GENERATION AI
SCHOOL ASSEMBLY PROGRAM
“Eddie was engaging, high-energy, and extremely relevant for our students, who are growing up in the first generation where artificial intelligence is a part of everyday life.”
– Jill Lynch, Technology Teacher, Markham Place Middle
Download Eddie’s Program Guide & Speaking Rate
✔ Top-Rated Youth Speaker for Students
✔ All-Inclusive Speaker Fee — No Travel Expenses
✔ The Best Speaker You’ve Ever Booked, or Your Money Back
GENERATION AI
SCHOOL ASSEMBLY PROGRAM
Equipping Students for Safe, Wise, and Responsible AI Use with Motivational Youth Speaker Eddie Cortés
RATING: ★★★★★ 4.98 ⋅ 199+ BOOKINGS
Target Audience: Elementary, Middle & High School Students (Grades K–12) 30-60 mins
AI School Assembly Program Overview:
Students today are the first generation growing up with artificial intelligence as part of everyday life. AI can unlock creativity and learning, but it also raises new questions about digital wellness, academic integrity, and critical thinking.
In this high-energy, interactive assembly, national youth speaker Eddie Cortés helps students navigate the “Age of AI” with clarity and confidence.
Through humor, storytelling, and live demonstrations, Eddie turns complex technology into concrete lessons students can actually use. Rather than focusing only on the dangers of AI, the program emphasizes the human strengths that technology can never replace.
Students learn how to think critically about the tools they use, protect their identity online, and develop the judgment and character needed to lead in a technology-driven world.
Learning Outcomes AI Literacy and Digital Citizenship:
Every assembly, regardless of grade level, is built around three practical ideas students can immediately apply:
1. Be Human: Students learn that empathy, creativity, and original thinking are uniquely human strengths that no algorithm can replace. AI can assist learning, but it should never replace their voice, effort, or perspective.
2. Be Wise: Students learn how to use AI as a co-pilot instead of autopilot. They explore how AI works, why it can produce errors or bias, and how to think critically before trusting or sharing what it generates.
3. Be Safe: Students learn how to protect their identity and digital reputation in an AI-powered world. The program covers practical strategies for recognizing misinformation, avoiding harmful online behavior such as deepfakes or cyberbullying, and knowing when real human support matters most.
K–12 Adaptations for Schools
Specific frameworks designed for K-2, 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12 grade levels.
K–2 Assembly Adaptation
Duration: Approx. 30–35 Minutes
Theme: Smart Tools, Smart Choices
Hook: Through fun demonstrations and simple visuals, students discover how technology can help them learn, create, and solve problems.
Objective: Teach young learners that technology is a tool to help them think, create, and learn—not something that replaces their effort or imagination.
3–5 Assembly Adaptation
Duration: Approx. 40–45 Minutes
Theme: AI as a Learning Superpower
Hook: Students see how AI tools can help them brainstorm ideas, solve problems, and explore their curiosity when used responsibly.
Objective: Help students understand the difference between using AI to support learning and relying on it to do the thinking for them.
6–8 Assembly Adaptation
Duration: Approx. 50–55 Minutes
Theme: Responsible AI Use in a Digital World
Hook: Through real-world examples and interactive demonstrations, students explore how AI is changing school, careers, and creativity.
Objective: Equip students with a framework for using AI ethically, protecting their voice and ideas, and thinking critically about technology.
9–12 Assembly Adaptation
Duration: Approx. 55–60 Minutes
Theme: AI, Identity, and the Future of Work
Hook: Students examine how artificial intelligence is reshaping careers, creativity, and communication—and where human thinking still matters most.
Objective: Challenge students to use AI strategically while developing the uniquely human skills—judgment, creativity, and character—that technology cannot replace.
If you’re looking for a speaker who combines authenticity, impact, and energy to tackle the most relevant topic, such responsible use of AI, in education today, Eddie Cortés delivers.
Call (800) 799-1460 between 8 AM-5 PM CT from Monday-Friday to schedule a quick chat with Top Youth Speakers.
“Enthusiastic, engaging… loved Eddie’s energy and audience interaction. His promo video sells him short.”
– Principal Charlotte Young
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE IMPACT OF AI ON STUDENTS AND EDUCATION
The New ‘Friend’ in Your Students’ Pockets: Why AI Companions Are a Crisis for Youth Mental Health
In an era of increasing youth loneliness, students are seeking connection wherever they can find it. For a growing number, that means turning to a new kind of friend: an AI companion. Platforms like Character.AI, Replika, and Nomi offer a 24/7 confidant that is always available, never judgmental, and endlessly agreeable.
AI’s Impact on Learning: 5 Red Flags for Schools
For school leaders and educators, the conversation around Artificial Intelligence often centers on one word: cheating. But this question is at the heart of a major dilemma facing every school: understanding AI’s impact on learning. A groundbreaking study from MIT reveals a more insidious risk. When students consistently rely on AI to do their thinking, they can accumulate “cognitive debt“—a condition where the brain’s problem-solving muscles get weaker, memory fades, and the very capacity for critical thinking declines.
ChatGPT Cognitive Decline: MIT Study on AI’s Brain Impact
As a parent or educator, you’ve likely felt it: a nagging unease behind the undeniable convenience of AI. When a student uses a tool like ChatGPT for a tough homework assignment, are they finding a clever shortcut or short-circuiting their own learning? This question is at the heart of a major dilemma facing every school: the risk of ChatGPT cognitive decline. For years, this has been a subject of debate. But now, a groundbreaking MIT AI writing study is providing the first concrete, neurological evidence of what many have feared. The research on AI’s effect on student brains suggests that over-relying on AI for complex tasks like writing isn’t just changing the quality of student work—it’s measurably changing their brains, and the results are alarming.
EDDIE CORTÉS
Youth Motivational Speaker on Responsible AI Use
ABOUT AI SCHOOL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER EDDIE CORTÉS
Eddie Cortés is a former at-risk student turned national youth speaker who helps students build resilience and rewrite the way they see themselves. Today, he’s a leading voice on the most critical challenge facing this generation: navigating the world of Artificial Intelligence. Eddie believes the inner battles students have always faced—mental health, self-doubt, and belonging—are now amplified by technology, making the responsible use of AI the new frontier for student leadership and well-being.
To learn more about Top Youth Speaker Eddie Cortés click here.
Follow Eddie Cortés on social: Instagram | Facebook | Linked In
Serving Schools Across Florida:
St. Cloud | Orlando | Tampa | Miami
Jacksonville | Tallahassee