Çağdaş Yıldız

Çağdaş Yıldız is a Teacher Trainer and AI & EdTech Specialist at UES Türkiye with over 10 years of experience, working with teachers from K-12 to higher education. He holds the Cambridge CELTA and From Teacher to Trainer certificates and is a Google Certified Educator and Apple Teacher. He has delivered a wide range of sessions, including storytelling, AI literacy, critical thinking, gamification and differentiation. Through Teach Forward, his teacher development framework, he helps teachers use AI with a pedagogy-first approach.

The Story Studio: Pedagogy-First AI with Your Storyteller’s Hat On

This session explores how AI can help teachers design, adapt, and bring stories to life for their own learners, with pedagogy leading every decision and technology following. Participants will see how stories can be built around their students' level, interests and target language, and how the same story can be adapted for mixed-ability groups. They will also explore ways to turn stories into visual, audio and comic formats that support comprehension and engagement. Beyond creating materials, the session focuses on what happens next in the classroom.  Participants will discover practical ways to use these stories in their lessons, with activity ideas and storytelling techniques that turn each story into meaningful language practice.

Teachers will leave with practical workflows, ready-to-use prompts, and a clear framework for using AI as a storytelling partner.