Building Tech-ready, Human Functioning Classrooms: Tools to Teach, Create, and Build

What does a tech-ready classroom actually look like, and does yours qualify? This session turns tech-ready from a vague aspiration into a concrete picture of what it means to prepare students for an AI-shaped world at every grade level. Explore four layers of the AI classroom: tools that boost teacher productivity, tools that personalize student learning, creative tools that empower original work, and tools that let students begin building with AI themselves. Anchoring the session is an example K-12 AI Developmental Model that frames how students should grow in their understanding, use and critical evaluation of AI from kindergarten through graduation. Just as digital citizenship develops in stages, AI literacy must meet students where they are cognitively, ethically and technically. You will self-assess your own classroom against all four layers and leave with a personalized gap analysis showing where you stand, what's missing and what to do next.