August 27th – Tech Day 2026
How to Train your Tech: Harness Emerging Tools as Allies
Tech Day 2026
Thank you for all who supported and attended Tech Day 2025: AI in the Classroom: Discover and Leverage URI Ed Tech Tools.
We’ll explore practical use cases, hands-on strategies, and insider tips to help you understand emerging educational technology.
Email Amanda: amanda.jensen@uri.edu with questions.
Last years August 2025 Tech Day Agenda
| Presenter | Title |
|---|---|
| Michelle Rogers | AI and image creation |
| Bob Viens | AI tools for Webex |
| Jim McGwin | AI and Industry |
| Amanda Jensen | Ethics and AI |
| Ben Leveillee | Zoom and the AI Companion |
| Lisa Chen | Building an AI Assistant to Analyze Student Responses in LibreChat |
| Katie Babula | Panopto and video AI |
| Karen Lokey | Getting the Most Out of Large Language Models (LLMs): Skills for Any Platform |
| Amanda Jensen | Copilot: Tips and Triicks |
| and more | …. |
What is Tech Day?
Every August IT hosts an annual ed tech innovation day for faculty, with multiple tracks and virtual sessions centered on a new theme each year.
Both URI ed tech support staff and faculty present use case studies, best practices, ideas, solutions, technology curriculum design, and emerging educational technology innovations. Tech Day participants may pick and choose sessions of interest to take technology enhanced learning to the next level.