Gateway Technical College is teaming up with Microsoft on a four-part workshop series meant to help people put artificial intelligence to work in everyday tasks, without needing to enroll in a college program.
The sessions run from 9 to 11 a.m. in Kopper Auditorium at Gateway's SC Johnson iMET Center, 2320 Renaissance Blvd. in Sturtevant. Each workshop is capped at 25 participants. The series is valued at $199 per session, but a $150 Microsoft scholarship brings the cost down to $49 per workshop.
The series opens Wednesday, Oct. 28, with a session on generative AI basics where participants use plain-language instructions to build a simple working web app and practice writing better prompts. The Nov. 19 session covers using AI to turn documents and notes into summaries, briefs and plans. On Jan. 27, participants build a simple AI-powered tool of their own, and the Feb. 10 finale focuses on making the case for an idea.
Each session is hands-on: participants work directly with AI tools, complete activities and create their own projects, progressing from prompting basics to showing the value of what they built, according to the college.
Gateway communications and media relations manager Lee Colony said the college is trying to build awareness of AI and give people a way to get training without signing up for academic courses.
