AI IS HERE. GET ON BOARD.
MSA HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF AI in education
September 2024:
MSA hosted four in-person workshops on AI in Education for the Arlington Diocese for school technology leaders, classroom teachers, and school leaders.
August 2024:
First cohort completes RAIL endorsement - the first schools in the world to earn an endorsement in AI!
MSA announces pioneering partnership with Athena.
MSA releases a third “Forces at Play” report on the pace layer model that lies at the heart of RAIL.
RAIL Cohort 2 will begin their work.
The second endorsement in RAIL will be announcement focusing on two essential questions: “What does great learning look like at our school, and how can we use AI to bring it to life?”
April 2024:
March 2024:
MSA Launches RAIL. LEARN MORE.
MSA hosted a live chat “School Transformation, Learning a Path Forward, RAIL & AI” with Tom Vander Ark, CEO of getting Smart and MSA RAIL Advisory Team member.
MSA offers its first ever virtual AI 101 workshops.
February 2024:
MSA hosted a live chat “The AI Classroom is Here Now“ with Sohan Choudhury, CEO of Flint and Justin Cerenzia, the Buckley Executive Director for the Center for Teaching & Learning at The Episcopal Academy.
MSA hosted three in-person workshops on AI in Education for the Arlington Diocese for school technology leaders, classroom teachers, and school leaders.
November 2023: MSA hosted a live chat “AI and the Future—and Present—of Learning” with Amanda Bickerstaff, CEO of AI for Education, long-time EdTech executive, and former classroom teacher.
October 2023:
MSA released its second report on AI in education “A Branch in the Timeline.”
MSA hosted an in-person workshops on AI in Education for the Arlington Diocese for school technology leaders and classroom teachers.
August 2023: MSA released its first “Forces at Play” report on AI in education, “Weird Questions.”
May 2023: MSA President Christian Talbot delivered a keynote on AI and social entrepreneurship learning to philanthropists and school leaders in New Jersey and North Carolina.
March 2023: MSA President delivered a keynote on AI in education to teachers, students, and industry leaders in Athens, Greece.
January 2023: MSA hosted a live chat “AI in Education: A New Frontier“ with EdTech leader Jennifer Carolan, co-founder of Reach Capital.
ALL ABOUT AI: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE WORLD OF EDUCATION
80%
of educators say their district or school has not crafted clear policies on using AI in the classroom
54%
of administrators want help from trusted third parties to reduce risks and concerns associated with generative AI
33%
of teachers have used AI tools in their classrooms, and only 12% of those respondents said they used them “some” or “a lot.”
LEARN ABOUT MSA’s NEW ENDORSEMENT: RAIL
Introducing the world’s FIRST AI endorsement/light accreditation for schools! With RAIL—the Responsible AI in Learning endorsements pioneered by Middle States—you can safely navigate the complexities of AI in education, ensuring safety, ethical leadership, and innovation.
MSA “FORCES AT PLAY” AI REPORTS
Forces at Play reports reflect MSA’s relevance stragtegy to become the source for school leaders transforming themselves and their schools. At MSA, we hold firmly to the goal to establish ourselves as leaders on school transformation that is both human-led and AI-informed. In addition, these reports aim to increase our reach as they tell new stories and provide new examples of school transformation around the globe.
MSA LIVE chats ON AI IN EDUCATION
Responsible AI in Learning Resources
Essential Guide to AI for Educators from AI for Education
AI Fundamentals and Applied AI from IBM
SkillsBuild for Educators from IBM (bring AI literacy learning to your classroom)
AI for Everyone from DeepLearning.AI
Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT from Vanderbilt University
AI WORKSHOPS ON THE GROUND
INTRODUCING TEACHERS & SCHOOL LEADERS TO THE POWER OF AI
Fall 2024: The Arlington Diocese in Virginia participated in a series of MSA-led AI 101 + A1 201 workshops where we introduced effective prompts and ways to utilize ChatGPT in Project-based learning.
Want to learn more? Email Amber Berry: aberry@msa-cess.org
INTRODUCING TEACHERS & SCHOOL LEADERS TO THE POWER OF AI
Winter 2024: MSA-led an AI 101 workshop at the La Salle Academy in NYC where we introduced effective prompts and ways to utilize ChatGPT both in and outside the classroom.
Want to learn more? Email Amber Berry: aberry@msa-cess.org
INTRODUCING TEACHERS & SCHOOL LEADERS TO THE POWER OF AI
Winter 2024: The Arlington Diocese in Virginia participated in a series of MSA-led AI 101 workshop where we introduced effective prompts and ways to utilize ChatGPT both in and outside the classroom.
Want to learn more? Email Amber Berry: aberry@msa-cess.org
INTRODUCING STUDENTS TO SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP POWERED BY GEN AI
Fall 2023: Greensboro Day School upperclassmen participated in a 4-hour social entrepreneurship bootcamp called “ Expeditionaires” where they had to identity a social impact problem and try to derive a solution. They then presented to an auditorium of peers, faculty and a panel of entrepreneurs.
