The AI Education Conversation

As we enter a new school year, how has AI impacted educators? In today’s episode we will explore how AI has impacted educators. I am excited to jump into my conversation with Michael Smith. Michael is an OG listener who started his AI learning journey around the same time I did. He and I have had some insightful convos around how he is using and thinking about AI in his role as a health and physical education leader in Australia. Plus, ChatGPT's performance declines, businesses are experimenting with AI, and AI detects breast cancer. Let me know what you think about today’s conversation @TheAIEdConvo on X.

In today’s episode I sit down with the manufacturing millennial, Jake Hall. Jake has built a huge following on social media by shedding light on the many cool, innovative automations happening in manufacturing. From machines which can pick up trash in a park, bake cookies, and improve so many facets of everyday life, Jake reminds us that manufacturing is awesome and so many opportunities exist in the sector. Can AI revive manufacturing in education? If AI disrupts white collar jobs by automating communication in seconds, shouldn’t this mean we now expose our young people to new opportunities for the workforce they will be a part of? Plus, AI identifies wild fires and reduces airplane contrails. FEC explores AI regulation in political ads. Give Jake a follow at his socials below: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacobrhall/ https://twitter.com/MFGMillennial

We've explored many ways AI hopes to bring transformation to the educational experience. When a school goes beyond dreaming and enters the hard work of implementation, does AI live up to its promise? Steven Eno leads AI powered Project Leo at Da Vinci schools as an instructional coach/engineering pathway lead. Steven shares an inside look into his classroom and the experience behind Project Leo. Plus, the IRS audits using AI, Google requires disclosure of AI political ads, and an analysis of school districts responding to AI in schools.

Marie Bigham, Founder/Executive Director of ACCEPT, joins the podcast to discuss the impact of AI on college admissions. They explore how colleges are using AI and how students can utilize it in their applications. They also delve into the potential transformative effects of AI on the application and matriculation process. The episode covers other interesting topics such as the physical costs of AI, deepfakes, and updates on ChatGPT. Get ready for a masterclass on the college admissions landscape.

One year after AI has become mainstream, are we seeing states/districts integrate AI at scale? My conversation with Bree was a journey through a vast landscape that is the current responses of state departments of education on AI, yet we also dive deep into the trenches around stakeholder decision making and dynamics between states, districts, and schools.  Though the landscape is complex, I walked away from my conversation with Bree energized, as I hope you will. Energized because, though implementation is the single biggest challenge across education - we as a sector, do have enough collective knowledge, experiences, and lessons learned to implement AI effectively in a way that changes the world for my son and all young people. AI updates + CRPE articles: Dr. Hutson study CRPE: Nation responses to AI Gemini CRPE: Slow it down ASU AI in teaching

AI is disrupting all forms of art and media as we know it. We've seen lawsuits, strikes, and tools intended to fight back against AI because so many artists are having to compete against AI tools creating images, videos, text, and music instantly. For our young people who aspire to be artists and content creators in a world of AI, how do prepare them to navigate this increasingly complex landscape? As Lead XR Disruptor and Department Head of Art History + Visual Culture at Lindenwood University, Dr. James Hutson helps us makes sense of the current AI disruption and how aspiring artists can work together in our new world. Brazil's first legislation written by AI An AI influencer with 130k followers earning 10k+ monthly Artists poisoning AI models

Is the next big AI breakthrough already here? In this episode, I walkthrough OpenAI's announcement, how to create a GPT for schools, my honest review, and the risks/opportunities. Referenced links: Introducing GPTs Word Dash GPT Ethan Mollick Working with AI

As the new year kicks off, have schools started to adopt AI? Amanda Bickerstaff has deep experiences as a high school teacher and edtech entrepreneur. She recently founded AI For Education to try and bridge the massive chasm which exists between k-12 education and AI technology circles. Amanda has much to say around acknowledging the current good, bad, and ugly with Artificial Intelligence and what it will really take to implement in schools. You can connect with Amanda at: https://www.aiforeducation.io/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-bickerstaff-edu/

With a summer season to hold conversations and strategize around AI, I continue to wonder how schools, districts, and universities will use AI this school year. How will AI usage be different this school year?  In today’s episode, I’m excited to chat with computer science and entrepreneurship student at the University of Pennsylvania, Aashika Vishwanath.  Beyond her impressive knowledge of AI tools, Aashika shares her perspectives on the AI opportunity as a higher ed student as she returns to UPenn in the coming weeks. Aashika also leads Acaidemy, a huge youtube channel focused on AI. Connect with Aashika or learn from her with one of the links below: http://linkedin.com/in/aashikavishwanath youtube.com/acadaimy amazon.com/author/aashika Plus, LA USD adopts AI chatbot, Iowa schools using AI to ban books, and AI workforce developments.

Has AI killed the essay? Do students actually need to learn how to write essays anymore? In a world of AI, how should we be reimagining reading and writing? We know that over the last three years of the pandemic, the United States and many other countries saw unprecedented learning losses in students. We also know these declines continue to happen at a pivotal moment in our technological history - a moment where anyone can enter a prompt with the words “create an essay on…” and instantly have a logically sound essay in seconds using AI. As former teachers and fierce advocates for writing through their roles at Quill, Sherry Lewkowicz and Katie Moylan offer their perspectives on the role of writing, in addition to the work of Quill across schools.