Presented by Alejandro Lozano, Senior Manager, Corporate Social Responsibility, Verizon; and Hall Davidson, Senior Director, Global Learning Initiatives, Discovery Education
Presented by Philip Seyfried, Staff Developer, AI and EdTech Specialist, The Reading & Writing Project at Mossflower; Lauren Gould, Staff Developer, The Reading & Writing Project at Mossflower; and Dr. Lucy Calkins, Robinson Professor of Literacy at Teachers College, Columbia University, Founding Director at The Reading & Writing Project at Mossflower, and Senior Author of Units of Study in Writing, Reading, and Phonics
Presented by Greg Kulowiec, Director of Technology, Triton Regional School District (MA), and Lead Learner and Principal, Kulowiec Group; Yusuf Ahmad, Chief Executive Officer, Playlab; Scott Frauenheim, Chief Executive Officer, LEAP Innovations; and Dr. Ann Chavez, President, LEAP Innovations
For many educators, the first response to asking about using AI is, “No, not in our school.” But during the edLeader Panel “AI in Education: Steering Towards Equity and Empowerment,” experts explained why AI shouldn’t be automatically shunned and, instead, should be viewed as another powerful tool in an educator’s arsenal.
Presented by Donnie Piercey, Educator and Author
Moderated by Kara Ball, Academic Officer and Author, Teacher Created Materials
Presented by Ty Gorman, Director of Innovation, Barrington Community Unit 220 School District (IL); and Dr. Matt Fuller, Assistant Superintendent of Technology and Innovation, Barrington Community Unit 220 School District (IL)
Moderated by Jennifer Ehehalt, Sr. Regional Manager, Midwest, Common Sense Education
Presented by Alana Winnick, Educational Technology Director and Data Protection Officer, Pocantico Hills Central School District (NY); Ken Shelton, International Speaker and Consultant, Elevate Education; and Diana Hughes, Vice President, Product Innovation and AI, Age of Learning
Moderated by Sunil Gunderia, Chief Innovation Officer, Age of Learning
Presented by Brittney Smith, Senior Manager of Education Partnerships, The News Literacy Project; and Peter Adams, Senior Vice President of Research and Design, The News Literacy Project
Presented by Jessica Monroe, Digital Innovation Coach, Tempe Elementary School District (AZ); and Toni Rose Deanon, Senior Manager, Community Engagement, The Modern Classrooms Project
Artificial intelligence (AI) in education began in the 1950s with simple programs focused on playing checkers and natural language processing for medical prescriptions. In the ‘90s, it made a big jump with machine learning. In 2011, the world was introduced to Siri and generative adversarial networks (GANs) appeared in 2014.