AI for Collaboration Workshop @ MIT

[Selim Tezel]

Posting for an MIT PhD student.  Kindly share this with your students and circles.

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From: Prerna Ravi <pre...@mit.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2026 6:31 PM
To: Selim Tezel <ste...@mit.edu>; Robert Parks <rpa...@mit.edu>
Subject: Request Circulating AI for Collaboration Workshop

 

Hi Selim and Robert, 

Hope you are doing well. I was hoping to request for your help advertising a workshop I would like to run this May at MIT with high school students. This is a one-time 2.5-hour workshop exploring how GenAI can support high school students in collaborative learning classrooms. The tool has already been vetted by teachers last year. This is the core idea of my PhD dissertation topic. 

Through the workshop, students will learn how to use and critique AI use for group learning and practice productive communication skills. We are also compensating them with $40 Amazon gift cards + food.

• The sign-up form for it should not take more than a minute to fill out. 

• Here is the flyer you could probably screen-share for 2 minutes if you are willing: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PvT9zb6Cwz1WEwS3KW1JVqZXr4IOt54OCrM5HUhCt3E/edit?usp=sharing
• I have added a QR code (on the flyer) students can easily scan so they can sign up if interested. Signing up is NOT binding, they can fill out the form even if they are just interested but can’t confirm availability yet. 

• Separately, I would also really appreciate it if you could circulate the same flyer via the App Inventor mailing lists. This can be to students, teachers, and/or parents since they could pass it on to one another. 

Would really appreciate your help since this is one of the major projects for my PhD dissertation and I am on a tight timeline with it. 

Thank you!

Best

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Prerna Ravi

PhD Student, MIT CSAIL

She/her/hers

https://prernaravi.com/