Workshops for EducatorS
Building a Data & AI Mindset in SChools
Empowering educators across subjects to integrate AI & data thinking in the classroom through hands-on, story-driven, and curriculum-ready workshops.
Integrating AI & Data INTO Classroom
This hands-on workshop is designed to empower middle and high school educators—across all subject areas—to build foundational knowledge in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Data Science, and to apply it meaningfully in their teaching practice.
What you’ll gain:
🧠 Demystify AI fundamentals and commonly used concepts in AI & machine learning (ML) models
🌍 Real-world case studies that highlight the impact of AI across industries and society
📊 Hands-on experience working with public datasets to analyze and visualize data
🧩 Practical strategies for weaving data thinking into any subject or curriculum
🏁 Capstone project where you apply data and AI concepts to a topic you already teach
By the end of the workshop, you’ll walk away with classroom-ready tools, fresh ideas, and the confidence to lead your students into a data-driven world.
Sample Agenda For 2-Day Workshop
- Demystifying AI, ML, and GenAI
- AI in the Real World & Data Ethics
- Data Exploration through Visualization
- Visualization with example dataset
- Discussion on AI topics
- Explore public data sets
- Ethics in AI
- Making data come alive in every subject
- Hands-on Capstone Project
- Discussions and Take-Aways
Past Workshops
Sep 13, 2025: Empowering Educators with AI & Data Thinking
In partnership with TreeLearning, DIYA Research hosted a hands-on workshop designed to help educators bring data and AI thinking into their classrooms — across subjects and grade levels.
Participants explored real-world examples, engaged in thoughtful debates on AI ethics, and discovered how to turn everyday classroom content into data-rich learning experiences.
This workshop is part of our ongoing mission to support schools in building a future-ready, data-literate generation — starting with the educators.
Aug 5 & 6, 2025: CSTA NJ CSPD Week: AI & Data Science for Educators
As part of CSTA NJ CSPD Week, DIYA Research led a hands-on, two-day professional development workshop focused on integrating AI and Data Science into classroom teaching. The session included real-world case studies, interactive data visualizations using Tableau, and beginner-friendly coding with Python, Pandas, and Seaborn. Read more about it here.
June 1, 2025: UIUC Sponsored PD Workshop for Educators
Educators across the country participated in an interactive online session to explore how AI and data science can enhance learning. This PD workshop was sponsored by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and National Science Foundation.
Key Takeaways: Interactive sessions, Case studies using real-world datasets, Talks & demos by experts, Hands-on project. Teachers participate in a hands-on project, apply the learnings from the session on a dataset to uncover valuable insights.
Learn more about the session
Oct 19, 2024: In-Person Workshop at Princeton University
Educators gathered for a full-day session focused on applying AI and data science in education through interactive discussions and collaborative activities.
Key Takeaways: Hands-on learning, Real-world datasets, Peer collaboration, Expert-led demos.
Participants explored practical strategies to bring data science into the classroom effectively.
