrate those resources into their pedagogy.
Upon Completion
Participants who successfully complete this course will receive a Certificate of Participation.
Licensed educators in NY state are also eligible for a Continuing Teacher Leader Education (CTLE) certificate for a total of 5 CTLE hours.
