Building an Inclusive AI Future in Education with Kunal Dalal and Wes Kriesel
May 13, 2024
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Kunal Dalal and Wes Kriesel discuss building an inclusive AI future in education. Topics include AI integration in education, entrepreneurship journey, diversity in AI education, collaboration, student involvement, storytelling, family empowerment, using Chat GPT for storytelling, and exploring fiction with a unique perspective.
Promoting collaboration and networks among educators empowers the education community to integrate AI effectively.
Involving families in AI education through activities like weekly meal planning builds fluency and understanding of AI.
Embracing playfulness and diverse perspectives in AI education fosters trust, innovation, and inclusive collaboration.
Deep dives
The Importance of Building Networks and Supporting Collaboration in EdTech
Supporting collaboration and building networks among educators, administrators, thought leaders, and students is crucial in shaping the global education technology industry. Initiatives like the AI Parent Book, student-led AI summits, and 100 conversations project facilitate meaningful conversations and empower the education community to integrate AI effectively.
Empowering Families and Leveraging AI for Home Engagement
Recognizing the significance of involving families and parents in AI education, initiatives aim to empower families to engage with AI tools at home. By creating activities like weekly meal planning using AI, families can build fluency and understanding of AI, which could help alleviate the pressure around AI integration in schools.
Navigating Challenges and Embracing Playfulness in AI Education
As AI advances in education, educators must navigate challenges arising from misinformation and fears about AI misuse. Encouraging a playful approach towards using AI for relationship-building and collaborative activities can help ground AI conversations in a human-centered perspective, fostering trust and innovative engagement in AI education.
Importance of Playfulness and Joy in AI and Education
Embracing playfulness, joy, and experimentation in AI and education can engage more people effectively, although it requires vulnerability. The podcast stresses the diversity of perspectives in discussing AI and education, highlighting the need to appreciate different approaches without antagonism. It emphasizes the importance of productive tension and inclusive collaboration to navigate the complexities of redefining learning.
Exciting Trends in EdTech
The podcast discusses the increasing focus on immersive environments through text-to-3D or text-to-360 technology in education. It envisions collaborative and social learning experiences where students create and explore virtual environments together. Additionally, the conversation touches on the potential of AI agents in education, emphasizing the need to prepare students for a workforce transformed by advanced AI capabilities.
Kunal Dalal merges education and AI, driving human-centered AI integration at the Orange County Department of Education. Educated at Oberlin, Harvard, and UC Berkeley, he's evolved from school principal to headphone entrepreneur to tech educator. Dalal's entrepreneurial and community efforts, alongside his AI-focused initiatives like "The A.I. Parent" book, AI Days, and "100 Conversations in 100 Days about AI," showcase his dedication to enriching education with AI, advocating for an empowered, collaborative learning community.
Wes Kriesel is an Administrator of AI and Innovation at Orange County Department of Education. In his work at OCDE, Wes built Orangejuice.ai, where he shares stories from around Orange County about AI in Education. In addition, Wes is the producer for “Squeeze the D.AI”, the Orangejuice.ai podcast that covers AI in public education. Three guiding values for Wes’ work are: inclusiveness, storytelling, and innovation. Wes enjoys photography, his dogs, his Jeep, and spending time with his wife – in reverse order of importance.
