Shantanu Sinha is the VP and GM of Google for Education. In addition to bringing Google products like Workspace to schools, Shantanu and his team build educational products such as Google Classroom, which helps over 150 million students, teachers and education leaders across classrooms around the world, and new experiences such as Practice Sets and Read Along, that demonstrate the power of artificial intelligence for teaching and learning.

Before Google, Shantanu was the founding President and Chief Operating Officer at Khan Academy, where he teamed up with college roommate Sal Khan to build an organization that helped make personalized learning globally accessible and free. Shantanu is also a founding board member of Khan Lab School, where all three of his children attend school.

Shantanu has leveraged his strategy and operations expertise from his time at McKinsey & Company, along with his background in computer science, math, and brain cognitive sciences from MIT, to make an impact in an area he is most passionate about: education. Follow @ShantanuKSinha.

Recommended Resources:
📚 Google Keyword blog
🌐 Google for Education website
🔗 @Shantanu Sinha on Linkedin, @ShantanuKSinha on X

Join Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell as they explore pivotal topics in this Week in Edtech episode:

🔍 OpenAI's rumored new search engine to challenge Google
🤖 Key findings from Stanford University's 2024 report on AI advancements and challenges
🍎 Apple's development of AI chips and new AI features in the iPad Pro
🏆 Essential traits that define successful founders, according to Jennifer Carolan of Reach Capital
📚 Concerns on AI in Education

Plus special guests, Jason Levin of WGU Labs and Brian Ashton & Van Christman of BYU-Pathway Worldwide.

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Recommended Resources:
Western Governors University
Accelerator Pitch Competition Winner Release
WGU Labs Social Impact Evaluation Framework

Today we’re talking to Kunal Dalal and Wes Kriesel, who are administrators of AI and Innovation at the Orange County, CA, Department of Education, where they support AI education and integration for 28 school districts in California.

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.

Recommended Resources:
📚 orangejuice.ai blog by Wes Kriesel
🤖 Ethan Mollick, Amanda Bickerstaff
📖 Klara and The Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro