Navigating AI in Education with Faith and Purpose - Session 3
4-part online series - Wednesday, July 29, August 5 and August 12, August 26
Are you ready to move beyond the AI hype and build practical, ethical, and transformative classroom solutions? Join us for an immersive, hands-on Professional Learning series designed specifically for educators looking to lead the way in the landscape of AI in Education.
We will explore:
The current ‘reality’ of AI in education
The critical realities of AI including, bias, hallucinations, safety and data security and how you can guide your students safely
AI through a Catholic perspective ensuring that technology always serves human dignity, equity, ethics and community.
This four-part learning series is built around your needs. You will have the opportunity to identify a problem you currently have and explore how technology can support you in addressing the problem.
You will:
Get hands-on experience designing your own custom AI Gems and specialised tools tailored to your school context.
Tap into the collective expertise and creativity of fellow educators. This is a collaborative space rich with opportunities to share ideas, remix projects, and learn from one another.
Through this structured series, we will reconnect each week to share progress on your mini-projects, troubleshoot challenges, and celebrate successes together.
Event details
Dates: Wednesday, July 29, August 5 and August 12, August 26
Time: 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Location: via Google Meet
Who should attend: K-12 Leaders, Classroom Teachers, and Educational Technologists.
About our Presenter
Mary McEvilly Butler, Digital Transformation Manager, Google for Education Australia
The sessions will be run by Mary McEvilly Butler. Mary draws upon over 20 years of pedagogical leadership and classroom expertise and she now serves as a strategic partner to schools and systems, to amplify teaching and learning through the purposeful integration of Google Workspace and AI.
A Google Certified Innovator and Trainer, Mary is dedicated to maximising capacity by championing the intentional use of educational technology, being an advocate for digital innovation that prioritises problem-solving, critical thinking, and learner agency.