Montana PD Unit Provider

Explore our Montana Office of Public Instruction- approved Professional Development courses and bi-monthly webinar series relating to Artificial Intelligence applications in academic settings!

Offerings For Montana Educators

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Accredited Online Professional Development

Stay ahead of the curve with online courses, bi-monthly webinars, and special events focused on AI and its applications in education, designed specifically for educators.

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AI Trainer Certification Course

AI Trainer Certification Course

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Crash Course: AI & Education

Crash Course: AI & Education

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The AI-Enhanced Classroom: Redefining Teaching and Learning

The AI-Enhanced Classroom: Redefining Teaching and Learning

How to Get State Credit

Immediately following the completion of any of our course offerings, Pedagog.ai will provide educators with an email containing the required Professional Learning Documentation, including:

  • PD Unit Provider’s name
  • Educator’s name
  • Date and content of the activity
  • Number of clock hours that count toward satisfying PD requirements

Please keep this documentation (we will also keep records in case it is requested by the educator or the MOPI) to share with the MOPI as part of Montana’s clock hour requirements.

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Montana State AI Policy

Follow our research on AI education policy trends in Montana and nationwide.

No recent mention of AI on MOPI site.

UPDATE: As of March 2024, the Montana Digital Academy released a 56-page resource called “Planning Guide for AI: A Framework for School Districts”. Per the MTDA main site, “This comprehensive guide, designed to assist Montana schools in integrating generative artificial intelligence technologies into their teaching, learning, and operational frameworks, serves as a valuable resource for educators, administrators, students, and parents”.

Montana State University has a GenAI resource on their site which provides insight into the technology, its benefits in the classroom, and suggestions for how to best incorporate it in a teaching environment.

“Planning Guide for AI: A Framework for School Districts”

MOPI Main Site

MSU GenAI Guidance

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UPDATE (November 2024): The USDoE’s Office of Educational Technology’s newest resource is a 79-page document called “Empowering Education Leaders: A Toolkit for Safe, Ethical, and Equitable AI Integration”. The document, directed toward educators, district leaders, and parents, and demonstrates the USDoE’s continued dedication to supporting the educational community to navigate the age of Artificial Intelligence.

The USDoE’s Office of Educational Technology released a new 49-page resource called “Designing for Education with Artificial Intelligence: An Essential Guide for Developers”, a foundational document in US AI education guidance with five recommendations for developers responsible for creating AI tools for use in educational settings.

The report was released alongside a webinar, hosted by the USDoE, on July 8th, 2024.

On January 29th, 2024, President Biden announced an update to his October 2023 Executive Order, which included a statement that by October 2024, the Department of Education will “develop guidance on safe, responsible, and nondiscriminatory use of AI in education”.

In May 2023, the US Dept. of Education announced the release a 70-page report called “AI and the Future of Teaching and Learning”, which suggested the following steps:

  1. Emphasize Humans-in-the-Loop
  2. Align AI Models to a Shared Vision for Education
  3. Design AI Using Modern Learning Principles
  4. Prioritize Strengthening Trust
  5. Inform and Involve Educators
  6. Focus R&D on Addressing Context and Enhancing Trust and Safety
  7. Develop Education-specific Guidelines and Guardrails

More recently, in October 2023, President Biden included AI in Education in an Executive Order, committing himself to “Shape AI’s potential to transform education by creating resources to support educators deploying AI-enabled educational tools, such as personalized tutoring in schools”.

In December 2023, the National Science Foundation (NSF) launched the EducateAI Initiative, with aims ” to enable educators to make high-quality, audience-appropriate artificial intelligence educational experiences available nationwide to K-12, community college, four-year college and graduate students, as well as adults interested in formal training in AI”.

In October 2023, Education Technology Industry’s Principles for the Future of AI in Education released a document with 7 “Principles for AI in Education”, which provide “a framework for how we can look to the future of implementing AI technologies in a purpose-driven, transparent, and equitable manner”.

“Empowering Education Leaders: A Toolkit for Safe, Ethical, and Equitable AI Integration”

“Designing for Education with Artificial Intelligence: An Essential Guide for Developers”

Update on AI Executive Order

Principles for AI in Education

AI Executive Order

“AI and the Future of Teaching and Learning”

EducateAI Initiative

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Custom Workshops

Invite Pedagog.ai staff to your school or organization to lead a customized workshop that meets your professional development needs around AI.

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Bi-Monthly Targeted Webinars

Stay ahead of the curve with online courses, bi-monthly webinars, and special events focused on AI and its applications in education, designed specifically for educators.

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AI For Administrators

January 11, 2024

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Bloom’s Taxonomy in the Age of AI

January 11, 2024

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Open access webinar: Teaching Empathy for the Age of AI

January 2, 2024

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AI for Special Education Teachers and Students

December 15, 2023

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