As you may know, artificial intelligence has become an important topic in our educational community. In an effort to create collaboration on AI topics, the Utah State Board of Education will host a series of AI Summits across Utah in September. The purpose of these summit are as follows:

Connect educational communities together to have conversations about AI in our schools
Collaborate on conversations about AI in education and building structures towards best practices
Engage with community members, industry partners, and education leaders about next steps with AI in our communities

The Summits will be held across Utah thanks to support from our Regional Service Centers (NUES, CUES, SESC, and SEDC), our local educational agencies, and our higher education institutions:

September 11th - Richfield at Sevier County School District Training Center - Registration Link
September 13th - Cedar City at SUU - Registration Link
September 17th - Moab at Grand County Middle School - Registration Link
September 18th - Heber at Utah Valley University Wasatch - Registration Link
September 19th - Orem at Utah Valley University - Registration Link
September 20th - Ogden at TBD - Registration Link

Registration is free and open to all members of our educational community. Please consider bringing teams from your school/district. All Summits will focus on conversation, collaboration, and capacity building surrounding AI in education. Here is a general overview of each Summit:

8:30 - Welcome
9:15 - Designing AI Education Session One - Time to work in teams on the questions we have about AI in Education.
10:00 - Transformative Demos One - Teachers and trainers sharing ways they have used AI to transform their practice or learning.
11:00 - Data Privacy & Intellectual Property Design Session - A presentation and interactive Q&A about data privacy and intellectual property with USBE data privacy specialists.
12:00 - Lunch Break
1:00 - Transformative Demos Two - Teachers and trainers sharing ways they have used AI to transform their practice or learning.
2:00 - Move And Get - Ask Me About? - An unconferenced hour centered on answering the questions you have about AI from industry experts.
3:00 - Designing AI Education Session Two - Time to work in teams about next steps and goals within individual learning communities.
3:30 - Thank You For Coming!

If you have any questions or concerns, please email Matthew Winters, USBE’s AI Specialist, at matt.winters@schools.utah.gov.

Thanks,

Matt Winters

USBE AI Specialist

matt.winters@schools.utah.gov

Naomi Watkins, Ph.D.

Secondary English Language Arts Specialist

Utah State Board of Education

(801) 538-7616