Discover how to make AI work for you. In this hands-on session, learn how to personalize AI tools like ChatGPT, Copilot, and Gemini to match your teaching style, workflow, and curriculum needs. You’ll explore how to “train” your AI to anticipate your planning routines, resource preferences, and communication tone so it becomes your time-saving, thought-partnering, feedback-generating sidekick. Whether you’re a planner, creator, organizer, or dreamer, walk away with practical strategies and ready-to-use prompts to boost productivity

This presentation by Lidia Fumo on Train Your AI Brain: Customizing AI for Planning and Productivity provided an array of resources, apps, and applications on how to incorporate AI in teacher practice. The practicality of the session was a high point of the session. Participants were incredibly engaged and remained well after the session to ask questions.

Presenter: Lidia Fumo Resources Mentioned: https://www.canva.com/design/DAHB-SAxMUg/gmkY1EwYqkIkbn9Y9K9KVg/view Canva for Teachers: https://www.canva.com/ai-for-teachers/ Lidia Fumo Personal Website: www.theartofinquiry.ca

OSST Statement/Research on AI in the Classroom: https://osstfupdate.ca/2025/06/13/research-study-generative-ai-use-in-ontario-high-schools/ ETFO Statement on AI in the Classroom: https://www.etfo.ca/getmedia/89a220d8-fdf5-44cb-a6cf-621b4855706e/241113_AIEducation.pdf

OECTA Statement on AI in the Classroom: https://www.catholicteachers.ca/OECTA/media/pdfs/Communications/OECTA%20Publications/2025/AI-Advisory_members_FINAL.pdf

OTF Moderator Provided: Survey: https://forms.gle/qfXMjqsmEtdQmo136

OTF Webinar Site: https://www.otffeo.on.ca/en/learning/otf-connects/webinars/