Workshops
Play, Pause, Rethink: Exploring AI Through Games and Classroom Creativity
Join the Center for Transformational Play and Dr. Jordan Mroziak for a new professional learning experience focused on AI literacy, ethical systems design, and game-based learning.This immersive workshop invites educators to experience AI literacy through play, storytelling, and systems design. Using the game Cosmend alongside other AI literacy activities, participants step into the role of designers tasked with repairing fictional social media systems for alien communities across the galaxy. As they play, reflect, and redesign, participants uncover how algorithms, recommendations, and platform structures influence human behavior and societal outcomes. Along the way, educators are introduced to core principles of transformational game design and leave with practical strategies for creating classroom experiences where students do not simply learn about AI, but actively question, critique, and reshape the systems around them.
Workshop Details:
Date: Monday, Aug. 17, 2026TIme: 10 am
Length: This workshop is a half-day workshop (3.5-4 hours)
Location: This workshop will be held in-person at CMU’s Oakland campus
Pricing: Special Pilot Pricing: $125 (Use code AIPILOT at checkout)
Participants This workshop is limited to a total of 20 participants
(Full location and schedule details will be provided following registration)
About The Presenter:
Dr. Jordan Mroziak’s work sits at the confluence of artificial intelligence, learning design, and social imagination. He currently serves as an assistant professor and as Lead Designer of AI Learning at CodeJoy, where he advances equitable and imaginative approaches to AI education across formal and informal learning environments. With a deep-rooted commitment to equity and community, Jordan has architected forward-thinking educational interventions in AI literacy, ethics, and aesthetic education. As former director of the EDSAFE AI Alliance, he catalyzed national and international dialogues on safe, ethical, and inclusive AI in education. He led the design of governance frameworks and professional fellowships that equipped educators, policymakers, and technologists to navigate the complexities of AI implementation…always with an emphasis on justice, human dignity, and collective wisdom. Jordan’s leadership in launching the inaugural National AI Literacy Day evidences his ability to transform abstract policy into tangible public engagement.
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