Raising AI-Ready Kids: A Parent Seminar with Casey Cuny
Event Details
Parents, you're invited to The Westport Library to learn how AI can be used to facilitate deeper learning and stronger thinking. In this informative seminar and Q&A session presented by Westport Public Schools, 2024 California Teacher of the Year Casey Cuny will dive into one of the most pressing questions facing families today: not whether students will use AI — but whether they'll learn to use it wisely.
Explore how artificial intelligence is already reshaping how students learn, study, and prepare for college and careers — and what parents can do to help guide them through it.
Why You Should Come
AI is no longer on the horizon. It's already in your child's homework, their research, and the workforce they're heading into. This evening offers parents a rare chance to move beyond the headlines and gain a clear, practical understanding of what AI in education actually looks like, what skills will matter most, and how to have more informed conversations with your kids about using these tools with judgment, purpose, and integrity.
About the Program
Cuny will walk parents through the ways students can harness AI as a tool for deeper thinking rather than a shortcut around it — drawing on research-backed learning strategies like retrieval practice, desirable difficulties, reflection, and revision. The session will cover why the words students use when working with AI matter enormously, and why metacognition, curiosity, and inquiry are becoming the most essential academic skills of the AI era. Parents will also come away with concrete examples of tools students are already using — from Google NotebookLM to custom Gems and GPTs — and a clearer framework for what responsible, effective AI use looks like in practice.
About the Speaker
Casey Cuny is the 2024 California Teacher of the Year and a nationally recognized voice on the intersection of artificial intelligence and education. A sought-after keynote speaker, he has presented for institutions including the California Department of Education, the Los Angeles County Office of Education, the California Teachers Association, and the California PTA, and has been featured on CBS and NBC news affiliates across the state. His work in the classroom is grounded in the belief that social, emotional, and academic growth are inseparable — and that students rise to remarkable levels of rigor when those dimensions are woven together. He brings that same philosophy to his work with parents and educators navigating the AI era: not as a technology evangelist, but as a teacher who has seen what thoughtful, purposeful use of these tools can unlock in young people.
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