The Enrichment Engine: Custom AI Gems, UDL, and Deeper PBL

Stop using AI to answer questions and start using it to architect deep learning. This poster presentation shows how educators can build custom AI Gems that act as pedagogical architects, turning standards into immersive, project-based math missions. In this teacher-led approach, AI scaffolds the design of rigorous enrichment while students engage in productive struggle through hands-on inquiry rather than direct AI interaction, keeping the tools in teachers' hands and protecting student data privacy. You will learn to write precise system instructions that define an AI's persona, constraints and pedagogical style while aligning with Common Core State Standards and reducing teacher cognitive load. See how to generate tiered, UDL-grounded scaffolds that create multiple entry points to a single mission, giving advanced learners the complexity they crave without rebuilding every lesson. You will leave with a blueprint for creating your own AI-powered missions, plus example family letters and rubrics that help explain AI-designed curriculum to families and stakeholders.