Teaching the AI-Native Generation - Tools and Frameworks for Future-Ready Learning
Session Description
Today’s students are the first truly AI-native generation—growing up in a world where intelligent systems generate ideas, make decisions, and collaborate alongside humans. Yet most classrooms and learning environments are still designed for a pre-AI era.
This session helps educators and innovators close that gap.
Drawing from her work in AI literacy and strategy, Joya Scarlata introduces a practical framework that moves learners beyond basic prompting toward critical thinking, interpretation, creativity, and responsible collaboration with AI. Participants will explore the AI Literacy Pyramid—a model designed to help learners progress from awareness to applied problem-solving and strategic reasoning with AI.
Attendees will leave with actionable tools, future-facing skills, and a clear pathway to design learning experiences that prepare students for an agentic, innovation-driven world—where understanding how to think with AI matters more than simply knowing how to use it.
Who This Session Is For
This talk is designed for:
Educators (K–12, higher ed, and learning designers)
Creators & designers shaping learning experiences
Innovators & strategists working at the intersection of AI and education
Students and lifelong learners curious about thinking critically with AI
Speaker Bio : Joya Scarlata | LinkedIn
Joya Scarlata is a global speaker, AI strategist, and TEDx presenter driven by one mission: helping educators and learners build the confidence, creativity, and curiosity needed to thrive in an AI-shaped world.
She is the Director of Marketing at InterraIT and the creator of the Signals & Strategy newsletter, where she translates complex AI trends into accessible, human-centered frameworks for future-facing learning. Joya has shared her work on international stages—including the Thames Valley AI Summit (UK), DigMarCon Dallas, and the American Marketing Association—and has guest lectured at universities across the U.S., Europe, and India.
Her work focuses on equipping the AI-native generation not just to use AI—but to question it, think with it, and innovate responsibly alongside it.