IgnitED 25

Explore strategies for crafting assignments and assessments that highlight human strengths while minimizing AI shortcuts. This interactive session guides teachers in designing authentic tasks that challenge AI’s limitations, fostering creativity, critical thinking and originality in student work. Bring you own laptop/tablet to try activities.

Explore strategies for crafting assignments and assessments that highlight human strengths while minimizing AI shortcuts. This interactive session guides teachers in designing authentic tasks that challenge AI’s limitations, fostering creativity, critical thinking and originality in student work. Bring you own laptop/tablet to try activities.

Explore two powerful, free tools that support academic achievement from start to finish! This session introduces EBSCO Explora, a user-friendly research platform that helps students find credible, age-appropriate articles, reference materials, and multimedia content—perfect for research projects and classroom assignments. We’ll also dive into LearningExpress Library, which offers guided test prep, skill-building tutorials, and full-length practice exams for the ACT, SAT, GED, and career certifications.

Discover how OER Commons is being used by Missouri educators to provide free, high-quality, and customizable educational resources across K-12 and higher education. This session includes a hands-on overview of the platform’s features—search tools, remix options, and standards alignment—with a spotlight on Missouri’s own OER Hub, which supports state-specific curriculum and professional learning. Learn how schools and institutions across Missouri are using OER to increase access, improve student engagement, and align with DESE initiatives. Participants will leave with practical strategies and locally relevant tools to implement OER in their own classrooms and districts.