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Aug 10, 2023 • 29min

The Future of AI in Primary Grades with Janessa Fletcher Transformative Principal 549 #SummerofAI

I'm excited to announce my Book Study. Get more info and join me here.Janessa Fletcher, Content Director for Education to the Core, discusses the future of AI in primary education. She explores the potential of AI in teaching reading skills, the need for supplemental resources, and the impact of technology on reading habits. Fletcher emphasizes the importance of the science of reading and personalized approaches to support students’ diverse needs.Dabbling in ChatGPTUsing it to write emailsCons - science of reading - following a scope and sequence.still figuring out what to type into chatgpt to get whatIt can be trained to do what we need, eventually.How bullish she is on developing itAligned to orton-gillingham or full foundations.Need for supplemental resources in addition toUpper elem and secondary schools.How genuine is that feedback?How does the science of reading helpRead NaturallyThis is research this is best practices.Phonics, orthographic mapping.One size doesn’t fit all.Barriers to reading: lack of support and practice, lack of resources,Tech making it so that kids don’t need to read as much.What is the future of AI as it relates to primary educationAbout Janessa FletcherJanessa Fletcher is the Content Director for Education to the Core, a primary curriculum resource creation company and primary teacher printable membership subscription service.Previous to her current role, she was a Preschool Teacher for 2 years; Kindergarten Teacher for 8 years; Instructional Coach & Interventionist for 3 years. We’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more:Simplify and streamline technologySave teachers’ timeReliably meet Tier 1 standardsImprove student performance on state assessments🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.
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Aug 7, 2023 • 60min

AI Is Not A Tool, It's An Ecosystem with Kevin Shindel Transformative Principal 548 #SummerofAI

I'm excited to announce my Book Study. Get more info and join me here.Kevin Shindel, a high school social studies teacher, discusses the impact of technology and AI in classrooms. He emphasizes the importance of understanding the purpose and potential of AI before fully adopting it. Shindel raises concerns about trust, privacy, and the need for collaboration with AI. He believes AI is not just a tool, but an ecosystem that requires careful consideration.About Kevin ShindelKevin Shindel is a high school social studies teacher with 28 years of experience. He has taken a keen interest in technology and its impact in classrooms. 10 years ago, he created a digital detox program for students, and he runs this experience every year with his kids. He’s very interested in the holistic impact of technology on students when adopted in schools. Begin with purpose.What’s the purpose of AI?Skeptic by nature.Personalization is important.Aristotle’s goldenVirtuous but vices at the extremes.How much will taxpayers be willing to pay to have teachers be hand holding and AI.What is driving the AI Push right now?MoneyPower and statusFearHubrisCan use the technology they create to solve the world’s ills.Big tech exploitations.Trust is a big issue.We need to work with Collaborators, not Service Providers.What are the problems in today’s classrooms?We don’t know the advice an AI Therapist would give.What is the problem and is this the solution?It would be difficult to replace me in a classroom right now, but these are the dumbest AI we will ever work with.AI’s carbon footprintGreatest learning tool ever created by humans. Greatest cheating tool, also.AI is not a tool. It’s an ecosystem.Unleash learning about AI before we unleash using AI.How will this affect Human relationships, privacy, data, Accessibility, hard work vs. meaningful workWhere do we have the hard work happen?Promise of offloading hard workSee people wanting to get this plane off the ground without knowing everything in there.Defining hard work is incredibly challenging.The purpose is to help someone find gainful employment.4-month exploratory window before we adopt whole heartedly.Ai is not a tool, it’s an ecosystemSee Jason Fried’s ideas about tools hereWhen AI tool is not a user error. We’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more:Simplify and streamline technologySave teachers’ timeReliably meet Tier 1 standardsImprove student performance on state assessments🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.
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Aug 6, 2023 • 39min

How To Get Grants Using ChatGPT with Sarah Rubenstein Transformative Principal 546 #SummerofAI

I'm excited to announce my Book Study. Get more info and join me here.Sarah Rubenstein, principal of OCEAN School, shares her experience using ChatGPT to write grant proposals. She highlights the time-consuming nature of grant writing and how ChatGPT helped her generate drafts quickly. Rubenstein believes that using AI for certain writing tasks is acceptable and efficient, freeing up time for more meaningful work.OCEAN School - 20 year-old schoolFamily partnership program school. Some learning on campus with a teacher30% in school settings. 70% with parents6–12 online program.Experiential learning opportunities.Place-based learningGrant writing is needed for that job.If you want teachers to get kids out of classrooms, need school buses and time to plan.Some grants are straightforward.Super time-consuming, read, highlight,Didn’t always get the grant.writing 20–40 pages on the grant.130K over 2 years.First time, took 4–5 days uninterrupted time. Needed to work from scratch.Only took 3–4 hours.I didn’t have to do any of the thinking.Read, objectives,Spit out the chunks in sections.Thought it would be the bestThe way chatGPT writes and the way technical grants want it to be written align well.Almost everything, take its first draft and then edit it in Google Docs.Not sure if it was cheatingWas transparent with the superintendent that she was doing it.We can’t afford grant writers.Decide if it is really coming from me.Almost anything is acceptable to use chatGPT.An article for publication somewhereIf AI can generate that assignment, why are we assigning it to them?It’s not worthy of my time.Anytime that someone asks you to write something, just open up the AI and ask it to do something.AudiopenI haven’t tried to write anything that I care enough about to not use ChatGPT.About Sarah RubensteinSarah Rubenstein is the principal for OCEAN School, a K–12 Alternative School in Port Townsend, WA. Sarah also serves at the Port Townsend School District Place Based Learning Director supporting community connected learning across the district. She is a credentialed teacher with Masters’ Degrees in Biology and Educational Leadership. Sarah has worked as a math and science teacher in Washington and California, as well as a curriculum writer, and teaching coach. We’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more:Simplify and streamline technologySave teachers’ timeReliably meet Tier 1 standardsImprove student performance on state assessments🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.
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Aug 4, 2023 • 38min

Context Gives Meaning with Michael Horn Transformative Principal 547 Summer of AI Series

I'm excited to announce my Book Study. Get more info and join me here.Today we are talking with Michael B. Horn about the impact of AI on K12 (and higher) education and it’s level of disruption. Are students more disengaged because of the pandemic or AI taking over jobs?Anxiety from high school students because it is just far enough away.In every field entry level role becomes something much different.Intermediary places that employ apprentices.Theory of interdependence and modularity.In the early years of a system, different systems have to be done by the same entity.The nature of skills and work is moving so fastBook learning has to be done interdependently with the actual work.willfully blind to the reality.Google has changed the game and so will AI.Combination of human skills with the AIHard things are still important.Habits of success, social emotional skills, soft skills, etc.What is hard may change.What is scarce may become clearer.It’s easy to get a bunch of gibberish written on the internet.What’s harder is to write something that compels others to take action.How to idenitfy hidden bias in AI.Rhetoric, philosophy, ethics and others are more important now.How we shape the AI and the code itself using ethics, philosophy.Overcorrection of humanities vs. STEM fields.Our ability to be discerning consumers is going to be more important.Are we training AI or is AI training us?Maybe knowledge is less important.Discerning what is fact vs. fiction.Information exists, knowledge gathers it, wisdom is applied knowledge, discernment is knowing when to use it.Schools seek to organize information into knowledge, smart people gain wisdom, and enlightened ones seek for discernment.Context gives meaning.Contrast give meaning.About Michael HornMichael B. Horn strives to create a world in which all individuals can build their passions and fulfill their potential through his writing, speaking, and work with a portfolio of education organizations. He is the author of several books, including the recently released From Reopen to Reinvent: (Re)creating School for Every Child; the award-winning Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns; Blended: Using Disruptive Innovation to Improve Schools; Choosing College;and Goodnight Box, a children’s story.Michael is the co-founder of and a distinguished fellow at the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation, a non-profit think tank and an adjunct lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He cohosts the top education podcasts Future U and Class Disrupted. He is a regular contributor to Forbes.com, the New York Sun, and writes the Substack newsletter The Future of Education. Michael also serves as an executive editor at Education Next, and his work has been featured in outlets such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Harvard Business Review, and NBC. Michael serves on the board and advisory boards of a range of education organizations, including Imagine Worldwide, Minerva University, the LearnLaunch Institute, and Guild Education, and is a venture partner at NextGen Venture Partners.Michael was selected as a 2014 Eisenhower Fellow to study innovation in education in Vietnam and Korea, and Tech&Learning magazine named him to its list of the 100 most important people in the creation and advancement of the use of technology in education. Michael holds a BA in history from Yale University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. Previous Episodes with Michael HornDisrupting Class with Michael Horn Transformative Principal 202 - Transformative Principal with Jethro JonesBlended Learning with Michael Horn Transformative Principal 203 - Transformative Principal with Jethro JonesTransformative Principal | Choosing College with Michael Horn Transformative Principal 295Transformative Principal | Tackling the Teacher Shortage Problem with Michael Horn, Charles Fournier and Kevin Stoller Transformative Principal 525 We’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more:Simplify and streamline technologySave teachers’ timeReliably meet Tier 1 standardsImprove student performance on state assessments🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.
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Aug 3, 2023 • 42min

Creating Learning Experiences with AI with Caleb Hicks Transformative Principal 545 #SummerofAI

I'm excited to announce my Book Study. Get more info and join me here.In this podcast episode with Caleb Hicks, the focus is on creating learning experiences with AI. The discussion revolves around empowering teachers to move beyond traditional methods and become designers of engaging environments for students. The use of AI-powered apps and FERPA-compliant chat platforms are highlighted as tools to enhance student experiences. The concept of “spaces” is introduced, allowing teachers to create personalized learning adventures for their students. The episode also touches on the benefits of using AI for tasks like SAT prep and streamlining administrative duties for teachers. Overall, the conversation emphasizes the importance of prioritizing meaningful connections with students and designing environments that foster engaging learning experiences.How do you make decisions around this for what you create for teachers?School and education is a human-first endeavorTalking about career exploration.Magnifying the work that teachers do.Teacher busy-work vs. meaningful work.Frictionless first draftTeachers are stuck in this traditional overloaded position.Allowing teachers to move into the role of designer.2 things that should take priority for teachers: connection with students and anything that is designing the environment to help students create meaningful learning experiences.Getting your classroom to be engaging is no easy feat.There are steps on the journey to be engaging.Lecture/worksheet/canvas quiz process.Spaces - AI powered apps for student learning experiences.FERPA-compliant chat for teachersHow can we move beyond the quiz or worksheet to feel what it is like to make decisions as a colonial soldier?Space is like Choosing your own adventure for different scenarios.Template, Spanish cafe.Every student gets their own personal experience in the spaces.SAT Prep tutorsBellringer check in and exit ticket - pulse checks.Response from early users of SchoolAI.First question: how can we have a FERPA-compliant chatGPT experience?Next: action buttons - write a newsletter, prepare a lesson plan, etc. Making it so teachers didn’t have to be prompt engineers.Spaces - choose your own adventure - all teachers can create their own spaces.About Caleb HicksCaleb Hicks is an experienced educator, founder, and angel investor, boasting over 15 years of expertise in instructional design, learning experience design, educational leadership, and early-stage startups.Presently, Caleb leads SchoolAI, a venture dedicated to developing AI-powered tools tailored for teachers and school administrators, aimed at transforming educational institutions into extraordinary environments. Alongside his commitment to SchoolAI, Caleb is the esteemed founder of Factor, a non-profit organization that empowers students to explore various careers and lifestyles by facilitating their collaboration with professionals from renowned companies such as Apple, SpaceX, and the San Antonio Spurs. Caleb continues to provide ongoing support to Factor, nurturing its mission. We’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more:Simplify and streamline technologySave teachers’ timeReliably meet Tier 1 standardsImprove student performance on state assessments🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.
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Aug 1, 2023 • 42min

Errorless Learning with Dr. Paul Gavoni Transformative Principal 544 #SummerofAI

I'm excited to announce my Book Study. Get more info and join me here.Dr. Paul Govani, an expert in human performance and coaching, emphasizes the importance of errorless learning and the role of AI in education. He believes that teachers need more practice and feedback to be effective, and that regular feedback for students is crucial for learning. Dr. Govani also discusses the need for tight feedback loops and the use of simulations to prepare teachers.Errorless learningMaking sure that students don’t make mistakesGradual releaseAI can play a huge part in improving educationThe human element cannot be removed from education.Learning happens from the environment.Replace learningGives teachers a different role.Education holds the key to successWe’re not doing a very good job educating our educators.Too much theory, too little modeling, too little feedback.Simulations hold the key to getting teachers ready to do the work of being a teacher.Practice vs. game time.Leaders get even less practice.Got to equip people with knowledge and skills in the teacher programIf you start blaming people, you aren’t doing scienceYou can’t learn on the job.Prepare them to a certain level and then support them.Teachers are being dropped into the classroom before they are actually ready.2 parts of the assessment.Kids need regular feedback - positive and correctiveDelay in that feedback delays learning.Have teachers enhance learning through their activities.Admin has management ratios that are too high.Frequency count of skillsPeople need tight feedback loops.Why measuring opportunities to respond works behaviorally.Pick one or two structures a week.Discretionary effortHow to give tight feedback loopsPreplanned correctionsSocial validity - how do people feel?Survey data that’s not going back to the leader, but going back to the coach. Give them the why.The 5 LawsWhat kind of questions should we be asking?Are we moving in the right direction, being supported? Look for leading indicators.Connect with Paulie here.Professional Crisis ManagementAbout Paul GovaniAn expert in human performance, coaching, and organizational leadership, Dr. Paul “Paulie” Gavoni has worked in education and human services for 20 years.He has served in a variety of positions including COO, Leadership Director, Assistant Principal, School Turnaround Manager, Clinical Coordinator, Therapist, Behavior Analyst, and Adjunct Professor at IRSC, FAU, and NSU.  Beyond his direct work with students in poverty and those suffering from behavioral and mental health issues, Dr. Gavoni specializes in providing administrative teams, teachers, and staff with training, coaching, and consultation with analyzing and developing behavior and performance management systems to positively impact key performance indicators. As a behavior scientist, Dr. Gavoni is passionate about applying organizational behavior management (OBM) strategies to establish positive environments that engage and bring out the best in people so they can bring out the best in the children they serve.Former fighter and golden gloves heavy-weight coaching. He uses the science of human behavior to train fighters. He’s also a wall street journal and new york times best selling authorDr. Paul “Paulie” Gavoni is a behavior scientist specializing in human performance, coaching, and organizational leadership who has worked across education, human services, and sports for over two decades. In this capacity, he served the needs of children and adults in various positions including COO, Vice President, Director of School Improvement, Leadership Director, Professor, Assistant Principal, School Turnaround Manager, Clinical Coordinator, Lead Therapist, Trainer, Coach, and Behavior Analyst. Dr. Gavoni is passionate about applying Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and Organizational Behavior Management (OBM) strategies to lead and help other leaders establish positive and engaging environments across industries that bring out the best in people. He is a Board Member of the Opioid Awareness Foundation and The World Behavior Analysis Day Alliance. Known for his authenticity and practical approaches, Dr. Gavoni hosts the Thoughts & Rants of a Behavior Scientist and the Crisis in Education Podcasts. He is also a sought-out speaker at a variety of Educational, Sports, and Behavior Analytic Conferences and co-author of Wall Street Journal and USA Today’s Best-Selling The 5 Scientific Laws of Life & Leadership: Behavioral Karma; Quick Wins! Accelerating School Transformation through Science, Engagement, and Leadership; Deliberate Coaching: A Toolbox for Accelerating Teacher Performance (#1 Amazon Best Seller); MMA Science: A Training, Coaching, & Belt Ranking Guide (#1 Amazon New Release), and QUICK Responses to Misbehavior for Reducing Misbehavior and Suspensions (#1 Amazon Best Seller). In addition, he is currently preparing How to Determine if Your Leadership is $hitty. Dr. Gavoni is proud to introduce ABA & OBM to a massive audience through his numerous publications. Beyond his work in education and human services, Dr. Gavoni is a former Golden Gloves Champion and highly respected striking coach in combat sports. Coach “Paulie Gloves,” as he is known in the Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) community, has trained world champions and UFC vets using technologies rooted in the behavioral sciences. Coach Paulie has been featured in the books Beast: Blood, Struggle, and Dreams at the Heart of Mixed Martial Arts, A Fighter’s Way, the feature article Ring to Cage: How four former boxers help mold MMA’s Finest, FX’s The Toughman, and was recently featured in the Lifetime reality series Leave it to Geege. He is also an author who has written extensively for online magazines such as Bloody Elbow, Scifighting, Last Word on Sports, and Bloody Elbow, where his Fight Science series continues to bring behavioral science to MMA. We’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more:Simplify and streamline technologySave teachers’ timeReliably meet Tier 1 standardsImprove student performance on state assessments🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.
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Jul 10, 2023 • 35min

If The Science Of Reading Is Settled, Why Are We Still Having Teachers Instead Of AI Teaching Kids To Read? with Emily Garcia Transformative Principal 543

I'm excited to announce my Book Study. Get more info and join me here.In this podcast episode, primary educator and entrepreneur Emily Garcia discusses the science of reading and the role of teachers versus AI in teaching children to read. While there is systemic and explicit phonics-based instruction that is necessary for effective reading instruction, there are also many factors that prevent AI from being able to fully replace teachers. Teachers provide multiple inputs and value in partner reading and are necessary for building a classroom community and managing the classroom. However, when applicable, teachers should use AI as a tool to enhance their teaching methods. The decision of when to use AI should be made during PLCs and based on what is working for the students.This episode is brought to you by AILeader.info, where you can learn all about AI specifically in a place designed for educators through 3-minute masterclasses. Science of readingSystemic and explicit phonics-based instruction.Just too many factors that preventIt is so highly technicalAI cannot detect CVC and otherDo we still need the teachers?Multiple input from having a teacher there.Value in partner readingHuman standpoint: How do we attack this word?The scope and sequence are over 100 pages.AI cannot comprehend yet all that has to be done.Illustrations, clip art, and more.Teachers are amazing, and we’ll never be able to replace teachers with AI or a bot.instant gratification vs. instant feedback.Incredibly difficult to teach phonics.Teachers have to be there for the class to run smoothly.With no teacher, there’s no community.Classroom management vs. classroom community.You don’t have to be as great at teaching methods if you are great at building community.When applicable, teachers should absolutely be using AI.Teachers have to decide when it is appropriate.This feels a lot like technology in the 90s and 2000s.How to determine when AI should be used or not used? During PLCs, it’s about the conversation and how people are using AI and what is working.About Emily GarciaEmily Garcia is a primary educator, a passionate advocate for quality education, and a visionary entrepreneur. With her unwavering commitment to revolutionalize the educational landscape, Emily has made a significant impact by founding Education to the Core, an organization that has served over 500,000 classrooms worldwide. We’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more:Simplify and streamline technologySave teachers’ timeReliably meet Tier 1 standardsImprove student performance on state assessments🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.
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Jul 4, 2023 • 32min

Using Data To Find The Perfect College with Dave Hurwitt Summer of AI Series Transformative Principal 541

I'm excited to announce my Book Study. Get more info and join me here.Dave Hurwitt is an innovator. Over the course of his career, he’s led the development and launch of new products and services – from toothpicks to wind turbines – that have generated well over $1 billion in sales. Having worked in admissions through grad school, he was amazed by how little technology and the internet had impacted the college search and admissions process. And even more, he was dismayed to discover how often students were transferring or dropping out altogether. In early 2020, this led directly to his founding Troove, a 2-sided, AI-powered platform to help students discover their passions, people, and place based on the real experiences of recent alumni and current higher education students.This episode is brought to you by AILeader.info, where you can learn all about AI specifically in a place designed for educators through 3-minute masterclasses. How Troove worksTake the idea of suggestions from Netflix or Amazon and apply it to college.15-minute quiz, how do you ask the right questions to get the answers that make sense of the patterns?At any school, there is an in and out of the classroom experience and culture.Less self-awareness.Finding experts who can explain psychological safety.Keep layering in more and more data.Social culture preferences and learning culture preferences.Doesn’t have to be complete to start.Continue to explore the good stuff.Open to sharing data and information about yourself.Willingness to share and age are tightly correlated.How can we make that sharing of information safer, data safe, and help them see themselves more clearly?Incomplete information about schools without complete information.Making informed decisions about their future.Is this too complicated?Start taking steps - the request: go explore new technologies that might be useful that we can afford to trial.Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good.Just get started.Connect with Dave We’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more:Simplify and streamline technologySave teachers’ timeReliably meet Tier 1 standardsImprove student performance on state assessments🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.
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Jul 3, 2023 • 31min

Bot's Up, Doc? with Jethro Jones Transformative Principal 542

I'm excited to announce my Book Study. Get more info and join me here.In this episode, Jethro and Fred discuss chatbots and artificial intelligence. The episode covers the history of chatbots, including the Turing Test and the development of Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT, Bing, and Jasper. The potential uses and issues with chatbots are explored, including incomplete or misinformation, theft of intellectual property, inappropriate uses, and threats to various types of jobs. The episode also touches on the impact of chatbots on education and the potential for the weaponization of disinformation, cybersecurity, and more emotion-targeted advertising.Beginning of Cybertraps Podcast Episode IndexWritebettr.com - test out AI with your poorly written emailsAILeader.info - learn about AI and how to use it to save time with 3-minute masterclasses.Today’s Topic: Bot’s Up, Doc?Keynote delivered at last minute for Alaska Society for Technology in EducationArtificial Life and Artificial IntelligenceWhy chatbots are NOT “artificial intelligence” – yet“The Father of Chat”The Turing TestAlan Turing OBE FRS [1912–1954] – British mathematician and computer scientistLeader in the development of computer and algorithmic theoryAt Bletchley Park, helped design a machine to crack the Enigma code1950 – Turing devises The Turing Test:Can a computer produce answers indistinguishable from a human?The Imitation Game1954 – Turing commits suicideLarge Language Models (LLMs)ChatGPT (esp. 4)BingJasperembedded AIPhotoshopGoogle Workspaceincredibly rapid changeCurrent ChatGPT IssuesIncomplete Data or MisinformationTheft of Intellectual PropertyInappropriate UsesResponse to MSU ShootingThreat to Various Types of JobsMid-to Lower-Level TechMedia / PR ProfessionalsCustomer ServiceParalegals / Attorneys?Religious Leaders?MonetizationA Quick Object LessonCensorship Is a Biz-KillChina Was a Tech Leader in the 2010sWeChatAliPayBeijing (CCP) Got NervousParty Officials Took Corporate SeatsThe goal Was to Limit Social InfluenceChinese Tech Companies Slashed  Investment in Pure ResearchChatGPT and EducationA Flawed Resource for StudentsIncomplete InformationMisinformationKids Will Use Technology to CheatNot the First Time …Several Schools Have Had Cheating ScandalsNYC Blocked, then Unblocked, Access to ChatGPTResponses and SolutionsTools for Identifying Chat-Generated ContentIncorporate Chat Critiques into CurriculaThe Revenge of the Palmer Method?Create Assessments that ChatGPT Can’t AnswerThe Parade of HorriblesWeaponization of DisinformationCybersecuritySocial EngineeringScams and SpamsManipulative SuggestionsIntegration with Other TechnologiesMore Emotion-Targeted AdvertisingDisplaced Emotional RelationshipsPersonalized Chatbot (“Amanuensis”)Fasten Your Seat Belt. It’s Going to Be a Bumpy Night. We’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more:Simplify and streamline technologySave teachers’ timeReliably meet Tier 1 standardsImprove student performance on state assessments🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.
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Jun 29, 2023 • 33min

The Future is Now Summer of AI Series on Transformative Principal with Nancy Giordano Episode 540

I'm excited to announce my Book Study. Get more info and join me here.Based in wonder and optimism, Nancy Giordano is an exponential strategist focused on building a safe, inclusive, thriving future. Believing we have a once in a generation opportunity to rethink, reimagine and reshape every industry and social construct we call life, she supports and champions those actively architecting bold solutions and guides the visionary leaders eager to meet this call. An active strategist working on horizon solutions, Nancy is eager to share her insights on emerging technologies and shifting cultural expectations in ways that get everyone deeply motivated by the possibilities…and confident to start building.This episode is brought to you by AILeader.info, where you can learn all about AI specifically in a place designed for educators through 3-minute masterclasses. Life hack - make up your jobJob is labeled or definedCan’t use a map anymore, so we need a compass - What does the future need and expect, and what am I in a unique position to create and contributeCompass allows you to sense and respondpurpose and intentionlenses to the future - personal, community, societyexpectations and opportunities as a member of the communityWatched the movie “Her”It didn’t come out of nowhereSpeech that can be fabricated See Episode 537History teachers may be best prepared.LiteraciesDreams and the role they play in our psychological well-beingJoined an AI startup 8 years ago.Humanity Bill of RightsHow do we build better decision-making framingDavid Ogilvy - give me the freedom of a tightly defined strategy.We can all agree on these 10–12 thingsSAMR ModelThe more students have to go outside the system for what they think is important the less the value is that degree.It’s a tool that helps usWhat are the use cases for AI?Responsible AI instituteScale the conversation around ethicsAlgorithm and dataHuge structural changesTeachers who have it are that much more impactful and great.Part of the reason we have a mental health crisis is that kids don’t feel totally prepared for the future.Gravitate towards those who are preparing us well.SWOT Analysis - RIFF Map - Relieved, inspired, frustrated, FearfulThings you’re frightened byHead to nancygiordano.com and check out the book LEADERing.Summer of AI - learn all about AI in a safe, supportive community focused on school leaders and applications of AI to school environments - aileader.info We’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more:Simplify and streamline technologySave teachers’ timeReliably meet Tier 1 standardsImprove student performance on state assessments🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.

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