A single campus, fifteen schools in the room

It is one thing for a school to send its own teachers to a workshop. It is another for that school to become the venue where fifteen other institutions gather to learn together. That is what happened at Heritage International School’s Talanagri campus, which hosted a CBSE DLD expert-led talk bringing educators from across the district under one roof for a single, focused session.

What the session actually addressed

The talk centred on two connected ideas that increasingly define modern classrooms, the ethical use of artificial intelligence and computational thinking as a teaching tool in its own right. Rather than treating AI as an abstract trend to mention in passing, the session pushed attending teachers toward a more concrete goal, leaving the room as educators who understand both what AI can do and where its use needs boundaries.

The resource person behind the talk

Dr Pankaj Kumar of Mangalayatan University, Aligarh, led the session, bringing an academic’s grounding to a topic that schools often struggle to teach without either oversimplifying it or losing non-technical teachers along the way. Having a resource person from a university rather than a generic corporate trainer gave the talk more weight, and from the turnout, fifteen participating schools, it is clear the district saw real value in that choice.

Why ethical AI use specifically matters right now

AI tools are already in student hands, whether schools have formally addressed them or not. A session built specifically around the ethical use of AI, rather than just its technical mechanics, tackles the harder and more urgent half of the problem: how students and teachers should actually use these tools responsibly, not just how the tools work. For a gathering of fifteen schools, that framing matters more than any feature walkthrough would.

Computational thinking as the other half of the picture

Pairing AI ethics with computational thinking was a deliberate choice, since the two reinforce each other. A teacher who understands computational thinking, breaks problems into steps, spots patterns, and builds a clear process is better equipped to guide students through AI tools critically rather than treating them as a black box that simply produces answers.

What hosting this talk says about HIS Talanagri

Beyond the content itself, there is something worth noting in the fact that fifteen schools chose to convene at Heritage International School’s Talanagri campus for this particular session. Hosting a district-wide professional development event is not a small logistical undertaking, and it reflects a campus willing to position itself as a convening point for serious academic development, not just a participant in events organised elsewhere.

What this means for students at the school

Teachers who sit through sessions built around current, genuinely relevant topics like AI ethics tend to bring that thinking directly into how they frame assignments and classroom discussions. For families evaluating schools, this kind of participation – quiet, consistent, and not built for marketing – is a more honest signal of a school’s academic seriousness than most promotional material offers.