This event will be presented as a Live Online Event.

Using AI Tools to Increase the Success of GIFTED LEARNERS (Grades 1-8)

Presented by Cari Orts
Outstanding Gifted and Talented Educator and National Presenter

Specifically Designed for Educators Serving Grades 1 8: Gifted Education Teachers, Classroom Teachers, Resource Teachers, Reading Specialists, Librarians, Instructional Aides, Counselors, and Administrators

How to make best use of AI technologies to enhance the engagement and learning of your Gifted and Talented (GT) students
Hands-on experience with AI tools, powerful strategies, and protocols perfect for GT educators and students
Pitfalls to avoid and solutions to ethical concerns with the use of AI-powered tools and resources in the GT classroom
Highly practical ways you can increase your teacher productivity using AI

Practical Ideas and Strategies

This NEW seminar presented by Cari Orts is an exciting opportunity for grades 1-8 Gifted and Talented educators to explore the latest developments in Artificial Intelligence and its specific applications in gifted education. Swiftly adjust reading levels to challenge and promote vocabulary development, while crafting personalized math word problems that align with student interests. Utilize AI to easily adapt your existing curriculum, generate tailored assessments, and enhance students' research skills.

Quickly convert articles into dynamic Google resources and transform YouTube videos into engaging assessments, all with the power of AI. Elevate student presentations with Canva's AI tools, diversify written content into various media formats to enhance students' communication skills, and more! Embrace the timesaving and incredible possibilities that AI unlocks – specifically for educators of Gifted and Talented learners.

Join Cari for a highly practical day filled with ways to make best use of AI tools to strengthen your gifted students' learning, streamline assessments, enhance your instruction, and improve your own productivity.

Ten Key Benefits of Attending

Make Best Use of Artificial Intelligence Tools With Gifted and Talented (GT) Learners
Discover essential and practical ways to harness AI tools with your grades 1-8 gifted learners … Explore the best, most useful AI tools for increasing your gifted students' engagement and learning while increasing your own productivity
Adapt Existing Curriculum to Better Meet the Unique Needs of Gifted Learners
Discover how to utilize AI-generated assessments and rubrics, Google Form quizzes, ways to generate Project-Based Learning and choice boards, and more to better meet students' unique needs
Convert Existing Written Content Into Various Media Formats
Teach students to use AI to convert written work, including their own, into various media types … Enable gifted learners to enhance their communication skills across diverse formats, leveraging their advanced writing abilities and intellectual curiosity
Promote Higher-Level Thinking Skills in Your Gifted Learners
See how you can select a topic from your curriculum and let AI work its magic … Effortlessly generate multi-level questions to stimulate critical thinking in students
Cooperative Lessons and Stations: Let AI Do All the Heavy Lifting
Learn how to effortlessly craft choice boards for stations or free time using AI tools … Cater to the needs of all your gifted students who thrive on choice
Generate Assessments With Ease to Monitor Student Comprehension
Discover great ways to leverage AI-powered tools in your pre-assessment and assessment practices to significantly enhance the learning experience for gifted students
Encourage Richer Research Skill Development and Text Analysis
Learn how to use AI tools to easily turn a compelling article into a versatile set of Google resources, providing an engaging and rich learning experience for your students
Elevate Student Presentation Skills With Canva's AI-Powered Tools
Explore how students can effortlessly use Canva's AI capabilities to create visually stunning presentations to effectively convey their ideas and captivate their audience
Increase Your Own Productivity
Use AI tools to improve your efficiency with administrative tasks and lesson planning … Regain valuable time to focus on teaching and your GT students' learning
Extensive AI in the GT Classroom Digital Resource Handbook and Special Online Access
You'll receive an extensive digital resource handbook packed with practical ideas, strategies, and tools specifically designed to help you increase your gifted students' learning and enhance your own productivity … Receive special online access to Cari's Google Drive full of additional AI resources

Outstanding Strategies You Can Use Immediately

Here's what you'll learn:

The best, most useful AI tools to enhance your instruction and productivity, and increase your gifted students' learning
How to morph student writing into a multitude of different AI-generated products
Create math word problems that spark each of your students' interest
Strategies to make best use of AI tools in Canva to strengthen students' presentation skills and creativity
AI feedback tools that quickly create custom progress report feedback for parents
AI-assisted alternative assignments perfect for gifted learners that align with the classroom curriculum
How to build a competitive but fun learning environment using game-based learning created using AI
Favorite student YouTube videos: how to use AI to transform them into captivating educational lessons tailored to student interests
Ways to assess student acceleration levels efficiently and accurately using AI
How to strengthen student research skills by utilizing AI-generated assignments
Tools that turn AI into an administrative assistant to streamline your assessment, communication, instruction, and overall work

A Message From Your Seminar Leader

Dear Colleague:

As educators specializing in Gifted and Talented (GT) instruction, our aim is to foster a dynamic learning community that prioritizes differentiation and caters to our students' unique interests. Fortunately, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is packed with promise to help us address all these aims and more!

As a current GT teacher, I am excited to share the best of what I have learned about maximizing the potential of AI with gifted students. I have been using AI extensively, and daily in my teaching practice, and have discovered its immense potential in enhancing the learning for gifted learners.

Discover essential AI tools for grades 1-8 gifted learners to enhance engagement and productivity. Learn how to utilize AI to better meet your students' unique needs, swiftly adjust reading levels, tailor math instruction, easily create assessments, adapt your existing curriculum, strengthen students' research and presentation skills, turn favorite YouTube videos into powerful learning opportunities, and much more!

Join me for a rewarding day packed with practical, timesaving strategies that you can immediately incorporate into your teaching practice. You'll leave equipped with a diverse range of great AI tools to enhance your Gifted and Talented teaching toolkit.

Sincerely,
Cari Orts

P.S. I can't wait to show you timesaving AI tools to enhance your GT classroom! You'll leave feeling energized and excited with many new ways to strengthen your gifted students' learning, while enhancing your own productivity using AI.

Who Should Attend

Serving Grades 1 8: Gifted Education Teachers, Classroom Teachers, Resource Teachers, Reading Specialists, Librarians, Instructional Aides, Counselors, and Administrators

About BER Live Online Events

With the current health challenges, all BER in-person PD events are currently being presented in a Live Online format:

Outstanding Instructors
All programs are led by outstanding BER national trainers
Extensive Resource Handbooks
You'll have access to an extensive digital Resource Handbook before, during and after your seminar
Highly Interactive
You'll be able to ask questions in real time and interact with the instructor and other participants
Program Guarantee
As we have for 48 years, we guarantee the high quality of our programs. If you are not satisfied, we'll give you a 100% refund.

Special Benefits of Attending

Extensive Digital Resource Handbook
You will receive an extensive digital resource handbook giving you access to countless strategies. The handbook includes:

Sample prompts and strategies for using AI tools to create engaging and personalized Gifted and Talented (GT) instruction lessons that cater to individual student learning needs
Ways to use AI to easily adapt reading levels to appropriately challenge grades 1-8 gifted learners
How to build appropriately leveled and individualized assignments and assessments with AI for gifted students
Step-by-step instructions to get AI to quickly convert high-interest YouTube videos into powerful learning opportunities for gifted students
Tips and tricks to help students make best use of Canva's AI tools in their presentations
AI tools to help you automate routine administrative tasks, saving you valuable time

For in-person seminars, registrants will also receive a printed copy of the resource handbook as long as their registration is received in the BER office at least 15 calendar days before the event.

Share Ideas
This seminar provides a wonderful opportunity for participants to share ideas with other educators interested in making best use of AI tools with their GT students.

Consultation Available
Cari Orts will be available for consultation regarding your questions and the unique needs of your own Gifted and Talented program.

Semester Credit Option
UMASS Logo Up to four graduate level professional development credits are available with an additional fee and completion of follow-up practicum activities. Details for direct enrollment with University of Massachusetts Global, a nonprofit affiliate, will be available at this program.

Meet Inservice Requirements
Participants of both the Live Online Seminar and those completing the Recorded Version online can receive a certificate of participation that may be used to verify five continuing education hours. State CEUs are available for both versions of the course. For specific details, visit www.ber.org/ceus.

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