Earn Professional Development Hours at
The 2024 Illinois Council for the Social Studies
Spring Conference!
Register today
for the Conference on
Friday, April 12, 2024
University of Illinois Springfield
Public Affairs Center
Registration closes on Friday, March 29th
Seats are filling fast!
Earn Professional Development hours while engaging with colleagues, learning new techniques, discussing current issues, and growing in your social studies teaching. With so much focus on the work we do as social studies professionals, engagement in collegial dialogue is becoming more important than ever. Join your colleagues for engaging sessions that explore the present and future directions of professional social studies education. Session topics include:
*Developing Social Studies Educators Grounded in Inquiry, Social Justice, and AI-powered Technology
*AI, Equity, and Education: Hands-on demonstrations of potential software
*Let's Move Instruction Beyond History Lectures and Memorizing Facts Students Will Forget
*Voices of Genocide: Introduction to Teaching Genocide
*Second-Graders' Historical Reading, Thinking, and Writing about Rosa Parks
*Teaching Current Events with Structure and Substance
*Seeing is Believing: Developing Visual Literacy Skills to Support Student Learning
*Red Summer: Teaching the Great Migration and Racial Violence in Chicago
*Heart of the DBQ: Making Document Analysis Engaging and Accessible for All
*Using SCOTUS to Teach LGBTQ history
*Wild Illinois History: Understanding Fur Trapping in Illinois
*Teaching Digital Ethics in the Humanities
*Become a Primary Source Pro!
*Reimagining the Past: Using Generative AI Prompting with Primary Source Sets
***AND MORE***
Lunch is included
Our Spring 2024 Conference Keynote Speaker is Dr. Elham K. Buxton, Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Illinois Springfield. Dr. Buxton's Keynote address is titled:
Beyond the Buzz: Empowering Social Studies Educators
In this talk, Dr. Buxton will demystify AI, moving beyond the hype often seen in media. As different sectors scramble to incorporate what seems like a magic wand into their operations, it becomes increasingly vital to understand what AI truly is, how it works, and what its limitations are. The presentation will delve into AI literacy, including distinguishing what is AI from what is not, exploring various types of AI such as supervised, unsupervised, reinforcement learning, and generative AI. Dr. Buxton will highlight the significance of introducing AI literacy in K-12 education with hands-on activities which help students get an understanding of what's happening inside AI, grasp its capabilities, and recognize its limitations. Towards the end of the talk, Dr. Buxton will demonstrate some practical AI tools tailored for social studies educators and students..
With all that is happening in the world of social studies education, it is imperative to remain connected and to engage in dialogue. ICSS hopes to see you at our Spring 2024 Conference on Friday, April 12, 2024 at the University of Illinois Springfield.
Click here to Register today!
Registration closes on Friday, March 29th
Hope to see you soon!
Ben
Benjamin R. Wellenreiter, Ed.D.
Executive Director, Illinois Council for the Social Studies
Associate Professor, Middle Level Education, Illinois State University, icssdirector@gmail.com
The 2024 Illinois Council for the Social Studies
Spring Conference!
Register today
for the Conference on
Friday, April 12, 2024
University of Illinois Springfield
Public Affairs Center
Registration closes on Friday, March 29th
Seats are filling fast!
Earn Professional Development hours while engaging with colleagues, learning new techniques, discussing current issues, and growing in your social studies teaching. With so much focus on the work we do as social studies professionals, engagement in collegial dialogue is becoming more important than ever. Join your colleagues for engaging sessions that explore the present and future directions of professional social studies education. Session topics include:
*Developing Social Studies Educators Grounded in Inquiry, Social Justice, and AI-powered Technology
*AI, Equity, and Education: Hands-on demonstrations of potential software
*Let's Move Instruction Beyond History Lectures and Memorizing Facts Students Will Forget
*Voices of Genocide: Introduction to Teaching Genocide
*Second-Graders' Historical Reading, Thinking, and Writing about Rosa Parks
*Teaching Current Events with Structure and Substance
*Seeing is Believing: Developing Visual Literacy Skills to Support Student Learning
*Red Summer: Teaching the Great Migration and Racial Violence in Chicago
*Heart of the DBQ: Making Document Analysis Engaging and Accessible for All
*Using SCOTUS to Teach LGBTQ history
*Wild Illinois History: Understanding Fur Trapping in Illinois
*Teaching Digital Ethics in the Humanities
*Become a Primary Source Pro!
*Reimagining the Past: Using Generative AI Prompting with Primary Source Sets
***AND MORE***
Lunch is included
Our Spring 2024 Conference Keynote Speaker is Dr. Elham K. Buxton, Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Illinois Springfield. Dr. Buxton's Keynote address is titled:
Beyond the Buzz: Empowering Social Studies Educators
In this talk, Dr. Buxton will demystify AI, moving beyond the hype often seen in media. As different sectors scramble to incorporate what seems like a magic wand into their operations, it becomes increasingly vital to understand what AI truly is, how it works, and what its limitations are. The presentation will delve into AI literacy, including distinguishing what is AI from what is not, exploring various types of AI such as supervised, unsupervised, reinforcement learning, and generative AI. Dr. Buxton will highlight the significance of introducing AI literacy in K-12 education with hands-on activities which help students get an understanding of what's happening inside AI, grasp its capabilities, and recognize its limitations. Towards the end of the talk, Dr. Buxton will demonstrate some practical AI tools tailored for social studies educators and students..
With all that is happening in the world of social studies education, it is imperative to remain connected and to engage in dialogue. ICSS hopes to see you at our Spring 2024 Conference on Friday, April 12, 2024 at the University of Illinois Springfield.
Click here to Register today!
Registration closes on Friday, March 29th
Hope to see you soon!
Ben
Benjamin R. Wellenreiter, Ed.D.
Executive Director, Illinois Council for the Social Studies
Associate Professor, Middle Level Education, Illinois State University, icssdirector@gmail.com