AI for Oklahoma Classrooms

krleonard22

Welcome to AI for Oklahoma Classrooms, the podcast designed to help K–12 educators navigate the world of artificial intelligence without the fear or the fluff.

  1. 1d ago

    Media Literacy & Deepfakes: Teaching Verification in the AI Age

    This episode tackles the growing challenge of deepfakes and AI-generated media, urging educators to equip students with essential verification skills like contextual analysis and cross-referencing. By framing human judgment as the ultimate guardrail against digital misinformation, this episode provides practical classroom exercises to help students transform from passive consumers into critical digital detectives.

    8 min

  2. 5d ago

    The Digital Divide 2.0: Ensuring AI Equity in All Schools

    This episode explores how educators can prevent a "Digital Divide 2.0" by ensuring equitable access to AI tools for all students, regardless of their home internet capabilities or zip code. It provides actionable strategies to bridge this gap, such as keeping AI activities within the classroom, teaching prompt logic offline, and advocating for systemic infrastructure improvements.

    8 min

  3. Jun 30

    Answering the Hard Questions: Handling AI Skepticism Professionally

    Learn how to equip educators to confidently address pushback and skepticism about AI from parents and administrators. By reframing AI as a "digital intern" and the teacher as the "Head Chef," this episode provides actionable strategies to ease concerns regarding academic integrity, data privacy, and teacher burnout while keeping the focus entirely on student success.

    10 min

  4. Jun 26

    Communicating with the Board: Visualizing Impact for Stakeholders

    Learn how to transform your classroom's success into powerful, data-driven presentations for school boards by utilizing AI as your personal "digital intern." This episode reveals practical strategies to quickly turn raw data into compelling visual narratives, freeing you to spend less time formatting and more time advocating for your students.

    8 min

  5. Jun 23

    School & District Initiatives: AI for MTSS and RTI

    Episode 20 of "AI for Oklahoma Classrooms" discusses how educators can leverage AI to streamline school-wide initiatives like Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) and Response to Intervention (RTI). By acting as a secure brainstorming partner for evidence-based interventions, AI helps reduce administrative documentation and allows teachers to focus more on student growth.

    7 min

  6. Jun 19

    The "No PII" Rule in Depth – Data Scrubbing for Educators

    This episode of AI for Oklahoma Classrooms details the "No PII" rule, guiding educators on how to professionally scrub student data to safely leverage AI-driven insights. It offers actionable techniques, ranging from simple find-and-replace methods to advanced data generalization, to protect student privacy while maintaining the utility of classroom datasets.

    10 min

  7. Jun 16

    Cautions: Open vs. Closed Models – Understanding Data Privacy

    In Episode 18 of "AI for Oklahoma Classrooms," Dr. Karen Leonard explains the crucial privacy distinctions between "Open" AI models, which use user inputs for training, and "Closed" models that keep data secure within a digital vault. By understanding this privacy spectrum and applying the "No PII" rule, educators can safely leverage AI tools while protecting their students' privacy and their own intellectual property.

    8 min

  8. Jun 12

    Analyzing Classroom Data: Spotting Quantitative Trends

    In Episode 17 of AI for Oklahoma Classrooms, Dr. Karen Leonard explains how educators can overcome "spreadsheet fatigue" by using AI to instantly analyze quantitative data like quiz scores and benchmark tests. By identifying mastery trends and tracking longitudinal growth with anonymized numbers, teachers can confidently shift from reactive grading to proactive, targeted interventions.

    8 min
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Welcome to AI for Oklahoma Classrooms, the podcast designed to help K–12 educators navigate the world of artificial intelligence without the fear or the fluff.

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    krleonard22
  • Years Active
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  • Episodes
    24
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