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

Join Alex Sarlin and guest host, Matthew Tower, Founder of etch.club as they explore pivotal topics in this Week in Edtech episode:

🌟 The TIME Edtech 100: Showcasing the leaders shaping the future of education
🧠 Microsoft's groundbreaking release of Phi-3, the smallest AI model to date
📱 The exciting new mobile app from Anthropic
💻 Penn Engineering's pioneering online Master’s Degree in AI - a first in the Ivy League
📉 The turbulent times at Chegg following their latest earnings report and leadership changes, alongside Coursera's financial updates

Plus special guest, Louisa Rosenheck, Director of Learning Design at Kahoot!

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Recommended Resource:
Designing for Inclusion, Designing for All whitepaper by Kahoot!

Missed the live panel at SXSW EDU? Tune in to our special episode where Ben Kornell of Edtech Insiders hosts a compelling discussion with AI thought leaders Amanda Bickerstaff of AI for Education, Charles Foster, and Steve Shapiro from Finetune. Since ChatGPT's launch in November 2022, these trailblazers have been integrating generative AI into educational contexts, pioneering new approaches and solutions.

Revisit their insightful conversation on the innovative applications they're spearheading, and the exciting opportunities and significant challenges ahead for educational technology. This recorded session offers valuable perspectives for educators, tech enthusiasts, and anyone interested in the future intersection of AI and education. Don't miss out on these expert insights—perfect for those keen on understanding where education technology is headed next!

Danny King is the CEO and Co-Founder of Accredible, a global digital credentialing platform that serves certificates and badges on behalf of MIT, Harvard, Google, Skillsoft, IEEE, GMAC, McGraw Hill and over 1,000 others. He founded the company in 2012 with Alan Heppenstall, with the vision of becoming the world's first truly verifiable repository of human capital. Over the years he has built a high performing organization fueled by the belief that individuals should be evaluated holistically, and organizations should take advantage of every technology to better identify the most capable team members. Today, Accredible is building the world's backbone infrastructure for credentials, empowering individuals around the globe to choose educational and career pathways that maximize their expected return on investment in terms of time, money and satisfaction.

Recommended Resources
🌃 edtech after dark by Tony Wan
📚 Accredible Blog

Join us as we sit down with three high school seniors who are Research Assistants at the Stanford Deliberative Democracy Lab. They share their insights on the evolving landscape of artificial intelligence and its effect on youth today. In this episode, our guests discuss how AI is currently shaping their lives and education, their concerns and hopes for the future of AI, and their ideas for policies and tools to help young people navigate these changes.

Siya Verma of Quarry Lane School, focused on global public policy, technology policy, and economics.
Sophie Yang from Lynbrook High School, passionate about economics, public policy, and law.
Dev Krishnamoorthy from Saratoga High School, interested in computer science and political science.

Listen as Siya, Sophie, and Dev discuss how their work and academic interests inform their understanding of AI's role in shaping future policy and education frameworks!

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

👓 Meta's new VR OS strategy—will it create a new tech rivalry?
🤖 The growing role of AI in Meta's apps: innovation or irritation?
🏆 Age of Learning earns a spot in TIME's Top EdTech Companies of 2024
💼 Anthology raises $250M for strategic growth in EdTech
🌱 Insights from the Co-Founder at JuneX Capital Partners on the future of educational funding

Plus special guests, Rebecca Kockler of Magpie Literacy and Kristen Huff & Amelia Kelly of Curriculum Associates and SoapBox Labs

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