Welcome to Tech Talk 2025 hosted by Chicago Public Schools’ Information & Technology Services Department
The Information & Technology Services Department of Chicago Public Schools is thrilled to announce Tech Talk 2025, taking place on Tuesday, February 25th, 2025.
Tech Talk is a comprehensive, virtual professional development conference spearheaded by CPS educators, Tech Coordinators, Google experts, SOPPA-approved vendors, and CPS thought leaders. This day-long event is designed to enhance your skills and provide valuable insights into the tech tools necessary for organization and student engagement.
Repetitive tasks frequently arise in our schools, and they SUCK! At least for tasks involving the Google Suite (Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Sheets, etc), we can cut down on some of the annoyance of it all by automating the boring things. Using Google Apps Script, Google users can code custom bots that complete tasks for them. And, with generative AI, ChatGPT can assist in writing code to build our solutions.
Senior Data Analyst Tyler Portis from Noble Schools will tell his story of working with ChatGPT to build a Google Apps Script bot that emails appropriate co-workers daily a list of Google Form submissions from the last 24 hours. Participants will have a chance to program and deploy their app.
Note: Being comfortable with coding/excel/programmatic thinking will be beneficial. All are welcome, though."
