AI 101: Getting Started with Everyday AI Tools
Explore practical ways AI can support everyday tasks at work, school, and home. This beginner-friendly session introduces common AI capabilities, smart prompting basics, and strategies for getting useful results. No technical experience required.
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Learn to use AI confidently through a series of engaging exercises. Advance from beginner to skilled user through hands-on, practical activities.
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Generate clear, customizable AI use policies and guidelines for your assignments.
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In this practical and engaging keynote, innovation strategist Aaron Proietti demystifies Generative AI, including tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and Microsoft Copilot, and demonstrates how they are already transforming the modern workplace. You’ll see live examples of these tools and learn simple strategies for getting meaningful results, even if you’re not a tech expert.
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Be the AI Onramp: Why Community Colleges Should Lead AI Literacy
In this episode, we share how community colleges can become the region’s trusted AI onramp by offering accessible, mission-aligned AI literacy programming for students, employees, and community members. We’ll break down how to approach AI as a critical mindset rather than a technical skill set.
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Building AI Readiness With K–12 Educators
In this episode of Tales from a Community College AI Think Tank, we explore what AI readiness looks like in K-12 education. Learn how schools can support educators through technological change, foster AI literacy, and create environments that encourage experimentation.
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Chatbots: It’s Easier than You Think. Really.
Learn how simple it can be to create your own chatbot for customer service, education, internal support, or community engagement. This session introduces the core concepts of conversational AI and demonstrates approachable ways to build useful chat experiences without advanced programming skills.
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Coding for Non-Coders: Using AI to Amplify Your Website
AI can help you design custom functionality for your website. Using only natural language, you can create interactive elements such as capturing visitor messages, testimonial sliders, and clickable photos that reveal information. This demonstration will broadly cover the use of AI tools to create these elements and the supporting tools to embed them on your website.
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Guided walkthrough for building a custom bot. Watch your prompt assemble live, then copy or download it directly into your bot builder.
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Data Made Easier with AI Tools
Discover how to use different tools to explore data, process, and find insights in a variety of data sets. Practice combining data from different sources to make decisions quickly.
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