The No Hype, Just Help Series is a series designed to give educators practical, grounded knowledge about AI without the breathless headlines or the panic. Register for one workshop in the series or all of them.
This is the second in the series.
Social and Environmental Impacts of AI
You're already living with the impacts of AI. This session is about learning to see them.
In this interactive, jargon-free session, we'll look at what often goes unexamined in the AI conversation: the environmental costs, the labor behind the technology, the tools designed to feel like companions, and the quiet ways AI is already embedded in decisions that affect real people. We'll also look at what happens when these systems get things wrong, and why finding someone accountable can be harder than you'd expect.
You'll leave with a clearer picture of what's actually at stake and a sharper eye for the difference between a legitimate concern and a headline designed to provoke one.
No prior experience with AI required. No panic required either.
This work is fully funded by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) under the U.S. Department of Education, through a recently awarded University of Washington grant (AmplifyGAIN), and is offered at no charge to educators.
CES is offering eight stand alone 75-minute workshops taking place synchronously online, for all educators, administrators, and school or district specialists. Each workshop combines direct instruction with structured peer dialogue and applied practice such as analyzing AI outputs, testing prompts, and evaluating instructional use cases. This is not product specific, and we are not hyping a specific product.