How AI Will Change Personalized Learning
Keisha Ray and Susan Gentz, co-founders of k20 connects, tackle two of the most popular, but sometimes confusing, topics in the world of education and technology. The computer-generated transcript is below: Kevin HoganOK. Hello and welcome to another episode of Innovations and Education. The podcast where we dive deep into the intersection of education and technology. I'm your host, Kevin Hogan. I'm the content director for East School News, and I'm glad you found us. In this episode I am joined by two longtime advisers to both me and to dozens of school districts throughout throughout the country. Keisha Ray and Susan Gentz Co, founders of K20 connects, are a group whose mission is to guide K20 leaders with vetted, research based information, knowledge and expertise, which ultimately improves the outcomes for all students no matter the topic. I'm always able to gather insights and ideas from this pair. Today we're diving into two big buzzwords that are flying around the Ed tech world. Personalized learning and of course, AI. One of these terms, personalized learning, has been around for a while. The other AI is obviously the hot new topic that's infiltrating every conversation, from curriculum development to classroom management and beyond. You can't escape it. I think you'll find their conversation on how AI can affect the actual use of personalized learning techniques, both in the classroom and scale, to districts illuminating. Have a listen. OK, Keisha. Susan, great to see you. Although not in person. We're on our uh zoom platform here the the the new conversational platform for the ages, right. But great to see your faces. Dr. Kecia Ray Founder-CEO K20 ConnectsGood to be here and see you too, my friend. Kevin HoganI guess I always enjoy seeing you guys in person more than than just on zoom, but when we were at our usual Fe etc. Or is he gatherings? I'm always relying on both of you to kind of take the temperature. Basically, take your insights to make me sound smart throughout the rest of the year for E school news. And the the you know, putting together our editorial calendars and the topics that we're doing. So I always appreciate those insights and wanted to tap you this month. It's it's been a few months since we've had you on Keisha and Susan, I think. This is your first. One to help me take the temperature of kind of two of the phrases that I'm finding. Being thrown around in the Edtech sphere, that one which has been always there for for over a decade and one that's brand new, that we can't escape for more than 5 minutes. Personalized learning and AI through a lot of the work and the conversations I've been having, of course. You can't talk about anything without AI being somehow attached to it, whether it's developing curriculum, when, whether you're talking about classroom behaviors, whether you're talking about things on the back office side in terms of administration and the use of AI to kind of help put things together. But one I I keep hearing more and more. Is how AI can affect personalized learning and more specifically. Account AI can be a great tool to help enable teachers to actually put together effective personalized learning strategies, so I'll put you both on the hot seat. Keisha. I'll. I'll. I'll hit you first, though. Talk a little bit about the work within your context. 820 and you know the the districts that you've been talking to and the superintendents of the leadership, what do their conversations sound like when it comes to AI and and personalized learning? Dr. Kecia RayThat is a quasi loaded question because I think that districts are challenged right now to kind of figure out how like what the proper use of AI is in their district, recognizing that they've been using AI for at least a decade. Without having any kind of policy change or any kind of. You know, let's call a consultant in and have a big, you know, meeting about it. But I do...
