AI Lab for Teachers
Coming Fall 2025
About the Lab
Navigate the complexities of artificial intelligence in education while prioritizing human relationships and critical thinking. Participants examine AI tools through a critical lens, develop frameworks for ethical implementation, and design approaches that leverage technology while preserving human agency and connection in learning.
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This lab is perfect for:
  • K12 Teachers
    Learn critical frameworks to navigate AI in classrooms—balancing technological innovation with human connection.
  • Instructional Designers
    Discover how to develop learning experiences that thoughtfully integrate AI technologies while preserving authentic human connection.
  • Higher Ed Faculty
    Learn to navigate the tension between integrating technological innovation and maintaining the human connections essential for deep learning and intellectual development.
  • Administrators
    Learn critical frameworks for evaluating AI technologies—balancing innovation with ethical considerations—and develop policies that honor human connections
Some Essential Questions
  • What core human elements of teaching and learning must be preserved as AI becomes more prevalent?
  • How might we balance efficiency gains from AI with maintaining authentic human relationships?
  • What classroom practices need to be reimagined (not simply digitized) when thoughtfully integrating AI?
  • What collective actions can educators take to shape more humanizing implementations of AI in education?
Learning Outcomes
  • Critically examine AI tools and their impact on educational practices and power dynamics
    01
  • Develop ethical frameworks for AI implementation that center human connection and equity
    02
  • Design learning experiences that leverage AI while preserving student agency and meaningful human interaction
    03
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Stephanie Speicher
Lead Facilitator
Stephanie is an associate professor and the Digital Fluency Faculty in Residence at Weber State University teaching courses focusing on instructional design, assessment, and curriculum theory. Specializing in the implementation of classroom learning communities and the bridging of social justice ideology into experiential education methodology, Stephanie assists educators across disciplines how to enhance their teaching, leadership, and relationship skills. Recently awarded the Presidential Teaching Excellence Award at her university, Stephanie enables others to share their wisdom and ideas in an environment that thrives on collaborative thought, effort, and action.
Schedule for the Lab
Week 1: Critical Foundations
  • Examining AI through the lens of our pedagogy
  • Activity: Evaluating two AI educational tools through a critical framework
Week 2: Ethical Implementation
  • Developing personalized ethical frameworks and addressing equity and accessibility considerations
  • Activity: Redesigning an existing assignment to thoughtfully integrate AI
Week 3: Transformative Practices
  • Reimagining classroom practices with AI that enhance human connection
  • Activity: Creating a classroom approach or policy for ethical AI use
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