Our latest dispatch: Are schools preparing for an AI future? Here’s how some educators are saying yes—with action, not just talk.👇 https://t.co/jsy6pUpG0T #AIinEducation #K12 #EdTech #FrontierLearingLab

Need support navigating AI in your classroom or school? The Frontier Learning Lab AI Help Desk is open for K–12 educators in Montana... and beyond! 🧠 Real answers. No jargon. Just support. → aihelp@mdta.org Find out more about the Lab at https://t.co/tqgISMuJsx

MTDA's Frontier Learning Lab opens its AI Help Desk for educators, the first in the nation! ai.help@montanadigitalacademy.org Read more here! https://t.co/EyVgAKpUIc #AIinEducation #DigitalLearning #MTDA #BigSkyCountryLeads #GenerativeArtificialIntelligence

Frontier Learning Lab is looking for partner teachers, schools, districts, and co-ops across Montana. Want to host a hands-on AI session for your staff or access training from the Lab? Connect with our team at ai.help@montanadigitalacademy.org.

Why start with building? Because AI literacy grows when educators can tinker, test, and iterate on real tasks: no theory exam required!

Entrepreneurship pitch coach – lets students rehearse startup ideas and get targeted feedback. Curriculum remixer – helps a teacher re-envision district units through different instructional styles.

A few stand-outs: Library review fetcher – pulls community and professional reviews to speed up a school librarian’s student book-request queue. Math-curriculum FAQ bot – fields common questions so colleagues spend less time hunting through binders with a new math curriculum.

In three fast-moving hours, a dozen Montana teachers explored ChatGPT, Gemini, NotebookLM, and SchoolAI, then began shaping those tools into classroom helpers. Teachers were left with prototypes at every stage of completion, from rough scaffolds to nearly ready assistants.

AI feels abstract until you build a bot that solves tomorrow morning’s lesson-plan problem. This week, Caitlin and Jason piloted Frontier Learning Lab’s Build-a-Bot Workshop at the MTPLC August Institute in Missoula.

If you care about what’s next for teaching and learning—especially in rural education—watch this space: 🔗 https://t.co/DKYOT1mutC Sign up for our Substack to explore the frontier: 🔗 https://t.co/tqgISMubCZ #FrontierLearningLab #MTedu #AIinEd #RuralEd #XR #EdTech #FutureReady

✔️ A one-stop hub for vetted AI, VR, and AR tools that actually work in classrooms ✔️ Support for rural schools to close digital opportunity gaps, not widen them ✔️ A statewide commitment to student privacy, access, and future-readiness This is version 1.0 of something big.

This isn’t about shiny tools. It’s about responsible innovation with heart and purpose. What to expect: ✔️ A first-in-the-nation AI Help Desk for Montana educators ✔️ Scalable, stackable professional learning—meeting teachers where they are

Let's explore the frontier... together! Thanks to new legislative funding, we’re launching the Frontier Learning Lab (FLL)—a statewide initiative from Montana Digital Academy to equip students, educators, and schools for the AI-powered, XR-infused world ahead.