Date
Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Time
3:00 PM - 3:50 PM
Location Name
RL 18
Name
The Idea‑to‑Impact Lab: AI + Design Thinking for Educators
Description
The Idea‑to‑Impact Lab is a dynamic, design‑thinking‑driven workshop that helps educators transform their ideas into meaningful impact. In this session, participants will explore how genAI can act as a creative thinking partner—supporting brainstorming, clarifying purpose, organizing complex ideas, and rapidly prototyping writing or learning designs. Through short interactive activities, educators will practice a simple, repeatable workflow that moves ideas from spark to structure to action. This session emphasizes clarity, creativity, and responsible AI use, giving teachers practical strategies they can apply to their own writing, instructional design, or creative classroom projects. Attendees will leave with a flexible blueprint they can use to develop proposals, projects, lessons, or professional writing that pushes education forward and beyond.
Speakers
Session Type
Traditional Workshop
Track
Creativity & Design
Secondary Track
AI in the Classroom
Primary Audience
Middle/High School
Secondary Audience
General Educators
Fall Conference Strands
Inspire
MA DLCS Strands
Computing and Society, Digital Tools and Collaboration