Using AI TOOLS to DIFFERENTIATE INSTRUCTION Across All Content Areas (Grades 6-12) Presented by Dr. Marquita Blades Award-Winning Teacher, Author and International Presenter

Specifically Designed for Educators Serving Grades 6-12: Classroom Teachers, Gifted Education Teachers, Special Education Staff, Interventionists, ESL Teachers and Administrators

• How to make best use of AI technologies to more quickly and easily differentiate your instruction to better support diverse learners
• Hands-on experience with AI tools, powerful strategies, and templates for designing differentiated tasks
• Pitfalls to avoid and solutions to ethical concerns that come with AI integration
• Highly practical ways you can increase your teacher productivity using AI

Practical Ideas and Strategies

It's true – differentiating instruction can be a lot of work without the right resources and tools. But AI changes everything! In this NEW seminar, award-winning teacher and author Marquita Blades will share innovative, practical, and timesaving AI tools perfect for helping you make best use of differentiated instruction in your secondary classroom – no matter what content you teach. Explore AI tools that simplify lesson content creation and assessments, and quickly give you better insights into your students' performance.

Use Marquita's signature "DI Sequence Roadmap," custom chatbot prompts, and workflows to create a fully differentiated learning sequence you can use the very next day! You can lower your learning curve while saving LOTS of time on non-instructional tasks like analyzing data, grading and giving substantive feedback, parent communication, and more!

Join Marquita for the best AI tools to make differentiating instruction something you can easily keep up with, so you can spend more time teaching and less time on prep.

Ten Key Benefits of Attending

1. Make Best Use of Artificial Intelligence Tools to Differentiate Instruction
   Discover essential and practical ways to harness AI tools to differentiate instruction in your grades 6-12 classroom – no matter what content you teach … Explore the best, most useful AI tools for more quickly and easily differentiating instruction
2. Adapt Lessons Quickly
   Learn how to use AI tools to easily create materials that cater to students' unique needs, ensuring everyone feels included and challenged … Explore tools that can change reading levels and create tiered assessments in seconds
3. Boost Your Productivity With Practical AI Tools
   Discover how AI can streamline your planning process, saving valuable time and letting you focus more on meaningful teaching
4. Engage Even Your Most Reluctant Learners With AI
   See how you can use AI to increase excitement and relevance in your lessons, sparking the interest of all your students … Turn reluctant learners into active participants
5. Provide Just-in-Time Support When Students Need It Most
   Discover how you can use data to address gaps immediately … Keep students on track and prevent them from falling behind or further behind
6. Tailor Lessons With Dynamic Tiering
   Use AI to create tasks that meet students at their level, helping both advanced learners and struggling learners thrive … Provide appropriate challenge for high achievers while also supporting students who need extra help
7. Strengthen Student Understanding With AI Scaffolding Tools
   Break down complex topics with AI tools that provide step-by-step guidance, helping students gain confidence as they master new material … Increase student confidence and mastery at the appropriate pace
8. Get Hands-On Experience With AI Tools Ideal for Differentiating Instruction
   Explore the best AI tools for differentiating instruction and learn firsthand how they can boost both student learning and your teacher productivity … Easily create AI-generated resources your students can immediately use
9. Develop Ethical and Responsible AI Practices
   Learn essential strategies for safe and responsible AI use in the classroom … Create a tech-safe learning environment
10. Receive an Extensive "AI + DI" Digital Resource Handbook and Special Online Access
    You'll receive a highly practical digital resource handbook packed with ideas, strategies and resources for using AI to differentiate instruction – no matter what content you teach … Receive special online access to Marquita's Padlet full of additional AI + DI resources to enhance student learning and your productivity

Outstanding Strategies You Can Use Immediately

Here's what you'll learn:

• The best AI tools to more quickly, easily differentiate instruction and enhance teacher productivity – no matter what content you teach
• Techniques to work smarter, not harder, fully leveraging AI for differentiation
• Tips for choosing the best AI platforms to meet your needs while achieving the best outcomes for your students
• Classroom-proven strategies to implement, organize, and manage differentiated instruction with ease using AI tools
• Example AI prompts for creating high-quality, differentiated instruction
• What works and key pitfalls to avoid regarding AI and differentiated instruction
• Ways to simplify everything including finding curated resources, managing email, generating IEPs, providing student feedback, scaffolding complex concepts, and more
• How to use AI to better reach every student, especially given how widely the learning needs vary in our classrooms
• Valuable AI + differentiated instruction strategies to engage and boost the achievement of even your most reluctant learners
• Efficient, effective ways to differentiate instruction, provide student choice, design anchor activities, and much more!
• Practical, accessible AI tools to support diverse student learning needs without preparation that's overwhelming on your part
• How to have more time to focus on what really matters, both in and outside your classroom with AI handling so many routine tasks
• Ideas, Ideas, Ideas – perfect for grades 6-12 – that work for using AI to differentiate instruction in whole class environments

A Message From Your Seminar Leader

Dear Colleague:

I know how much energy it takes to adapt your teaching for a classroom of unique learners, and that's why I created this seminar! I want to make things easier, more efficient, and truly impactful for both you and your students. With the help of AI, we'll explore practical ways you can save valuable time on preparation, easily design engaging, tiered tasks, and better meet the diverse needs of your students.

I'm excited to dive into the best AI tools for DI and to help you build great learning experiences in minutes – not hours! You'll get hands-on time with AI tools that (perhaps for the first time) will make differentiated instruction feel manageable, keep you aligned with curriculum standards, and even help you identify critical student learning gaps so you can better target your instruction and strengthen their learning. We'll explore how AI can simplify assessments, bring new excitement for even your most reluctant learners, and even help you create collaborative group assignments.

Throughout the day, we'll dive into AI applications you can use right away to lighten your workload and greatly enhance your classroom instruction – no matter what content you teach. Our learning cycle for the day will be Explore-Create-Share-Repeat, allowing you valuable time to experience these AI tools firsthand, and get real-time feedback.

You'll also receive my "AI + DI" digital resource handbook packed with resources, step-by-step guides, and strategies to keep you feeling confident as you explore AI's potential. You'll leave feeling empowered with new tools and ideas to make differentiating your instruction easier, more engaging, and more rewarding.

I can't wait to connect with you and to show you how AI can elevate your teaching in powerful, practical ways!

Sincerely,
Dr. Marquita Blades

P.S. Get ready to greatly simplify the way you approach differentiated instruction (and save LOTS of time) using AI tools!

Who Should Attend

Educators Serving Grades 6-12: Classroom Teachers, Gifted Education Teachers, Special Education Staff, Interventionists, ESL Teachers 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 specifically designed for this seminar. Included in the handbook are:

• Timesaving strategies for quickly adjusting lessons to meet diverse student needs without added prep time
• Step-by-step guides for integrating AI into differentiated instruction, complete with planning roadmaps
• New and emerging AI tools with specific classroom applications across subjects
• Practical methods for using AI to automate grading and assessment to provide quick, actionable feedback
• Web links to curated resources and effective AI tools covered in the seminar
• Best practices for maintaining student data privacy, security, and promoting ethical and responsible AI usage

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 meet and share ideas with other grades 6-12 educators interested in using AI tools to differentiate instruction.

Consultation Available
Marquita Blades will be available for consultation regarding your questions and the unique needs of your own program.

Semester Credit Option
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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