Empower Students with AI Literacy: Civics and Career-Related Projects

Session 6: 10:30am-12:00pm (Saturday March 08, 2025)

 

Description

This session will provide a brief overview of project-based learning and its benefits for adult learners. Participants will learn how to integrate student projects for civics and college and career readiness with examples and hands-on. The sample projects use various free artificial intelligence tools, which give adult learners experience in using the tools for diverse tasks related to their lives and roles as students, employees, community members, and parents, thus using AI for practical and positive uses, but also with a focus on helping students gain AI literacy, which includes critical thought and verification of output. Participants will walk away with ideas for projects they can use in their classes, which are accompanied by online lesson plans teachers can use on a “grab-and-go” basis or modify for their learners.

Presenters

Lead Presenter Bio Photo

Kristi Reyes

OTAN, MiraCosta College

Kristi Reyes, M.A., Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL), is a tenured faculty member in the Noncredit ESL Program at MiraCosta College, California, with almost three decades of experience teaching adults. Kristi has conducted a number of different tech-integration workshops and webinars for OTAN since 2009 on topics including digital storytelling, web-based tools, teaching vocabulary with technology, online teaching best practices, teaching hybrid courses, and project-based learning.

Type of Presentation

Follow-along Workshop (90 minute)

Audience

  • Teachers

Program Strands

  • Adult Basic Education
  • Adult Secondary Education
  • Adults with Disabilities
  • English as a Second Language
  • Pre-Apprenticeship and Apprenticeship
  • Short-term Career Technical Education
  • Workforce Preparation

Category Strands

  • Digital Learning Foundations
  • Designing Learning Experiences