Name: Beyond the Button: Moving Students From Answers to Understanding
Start: 2026-06-24T13:05:00-0400
End: 2026-06-24T14:00:00-0400

Beyond the Button: Moving Students From Answers to Understanding

Wednesday June 24, 2026 1:05pm - 2:00pm EDT

Room 3

As access to AI tools becomes increasingly simple, the greater instructional challenge is no longer how students get answers, but how they make meaning from them. This session focuses on classroom practices that move students beyond clicking a button toward deeper thinking, understanding, and ownership of learning.
Drawing on real classroom implementation, this seminar models how to teach students to engage with AI as a cognitive partner rather than a solution generator. Participants will explore instructional strategies that explicitly teach students how to question AI outputs, analyze accuracy and reasoning, and use AI-generated responses as a starting point for revision, reflection, and deeper inquiry. Emphasis is placed on making student thinking visible and ensuring AI use strengthens core disciplinary practices instead of replacing them.
Educators will examine practical prompt structures, lesson routines, and discussion protocols that shift learning from seeking quick answers to making logical choices across content areas. The session also addresses common concerns such as overreliance, surface level responses, and academic integrity by demonstrating classroom guardrails that support ethical and intentional AI use.
Participants will leave with strategies, examples, and instructional moves that help learners develop critical thinking, metacognition, and responsibility in an AI learning environment that empowers educators to confidently guide students beyond the button and toward authentic understanding.

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Lakisha Johnson

Gifted Education Resource Teacher

I am currently a gifted education resource teacher with experience supporting educators and students in designing learning experiences that emphasize critical thinking, creativity, and authentic engagement. Throughout my career, I have focused on instructional practices that challenge... Read More →

Wednesday June 24, 2026 1:05pm - 2:00pm EDT
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