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July 29 and 30, 2025: In-Person Sessions for Leaders at MVHS
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Beyond Prompting: Understanding AI as Disciplinary Literacy. In Douglas Adams’ sci-fi satire The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, a group of hyper-intelligent beings builds a supercomputer, Deep Thought, to answer the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything. After 7.5 million years of computation, the answer—famously—is “42.” The problem? No one knew the actual question. Today’s AI-when viewed as a merely a tool-can produce answers just as easily. Without thoughtful questioning and disciplinary framing, AI answers often lack meaning and real application. At worst, they hallucinate. This session invites instructional leaders to embrace AI as disciplinary literacy. Grounded in the aligned standards of true disciplinary literacy, participants will explore how AI can sharpen disciplinary thinking rather than dilute it, and enhance—not replace—the work of thinking, questioning, and learning. In this session, leaders will explore the cultural and historical development of AI, discuss its implications for society and education, and apply frameworks such as RISEN to tools such as custom GPTs, and explore how to better coach teachers and PLCs in designing, critiquing, and integrating AI prompts to aligned standards-based, inquiry-driven instruction.
