The AI Education Conversation

In a world of AI, what does the future of work look like? Will certain jobs and industries become obsolete? What skills will become elevated in this new world and how should schools revamp their operations to develop these skills in students? Today's conversation with Corinne Hoisington, professor of information systems technology at Central Virginia Community Colleges, begins to tackle these...

How should school districts be thinking about AI? The clock has started...3 months until the next school year and AI may be on the shortlist of planning priorities for many districts. What steps can districts take to better receive AI next school year? Dr. Nneka McGee has quite a few thoughts here - as a Chief Academic Officer for a 9000+ student school district and as a researcher of AI over the...

One of the biggest challenges impacting schools today is the mental health of students in a post pandemic world. Can AI support the mental health of our students? To what extent would we trust AI to support in high stakes conversations with students surrounding their mental health? My conversation today with Scott Freschet and Dr. Elsa Friss of Alongside digs into these questions. Alongside suppor...

What a ride it has been! The last 19 weeks have been a marathon of countless developments, updates, and learnings. Along the way, it is important to pause and reflect on where we've gone. Let's do it...today's episode will explore what we've learned so far across 19 weeks on AI in education across three categories: access, privacy, and risks/opportunities. I also lay out prediction...

Congratulations to all of the folks in our school communities celebrating graduations over the next couple weeks! You made it! As we exhale, kick up our feet, and practice self care after a marathon of a school year, let's dip our toe into the AI water and do some casual AI exploration! Some school stakeholders still feel uncertain about AI coming to schools, which will only be more rampant ne...

*This episode is dedicated to all of those who lost their lives or have been impacted by gun violence in schools* How can AI technology help us protect our school communities and prevent school shootings? In today's episode, I sit down with CTO Tim Sulzer and COO Rob Huberty of Zeroeyes, who leverage AI technology to prevent gun violence. They walk me through how their technology works and sha...

It's been a while since we've showcased the capabilities of AI tools on the show! So, I decided to go BIG - an interview with the AI chatbot that started it all - ChatGPT. During my interview, I ask ChatGPT a multitude of questions around AI and education. I gotta say...I am surprised. Plus, AI can now read our minds and AI is changing the workforce. Let's jump in... Disclaimer: I use...

Big shout out to all of the students making their college decisions on May 1st! It takes so much heavy lifting from students, families, and educators to make it to national college enrollment day, congratulations!! In celebration of the enrollment day, I talk with my friend and Regional VP for OneGoal Massachusetts, Adam Seidel. Adam and I talk our college journeys, experiences of students applyin...

In today's episode, I sit down with Adeel Khan, CEO + Founder, and Brad White, Chief Learning Officer, of Uncharted AI Adeel and Brad are life long educators with experiences as teachers and school leaders who have been deeply impacted by the emergence of AI. As we adapt to a world with AI, Uncharted strives to bridge the gap between AI and education. Our conversation explores AI implementatio...

In today's episode, I sit down with Gavin Smith, who is the school leader of one of the top performing high schools in Massachusetts, Boston Latin Academy. Gavin and I have crossed paths many times in our efforts to empower students in Boston towards realizing their greatest aspirations and I've always been impressed by his ability to create cool, innovative opportunities for his students...

We knew it would happen eventually...the AI image meme wave is upon us! Most notably this week, Pope Francis took over everyone's timeline, donning his white Balenciaga inspired puffer jackets, DJing in a night club, riding motorcycles, and generally taking on the world. Did Pope Francis suddenly challenge Tom Cruise for his action hero title? Nope! All of these images are fake...and really go...

I kick off April with a interesting conversation with my friend and colleague, Josh Otlin. Josh is the school leader at Milford High School and has over two decades working in and leading schools as a teacher, Assistant Principal, and Principal. Our conversation explored the life of a Principal during and post pandemic, relationships with AI, and the current fallout of the smartphone/social media...

The big 1-0!!! A special thank you to everyone tuning in as I drop episode 10! Continue engaging with our community on twitter + rate/review so we continue elevating educator perspectives as we co-create a world with AI. In today's episode, it's time we check in with different folks across the education landscape. Updates in AI have been coming fast and furious - how are folks continuing t...

It's official GPT-4 dropped! In this episode, I share a brief overview of what we know about GPT-4, the Large Language Model which is supposed to be OpenAI's next evolution to ChatGPT and GPT-3.5, and how folks are using it. Most importantly, Spencer Burrows joins the conversation today. Spencer is an 11th grade Dean at the Pacific Ridge School and a higher ed professor. Spencer has multip...

The AI Education Conversation welcomes our first educator, Keith Rispin! Keith has spent three decades integrating technology into schools and districts as a teacher and tech specialist for West Vancouver Schools. Our paths crossed when I stumbled upon some great takes for how AI can improve practices, namely, through Personal Education AIs which replace conventional assessments.  Keith and I...

I did it...I finally opened up and talked about how AI can impact the big A....(assessments). A very charged topic across education, assessments are nonetheless a big part of a students educational journey - how can AI improve this experience or (unfortunately) reinforce the status quo? Plus, LSU responds to Tik Tok influencing on AI by students and Youtube is adding AI tools. Let's jump in...

Meta joins the race....with Llama? Bing makes changes after their chatbot went 'completely unhinged' last week.  + My arm chair take is many educators (over half) have still not engaged with AI like ChatGPT yet...so let me help paint this picture of how I think this technology solves big challenges within schools. Let's jump in...

Are k-12 students actually using AI tools like ChatGPT in the classroom? Have we overestimated how many students actually know about or have used these tools? Has talk about a metaverse completely come and gone? The answer to both questions may lie in Roblox...a metaverse any k-12 student DOES know about. In this episode, I explore Roblox...plus has Bing's chatgpt project gone 'completely unhinged...

The AI Education Conversation welcomes Alex Kotran!  Alex leads The AI Education Project, which is dedicated to creating equitable learning experiences for students around AI literacy. They also have phenomenal curriculum on their website - aiedu.org - for students, which is FREE.  Alex and I talk ChatGPT, NYC Public schools, the state of AI, and much more. Let's jump in...

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AI continues to evolve and it is clear technology will soon contain much more knowledge than any person could hope to contain. In a world with AI, what should schools be teaching students? How do we prepare them for a future reality which does not exist yet?

What other AI tools exist and how can educators use these in their day to day? Also, updates from the world of AI and perspectives from the field on using chatGPT in schools.

At the beginning of this year, my views on education shifted SEISMICALLY with the introduction of ChatGPT. As we adapt to a world with AI, voices in education must be elevated.  Let's jump in. Join the conversation on twitter: @TheAIEdConvo