Edtech Insiders Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell

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!

Don’t forget to subscribe to Edtech Insiders for more updates and insights from the forefront of educational technology!

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.

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🌃 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 

Don’t forget to subscribe to Edtech Insiders for more updates and insights from the forefront of educational technology!

Jonathan Libov is the CEO & Founder of Antimatter Systems which seeks to bridge the gap between how students learn in the classroom and how people learn in the real world using a suite of modern AI tools for formative assessment, like student-created memes, text message conversations and socratic dialogue with LLMs. Antimatter has recently launched the pilot of their Universe Program, which gives students the opportunity to teach the world and learn how to lead online. Before founding Antimatter in 2021, Jonathan has spent his career in and around startups as a product executive and investor.

Recommended Resources:

🤖 Replit by Amjad Masad
🤖 Synthesis by Chrisman Frank