CRAFT PD Series — Unlocking AI & IoT for K-12 STEM

About This Series

Co-hosted by the UCF DRACO Lab (Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering) and the UCF School of Teacher Education (College of Community Innovation & Education), this series equips STEM teachers with practical skills for bringing AI and IoT into their classrooms.

Each standalone, virtual session follows the CRAFT pedagogical cycle — a five-phase instructional framework where participants experience each phase firsthand and learn to apply it in their own teaching:

1. Contextualize — Why it matters: real-world application, career, and societal framing
2. Reframe — Surface the wrong mental model, install the correct one
3. Assemble — I Do → We Do → You Do scaffolded practice
4. Fortify — Verify with tools and AI; errors are features, not failures
5. Transfer — Connect forward to the next concept or your own classroom

Facilitators: Dr. Mike Borowczak & Dr. Andrea Borowczak + DRACO Lab graduate TAs

Format: Virtual (Zoom) · 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM PST · Standalone sessions

Standards: NGSS-aligned throughout

Workshops

What Every Participant Receives

• Shared Google Drive folder — Templates, prompt libraries, lesson starters (all editable)
• Curated resource website — Bookmarkable page with links, guides, and updates
• Digital toolkit PDF — One downloadable document per session
• Customized lesson — NGSS-aligned template personalized during the session
• Workshop 3 bonus: BBC micro:bit V2 hardware kit (yours to keep!)