Join us this fall for the AI in Action: Continued Learning Series—three free virtual workshops designed to deepen your AI knowledge, spark collaboration, and explore practical tools and real-world use cases across multiple industries.
ABOUT
Who Should Attend
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K–12 educators, instructional coaches, and curriculum designers
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Community-based organizations and nonprofit staff exploring digital access resources
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Tribal and community college leaders driving technology initiatives
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Extension agents and economic development professionals
Workshop Schedule
Sessions will return in Spring of 2026
Discover solutions. Build skills. Advance with AI.
Join us this fall for three 90-minute virtual workshops designed as an invitation to continue learning and connecting beyond our in-person AI Expo. Free to attend and clock-hour eligible, each session invites you to deepen your AI knowledge, foster collaboration, and explore practical tools and strategies through expert insights, peer learning, and hands-on exploration.
What to Expect
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A deep dive into fresh, real-world AI use cases across education, community development, agriculture, healthcare, and more
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Live demonstrations of AI tools, platforms, and workflows
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Breakout discussions to share challenges, lessons learned, and local perspectives
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Guided Q&A with AI practitioners and case study presenters
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A curated resource toolkit featuring templates, guides, and next-step frameworks
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Frameworks & Strategy Resources
AI Tools Recommended by AIGovOps
The Tools
Leave knowing exactly how to install every tool.
Sixteen tools we mentioned during our workshops at the AI Expo, each with a one-page guide: what it does, who it’s for in NCW, how to install it on your device, pricing (and our AIGOVOPS promo code), a free web-only alternative, and the data-cost warning that matters.
From Prompts to Workflows: Build Your AI Toolkit
Explore a collection of practical AI resources from Carl Sweetland, Founder & Principal Strategist at TechBridge 360. These guides will help you strengthen prompts, create AI-augmented lesson materials, streamline everyday workflows, and explore top tools — giving you strategies you can put to work right away.
Unlocking Everyday Efficiency
Learn how to write stronger AI prompts by understanding their structure and how context shapes responses. This session will guide you through customizing tone, audience, and detail for real-world scenarios, with reusable templates and examples tailored for educators and nonprofits.
OpenAI - Identifying and scaling AI use cases
OpenAI’s guide on identifying and scaling AI use cases helps organizations start small and grow impactfully. It outlines six core AI applications—like automation, content creation, and data analysis—and offers tools to prioritize and integrate them into workflows.
Fast Track Your AI Stack
Access slides from Sheva Noland, AI Innovation, Sabey Data Centers (SDC) Seattle, breaking down today’s leading AI platforms—Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, OpenAI (ChatGPT/GPT), and Anthropic Claude. This resource provides side-by-side comparisons in plain language, highlighting each tool’s strengths, limitations, and best uses, so you can confidently match the right platform to your goals.
Create a Lesson Plan using Copilot
Discover how Microsoft’s Copilot Agent, Researcher, can streamline lesson planning and instructional design. You’ll walk through a real classroom use case, with a brief introduction to Copilot Studio and how to extend your AI toolkit for practical, everyday teaching needs.
Thinkers & Leaders in AI
Host an Hour of AI—Get a Free Book!
Planning an Hour of AI event at your school? We’d love to support you! Complete this form to receive a free copy of The ABCs of AI by Nick Ellingson—perfect for sparking curiosity and conversation with students. Just tell us a bit about your event and where to send the book.
ABCs of AI: AI Terms for Curious Minds
ABCs of AI: AI Terms for Curious Minds, writing by Nick Ellingson, invites readers into a colorful, friendly digital world where big ideas feel small and approachable. From bias and chatbots to neural nets and prompts, each letter turns a real AI concept into a playful four-line rhyme paired with vibrant, animated-look illustrations—fun for kids to hear and just as fun for grown-ups to read aloud.
For Educators
AI Foundations for Educators from Minecraft Education
Join this hands-on training designed to empower educators to teach AI literacy using Minecraft Education’s AI Foundations curriculum and Microsoft Copilot. Through interactive demos and ready-to-use resources, you’ll explore how to make AI concepts engaging and accessible for students—no prior experience with AI or Minecraft required!
For Industry
AI in Action
AI in Action
AI in Action: Real-World Tools, Insights, and Impact | Session 1
AI in Action: Building Skills, Tools, and Frameworks for the Future | Session 2
