Education Talk Radio EDUCATION TALK RADIO PRE K -20

Micah Miner is the District Instructional Technology & Social Studies Coordinator at Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89 in Illinois. 

He was an Excellence in Equity Award winner and is author of the new book AI Goes to School, available from Times 10 Publications.

This episode is a simulcast with The Authority Podcast, a weekly show with insights from the top authors in education, leadership, and personal development. Listen here: https://authoritypodcast.net 

We discuss:
AI's impact on instructionWhat should stay the same and what should change instructionally as AI tools become integrated into K-12 education?Reasonable concerns about access and useHow technoskepticism and digital citizenship can be helpful to equipping teachers, administrators, parents, and other stakeholders to deal with AIIdentifying goals so we appropriately embrace AI and then choose the right tools.How AI tools can be connected to pedagogies and learning philosophies such as constructivism
About the host:

Ross Romano is strategic advisor to the American Consortium for Equity in Education and the founding program chair of the Excellence in Equity Awards. He is also founder and CEO of award-winning education consulting and performance coaching firm September Strategies and co-founder of the BE Podcast Network. Connect on Twitter @RossBRomano or LinkedIn

Eli Marshall Davis is a 2024 winner of the Excellence in Equity Awards for educators in the Champion of Equity - Special Educator category. He is an Interventionist at Hemphill Elementary in Birmingham, AL, where he sits on the leadership team and chairs the MTSS/Problem Solving Team committee. He is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of South Carolina, focusing on Teaching and Learning, with research interests in social justice, epigenetics, and the transformative potential of AI in education. 

In this episode, we discuss Eli’s philosophy of education; Epigenetics, intergenerational trauma, and their relevance to educational environments; AI in marginalized communities to support schools with teachers who did not go through teacher preparation; and why AI is an opportunity to be at the forefront of something great.

Connect with Eli @elidavis173. Learn more about him and all the 2024 award-winning educators at http://ace-ed.org/eie2024. 

About the host:

Ross Romano is strategic advisor to the American Consortium for Equity in Education and the founding program chair of the Excellence in Equity Awards. He is also founder and CEO of award-winning education consulting and performance coaching firm September Strategies and co-founder of the BE Podcast Network. Listen to his podcast, The Authority, on which he interviews the most influential authors on leadership, education, personal development, and more: https://authoritypodcast.net. Connect on LinkedIn or Twitter.

Award winning Equity Champion Scott Callahan , a Howard County MD District  Director of Equity, Inclusion and Special Ed is our very special  guest today

Jacob Hanson ,  CEO of PRP Group is our guest on their work within preK-12 education and the education industry ...now involving educator input to the industry so the right  products are created, researched and developed for educator use. PRP's project to do this is called 'Anonymous EDvisors"

Meet iteach President Andrew Rozell and iteach  trained Louisiana educator Storm Ridgway for a look at how districts and  prospective  teachers can use alternative certification programs to   get well trained teachers into our schools through an alternative path.

Kate Eberle Walker , CEO of Presence is our guest on leading an ed tech company in 2024 and the advantages of teletherapy for k12 districts