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SUMMARY:Institute Check-in
DESCRIPTION:All participants are asked to check in for the institute before attending any sessions to receive important institute information\, nametag (which allows access to the building)\, a nice big bag of SWAG\, and local Hartsville information.&nbsp\;
CATEGORIES:INSTITUTE CHECK-IN
LOCATION:Hampton Inn Coker Room\, 203 East Carolina Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC\, US
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DTSTART:20260713T123000Z
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SUMMARY:Session #1 Opening Ceremony & Keynote: Level Up Every Learner with AI
DESCRIPTION:Session #1 -- Opening Keynote:&nbsp\;AI is a powerful resource for educators\, but if we stop there\, we miss the full potential of this game changing tool... helping our students. With AI we can provide personalized support for every learner with tutoring\, enrichment\, feedback\, review\, conversations\, reflection\, accessibility\, and more. This individualized instruction meets every student where they are and helps them grow and achieve. In this keynote\, we will learn about the tools and techniques to help level up every learner and adapt to our changing roles as educators.
CATEGORIES:KEYNOTE
LOCATION:Hampton Inn Coker Room\, 203 East Carolina Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC\, US
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SUMMARY:Morning Break & Transition to Sessions
DESCRIPTION:Participants will transition from the Hampton Inn & Suites to the GSSM building. This is a 1 block walk. Parking is available at GSSM building\, though limited. If participants need handicap accessible parking or other accommodations\, please contact jweber@governors.school for arrangements.&nbsp\;
CATEGORIES:BREAK
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
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SUMMARY:Source Code Session #2: The Rise of the Machines: An Introduction to AI for Educators (AI in the Classroom is the expansion pack session)
DESCRIPTION:This Source Code Session is for educators wishing to learn the what\, how\, and why of A.I. This is an overview introduction to the technical and practical aspects of A.I. We will study the types of A.I.\, the basic underlying premise behind machine learning\, and the ethical considerations we face as a society when interacting daily with A.I. \n\nParticipants will...\n1. consider the appropriateness of using A.I. in certain situations\;\n2. measure the strengths of A.I. versus human intelligence\;\n3. evaluate the benefits and costs of A.I.\;\n4. define large language models\, machine learning and the four types of A.I.\;\n5. examine bias and ethical considerations of LLM\; \n6. discuss instructional strategies for introducing ML and AI into their classrooms.\n\n*The expansion afternoon pack workshop for this session is called: Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom: Beginner's Guide *
CATEGORIES:SOURCE CODE SESSION
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
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DTEND:20260713T160000Z
SUMMARY:Source Code Session #3: Session #3 AI-AI-Oh! Awesome AI Uses in Education
DESCRIPTION:Artificial Intelligence can be used in so many different ways in schools to improve teaching\, learning\, creativity\, productivity\, support\, and more for educators and students. Explore dozens of uses for generative AI including brainstorming\, creating educational content\, altering content\, processing information\, supporting all learners\, grading and feedback\, student engagement and much more.&nbsp\;\n\nParticipants will develop a proficiency with a variety of educational AI tools such as Google Gemini\, NotebookLM\, &nbsp\;as well as exposure to other tools such as Brisk\, Snorkl\, and others\, and will understand the benefits and uses of each.Participants will explore practical ways to use AI tools for brainstorming\, creating educational content\, altering content\, processing information\, supporting all learners\, assessment\, grading\, feedback\, student engagement and more.
CATEGORIES:SOURCE CODE SESSION
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
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SUMMARY:Source Code Session #4: Integrating AI into Applied Mathematical Problem Solving
DESCRIPTION:*This is a cohort session. Following one morning session on Monday\, July 13\, this group will meet every afternoon to continue its exploration and learning as a cohort.*\n\nAI models—such as Google Gemini\, Perplexity\, ChatGPT\, Claude\, etc. — offer teachers the opportunity to quickly review and research standard mathematics topics taught in high school and college courses. &nbsp\;In this session\, participants will have the opportunity to compare classical solution methods with AI-generated solutions\, and in the process educators will gain a deeper understanding of the relative strengths of each of these approaches. &nbsp\;The session will illustrate how AI resources can be useful as collaborative partners\, offering inspiration for new methodologies\, suggesting generalizations\, and identifying similar problems to enrich the learning process.
CATEGORIES:SOURCE CODE SESSION
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
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SUMMARY:Source Code Session #5: Let's Chat: Building Personalized Chatbot Activities for Any Classroom
DESCRIPTION:The morning "Let's Chat" AI chatbot session will focus on AI Literacy and help provide an overview of varying levels and methods by which AI chatbots may provide scaffolded and collaborative learning opportunities to students who have grown up in the technical age. Students today have access to information faster than ever before. They are accustomed to—and demand—immediate feedback. AI chatbots are especially designed for digital collaboration. By using AI chatbots proactively\, with guardrails incorporated by educators\, students will learn new content and critical thinking skills simultaneously through creative\, relevant\, and engaging lessons. \n\nAfter engaging in the Let's Chat session\, participants will be able to build upon current AI Literacy and explore the potential for using AI chatbots to enhance instruction\, digital collaboration\, student motivation\, and engagement.
CATEGORIES:SOURCE CODE SESSION
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
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SUMMARY:Source Code Session #6: AI for Every Learner: Practical Tools for Differentiation\, Accessibility\, and Inclusive Teaching
DESCRIPTION:*This is a cohort session. All participants who attend the morning session are invited to attend an accompanying afternoon expansion pack session each afternoon this week to apply your morning learning to the Special Education classroom.*\n\nSpecial educators carry an extraordinary load. Differentiated instruction\, IEP documentation\, progress monitoring\, parent communication\, and the daily work of meeting every student exactly where they are. AI tools cannot replace the human expertise at the heart of that work. But they can extend it.\n\nThis session builds a practical\, critical framework for using AI in inclusive classrooms and special education contexts. We explore what AI does well\, including generating differentiated materials\, audio versions of text\, scaffolded activities\, and adapted assessments. We also examine where it fails. From hallucination to awareness of bias and privacy risks that matter\, especially when working with vulnerable students.\n\nParticipants work hands-on with Google Gemini and NotebookLM to adapt reading levels\, generate modified materials\, and explore AI-assisted documentation. Data privacy\, FERPA\, and keeping human judgment at the center of every decision are woven throughout\, not added at the end.
CATEGORIES:SOURCE CODE SESSION
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
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SUMMARY:Source Code Session #7: How to get students to think critically about AI
DESCRIPTION:The increasingly pervasive use of AI in popular online platforms frequented by adolescents has researchers worried about how this technology affects their online privacy and security. It also has teachers worried about how this technology affects classroom work and student learning. In this session\, we will first present an overview of our CyberEd project\, in which we designed and developed six education modules around AI-related cybersecurity topics that were implemented by Computer Science and Mathematics teachers in their 6th-8th grade classrooms. We will then dive into more details about the contents of one of these modules. Finally\, we will provide an overview of our plans for "CyberEd 2.0" and extend the audience an invitation to join us for that project.
CATEGORIES:SOURCE CODE SESSION
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
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SUMMARY:Lunch - GSSM Cafe
DESCRIPTION:Please enjoy lunch in the cafe at no charge for you.&nbsp\;
CATEGORIES:BREAK
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20260713T171500Z
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SUMMARY:Expansion Pack Session #2X (Part 1): Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom: Beginner's Guide (The expansion pack session for Introduction to AI)
DESCRIPTION:Following the Rise of the Machine: An Introduction to A.I.\, this session will build on our understanding of the what A.I. and machine learning are to explore the why\, when and how of integrated A.I. instruction in your classroom. In this session we will explore why is it essential that we address the mechanical elephant in the room and teach students the best practice around A.I. use. A.I. does not have to make us lazy and stupid\, if we use it right. We will then explore some common tools and ways to integrate A.I. into any content area. We will share ideas and brainstorm. Participants will leave with a toolkit and specific ideas for how to bring A.I. into their classrooms safely\, effectively\, and appropriately.
CATEGORIES:EXPANSION PACK WORKSHOP
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20260713T171500Z
DTEND:20260713T183000Z
SUMMARY:Expansion Pack Session #3X (Part 1): AI-AI-Oh! Awesome AI Uses in Education
DESCRIPTION:During the workshop time the participants will be able to apply the tools from the morning to their specific subject area to create content for their classes. This will include opportunities to: narrow in on specific Gemini Gems from my EduGems website and create practical content for their classes. Add course content to NotebookLM and generate teaching and learning materials. Try out other AI tools such as Brisk\, Snorkl\, or others to generate learning materials for their classes.
CATEGORIES:EXPANSION PACK WORKSHOP
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20260713T171500Z
DTEND:20260713T183000Z
SUMMARY:Expansion Pack Session #4X (Part 1): Integrating AI into Applied Mathematical Problem Solving
DESCRIPTION:*This is a cohort session. Following one morning session on Monday\, July 13\, this group will meet every afternoon to continue its exploration and learning.* \n\nIn the afternoon sessions participants will continue to examine various problems in applied mathematics and will explore how AI connects disparate mathematical concepts. &nbsp\;By attempting challenging problems from various resources (e.g.\, the Mathematical Association of America\, The Art of Problem Solving\, and The American Mathematical Society)\, teachers will again apply a blend of traditional techniques and numerical tools to solve advanced problems\; however\, unlike the morning session these problems will include examples that current AI models often fail to thoroughly grasp. By discovering more of AI’s limitations\, they will be reminded of the value of primary source materials\, such as time-tested\, multi-edition textbooks. &nbsp\;These examples will reinforce the necessity of human oversight and boost professional confidence in identifying "hallucinations" or errors. &nbsp\;Additionally\, teachers will also be encouraged to research and solve relevant problems of interest to them and their particular course w
CATEGORIES:EXPANSION PACK WORKSHOP
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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SUMMARY:Expansion Pack Session #5X (Part 1): Building Personalized Chatbot Activities for Any Classroom
DESCRIPTION:The Let's Chat Expansion Pack Workshop will provide educators with practical strategies for customizing AI chatbots to facilitate AI Competency. Educators will be equipped to utilize AI chatbots\, specifically MagicSchool AI\, as a collaborative tool for both educators and students to better understand how educational chatbots are useful and relevant in the 21st Century classroom. Participants will apply strategies discussed in the morning session to actual lessons and be able to customize a generic chatbot for use as an instructional tool. Individualization of chatbots for all age levels and subjects will be further addressed. No coding is required—instead\, the focus will be on designing lessons that utilize AI chatbots as a collaborative tool to facilitate metacognitive thinking. Practical lessons will be demonstrated and created during the sessions that encourage students to reflect\, ask questions\, and attain ownership of their thinking processes while practicing self-directed learning.
CATEGORIES:EXPANSION PACK WORKSHOP
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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SUMMARY:Expansion Pack Session #6X (Part 1): AI for Every Learner: Practical Tools for Differentiation\, Accessibility\, and Inclusive Teaching
DESCRIPTION:*This is a cohort session. All participants who attend the morning session are invited to attend an accompanying afternoon expansion pack session each afternoon this week to apply your morning learning to the Special Education classroom.*\n\nThe 3-hour afternoon workshop gives participants dedicated creation time to apply the morning's framework to real materials from their own classrooms. It is structured as a creation studio rather than a continuation of the lecture.\n\nHour 1 (1:00–2:00) — Identify and Design: Participants select one real instructional challenge. A lesson that needs differentiation\, a text that needs to be adapted for a lower reading level\, an assessment that needs scaffolding\, or a documentation task they want to streamline. Small groups form around shared challenges. Special educators learn as much from each other as from any presenter. Introduction to the creation workflow: original material → AI prompt → draft → critical review → revision.\n\nBreak (2:00–2:15)\n\nHour 2 (2:15–3:15) — Create: Hands-on creation using Gemini and NotebookLM. Facilitator circulates with targeted coaching. Structured peer feedback in pairs: Does this serve the student? What did the AI miss that a human expert would catch? What needs to be fixed before this goes near a classroom?\n\nHour 3 (3:15–4:00) — Share\, Critique\, and Plan: Small group shares. Not just "look what I made" but "here's what the AI got wrong and how I fixed it." Whole-group reflection on AI as a tool for inclusive practice versus a shortcut that bypasses expertise. Individual action planning to identify one specific thing I will try with students in fall 2026.\n\nParticipants leave with a real\, usable adapted resource and a realistic\, critical framework for continuing independently.
CATEGORIES:EXPANSION PACK WORKSHOP
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
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SUMMARY:Expansion Pack Session #7X (Part 1): How to get students to think critically about AI
DESCRIPTION:In the Afternoon Workshop we will provide:1. An interactive session to help participants adapt the materials of one CyberEd module (again\, likely the AI bias module) for their own classroom use\;2. A presentation of our new AI tool that visualizes students' own online data and how AI makes inferences about that data\;3. A brainstorm session about how we can build a new education module around this tool (providing a preview of the "CyberEd 2.0" project).
CATEGORIES:EXPANSION PACK WORKSHOP
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
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SUMMARY:Break & Refreshments
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy refreshments and a stretch of the legs in the South Lobby and outside between sessions.&nbsp\;
CATEGORIES:BREAK
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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SUMMARY:Expansion Pack Session #2X (Part 2): Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom: Beginner's Guide (The expansion pack session for Introduction to AI for Educators)
DESCRIPTION:Following the Rise of the Machine: An Introduction to A.I.\, this session will build on our understanding of the what A.I. and machine learning are to explore the why\, when and how of integrated A.I. instruction in your classroom. In this session we will explore why is it essential that we address the mechanical elephant in the room and teach students the best practice around A.I. use. A.I. does not have to make us lazy and stupid\, if we use it right. We will then explore some common tools and ways to integrate A.I. into any content area. We will share ideas and brainstorm. Participants will leave with a toolkit and specific ideas for how to bring A.I. into their classrooms safely\, effectively\, and appropriately.
CATEGORIES:EXPANSION PACK WORKSHOP
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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SUMMARY:Expansion Pack Session #3X (Part 2): AI-AI-Oh! Awesome AI Uses in Education
DESCRIPTION:During the workshop time the participants will be able to apply the tools from the morning to their specific subject area to create content for their classes. This will include opportunities to: narrow in on specific Gemini Gems from my EduGems website and create practical content for their classes. Add course content to NotebookLM and generate teaching and learning materials. Try out other AI tools such as Brisk\, Snorkl\, or others to generate learning materials for their classes.
CATEGORIES:EXPANSION PACK WORKSHOP
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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SUMMARY:Expansion Pack Session #4X (Part 2): Integrating AI into Applied Mathematical Problem Solving
DESCRIPTION:*This is a cohort session. Following one morning session on Monday\, July 13\, this group will meet every afternoon to continue its exploration and learning.* \n\nIn the afternoon sessions participants will continue to examine various problems in applied mathematics and will explore how AI connects disparate mathematical concepts. &nbsp\;By attempting challenging problems from various resources (e.g.\, the Mathematical Association of America\, The Art of Problem Solving\, and The American Mathematical Society)\, teachers will again apply a blend of traditional techniques and numerical tools to solve advanced problems\; however\, unlike the morning session these problems will include examples that current AI models often fail to thoroughly grasp. By discovering more of AI’s limitations\, they will be reminded of the value of primary source materials\, such as time-tested\, multi-edition textbooks. &nbsp\;These examples will reinforce the necessity of human oversight and boost professional confidence in identifying "hallucinations" or errors. &nbsp\;Additionally\, teachers will also be encouraged to research and solve relevant problems of interest to them and their particular course w
CATEGORIES:EXPANSION PACK WORKSHOP
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20260713T184500Z
DTEND:20260713T200000Z
SUMMARY:Expansion Pack Session #5X (Part 2): Building Personalized Chatbot Activities for Any Classroom
DESCRIPTION:The Let's Chat Expansion Pack Workshop will provide educators with practical strategies for customizing AI chatbots to facilitate AI Competency. Educators will be equipped to utilize AI chatbots\, specifically MagicSchool AI\, as a collaborative tool for both educators and students to better understand how educational chatbots are useful and relevant in the 21st Century classroom. Participants will apply strategies discussed in the morning session to actual lessons and be able to customize a generic chatbot for use as an instructional tool. Individualization of chatbots for all age levels and subjects will be further addressed. No coding is required—instead\, the focus will be on designing lessons that utilize AI chatbots as a collaborative tool to facilitate metacognitive thinking. Practical lessons will be demonstrated and created during the sessions that encourage students to reflect\, ask questions\, and attain ownership of their thinking processes while practicing self-directed learning.
CATEGORIES:EXPANSION PACK WORKSHOP
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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SUMMARY:Expansion Pack Session #6X (Part 2): AI for Every Learner: Practical Tools for Differentiation\, Accessibility\, and Inclusive Teaching
DESCRIPTION:*This is a cohort session. All participants who attend the morning session are invited to attend an accompanying afternoon expansion pack session each afternoon this week to apply your morning learning to the Special Education classroom.*\n\nThe 3-hour afternoon workshop gives participants dedicated creation time to apply the morning's framework to real materials from their own classrooms. It is structured as a creation studio rather than a continuation of the lecture.\n\nHour 1 (1:00–2:00) — Identify and Design: Participants select one real instructional challenge. A lesson that needs differentiation\, a text that needs to be adapted for a lower reading level\, an assessment that needs scaffolding\, or a documentation task they want to streamline. Small groups form around shared challenges. Special educators learn as much from each other as from any presenter. Introduction to the creation workflow: original material → AI prompt → draft → critical review → revision.\n\nBreak (2:00–2:15)\n\nHour 2 (2:15–3:15) — Create: Hands-on creation using Gemini and NotebookLM. Facilitator circulates with targeted coaching. Structured peer feedback in pairs: Does this serve the student? What did the AI miss that a human expert would catch? What needs to be fixed before this goes near a classroom?\n\nHour 3 (3:15–4:00) — Share\, Critique\, and Plan: Small group shares. Not just "look what I made" but "here's what the AI got wrong and how I fixed it." Whole-group reflection on AI as a tool for inclusive practice versus a shortcut that bypasses expertise. Individual action planning to identify one specific thing I will try with students in fall 2026.\n\nParticipants leave with a real\, usable adapted resource and a realistic\, critical framework for continuing independently.
CATEGORIES:EXPANSION PACK WORKSHOP
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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SUMMARY:Expansion Pack Session #7X (Part 2): How to get students to think critically about AI
DESCRIPTION:In the Afternoon Workshop we will provide:1. An interactive session to help participants adapt the materials of one CyberEd module (again\, likely the AI bias module) for their own classroom use\;2. A presentation of our new AI tool that visualizes students' own online data and how AI makes inferences about that data\;3. A brainstorm session about how we can build a new education module around this tool (providing a preview of the "CyberEd 2.0" project).
CATEGORIES:EXPANSION PACK WORKSHOP
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
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DTSTART:20260713T210000Z
DTEND:20260713T223000Z
SUMMARY:Dinner - GSSM Cafe
DESCRIPTION:Dinner is provided for all attendees. Guests may pay $7.50 per meal at the kiosk.&nbsp\;
CATEGORIES:BREAK
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTAMP:20260616T215105Z
DTSTART:20260713T230000Z
DTEND:20260714T000000Z
SUMMARY:Evening Entertainment: When Science and Soap Collide with the Hartsville Bubble Guy
DESCRIPTION:Join us on the GSSM front lawn for a fun excursion into the world of professional bubbling! Dave Matthews will teach us the science and the fun making seriously cool bubbles. Come unleash your inner 5 year old!&nbsp\;\n\n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/ThatHartsvilleBubbleGuy/
CATEGORIES:EVENING ENTERTAINMENT
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTAMP:20260616T215105Z
DTSTART:20260714T130000Z
DTEND:20260714T141500Z
SUMMARY:Source Code Session #10: Exploring the Power of AI in Community-Educator Partnerships
DESCRIPTION:As a teacher\, you are one of the most powerful forces shaping the next generation of entrepreneurs\, problem-solvers\, and community leaders. This presentation is designed to introduce AI for business concepts to teachers as a resource to create a community-centered evening event. By understanding how AI is being used in actual small businesses today\, you will gain fresh\, relevant\, and adaptable concepts to bring business education to life for your students and their communities and how to invite the community's business leaders into your school for a student-led AI night.&nbsp\;
CATEGORIES:SOURCE CODE SESSION
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTAMP:20260616T215105Z
DTSTART:20260714T130000Z
DTEND:20260714T141500Z
SUMMARY:Source Code Session #14: Introducing AI to Your K-5 Students
DESCRIPTION:Explore five ways to introduce and expand integrated A.I. instruction in your K-5 classroom. We will explore how to help students understand important themes about A.I.\, including ethics\, policy\, and how A.I. works (it is not your friend!). Then we will explore tools and resources that will aid you in bringing A.I. into your existing lessons in engaging ways without disrupting your flow or time constraints. You will leave with at least one (hopefully more!) idea to use this fall in their classrooms.
CATEGORIES:SOURCE CODE SESSION
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://event9069a713bf286d3.sched.com/event/8b3c1f0330a859a6a260f5114101ba57
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DTSTAMP:20260616T215105Z
DTSTART:20260714T130000Z
DTEND:20260714T141500Z
SUMMARY:Source Code Session #8: Enough Data Science To Be Dangerous: Data Science Across Disciplines
DESCRIPTION:This session will engage participants in the development of a cross-disciplinary data science course aimed at students and teachers with no prior coding background. It introduces the fundamentals of Data Science across subject areas with an introduction of Python and &nbsp\;with Jupyter notebooks. This session will challenge participants to imagine an introductory CS course that cuts across all subjects and can be taught by someone from any department with a little motivation. All backgrounds\, subject areas\, and skill-levels welcome.
CATEGORIES:SOURCE CODE SESSION
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTAMP:20260616T215105Z
DTSTART:20260714T130000Z
DTEND:20260714T141500Z
SUMMARY:Source Code Session #9: No AI Left Alone in the Science Classroom
DESCRIPTION:This session will highlight practical AI implementation strategies for the science classroom. AI tools do not need to replace student thinking\, but can be used to enhance student understanding and reasoning. In this session\, we will discuss how AI can be used to support inquiry-based learning\, data analysis\, and scientific thinking. We will also discuss what responsible AI use in the classroom can look like\, with students using AI tools to verify information\, cite sources\, and critically evaluate AI-generated claims\, while also balancing over-reliance. We will use real classroom examples to utilize AI tools in modeling\, creating simulations\, and data interpretation.
CATEGORIES:SOURCE CODE SESSION
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTAMP:20260616T215105Z
DTSTART:20260714T141500Z
DTEND:20260714T143000Z
SUMMARY:Break & Refreshments
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy refreshments and stretch your legs between sessions.&nbsp\;
CATEGORIES:BREAK
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTAMP:20260616T215105Z
DTSTART:20260714T143000Z
DTEND:20260714T154500Z
SUMMARY:Source Code Session #11: Discovery Education From Awareness to Action: Building AI Confidence and Classroom-Ready Digital Skills
DESCRIPTION:In this hands-on session\, educators will explore IBM SkillsBuild through Discovery Education and learn how to navigate courses that build foundational AI and digital skills with confidence. Participants will gain a clearer understanding of AI concepts\, digital literacy\, responsible use\, and workforce-aligned skills that can support both teacher learning and student readiness.\n\nThis session will also lay the foundation for the afternoon Expansion Pack Workshop\, where educators will apply what they learned to classroom instruction. Educators will use their new AI knowledge to determine when AI is the right tool\, how AI can increase rigor\, and how AI can provide additional supports or accommodations for students as they design lessons for their own subject areas and grade levels.
CATEGORIES:SOURCE CODE SESSION
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://event9069a713bf286d3.sched.com/event/1d5189593a969c3b557ccdf539ab5ac8
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DTSTAMP:20260616T215105Z
DTSTART:20260714T143000Z
DTEND:20260714T154500Z
SUMMARY:Source Code Session #12: Teaching Data Shouldn't Be Scary: Relevance and Data-Centered Instruction in Middle Level Mathematics
DESCRIPTION:As teachers\, we get why our lessons about data are important\, but do our students? Let's explore ideas that help students become more engaged in lessons about data and help them find relevance in what they are studying.
CATEGORIES:SOURCE CODE SESSION
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://event9069a713bf286d3.sched.com/event/87b59bfebe4cd68a19c331f86ee75cef
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DTSTAMP:20260616T215105Z
DTSTART:20260714T143000Z
DTEND:20260714T154500Z
SUMMARY:Source Code Session #8 [Repeated]: Enough Data Science To Be Dangerous: Data Science Across Disciplines
DESCRIPTION:This session will engage participants in the development of a cross-disciplinary data science course aimed at students and teachers with no prior coding background. It introduces the fundamentals of Data Science across subject areas with an introduction of Python and &nbsp\;with Jupyter notebooks. This session will challenge participants to imagine an introductory CS course that cuts across all subjects and can be taught by someone from any department with a little motivation. All backgrounds\, subject areas\, and skill-levels welcome.
CATEGORIES:SOURCE CODE SESSION
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTAMP:20260616T215105Z
DTSTART:20260714T154500Z
DTEND:20260714T171500Z
SUMMARY:Lunch - GSSM Cafe
DESCRIPTION:Please enjoy lunch in the cafe at no charge for you.&nbsp\;
CATEGORIES:BREAK
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://event9069a713bf286d3.sched.com/event/b9b5e8ec9924768084fdaaaa1ff8c7ea
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DTSTAMP:20260616T215105Z
DTSTART:20260714T171500Z
DTEND:20260714T183000Z
SUMMARY:Expansion Pack Session #10X (Part 1): Exploring the Power of AI in Community-Educator Partnerships
DESCRIPTION:In the afternoon session we will focus on 3 modules that can be adapted to create a Student – Led AI School to Community Event for your school. You will leave with a plan for creating an AI community night at your school.&nbsp\;\n\n\n
CATEGORIES:EXPANSION PACK WORKSHOP
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://event9069a713bf286d3.sched.com/event/da0ee8e333d5eacdb4b261925c847ab6
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DTSTAMP:20260616T215105Z
DTSTART:20260714T171500Z
DTEND:20260714T183000Z
SUMMARY:Expansion Pack Session #11X (Part 1): Discovery Education From Awareness to Action: Building AI Confidence and Classroom-Ready Digital Skills
DESCRIPTION:In this interactive afternoon workshop\, educators will move from awareness to application by exploring research-based Discovery Education SOS Instructional Strategies that can be used across grade levels and content areas. Participants will work collaboratively to develop\, curate\, adapt\, and practice strategies they can immediately implement in their classrooms.\n\nEducators will first explore high-impact instructional strategies that work with or without AI\, then examine how AI can be used intentionally to increase rigor\, support accommodations\, extend student thinking\, and create more responsive learning experiences. Using knowledge from the morning session\, participants will design or adapt classroom-ready lessons for their own subject areas while determining when AI adds value and when strong instructional strategy alone is enough.\n\nEducators will leave with:\n\n5–7 practical instructional strategies they can use for engagement\, discussion\, collaboration\, and formative assessmentA stronger understanding of when AI can meaningfully support instructionA classroom-ready plan for using AI to increase rigor\, support student needs\, and strengthen learning
CATEGORIES:EXPANSION PACK WORKSHOP
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTAMP:20260616T215105Z
DTSTART:20260714T171500Z
DTEND:20260714T183000Z
SUMMARY:Expansion Pack Session #12X (Part 1): Teaching Data Shouldn't Be Scary: Relevance and Data-Centered Instruction in Middle Level Mathematics
DESCRIPTION:Workshop time will be structured by providing teachers with options for how to use the workshop time productively. The three main options teachers will be directed towards will be reworking existing problems in their own materials\, creating their own progression of lessons following the same sequence from their curriculum\, or developing a student driven/student centered data unit. Teachers will be able to determine their own starting ppoint and move flexibly among these outcomes. Collaboration with grade level peers and school based teams will be encouraged\, but not required. \n\nAmong the additional resources teachers will be encouraged to use are CODAP\, PHet\, Pudding.cool\, and https://www.datascience4everyone.org/datasets
CATEGORIES:EXPANSION PACK WORKSHOP
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://event9069a713bf286d3.sched.com/event/b1c289426f18d5f0b706c42603e352cf
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DTSTAMP:20260616T215105Z
DTSTART:20260714T171500Z
DTEND:20260714T183000Z
SUMMARY:Expansion Pack Session #14X (Part 1): Introducing AI to Your K-5 Students
DESCRIPTION:Referencing what we explored in the morning session #14\, attendees will dig into the tools and resources to curate\, create\, or adapt at least one (hopefully more!) complete plan that is aligned to their standards and instructional materials that they can use this fall in their classrooms.
CATEGORIES:EXPANSION PACK WORKSHOP
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://event9069a713bf286d3.sched.com/event/69595d336041bbb5d8b1f82f1262e174
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DTSTAMP:20260616T215105Z
DTSTART:20260714T171500Z
DTEND:20260714T183000Z
SUMMARY:Expansion Pack Session #4X [Part 3 - Cohort Continued]: Integrating AI into Applied Mathematical Problem Solving
DESCRIPTION:*This is a cohort session. Following one morning session on Monday\, July 13\, this group will meet every afternoon to continue its exploration and learning.* \n\nIn the afternoon sessions participants will continue to examine various problems in applied mathematics and will explore how AI connects disparate mathematical concepts. &nbsp\;By attempting challenging problems from various resources (e.g.\, the Mathematical Association of America\, The Art of Problem Solving\, and The American Mathematical Society)\, teachers will again apply a blend of traditional techniques and numerical tools to solve advanced problems\; however\, unlike the morning session these problems will include examples that current AI models often fail to thoroughly grasp. By discovering more of AI’s limitations\, they will be reminded of the value of primary source materials\, such as time-tested\, multi-edition textbooks. &nbsp\;These examples will reinforce the necessity of human oversight and boost professional confidence in identifying "hallucinations" or errors. &nbsp\;Additionally\, teachers will also be encouraged to research and solve relevant problems of interest to them and their particular course w
CATEGORIES:EXPANSION PACK WORKSHOP
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://event9069a713bf286d3.sched.com/event/2713c94780d027a80c8eda26390a8d57
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DTSTAMP:20260616T215105Z
DTSTART:20260714T171500Z
DTEND:20260714T183000Z
SUMMARY:Expansion Pack Session #6X [Part 3: Cohort Continued]: AI for Every Learner: Practical Tools for Differentiation\, Accessibility\, and Inclusive Teaching
DESCRIPTION:*This is a cohort session. All participants who attend the morning session are invited to attend an accompanying afternoon expansion pack session each afternoon this week to apply your morning learning to the Special Education classroom.*\n\nThe 3-hour afternoon workshop gives participants dedicated creation time to apply the morning's framework to real materials from their own classrooms. It is structured as a creation studio rather than a continuation of the lecture.\n\nHour 1 (1:00–2:00) — Identify and Design: Participants select one real instructional challenge. A lesson that needs differentiation\, a text that needs to be adapted for a lower reading level\, an assessment that needs scaffolding\, or a documentation task they want to streamline. Small groups form around shared challenges. Special educators learn as much from each other as from any presenter. Introduction to the creation workflow: original material → AI prompt → draft → critical review → revision.\n\nBreak (2:00–2:15)\n\nHour 2 (2:15–3:15) — Create: Hands-on creation using Gemini and NotebookLM. Facilitator circulates with targeted coaching. Structured peer feedback in pairs: Does this serve the student? What did the AI miss that a human expert would catch? What needs to be fixed before this goes near a classroom?\n\nHour 3 (3:15–4:00) — Share\, Critique\, and Plan: Small group shares. Not just "look what I made" but "here's what the AI got wrong and how I fixed it." Whole-group reflection on AI as a tool for inclusive practice versus a shortcut that bypasses expertise. Individual action planning to identify one specific thing I will try with students in fall 2026.\n\nParticipants leave with a real\, usable adapted resource and a realistic\, critical framework for continuing independently.
CATEGORIES:EXPANSION PACK WORKSHOP
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTAMP:20260616T215105Z
DTSTART:20260714T171500Z
DTEND:20260714T183000Z
SUMMARY:Expansion Pack Session #8X (Part 1): Enough Data Science To Be Dangerous: Data Science Across Disciplines
DESCRIPTION:Now that participants understand the goal and exciting potential of this course\, we will start exploring the design and content of the course. In the first part of the workshop we will do a group data science activity to get used to Jupyter Notebooks and Python. In the second part of the workshop attendees will be given time to explore resources and build their own lesson in a chosen disciplinary area with the aim of building a library of activities across disciplines that could be used by this introductory course for teachers across the state.&nbsp\;
CATEGORIES:EXPANSION PACK WORKSHOP
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTAMP:20260616T215105Z
DTSTART:20260714T171500Z
DTEND:20260714T183000Z
SUMMARY:Expansion Pack Session #9X (Part 1): No AI Left Alone in the Science Classroom
DESCRIPTION:The afternoon workshop will allow teachers to investigate some of these tools and develop their own models\, simulations\, or data interpretation ideas. I’d like to introduce my collaboration with Taylor to create a simulation for my passion project\, as well as some other data analysis tools (CODAP\, Data Story Bytes\, and websites to collect large data sets from including Kaggle).\n \nThe workshop would be divided into two mini sessions. The first will focus on simulation creation. The teachers will be able to work on creating their own simulations in pairs\, then share with the group. The second session will focus on data analysis tools and will be conducted in a similar manner.
CATEGORIES:EXPANSION PACK WORKSHOP
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTAMP:20260616T215105Z
DTSTART:20260714T183000Z
DTEND:20260714T184500Z
SUMMARY:Break & Refreshments
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy refreshments and a stretch of the legs in the South Lobby and outside between sessions.&nbsp\;
CATEGORIES:BREAK
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://event9069a713bf286d3.sched.com/event/44674d56f0395b3a63569ffacdb280cf
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DTSTAMP:20260616T215105Z
DTSTART:20260714T184500Z
DTEND:20260714T200000Z
SUMMARY:Expansion Pack Session #10X (Part 2): Exploring the Power of AI in Communities | Educators Edition
DESCRIPTION:In the afternoon session we will focus on 3 modules that can be adapted to create a Student – Led AI School to Community Event for your school. You will leave with a plan for creating an AI community night at your school.&nbsp\;\n\n\n
CATEGORIES:EXPANSION PACK WORKSHOP
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://event9069a713bf286d3.sched.com/event/9b9a38564d021dc2e9e2339b6a67f16e
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260616T215105Z
DTSTART:20260714T184500Z
DTEND:20260714T200000Z
SUMMARY:Expansion Pack Session #11X (Part 2): Discovery Education From Awareness to Action: Building AI Confidence and Classroom-Ready Digital Skills
DESCRIPTION:In this interactive afternoon workshop\, educators will move from awareness to application by exploring research-based Discovery Education SOS Instructional Strategies that can be used across grade levels and content areas. Participants will work collaboratively to develop\, curate\, adapt\, and practice strategies they can immediately implement in their classrooms.\n\nEducators will first explore high-impact instructional strategies that work with or without AI\, then examine how AI can be used intentionally to increase rigor\, support accommodations\, extend student thinking\, and create more responsive learning experiences. Using knowledge from the morning session\, participants will design or adapt classroom-ready lessons for their own subject areas while determining when AI adds value and when strong instructional strategy alone is enough.\n\nEducators will leave with:\n\n5–7 practical instructional strategies they can use for engagement\, discussion\, collaboration\, and formative assessmentA stronger understanding of when AI can meaningfully support instructionA classroom-ready plan for using AI to increase rigor\, support student needs\, and strengthen learning
CATEGORIES:EXPANSION PACK WORKSHOP
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://event9069a713bf286d3.sched.com/event/1fd94464f9dcaa39b5f9cf0b03fd9ed3
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260616T215105Z
DTSTART:20260714T184500Z
DTEND:20260714T200000Z
SUMMARY:Expansion Pack Session #12X (Part 2): Teaching Data Shouldn't Be Scary: Relevance and Data-Centered Instruction in Middle Level Mathematics
DESCRIPTION:Workshop time will be structured by providing teachers with options for how to use the workshop time productively. The three main options teachers will be directed towards will be reworking existing problems in their own materials\, creating their own progression of lessons following the same sequence from their curriculum\, or developing a student driven/student centered data unit. Teachers will be able to determine their own starting ppoint and move flexibly among these outcomes. Collaboration with grade level peers and school based teams will be encouraged\, but not required. \n\nAmong the additional resources teachers will be encouraged to use are CODAP\, PHet\, Pudding.cool\, and https://www.datascience4everyone.org/datasets
CATEGORIES:EXPANSION PACK WORKSHOP
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://event9069a713bf286d3.sched.com/event/26624d94d538932c2c28fde6763c1c0c
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260616T215105Z
DTSTART:20260714T184500Z
DTEND:20260714T200000Z
SUMMARY:Expansion Pack Session #14X (Part 2): Introducing AI to Your K-5 Students
DESCRIPTION:Referencing what we explored in the morning session #14\, attendees will dig into the tools and resources to curate\, create\, or adapt at least one (hopefully more!) complete plan that is aligned to their standards and instructional materials that they can use this fall in their classrooms.
CATEGORIES:EXPANSION PACK WORKSHOP
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
UID:a34830ded68babcd96a0992a6d7f6778
URL:http://event9069a713bf286d3.sched.com/event/a34830ded68babcd96a0992a6d7f6778
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260616T215105Z
DTSTART:20260714T184500Z
DTEND:20260714T200000Z
SUMMARY:Expansion Pack Session #4X [Part 4 - Cohort Continued]: Integrating AI into Applied Mathematical Problem Solving
DESCRIPTION:*This is a cohort session. Following one morning session on Monday\, July 13\, this group will meet every afternoon to continue its exploration and learning.* \n\nIn the afternoon sessions participants will continue to examine various problems in applied mathematics and will explore how AI connects disparate mathematical concepts. &nbsp\;By attempting challenging problems from various resources (e.g.\, the Mathematical Association of America\, The Art of Problem Solving\, and The American Mathematical Society)\, teachers will again apply a blend of traditional techniques and numerical tools to solve advanced problems\; however\, unlike the morning session these problems will include examples that current AI models often fail to thoroughly grasp. By discovering more of AI’s limitations\, they will be reminded of the value of primary source materials\, such as time-tested\, multi-edition textbooks. &nbsp\;These examples will reinforce the necessity of human oversight and boost professional confidence in identifying "hallucinations" or errors. &nbsp\;Additionally\, teachers will also be encouraged to research and solve relevant problems of interest to them and their particular course w
CATEGORIES:EXPANSION PACK WORKSHOP
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://event9069a713bf286d3.sched.com/event/edfe91855b200881312b5f1591916714
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260616T215105Z
DTSTART:20260714T184500Z
DTEND:20260714T200000Z
SUMMARY:Expansion Pack Session #6X [Part 4: Cohort Continued]: AI for Every Learner: Practical Tools for Differentiation\, Accessibility\, and Inclusive Teaching
DESCRIPTION:*This is a cohort session. All participants who attend the morning session are invited to attend an accompanying afternoon expansion pack session each afternoon this week to apply your morning learning to the Special Education classroom.*\n\nThe 3-hour afternoon workshop gives participants dedicated creation time to apply the morning's framework to real materials from their own classrooms. It is structured as a creation studio rather than a continuation of the lecture.\n\nHour 1 (1:00–2:00) — Identify and Design: Participants select one real instructional challenge. A lesson that needs differentiation\, a text that needs to be adapted for a lower reading level\, an assessment that needs scaffolding\, or a documentation task they want to streamline. Small groups form around shared challenges. Special educators learn as much from each other as from any presenter. Introduction to the creation workflow: original material → AI prompt → draft → critical review → revision.\n\nBreak (2:00–2:15)\n\nHour 2 (2:15–3:15) — Create: Hands-on creation using Gemini and NotebookLM. Facilitator circulates with targeted coaching. Structured peer feedback in pairs: Does this serve the student? What did the AI miss that a human expert would catch? What needs to be fixed before this goes near a classroom?\n\nHour 3 (3:15–4:00) — Share\, Critique\, and Plan: Small group shares. Not just "look what I made" but "here's what the AI got wrong and how I fixed it." Whole-group reflection on AI as a tool for inclusive practice versus a shortcut that bypasses expertise. Individual action planning to identify one specific thing I will try with students in fall 2026.\n\nParticipants leave with a real\, usable adapted resource and a realistic\, critical framework for continuing independently.
CATEGORIES:EXPANSION PACK WORKSHOP
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
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SUMMARY:Expansion Pack Session #8X (Part 2): Enough Data Science To Be Dangerous: Data Science Across Disciplines
DESCRIPTION:Now that participants understand the goal and exciting potential of this course\, we will start exploring the design and content of the course. In the first part of the workshop we will do a group data science activity to get used to Jupyter Notebooks and Python. In the second part of the workshop attendees will be given time to explore resources and build their own lesson in a chosen disciplinary area with the aim of building a library of activities across disciplines that could be used by this introductory course for teachers across the state.&nbsp\;
CATEGORIES:EXPANSION PACK WORKSHOP
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
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DTEND:20260714T200000Z
SUMMARY:Expansion Pack Session #9X (Part 2): No AI Left Alone in the Science Classroom
DESCRIPTION:The afternoon workshop will allow teachers to investigate some of these tools and develop their own models\, simulations\, or data interpretation ideas. I’d like to introduce my collaboration with Taylor to create a simulation for my passion project\, as well as some other data analysis tools (CODAP\, Data Story Bytes\, and websites to collect large data sets from including Kaggle).\n \nThe workshop would be divided into two mini sessions. The first will focus on simulation creation. The teachers will be able to work on creating their own simulations in pairs\, then share with the group. The second session will focus on data analysis tools and will be conducted in a similar manner.
CATEGORIES:EXPANSION PACK WORKSHOP
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
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DTSTART:20260714T203000Z
DTEND:20260714T220000Z
SUMMARY:Evening Entertainment: Share & Collaborate Happy Hour
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a fun open house at our neighboring brewery (right between the school and the hotel). All participants will be given a drink ticket for one free drink (of any kind). There will be a buffet of appetizers for your enjoyment. The event is designed to give you a chance to continue the great conversations of the Institute so far\, to get to know your fellow attendees\, and to mingle while enjoying great food and drink.&nbsp\;\n\nAttendees may purchase additional food and drinks at their own expenses. Families are welcome to join (at attendees expense). Tuesday night is Trivia night at the brewery\, starting at 7 p.m.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;\n\nReminder\, dinner is not provided at GSSM on this evening.&nbsp\;
CATEGORIES:EVENING ENTERTAINMENT
LOCATION:Wild Heart Brewery\, 317 Railroad Ave\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
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DTSTART:20260715T130000Z
DTEND:20260715T141500Z
SUMMARY:Source Code Session #13: Integrating AI Tools with Curated\, Reliable\, and Controlled Resources
DESCRIPTION:This session equips educators to address key limitations of AI tools\, including bias and hallucination\, often caused by reliance on uncontrolled or unreliable sources. It provides participants with the knowledge and hands-on experience needed to guide AI toward generating insights from curated\, reliable\, and controlled resources.&nbsp\; &nbsp\; Participants will begin by comparing open- and closed-source AI tools\, developing a clear understanding of their strengths\, limitations\, and appropriate use cases. They will then explore two project examples created with a closed-source platform such as Google NotebookLM\, examining how these models can be adapted for technology and engineering classroom contexts. Next\, participants will develop their own project and resource library on a topic of personal or curricular relevance\, emphasizing organization\, content curation\, and instructional design. By the end of the session\, educators will leave with a project in progress and a practical framework for selecting and applying AI tools in teaching.
CATEGORIES:SOURCE CODE SESSION
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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SUMMARY:Source Code Session #15: AI as a Thinking Partner: Teaching Students to Question\, Not Copy
DESCRIPTION:Students have access to a wide range of AI tools. While many students may be tempted to use AI as a shortcut to finish a task and bypass the learning process\, educators can push students toward more thoughtful engagement with technology\, seeing it as a tool whose output must be questioned and refined. In this session\, participants will examine cases where AI produces incorrect\, incomplete\, or unhelpful responses and consider how these moments can support deeper learning in our students. Participants will also experience a classroom activity where students compare their own work with AI-generated work and are asked to think through any differences or discrepancies they see. The session will focus on practical strategies for helping students develop habits of verification\, reflection\, and responsible AI use that can transfer across disciplines.
CATEGORIES:SOURCE CODE SESSION
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20260715T130000Z
DTEND:20260715T141500Z
SUMMARY:Source Code Session #16: AI and Image Data for Plant Sciences
DESCRIPTION:AI is fundamentally changing research. This session will draw directly from active research in plant phenomics\, image-based trait analysis\, and plant breeding to demonstrate what AI-assisted science looks like in practice. We'll walk through concrete examples: how convolutional neural networks and on-device models are automating the extraction of morphological traits from field images\, how large language models are accelerating literature synthesis in crop science\, and how AI pipelines are compressing analyses. What do these shifts mean for how we teach science? When a model can segment an image or predict yield\, what skills actually matter? We'll dig into how to design data collection exercises and research projects so that students build genuine scientific judgment rather than just prompt-writing habits. You'll leave with a grounded understanding of where plant science and phenomics research is heading\, and practical strategies to make your classroom reflect that reality. \n\n\nUnderstand how image data can be used with AI for effective research outcomes
CATEGORIES:SOURCE CODE SESSION
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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DTEND:20260715T141500Z
SUMMARY:Source Code Session #17: The Ethics of A.I. in the Classroom (single session - no expansion pack session)
DESCRIPTION:In this session we will explore the heavy topics and controversies around A.I. in society and the classroom. &nbsp\;In particular\, we will discuss our students using A.I. and how we can talk about it with them\, guide them in best practices\, and provide them safe ways to use and evaluate A.I. products. We will explore the current big research stories and how to avoid the brain rot that can come with human technology use. We will define bias in machine learning and how it impacts our ability to trust and rely on A.I. Finally\, we will look at resources for creating classroom and school policies\, and how to make the most of this powerful technology.
CATEGORIES:SOURCE CODE SESSION
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
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DTSTART:20260715T141500Z
DTEND:20260715T143000Z
SUMMARY:Break & Refreshments
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy refreshments and stretch your legs between sessions.&nbsp\;
CATEGORIES:BREAK
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20260715T143000Z
DTEND:20260715T154500Z
SUMMARY:Source Code Session #18: A House Divided? Thoughts on Social Studies and AI in the Classroom
DESCRIPTION:Is Social Studies in danger of being left behind in an ever-expanding AI world? As institutions push for rapid adoption\, both educators and students are becoming wary of "AI slop"—generic\, uncritical content that threatens to water down deep learning. This "boots-on-the-ground" session for Grade 6-12 educators moves beyond the hype to ask the hard questions: Do we actually need these tools\, and how do we keep them from becoming a permanent crutch?\n\nWe will explore practical\, guardrailed methods that use AI to spark historical inquiry and civil discourse without replacing the vital work of reading\, writing\, and analysis. Participants will discover strategies to maintain student critical thinking and traditional learning techniques while navigating modern technology. Learn how to implement ethical "human-in-the-loop" workflows that treat AI as a starting point\, not the final word. Join us to ensure that in an age of automation\, the human heart of Social Studies remains protected\, rigorous\, and relevant.
CATEGORIES:SOURCE CODE SESSION
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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SUMMARY:Source Code Session #19: A.I. & Data Science in the Energy Industry (single session with no expansion pack)
DESCRIPTION:Powering Intelligence: How Electric Utilities Enable the AI Revolution\n\nAfter engaging in this session\, participants will be able to explain why AI uses so much electricity and how utilities like Duke Energy are addressing this demand while also using AI tools to run the grid better.\n\nIn this fascinating session\, educators will learn how utilities like Duke Energy are using AI today to run the grid better. They will look inside a Data Center and discuss why AI uses so much electricity. Finally\, attendees will get a glimpse into how utility companies are addressing rapid load growth while protecting customers. Attendees will learn about AI in the real world and how it impacts their lives every day. Educators are encouraged to consider how take this knowledge into their classrooms.&nbsp\;
CATEGORIES:SOURCE CODE SESSION
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20260715T143000Z
DTEND:20260715T154500Z
SUMMARY:Source Code Session #20: Beyond AI Tools: Teaching About AI\, Not Just With AI
DESCRIPTION:In this session\, I will invite educators to think about AI as more than a classroom tool. Instead of focusing only on prompting or productivity\, we will explore AI literacy as a way to help students ask questions about ethics\, bias\, decision-making\, civic life\, and real-world systems. Using examples from English and interdisciplinary teaching\, I will share practical strategies such as case studies\, discussion prompts\, short inquiry tasks\, and values-based reflection. The goal is to help teachers move from general concern about AI to concrete classroom practice. Participants will leave with a clearer framework for teaching about AI\, not just teaching with AI\, and they will be ready to extend that work in the afternoon workshop. \n\nAfter engaging in this session\, participants will (or will be able to)...· define AI literacy as more than tool use or prompt-writing· explore classroom-ready strategies for discussing AI\, ethics\, bias\, and social impact· identify a place in their own curriculum where AI literacy fits naturally· create or adapt one resource they can bring back to their students\n
CATEGORIES:SOURCE CODE SESSION
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTAMP:20260616T215105Z
DTSTART:20260715T154500Z
DTEND:20260715T171500Z
SUMMARY:Lunch - GSSM Cafe
DESCRIPTION:Please enjoy lunch in the cafe at no charge for you.&nbsp\;
CATEGORIES:BREAK
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTAMP:20260616T215105Z
DTSTART:20260715T171500Z
DTEND:20260715T183000Z
SUMMARY:Expansion Pack Session #13X (Part 1): Integrating AI Tools with Curated\, Reliable\, and Controlled Resources
DESCRIPTION:In this extended afternoon workshop\, participants will build on the morning session through focused\, hands-on work. Educators will revisit the two project examples\, taking a deeper look at their structure\, design\, and classroom applications\, with an emphasis on adapting them to their own technology and engineering contexts.\n\nParticipants will continue developing the projects they began earlier\, refining their resource libraries and expanding content using a closed-source platform such as Google NotebookLM. The session emphasizes curating high-quality materials\, aligning resources with instructional goals\, and designing practical implementation strategies\, with opportunities for guided exploration and collaboration.\n\nBy the end of the workshop\, educators will share their projects\, exchange insights\, and leave with a more developed\, classroom-ready product and greater confidence in applying AI tools to support student learning.
CATEGORIES:EXPANSION PACK WORKSHOP
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTAMP:20260616T215105Z
DTSTART:20260715T171500Z
DTEND:20260715T183000Z
SUMMARY:Expansion Pack Session #15X (Part 1): AI as a Thinking Partner: Teaching Students to Question\, Not Copy
DESCRIPTION:The afternoon workshop will function as a hands-on design lab where participants adapt the ideas from the morning session into a classroom-ready resource. We will begin with a brief recap and discussion of how students may already be using AI as a shortcut\, then examine sample resources such as AI comparison activities\, verification checklists\, reflection prompts\, and student-facing protocols. These examples will be explored collaboratively\, with attention to how they can be adapted across grade levels.\n\nParticipants will then select an existing lesson\, assignment\, problem set\, lab\, or project and redesign it to include structured\, responsible AI use. Most of the workshop will be devoted to creation\, peer feedback\, revision\, and facilitator support. Participants will focus on questions such as what students should do before using AI\, how they should evaluate AI output\, and what evidence they should use to justify agreement or disagreement. The workshop will culminate with participants sharing an adapted resource or implementation plan they can use when they return to school.
CATEGORIES:EXPANSION PACK WORKSHOP
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20260715T171500Z
DTEND:20260715T183000Z
SUMMARY:Expansion Pack Session #16X (Part 1): AI and Image Data for Plant Sciences
DESCRIPTION:Helping your students understand that data also means images is an important aspect of AI literacy. Using the understanding from the morning session\, teachers will develop an activity based on their standards that utilizes image data.&nbsp\;
CATEGORIES:EXPANSION PACK WORKSHOP
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20260715T171500Z
DTEND:20260715T183000Z
SUMMARY:Expansion Pack Session #18X (Part 1): A House Divided? Thoughts on Social Studies and AI in the Classroom
DESCRIPTION:The workshop will divide participants into three groups (instructor tools\, student tools\, and curriculum design) and spend 30-40 minutes creating resources and developing ideas based on the morning sessions. After each 30-minute period\, the groups will present their results\, including problems they may foresee. The groups will then move to a different topic\, with the understanding that the new group would develop totally new ideas. At the end of three rounds of this\, the entire workshop would consider the larger problems from these three areas and how we might negotiate those issues.&nbsp\;
CATEGORIES:EXPANSION PACK WORKSHOP
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20260715T171500Z
DTEND:20260715T183000Z
SUMMARY:Expansion Pack Session #20X (Part 1): Beyond AI Tools: Teaching About AI\, Not Just With AI
DESCRIPTION:The afternoon workshop will be hands-on and product-based. After a short recap and model\, participants would choose an existing lesson\, text\, unit\, or topic from their own classroom and use a simple planning template to adapt it into an AI literacy resource. I will provide a small menu of sample case studies\, guiding questions\, and activity structures so teachers can either build from scratch or revise something they already teach. Most of the workshop will be devoted to drafting\, conferring\, and peer feedback\, with time at the end for revision and sharing. The goal is for every participant to leave with at least one usable product—a discussion protocol\, mini-lesson\, case-study activity\, assessment\, or short inquiry sequence. If the participants stay for the entire &nbsp\;three hours\, participants will expand their product into a fuller mini-unit\; if they stay for 90 minutes\, the focus will stay on one strong classroom-ready resource. \n\n
CATEGORIES:EXPANSION PACK WORKSHOP
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTAMP:20260616T215105Z
DTSTART:20260715T171500Z
DTEND:20260715T183000Z
SUMMARY:Expansion Pack Session #4X [Part 5 - Cohort Continued]: Integrating AI into Applied Mathematical Problem Solving
DESCRIPTION:*This is a cohort session. Following one morning session on Monday\, July 13\, this group will meet every afternoon to continue its exploration and learning.* \n\nIn the afternoon sessions participants will continue to examine various problems in applied mathematics and will explore how AI connects disparate mathematical concepts. &nbsp\;By attempting challenging problems from various resources (e.g.\, the Mathematical Association of America\, The Art of Problem Solving\, and The American Mathematical Society)\, teachers will again apply a blend of traditional techniques and numerical tools to solve advanced problems\; however\, unlike the morning session these problems will include examples that current AI models often fail to thoroughly grasp. By discovering more of AI’s limitations\, they will be reminded of the value of primary source materials\, such as time-tested\, multi-edition textbooks. &nbsp\;These examples will reinforce the necessity of human oversight and boost professional confidence in identifying "hallucinations" or errors. &nbsp\;Additionally\, teachers will also be encouraged to research and solve relevant problems of interest to them and their particular course w
CATEGORIES:EXPANSION PACK WORKSHOP
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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SUMMARY:Expansion Pack Session #6X [Part 5 - Cohort Continued]: AI for Every Learner: Practical Tools for Differentiation\, Accessibility\, and Inclusive Teaching
DESCRIPTION:*This is a cohort session. All participants who attend the morning session are invited to attend an accompanying afternoon expansion pack session each afternoon this week to apply your morning learning to the Special Education classroom.*\n\nThe 3-hour afternoon workshop gives participants dedicated creation time to apply the morning's framework to real materials from their own classrooms. It is structured as a creation studio rather than a continuation of the lecture.\n\nHour 1 (1:00–2:00) — Identify and Design: Participants select one real instructional challenge. A lesson that needs differentiation\, a text that needs to be adapted for a lower reading level\, an assessment that needs scaffolding\, or a documentation task they want to streamline. Small groups form around shared challenges. Special educators learn as much from each other as from any presenter. Introduction to the creation workflow: original material → AI prompt → draft → critical review → revision.\n\nBreak (2:00–2:15)\n\nHour 2 (2:15–3:15) — Create: Hands-on creation using Gemini and NotebookLM. Facilitator circulates with targeted coaching. Structured peer feedback in pairs: Does this serve the student? What did the AI miss that a human expert would catch? What needs to be fixed before this goes near a classroom?\n\nHour 3 (3:15–4:00) — Share\, Critique\, and Plan: Small group shares. Not just "look what I made" but "here's what the AI got wrong and how I fixed it." Whole-group reflection on AI as a tool for inclusive practice versus a shortcut that bypasses expertise. Individual action planning to identify one specific thing I will try with students in fall 2026.\n\nParticipants leave with a real\, usable adapted resource and a realistic\, critical framework for continuing independently.
CATEGORIES:EXPANSION PACK WORKSHOP
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20260715T183000Z
DTEND:20260715T184500Z
SUMMARY:Break & Refreshments
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy refreshments and a stretch of the legs in the South Lobby and outside between sessions.&nbsp\;
CATEGORIES:BREAK
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTAMP:20260616T215105Z
DTSTART:20260715T184500Z
DTEND:20260715T200000Z
SUMMARY:Expansion Pack Session #13X (Part 2): Integrating AI Tools with Curated\, Reliable\, and Controlled Resources
DESCRIPTION:In this extended afternoon workshop\, participants will build on the morning session through focused\, hands-on work. Educators will revisit the two project examples\, taking a deeper look at their structure\, design\, and classroom applications\, with an emphasis on adapting them to their own technology and engineering contexts.\n\nParticipants will continue developing the projects they began earlier\, refining their resource libraries and expanding content using a closed-source platform such as Google NotebookLM. The session emphasizes curating high-quality materials\, aligning resources with instructional goals\, and designing practical implementation strategies\, with opportunities for guided exploration and collaboration.\n\nBy the end of the workshop\, educators will share their projects\, exchange insights\, and leave with a more developed\, classroom-ready product and greater confidence in applying AI tools to support student learning.
CATEGORIES:EXPANSION PACK WORKSHOP
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTAMP:20260616T215105Z
DTSTART:20260715T184500Z
DTEND:20260715T200000Z
SUMMARY:Expansion Pack Session #15X (Part 2): AI as a Thinking Partner: Teaching Students to Question\, Not Copy
DESCRIPTION:The afternoon workshop will function as a hands-on design lab where participants adapt the ideas from the morning session into a classroom-ready resource. We will begin with a brief recap and discussion of how students may already be using AI as a shortcut\, then examine sample resources such as AI comparison activities\, verification checklists\, reflection prompts\, and student-facing protocols. These examples will be explored collaboratively\, with attention to how they can be adapted across grade levels.\n\nParticipants will then select an existing lesson\, assignment\, problem set\, lab\, or project and redesign it to include structured\, responsible AI use. Most of the workshop will be devoted to creation\, peer feedback\, revision\, and facilitator support. Participants will focus on questions such as what students should do before using AI\, how they should evaluate AI output\, and what evidence they should use to justify agreement or disagreement. The workshop will culminate with participants sharing an adapted resource or implementation plan they can use when they return to school.
CATEGORIES:EXPANSION PACK WORKSHOP
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
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SUMMARY:Expansion Pack Session #16X (Part 2): AI and Image Data for Plant Sciences
DESCRIPTION:Helping your students understand that data also means images is an important aspect of AI literacy. Using the understanding from the morning session\, teachers will develop an activity based on their standards that utilizes image data.&nbsp\;
CATEGORIES:EXPANSION PACK WORKSHOP
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
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SUMMARY:Expansion Pack Session #18X (Part 2): A House Divided? Thoughts on Social Studies and AI in the Classroom
DESCRIPTION:The workshop will divide participants into three groups (instructor tools\, student tools\, and curriculum design) and spend 30-40 minutes creating resources and developing ideas based on the morning sessions. After each 30-minute period\, the groups will present their results\, including problems they may foresee. The groups will then move to a different topic\, with the understanding that the new group would develop totally new ideas. At the end of three rounds of this\, the entire workshop would consider the larger problems from these three areas and how we might negotiate those issues.&nbsp\;
CATEGORIES:EXPANSION PACK WORKSHOP
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
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DTSTART:20260715T184500Z
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SUMMARY:Expansion Pack Session #20X (Part 2): Beyond AI Tools: Teaching About AI\, Not Just With AI
DESCRIPTION:The afternoon workshop will be hands-on and product-based. After a short recap and model\, participants would choose an existing lesson\, text\, unit\, or topic from their own classroom and use a simple planning template to adapt it into an AI literacy resource. I will provide a small menu of sample case studies\, guiding questions\, and activity structures so teachers can either build from scratch or revise something they already teach. Most of the workshop will be devoted to drafting\, conferring\, and peer feedback\, with time at the end for revision and sharing. The goal is for every participant to leave with at least one usable product—a discussion protocol\, mini-lesson\, case-study activity\, assessment\, or short inquiry sequence. If the participants stay for the entire &nbsp\;three hours\, participants will expand their product into a fuller mini-unit\; if they stay for 90 minutes\, the focus will stay on one strong classroom-ready resource. \n\n
CATEGORIES:EXPANSION PACK WORKSHOP
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
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DTSTART:20260715T184500Z
DTEND:20260715T200000Z
SUMMARY:Expansion Pack Session #4X [Part 6 - Cohort Continued]: Integrating AI into Applied Mathematical Problem Solving
DESCRIPTION:*This is a cohort session. Following one morning session on Monday\, July 13\, this group will meet every afternoon to continue its exploration and learning.* \n\nIn the afternoon sessions participants will continue to examine various problems in applied mathematics and will explore how AI connects disparate mathematical concepts. &nbsp\;By attempting challenging problems from various resources (e.g.\, the Mathematical Association of America\, The Art of Problem Solving\, and The American Mathematical Society)\, teachers will again apply a blend of traditional techniques and numerical tools to solve advanced problems\; however\, unlike the morning session these problems will include examples that current AI models often fail to thoroughly grasp. By discovering more of AI’s limitations\, they will be reminded of the value of primary source materials\, such as time-tested\, multi-edition textbooks. &nbsp\;These examples will reinforce the necessity of human oversight and boost professional confidence in identifying "hallucinations" or errors. &nbsp\;Additionally\, teachers will also be encouraged to research and solve relevant problems of interest to them and their particular course w
CATEGORIES:EXPANSION PACK WORKSHOP
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
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SUMMARY:Expansion Pack Session #6X [Part 6 - Cohort Continued]: AI for Every Learner: Practical Tools for Differentiation\, Accessibility\, and Inclusive Teaching
DESCRIPTION:*This is a cohort session. All participants who attend the morning session are invited to attend an accompanying afternoon expansion pack session each afternoon this week to apply your morning learning to the Special Education classroom.*\n\nThe 3-hour afternoon workshop gives participants dedicated creation time to apply the morning's framework to real materials from their own classrooms. It is structured as a creation studio rather than a continuation of the lecture.\n\nHour 1 (1:00–2:00) — Identify and Design: Participants select one real instructional challenge. A lesson that needs differentiation\, a text that needs to be adapted for a lower reading level\, an assessment that needs scaffolding\, or a documentation task they want to streamline. Small groups form around shared challenges. Special educators learn as much from each other as from any presenter. Introduction to the creation workflow: original material → AI prompt → draft → critical review → revision.\n\nBreak (2:00–2:15)\n\nHour 2 (2:15–3:15) — Create: Hands-on creation using Gemini and NotebookLM. Facilitator circulates with targeted coaching. Structured peer feedback in pairs: Does this serve the student? What did the AI miss that a human expert would catch? What needs to be fixed before this goes near a classroom?\n\nHour 3 (3:15–4:00) — Share\, Critique\, and Plan: Small group shares. Not just "look what I made" but "here's what the AI got wrong and how I fixed it." Whole-group reflection on AI as a tool for inclusive practice versus a shortcut that bypasses expertise. Individual action planning to identify one specific thing I will try with students in fall 2026.\n\nParticipants leave with a real\, usable adapted resource and a realistic\, critical framework for continuing independently.
CATEGORIES:EXPANSION PACK WORKSHOP
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
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DTSTART:20260715T210000Z
DTEND:20260715T223000Z
SUMMARY:Dinner - GSSM Cafe
DESCRIPTION:Dinner is provided for all attendees. Guests may pay $7.50 per meal at the kiosk.&nbsp\;
CATEGORIES:BREAK
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
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DTSTART:20260715T220000Z
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SUMMARY:Evening Entertainment: The City of Hartsville Dog Days of Summer Hot Dog Festival
DESCRIPTION:Check out this local event\, in walking distance to your hotel! It's a can't miss.&nbsp\;\nhttps://visithartsvillesc.com/2025/hartsville-to-host-inaugural-dog-days-of-summer-hot-dog-festival-featuring-the-oscar-mayer-wienermobile/\n\n\nThe City of Hartsville is bringing the heat this summer with the first-ever Dog Days of Summer Hot Dog Festival\, a free community celebration packed with flavor\, fun\, and a larger-than-life visit from one of America’s most iconic vehicles—the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile.\nSchedule on Wednesday\, July 16\, 2025\, from 6:00 to 9:00 PM in Burry Park\, the festival coincides with National Hot Dog Day and promises a sizzling good time for the whole family.\nFestival-goers will enjoy:\nFree hot dogs and drinks served throughout the eventLive music to keep the summer vibe going strongA Hot Diggity Dog Costume Contest\, open to both pets and humansInteractive fun from The Bubble Guy\, creating magical moments for all agesAnd of course\, a special appearance by the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile\, a 27-foot-long frankfurter on wheels that’s sure to be a showstopperThe Wienermobile\, operated by a team of enthusiastic “Hotdoggers\,” will be available for meet-and-greets\, photo ops\, and a chance to walk away with one-of-a-kind Oscar Mayer swag—including the fan-favorite Wiener Whistles.\n\n
CATEGORIES:EVENING ENTERTAINMENT
LOCATION:Burry Park\, https://share.google/9JrAuyY7uG246AtY6
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SUMMARY:Administrator's Session Check-In
DESCRIPTION:Administrator's joining the Institute for the first time will check in prior to attending the first session.&nbsp\;
CATEGORIES:INSTITUTE CHECK-IN
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
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SUMMARY:Source Code Session #21: Administrator’s Session: Cultivating Future-Ready Citizens: Empowering Student and Community Voices in Responsible AI Integration
DESCRIPTION:Also available via virtual link:&nbsp\;\n\nGreenville County Schools (GCS) will share its strategic approach to generative AI\, highlighting a human-centered vision focused on student success\, a premier workforce\, and a caring culture. This session will provide an overview of the district’s three-year AI implementation plan and how GCS is building AI literacy\, fostering responsible innovation\, and preparing students and educators for a rapidly evolving future.\n\nParticipants will learn about the district’s phased approach\, beginning with foundational awareness and exploration in Year 1\, expanding to intentional educator integration in Year 2 through tools such as MagicSchool.ai\, and culminating in Year 3 with student empowerment and future-ready learning experiences supported by MagicStudent. \nThe session will also highlight the development of Board Policy and Administrative Rules that guide the responsible and intentional use of AI and technology\, including efforts to balance innovation with healthy screen-time practices.\nAttendees will leave with practical insights into how a large school district can thoughtfully implement AI while maintaining a strong focus on teaching\, learning\, workforce development\, and student well-being.
CATEGORIES:SOURCE CODE SESSION
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
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SUMMARY:Source Code Session #22: The AI Teaching Assistant That Never Sleeps: Honing the AI First Mindset
DESCRIPTION:AI is not just a shortcut or a search box—it can function like a tireless teaching assistant\, thought partner\, editor\, tutor\, and brainstorming companion. This session will introduce practical ways educators can adopt an “AI First” mindset: asking where AI can save time\, deepen learning\, personalize support\, or improve the quality of your work and save time on manual tasks. Designed for non-experts\, the session will focus on real examples rather than technical theory\, showing how AI can help draft materials\, refine assignments\, generate feedback\, support student inquiry\, and strengthen day-to-day productivity. Participants will leave with a deeper appreciation of what AI can do\, how to use it responsibly\, and how to begin building AI into their teaching practice with curiosity\, judgment\, and confidence. \n\nApply an “AI First” mindset by recognizing moments when AI can save time\, improve quality\, or expand instructional possibilities. Identify practical classroom and workflow uses for AI as a teaching assistant\, planning partner\, tutor\, editor\, and productivity tool. Craft more effective AI prompts to generate stronger lesson ideas\, feedback\, rubrics\, examples\, explanations\, and student supports. Leverage AI’s multimedia capabilities\, including text\, images\, audio\, documents\, and data\, to support instruction\, communication\, and daily productivity. Understand the major AI model options and recognize which tools are best suited for different teaching and productivity tasks.
CATEGORIES:SOURCE CODE SESSION
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
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DTSTART:20260716T130000Z
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SUMMARY:Source Code Session #23: Lean Into AI: Machine Verified Mathematics
DESCRIPTION:If you ask an LLM to do mathematics\, how does it know what is "correct"? Although models have been improving\, they still sometimes make mistakes\, especially in the "harder" sciences like mathematics. And yet\, prominent mathematicians such as Terry Tao are vocally advocating for the use of AI in their research and have been publishing machine assisted proofs. Why do renowned experts like Dr. Tao trust AI\, how can the AI help with research\, and what does this have to do with high school students? The answer to all of this is strongly related to interactive proof assistant languages like Lean\, which have existed prior to the current LLM boom. This session will cover some of the basics and describe how GSSM has used Lean to create research opportunities in mathematics that are accessible for gifted high school students.
CATEGORIES:SOURCE CODE SESSION
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
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DTSTAMP:20260616T215105Z
DTSTART:20260716T130000Z
DTEND:20260716T140000Z
SUMMARY:Source Code Session #26: Make It Yours: A Practical Introduction to MagicSchoolAI
DESCRIPTION:This K-12 kickoff session puts your goals at the center. Starting with two guiding questions — What do you want to accomplish? and What do you want to prevent? — we'll explore how MagicSchool can support your real work in the classroom. You'll explore the platform hands-on and leave with a clear sense of where AI fits in your practice.\n\n\nBy the end of this session\, participants will be able to:\nArticulate at least one personal goal and one boundary they want to set for AI use in their classroomNavigate the MagicSchool platform and identify tools relevant to their grade level and content areaApply a purpose-driven framework for evaluating when and how to use AI in their practiceLeave with a concrete next step for integrating MagicSchool into an upcoming lesson or workflow
CATEGORIES:SOURCE CODE SESSION
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
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DTSTAMP:20260616T215105Z
DTSTART:20260716T140000Z
DTEND:20260716T141500Z
SUMMARY:Break & Refreshments
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy refreshments and stretch your legs between sessions.&nbsp\;
CATEGORIES:BREAK
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
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DTSTAMP:20260616T215105Z
DTSTART:20260716T141500Z
DTEND:20260716T151500Z
SUMMARY:Source Code Session #24: Administrator’s Session: AI for AI for Teaching\, Learning\, and Productivity
DESCRIPTION:This session explores practical AI applications for educators\, from foundational concepts to real-world classroom use cases. Presenters will introduce core AI ideas\, discuss responsible adoption strategies\, and examine how AI is reshaping teaching\, learning\, and academic integrity. Through real-world examples and live demonstrations\, attendees will see how AI tools can enhance productivity. The session will also highlight approaches to AI enablement\, including ambassador programs and cross-functional best practices. Participants will leave with actionable ideas and a clearer understanding of how to begin using AI effectively and thoughtfully in educational settings. \n\nAfter participating in this session\, attendees will be able to:\n1. Explain core AI concepts and their relevance to teaching and learning.\n2. Identify practical ways AI can support instruction\, productivity\, and classroom engagement.\n3. Apply strategies for integrating AI into education and use by educators.
CATEGORIES:SOURCE CODE SESSION
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
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DTSTAMP:20260616T215105Z
DTSTART:20260716T141500Z
DTEND:20260716T151500Z
SUMMARY:Source Code Session #25:Beyond ChatGPT: Launching South Carolina’s AI Pathway to Meet Graduation Requirements and Workforce Demand
DESCRIPTION:This session spotlights South Carolina’s custom-designed Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (Course 1) and the full AI Career Pathway — created specifically for our state to meet workforce demand while providing a powerful option for satisfying the computer science graduation requirement. Students learn the foundational building blocks behind AI systems\, including machine learning\, computer vision\, natural language processing\, data preparation\, and responsible AI design — all through project-based units grounded in South Carolina’s priority industries.\nParticipants will learn implementation strategies for meeting graduation requirements while exposing students to viable career pathways\, including approaches for adopting the full pathway and building dual enrollment partnerships with regional postsecondary institutions. We will share lessons from pilot implementation\, strategies for embedding AI into existing CTE programs\, and insights from new initiatives that connect pathway skills to real-world AI applications\, validation processes\, and industry. Participants will articulate how to guide students from basic AI tool use to a deeper understanding of the concepts\, systems\, and design behind AI technologies.
CATEGORIES:SOURCE CODE SESSION
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
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DTSTAMP:20260616T215105Z
DTSTART:20260716T141500Z
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SUMMARY:Source Code Session #27: AI in Education Today: What Every Educator and Administrator Needs to Know
DESCRIPTION:The AI landscape in education is moving fast\, and not all tools are created equal. This session gives educators a clear-eyed look at where legislation and policy stand today\, how those decisions ripple down to the classroom level\, and what to watch for as districts navigate responsible AI adoption. We'll unpack what makes MagicSchool distinctly different from general-purpose chatbots and consumer AI tools\, and explore how purpose-built AI supports meaningful\, intentional screen time for students and educators alike.\n\n\nBy the end of this session\, participants will be able to:\n\nSummarize the current state of AI-related legislation and policy and its implications for classroom practiceDistinguish between general-purpose chatbots and purpose-built AI tools designed specifically for educationEvaluate AI tools through the lens of purposeful screen time and student safetyArticulate why MagicSchool was built for educators and how that distinction shapes responsible adoption in their district\n
CATEGORIES:SOURCE CODE SESSION
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
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SUMMARY:Source Code Session #28: Keeping Humans in the Loop: AI Use with Integrity
DESCRIPTION:AI isn’t replacing student work. It is replacing student struggle.\nIn an era when AI can write an essay\, solve an equation\, and generate a research summary in seconds\, the most important question is no longer whether students can use AI — it’s whether they are thinking while they do it. This session reframes the AI-in-schools conversation away from detection and discipline toward something far more powerful: building the responsible use\, critical thinking\, and informed judgment that make students genuinely prepared for the world they are entering.\nDrawing on the aiEDU AI Readiness Framework\, participants will explore how AI bias shows up in classrooms\, what it looks like to be a critical consumer of AI outputs\, and how to design learning experiences that honor both human judgment and the tools that are here to stay.\nBy the end of this session\, participants will be able to:Identify at least two ways AI systems reflect bias and explain why this matters for classroom learning and student agency.Recognize human cognitive biases — including confirmation bias and authority bias — that shape how students and teachers interact with AI outputs.Apply a framework for evaluating student AI use that centers critical thinking and responsible judgment\, not detection or compliance.Redesign or adapt at least one existing task to support transparent\, integrity-centered AI integration using a prompt rubric and transcript as the assessable artifact.
CATEGORIES:SOURCE CODE SESSION
LOCATION:SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Building (GSSM)\, 401 Railroad Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC 29550
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DTSTAMP:20260616T215105Z
DTSTART:20260716T151500Z
DTEND:20260716T154500Z
SUMMARY:Transition to Closing Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:Following the last session\, please join us at the hotel in the Coker Room for the Closing Ceremony.&nbsp\;
CATEGORIES:BREAK
LOCATION:Hampton Inn Coker Room\, 203 East Carolina Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC\, US
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DTSTAMP:20260616T215105Z
DTSTART:20260716T154500Z
DTEND:20260716T163000Z
SUMMARY:Closing Ceremony & Keynote
DESCRIPTION:Keynote Speaker: Lilyn Hester\, Head of Southeast External Affairs & Government Relations\, Google \n\nHousekeeping Bits and Final Farewells
CATEGORIES:KEYNOTE
LOCATION:Hampton Inn Coker Room\, 203 East Carolina Ave.\, Hartsville\, SC\, US
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