On Wednesday, April 29 at 6 pm, join MassCUE for a virtual author talk with Dr. Torrey Trust and Dr. Robert W. Maloy focused on prompt literacy and effective strategies for prompting generative AI in educational settings. Drawing from their book AI and Civic Engagement, the authors will share ready-to-use prompts designed to support higher-order thinking, meaningful learning, and civic engagement across subject areas.

Participants will explore how thoughtfully written prompts can help students engage more deeply with content while using AI responsibly and purposefully. The session will include examples educators can immediately adapt for their own classrooms, followed by an interactive Q&A where attendees can ask questions, share ideas, and discuss challenges and classroom applications of GenAI. Reading the book in advance is optional but encouraged for those who want to dive deeper and come prepared with questions.

About the Book: AI and Civic Engagement

AI and Civic Engagement explores how generative AI technologies can be used in strategic, creative, and critical ways to support civic learning across subject areas for grades 6–12. The book includes 75+ classroom-ready activities, aligned to the ISTE Standards for Students, along with 90 example prompts that help learners engage thoughtfully with AI while strengthening civic knowledge and participation.

Purchase Information

The book is available through ISTE
Use discount code AICIVS at checkout to receive 20% off the list price.

 

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About the Authors

Torrey Trust, Ph.D. is a Professor of Learning Technology in the College of Education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her work centers on empowering educators and students to critically explore emerging technologies and make thoughtful, informed choices about their role in teaching and learning. Dr. Trust has received the University of Massachusetts Amherst Distinguished Teaching Award (2023), the College of Education Outstanding Teaching Award (2020), and the International Society for Technology in Education Making IT Happen Award (2018), which “honors outstanding educators and leaders who demonstrate extraordinary commitment, leadership, courage, and persistence in improving digital learning opportunities for students.” More recently, Dr. Trust has been a leading voice in exploring GenAI technologies in education and has been featured by several media outlets in articles and podcasts, including Educational Leadership, U.S. News & World Report, WIRED, Tech & Learning, The HILL, and EducationWeek. www.torreytrust.com 

 

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Robert W. Maloy is a senior lecturer in the College of Education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst where he coordinates the history teacher education program and co-directs the TEAMS Tutoring Project, a community engagement/service learning initiative through which university students provide academic tutoring to culturally and linguistically diverse students in public schools throughout the Connecticut River Valley region of western Massachusetts. His research focuses on technology and educational change, teacher education, democratic teaching, and student learning. He is co-author of AI and Civic Engagement: 75+ Cross-Curricular Activities to Empower Your Students, Transforming Learning with New Technologies (4th edition); Kids Have All the Write Stuff: Revised and Updated for a Digital Age; Wiki Works: Teaching Web Research and Digital Literacy in History and Humanities Classrooms; We, the Students and Teachers: Teaching Democratically in the History and Social Studies Classroom; Ways of Writing with Young Kids: Teaching Creativity and Conventions Unconventionally; Kids Have All the Write Stuff: Inspiring Your Child to Put Pencil to Paper; The Essential Career Guide to Becoming a Middle and High School Teacher; Schools for an Information Age; and Partnerships for Improving Schools.

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