The AI Education Conversation

How is a world renowned university supporting education system leaders with AI? I talk with Chris Agnew, Director of the Generative AI for Education Hub at Stanford University. The hub is tasked with empowering K-12 systems leaders through research, policy, and practice.Chris and I talk about the work of the Hub, latest AI studies on their AI repository hub, the unique role Stanford can play in engaging systems leaders, personalization versus isolation, and much more.AI Hub - https://scale.stanford.edu/aboutAI research repository - https://scale.stanford.edu/genai/repositoryChris Agnew - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-agnew-74bb8217/

What is top of mind on AI in Education for world education leaders?How can students access AI tools safely?How can we navigate data security and privacy while providing cutting edge tools to schools?I talk with Ksenia Sokolyanskaya and Katharina Cordes from Fobizz, a well known EDtech company in German speaking countries and vastly growing in reputation around the world.LIVE WEBINAR REGISTRATIONAI DETECTOR COURSEAI IMAGE COURSE

Bree Dusseault is back! Bree, Principal and Managing Director with the Center for Reinventing Public Education at Arizona State University, and I talk AI in education. What are education and tech leaders saying at this point? What are the top challenges and opportunities? How can we bridge the gap between ed and tech?

In 2024, is AI impacting college admissions and counseling? Emily Pacheco, Director of admissions at Loyola University Chicago and founder of the AI in College Admissions Special Interest Group, joins the conversation. Emily and I explore AI’s role in personal statements, AI’s equity implications in college access, AI’s current status across the college admissions landscape, and much more. Protect yourself in a world of AI. Free vulnerability scan with Symasis cybersecurity.

If individuals and organizations can leverage AI tools, so can bad actors who intend to use AI for harm. So how might bad actors try to use AI to threaten our schools and districts? What can be done to prevent or stop any cyber attacks? I talk with Jay Hochstetler, founder of Symasis, a cybersecurity firm providing affordable cybersecurity solutions for organizations. Jay has decades of experience in cybersecurity roles such as chief information security officer. Jay and I talk about the impact of AI on digital threats to schools, how threats have evolved over decades, and Jay was even gracious enough to run an OSINT assessment on me - which is basically a test cybersecurity firms can do to analyze what information is out in the digital world on you. Let’s just say I braced myself and was still surprised at what Jay found. FREE VULNERABILITY SCAN WITH SYMASIS FOBIZZ AI IMAGE COURSE SEE IF YOUR EMAIL INVOLVED IN ANY DATA BREACHES

As many schools, districts, and organizations decide how to kick off processes for exploring and adopting artificial intelligence, what key steps can they take to set the stage? I offer my top three in this AI Essentials. AI Literacy (CRPE study) AAP School Shootings Zeroeyes K12SIX incidence Concerns from District Tech Leaders Symasis #cybersecurity #ai #education

How will artificial intelligence impact human connection? I talk with Michelle Culver, who’s striving to build human connection in a world of AI by exploring our relationships with the emerging technology. Michelle is a lifelong educator and founder of The Rithm Project, which is focused on catalyzing spaces and thought leadership across generations and sectors to think deeply about the ways AI will reshape relationships. Michelle shares her perspectives on the types of AI-human relationships, how AI is currently impacting our schools/young people, how we schools might respond, cell phone bans, and much more. Michelle's article + framework #artificialintelligence #education #schools #chatgpt #relationships

What does it actually take to bring AI literacy and frameworks to a school? If you’re an educator, is there anything you can do to accelerate an AI adoption timeline in your school community? Today’s conversation will feel different from others; I have the privilege of coaching stakeholders on AI exploration and adoption and today I share a window into my coaching call with Emmett.  Emmett is a high school teacher who aspires to bring AI frameworks and literacy to his school community.  In our call, we breakdown his vision and goals and walk through strategies and tactics he can leverage as he starts the school year.

Is the role of AI in education taking shape? I talk with Thomas Thompson, who believes grounding in strong pedagogy and instruction design, enabled by generated AI, provides a powerful tool for educators. Thomas is a recently transitioning social studies teacher and now full time CEO/Co-founder for Eduaide.AI, an AI instructional design tool for educators.  Thomas shares his perspectives on the role of AI in schools, AI for students, AI detectors, and developments on AI in education. I’ve partnered with Fobizz on two AI in education courses! Check out my course on AI Detectors and share with colleagues!

Major news across the AI in education landscape has developed over the last three weeks, leading to Los Angeles Unified School District disbanding their highly public AI chatbot 'ED' and the tech firm partner Allhere. Fonz Mendoza, founder of My Edtech Life, and I break down the news and what it means for education.