Overthrowing Education Batsheva Frankel Education Podcast Network

Is it possible that Robots/AI will replace teachers someday? II first examined this question in an episode in early 2020. My guests said no, but my son, 14 at the time, predicted much of what we are seeing now with the explosion of growth in Artificial Intelligence. So, I brought my son, now almost 18,  back on the show to give his reflections on his past predictions and update us again. Is it inevitable that teachers will become obsolete? What can we do to make sure that we, as real live educators, are irreplaceable? 
 
What do you think? What do your students think? Let me know on Twitter @overthrowinged. 
 
I want to thank Tuvia for indulging me and coming back on with his updated reflections, and a special shout out to the amazing voice over artist Eli Schiff for playing the male teacher and Robo-Helper on the fauxmercial. I also want to thank all the teachers who originally let me know what tasks they dread that they would love to outsource to a robot which were reflected in Robo-Helper 
 
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In this episode, I speak with Barbara Smith, a long-time forward-thinking educator and prolific writer. We talk about her upcoming book, The Gatekeepers: Why School Systems Should Rethink Resisting Change. We discuss who the gatekeepers are that keep us from moving education forward and creating a better system. Of course, that includes the U.S. and other countries' obsession with standardized tests, ranking schools and students, and a whole more. This conversation got me riled up, in a good way, to continue the work so many educators like you are doing to overthrow education. And bonus: we talked about the connection between a certain TV franchise and its connection to better education!
Also, this episode’s fauxmercial was borrowed from Episode 60 with Zaynab Baalbaki about creating transformative schools, because this episode is really about overcoming the challenges to create transformative education. Once again, the awesome Jake Miller joined me in this fauxmercial flashback.
I want to thank my special guest, Barbara Smith, and my fauxmercial helper, Jake Miller.
I also want to remind you to please rate and review this podcast so others can find it.
And of course, if you share it with your colleagues, friends, and some of those gatekeepers, we can help make some really positive changes in education. Of course, it couldn’t hurt to get some Overthrowing Education swag to really make your point!
 
Links and Resources:
For all of Barbara’s books and resources: www.z-pd.ca
Contact information: zpdschoolandcurriculumdesign@gmail.com
or
Barbaraj.smith@utoronto.ca

In the 4th episode in this series on AI in education, my guest, Matt Miller and I discuss the issues we need to consider as well as some very practical ideas for using ChatGPT and other cool AI in our classes. Matt has been digging deep into this subject and brings so much wisdom and insight into our conversation.
Matt shares some great resources to explore in the links below. And he also plays a fun version of The 5-Minute Game Show called “ChatGPT, Google or Me?”
 
I’d like to thank my awesome guest Matt Miller and my fauxmercial helpers including my award-winning Voice Actor friend, Eli Schiff as the announcer and Jakey Schiff, Yossie and Tuvia Frankel.
This is a great time to buy any burned-out or otherwise deserving teacher friend or colleague some Overthrowing Education Swag. Or buy some for yourself. You totally deserve it!
Links and Resources:
ChatGPT, Chatbots and Artificial Intelligence in Education
Tons of great resources and classes: DitchThatTextbook.com
Get on Matt’s email list to get all kinds of amazing resources: DitchThatTextbook.com/join
Classroom videos to use in class TODAY:  Teachflix
This project provides you with research-based teaching practices you can use in class tomorrow to save time AND teach better: EfficienTEACH.com
 

This episode is important for parents and educators to listen to. In it, my special guest – a teenage boy - and I dig deep into the ever increasing problem of teens and pre-teens being influenced by toxic people and dangerous messages online.
The most popular is Andrew Tate whose sexist and misogynistic views are couched between advice that many teen boys find empowering. How do we deal with his and other toxic influencers' bile as educators and/or parents?
Special thanks to my very special guest, Tuvia, and my awesome fauxmercial voice actor, Jake Miller.
Here are just some of the many articles to check out:
BBC Andrew Tate: How schools are tackling his influence
Andrew Tate: 'I fear online influencer radicalised my son'
TES Magazine How to respond to boys inspired by Andrew Tate
Education Week Misogynist Influencer Andrew Tate Has Captured Boys’ Attention. What Teachers Need to Know
Votes for Schools MISOGYNY & ANDREW TATE Part of our Classroom Conversations Series
The Guardian Vulnerable boys are drawn in’: schools fear spread of Andrew Tate’s misogyny
‘We see misogyny every day’: how Andrew Tate’s twisted ideology infiltrated British schools
NY Post UK schools grappling with teens brainwashed by Andrew Tate: report
Independent School holds Andrew Tate assemblies over fears of ‘toxic misogynist’s influence on children’
Edit CM Andrew Tate and His Boys: An Educators Guide

After 2 more philosophical looks at AI in education, I wanted to bring in some super practical ways to incorporate ChatGPT and other AI sites into your lessons and schools as a whole. My guest is Ben Talsma who you might remember from Episode 28 which is all about making meaningful PBL units. Recently I saw that Ben is sharing some very meaningful, practical weird and wonderful ways to incorporate AI into all kinds of lessons, including, but not limited to PBL units.
Did you ever wish you could talk to me about something you heard on the show? Have a question? Want to share an idea? Or just let me know that you totally aced The 5-Minute Game Show? You can! Go to the Overthrowing Education website scroll down and record a message to me. I can even respond!
I just want to give special thanks to Ben Talsma. And don’t forget to get your Overthrowing Education swag.
 
Links and Resources:
Twitter: @BenTalsma.
To find great stuff that Ben has created for teachers, including awesome PBL units and tons of free resources, can be found at www.blueappleteacher.org.
This is really cool and helpful: ** The Sentient Syllabus Project **
ATLIS Association of Technology Leaders in Independent Schools: ATLIS: Artificial Intelligence in Edu (padlet.com)
AI - A Discussion for Education - Google Slides
More to come soon!! 

If you haven’t yet listened to the first in this AI in Education series, episode 89, you might want to do that first. It’s not essential but it does give some background that feeds this episode’s discussion.
 
In that episode, I mention some excellent essays by super prolific author and columnist Stephen Marche. And now Stephen is my special guest on the show today. He is a font of information and a lot of fun to talk with. Among many other aspects, we discussed some great things we can do with AI in our lessons, along with other potential benefits.
 
Additionally, we addressed how AI will affect homework, tests, and essays in many subjects. We also get into the scary potential for increasing inequity in the education system. And I asked a really important question on many educators’ minds – Can AI write lesson plans for us?

Speaking of AI writing things for us, I decided to see what would happen when I asked ChatGPT to write my fauxmercial. And I really did give it the first and second prompt that were described in today’s fauxmercial, and those really were the responses it gave me. The rest of it I wrote and performed along with Yossie Frankel as the announcer, Tuvia Frankel as the first AI response and Robin Glickstein as the second AI response.
After sort of co-writing with ChatGPT, I was really happy to co-write The 5-Minute Game Show with an actual person – Eve Hirschman. It was a lot more fun. Spoiler: Stephen aced his game show.
I believe that educators everywhere should be hearing what Stephen has to say, so please share this episode with every educator you know.
@stephenmarche on Twitter
Find Stephen’s essays, novels, non-fiction books, appearances and more at www.stephenmarche.com