Skip to main content
Navigate the MAZE to Select Safe and Effective AI Tools for the Classroom

AI

Jul 8, 2025

MSEN Summer Scholars STEM Camp: Demystifying AI – Solving Real-World Problems

Invitation Only For the past 38 years, the NC-MSEN Pre-College Program has provided STEM enrichment and college preparation for students from all backgrounds in grades six through 12. The program…

Jul 1, 2025

Pedagogy First in a Digital World

Educators face the challenge of seamlessly integrating technology into their classrooms while maintaining expertise in their subject matter. Skilled educators who embrace the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)  framework, combining…
3 students sitting at a table working on an educational game

May 6, 2025

Friday Institute, Center for Educational Informatics and EngageAI Institute Collaborate to Advance AI in Education

By bridging immersive storytelling, real-time adaptive support and authentic science inquiry, the game-based platform EcoJourneys is engaging students in meaningful curiosity-driven learning experiences. As research and development continues, this project…
A group of people sit at a table having a conversation

Apr 22, 2025

NC State Puts AI Forward at the Friday Institute on National AI Literacy Day

National AI Literacy Day is a nationwide day of action focused on exploring the fundamental question, “What is AI?” On that day, March 28, 2025, 104 NC State University researchers,…

Mar 10, 2025

Harnessing AI Prompts to Build Critical Thinking in Classrooms

As an instructional designer and educational coach at the Friday Institute, I work with educators navigating both the possibilities and challenges of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in the classroom. The…

Mar 3, 2025

AI Forward: Leading Innovation, Research and Learning at NC State University

Join the William & Ida Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, with support from the NC State College of Education, Office of Instructional Programs and the NC State Data Science and AI Academy,…
A table of people talk and interact

Aug 2, 2024

Educators and Researchers Working Together to Shape the Future of AI

On May 24, 2024, approximately 40 educators and 40 researchers traveled to the William and Ida Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at North Carolina State University (NC State) for an intensive, day-long workshop hosted by the EngageAI Institute
Graphic of Krista Glazewski with the text: Ask the Expert and her name and title (Friday Institute Executive Director and Associate Dean for Translational Research

Aug 2, 2024

How Can Teachers Integrate New Technologies Like AI Into the Classroom? ‘Be Open Minded and Take Risks,’ Says Friday Institute for Educational Innovation Executive Director and NC State College of Education Associate Dean for Translational Research Krista Glazewski

For more than 20 years, Friday Institute Executive Director and NC State College of Education Associate Dean for Translational Research Krista Glazewski has studied how complex problem solving can be supported through new, emerging and foundational technologies.

A group of educators sit around a table talking in a room full of other tables and people

Jul 16, 2024

Building Bridges Between Education and EdTech for K-12 AI Integration

In the Alamance-Burlington School System, many teachers aren’t worried that AI will replace them. They’re excited about learning how AI can save time and help them with logistics and administrative…
M.A.Z.E.: Monitor data privacy; Assess for accuracy; Zero-in on bias; Evaluate value

Jun 24, 2024

Navigate the MAZE to Select Safe and Effective AI Tools for the Classroom

As more and more digital tools incorporate artificial intelligence (AI), this 4-step approach to Navigating the MAZE can help educators to evaluate and select safe and effective online platforms. Informed…