Date
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Time
10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
Location Name
RL 18
Name
Let AI Do the Hard Work for You: The Smarter Teacher’s Guide to Creating Better Prompts
Description
Applicable for all educators, this workshop flips the script on traditional AI training. Instead of spending hours learning how to write complicated prompts, teachers will discover how to use AI to build high-quality prompts for them, saving precious prep time.
Participants will learn to deploy a "Meta-Prompt"—a technique where a Large Language Model (LLM) generates, refines, and optimizes prompts for you. Teachers can use this master template to instantly create custom rubrics, differentiated lesson plans, classroom activities, or parent communications without needing advanced tech skills.
After a brief live demo, the floor opens for hands-on creation. In this fully interactive session, participants will choose a real upcoming classroom task, using the AI to build the perfect prompt for it. Attendees will collaborate, test their outputs in real-time, and leave with a ready-to-use resource and a reusable toolkit.
Speakers
Session Type
Traditional Workshop
Track
AI Implementation
Secondary Track
AI in the Classroom
Primary Audience
Middle/High School
Secondary Audience
General Educators
Fall Conference Strands
Educate
MA DLCS Strands
Computing and Society