GenerationAI is a groundbreaking educational movement designed to empower K-12 educators with the knowledge, tools, and confidence to safely and responsibly capture the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the classroom.
No-Cost Learning Opportunities
NEA and ISTE+ASCD Upcoming Webinars:
Practical AI Strategies for Deeper Learning in Grades K-7
Join NEA and ISTE+ASCD for a hands-on session exploring how AI can support deeper learning in K–7
classrooms. This NEA and ISTE+ASCD webinar introduces the Empowering Learners for the Age of AI: An AI Literacy Framework for Primary and Secondary Education. This webinar will feature Veronica Ellis with Teach AI, and two classroom teachers who share practical strategies and examples you can use with your students right away. Join us on November 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM ET. Register today!
Practical AI Strategies for Deeper Learning in Grades 8-12
Discover how secondary educators are bringing AI into their classrooms in meaningful ways using the Empowering Learners for the Age of AI: An AI Literacy Framework for Primary and Secondary Education. We will have a featured guest speaker from Teach AI, alongside two practicing teachers who will share practical strategies for deeper learning in grades 8–12. Register for this webinar taking place on December 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM ET.
Playlab Online Learning: Sign up for free online public learning with Playlab. Join us for onboarding, professional learning communities, or hour-long showcases and AI skills boosts. You can register for as many as you’d like and come learn with our growing community. Sign up for virtual learning opportunities here.
ISTE+ASCD AI Innovator Studio + Challenge:
ISTE+ASCD has launched the AI Innovator Studio + Challenge! This year-long program for high school students focused on strengthening AI literacy and design is an expansion of the previous AI Innovator Challenge.
Join us on November 21, 2025 at
10:00 AM ET for an interactive session exploring how AI can enhance Project- and Problem-Based Learning. Discover how educators are using the AI Innovator Studio lessons to help students design with purpose and creativity. Hear from practitioners who are bringing these approaches to life in their schools, and connect with other participants to share your own ideas and insights. Register for the webinaror sign up for updates about the AI Innovator Studio + Challenge.
Get Ready for CSEd Week - December 8-14, 2025!
Computer Science Education Week, led by Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA), is an annual call to action to inspire K-12 students to learn computer science, advocate for equity, and celebrate the contributions of students, teachers, and partners to the field. This CSEdWeek, we're zeroing in on how CS Powers AI Innovation. As artificial intelligence rapidly reshapes our world, a deep understanding of computer science fundamentals isn't just an advantage—it's essential. Join us in equipping the next generation with the computational thinking and problem-solving skills needed to lead the charge in AI development, ensuring they can build innovative and impactful solutions for the future.
New ISTE+ASCD Blog Post!
What Teachers Actually Need to Successfully Use AI in Education
New research with 1,000 K-12 educators reveals that enthusiasm for AI tools means little without proper training, time, and institutional support.
Check out this blog post to learn more about what the research says.
Indigitize GenerationAI Community of Practice 2026 Application Now Open
The Indigitize GenerationAI Community of Practice (CoP) is a co-learning space for K-12 educators of Indigenous youth to develop AI literacy as an act of power, choice, and community sovereignty. In this CoP, educators explore AI critically, ethically, and relationally, centering community voice, cultural values, and Indigenous perspectives. Apply here before December 9!
New GenerationAI Video Series!
How are educators actually using AI in their classrooms? ISTE+ASCD and our coalition partners have been asking—and the answers are inspiring. This new video series spotlights educators sharing how AI is helping them personalize learning, support multilingual learners, design engaging lessons, and empower students to explore new possibilities. Watch the full playlist here.
Opportunity to join Roadtrip Nation for The AI Skills Roadtrip
The AI Skills Roadtrip is an upcoming documentary project with Google.org that will feature three young people as they travel across the country in an RV. Along the way, they’ll meet inspiring leaders from a wide
range of industries—each using AI in powerful, creative ways. Through these conversations, they’ll explore how AI skills are opening doors in unexpected fields, driving innovation, and helping people make a real impact. It’s a front-row seat to the future of work—and how anyone can be part of it.
The application is now officially open (Oct 14–Dec 14), and they are actively looking for three curious and motivated individuals to join Roadtrip Nation on this cross-country journey exploring how AI is being used in innovative, meaningful ways across industries. If you or your students (18+) are interested, please apply here.
Playlab Blog Shares AI Insights
Why We're Empowering Educators
In this video, Playlab cofounder Yusuf Ahmad talks about how to boost educator and student agency in an AI world.
“If AI is designed in the right ways, that are more democratic and distributed, more people can start to use AI to augment their own creativity [and] their own agency to do things in the world.” ~Yusuf Ahmad
Running Toward Reinvention
Learn how one NYC district is using AI to change teaching and learning. They are using AI to bring a bold vision of learning to life. Read the story here.
NEA to Offer Hour of AI Credential
This micro-credential is a companion to any Hour of AI activity. The focus is not on the specific activity itself, but on how educators reflect on their learning and apply it to real-world instructional or professional contexts. More information to come!
AI Leaves Some Students Lost in Translation
Two GenerationAI coalition partners, Playlab and Latinos for Education, teamed up on a blog post discussing the impact on multilingual learners of AI-driven grading systems. They discuss how automated scoring systems are silencing multilingual learners—and what educators are doing to fight back. Read the post here.
CSTA Announces AI Priorities for All K-12 Students
CSTA, in partnership with AI4K12, spearheaded the Identifying AI Priorities for All K-12 Students project. The project gathered experts – including teachers, researchers, administrators, and curriculum developers – to articulate priorities for AI education. The project resulted in a list of foundational AI learning outcomes organized by grade band across five categories, which will be included in the revised CSTA PK-12 Standards, to be released in summer 2026. Visit csteachers.org/ai-priorities to download the report and learn what AI content is important for ALL students.
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