About Your Instructor – Trevor Aleo

Uniquely Qualified Instructor

Trevor Aleo is an experienced, current secondary ELA teacher and educational consultant. Trevor has presented workshops at public, private, and international schools throughout North America and around the world, and at over a dozen conferences, including speaking on the topic of AI integration at prominent national conferences. Trevor is co-author of the bestselling book Learning That Transfers (Corwin, 2021) and recently published the Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom Handbook (2023) alongside the Human Restoration Project. In addition to sharing his work on a variety of other educational podcasts, he is the host of his own podcast, Conceptually Speaking, where he's interviewed researchers, neuroscientists, and educational leaders about the key concepts that inform their field. Trevor is also the author of Making Best Use of AI Tools to Strengthen Your ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS Instruction (Grades 6-12), the extensive digital resource handbook you will receive at the seminar.

Join Trevor for a day filled with innovative AI tools and resources you can use immediately to strengthen your grades 6-12 ELA instruction.

What Your Colleagues Say About Your Presenter

"Terrific seminar! Trevor is extremely knowledgeable, engaging, supportive and encouraging. His pacing was excellent, and his materials are useful and relevant."
– Kate Connors, Teacher

"Excellent resources and information. I really appreciated the balance between talking about AI as a useful tool and the moral implications."
– Megan Garbe, English Department Chair

"This is the first AI seminar I've found that is ELA-specific and IS NOT someone attempting to sell me a curriculum. I really enjoyed learning about all of the options."
– Allison McLellan, ELA Teacher / Teacher Leader

"I found this to be a really valuable seminar. Trevor provided us with many AI tools to use as teachers, and AI tools to use with our students. Overall, lots of helpful stuff!"
– Danielle Horn, ESL Teacher

"This seminar contained awesome tools for ethically using AI  in the classroom – both teachers and students. Trevor did a great job encouraging discussion around best practices for these challenging issues. I also liked our "sandbox time" to play with the tools to see how they might fit into our classes."
– Brad Tanabe, English Department Head

"Excellent, excellent, excellent! This workshop was very well thought out and planned in a way that considered the level of expertise of the participants, and the need to explore. Every aspect was engaging and gave me a lot to think about and discuss with my colleagues."
– Patricia Taitt, ELA Teacher

"The content of this seminar was very helpful and informative. I learned a number of tools and strategies that will help me add value as a co-teacher to help design fun, engaging, rigorous, and relevant lessons. I'm leaving with so many great ideas!"
– Sean Witwer, Special Education Teacher

"Overall, I really learned a lot and I'm very grateful for the time that Trevor gave us to play with and practice using the tools he presented."
– Mary Kopil, English Teacher