Name: Fun with AI - Exploring AI to Enhance Creativity, Efficiency, and Engagement in Education and out of the classroom
Start: 2026-05-12T14:15:00-0700
End: 2026-05-12T15:15:00-0700

Fun with AI - Exploring AI to Enhance Creativity, Efficiency, and Engagement in Education and out of the classroom

Tuesday May 12, 2026 2:15pm - 3:15pm PDT

Shiley-Marcos Center for Design & Innovation 305

Participants will be able to Leverage AI to streamline workflows, Design engaging, creative learning experiences, and Explore AI for personal and professional growth. Participants will be challenged to identify and record at least one Personal application (to spark joy/creativity) and one Professional application (to save time/enhance learning) triggered by my examples. This transforms the session into an active scavenger hunt for relevance.I will present a high volume of diverse "sparks"—from recipe generation to IB curriculum mapping—asking participants to mentally "fork" these ideas (modify them) for their specific context immediately.

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Judson Birkel

Computer Science Teacher, Salem High School

I am a Computer Science educator at South Salem High School, where I teach a wide variety of coding courses aimed at showing students that programming is everywhere. I take a "breadth-first" approach to my program, aiming to captivate student interest with a broad range of hands-on... Read More →

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Tuesday May 12, 2026 2:15pm - 3:15pm PDT
Shiley-Marcos Center for Design & Innovation 305 5000 N Willamette Blvd, Portland, OR 97203, USA

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