AI & EdTech Innovation
Overview of GCU’s current AI and EdTech initiatives
Project Spotlight
🍁 Fall Into Learning: Faculty AI Challenge 🍁
GCU’s Faculty Training & Development is inviting faculty to showcase creative ways they’re using AI in the classroom. From seasonal discussion prompts to AI-powered visuals, quizzes, or feedback, this challenge is all about highlighting innovative approaches that inspire student engagement.
✨ The goal: To help faculty discover fresh approaches to inspire students, explore AI in a supportive, collaborative environment, and add a seasonal twist that makes learning feel as energizing as a pumpkin spice latte.
📥 How to join: If you’re GCU faculty, simply click on the submission form and send your idea to [email protected].
🌟 Follow along: New winners will be shared each week on the Faculty Training & Development LinkedIn page. Click to join their page and stay inspired by what your colleagues are creating.
Faculty submissions will be collected through October, and the most impactful ideas will be featured and celebrated. Stay tuned to see this fall’s “winners”!
“To see current winners click here“
🤖 GCU Joins the Presidential AI Challenge
Grand Canyon University is proud to support the Presidential AI Challenge, a nationwide initiative designed to inspire K–12 students to explore how artificial intelligence can be used for good.
Under the direction of Dr. Randy Gibb, the K12 Educational Development department is leading GCU’s efforts to engage and empower the next generation of learners and innovators. The team will be working directly with K–12 students and teachers to support project submissions, helping students explore AI’s potential to solve real-world problems through creativity, collaboration, and ethical innovation.
GCU faculty and staff are also invited to participate through volunteer opportunities, including:
These volunteer roles provide meaningful ways for the GCU community to contribute to AI education at the national level while modeling ethical, purpose-driven innovation.
📩 If you volunteer and are accepted, please report your involvement to Marni Landry at [email protected] so GCU can celebrate and summarize our collective impact.
Canyon PD’s K12OS AI Support
Canyon Professional Development (Canyon PD) offers K–12 educators, schools, and districts professional learning opportunities that can show how to integrate artificial intelligence into teaching and learning. Through flexible in-person and virtual sessions, educators have the opportunity to gain strategies to enhance lesson planning, question development, and content creation using tools such as ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Microsoft Copilot.
Canyon PD’s AI-focused courses are carefully designed to meet the needs of both teachers and education leaders, offering hands-on experiences that can empower participants to:
Sessions range from introductory workshops to multi-hour, immersive courses, each providing professional development credit hours upon completion.
For additional information about Canyon PD’s AI professional learning opportunities, please visit www.CanyonPD.com, email [email protected], or schedule a consultation.
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