Presenters
ISTE Faculty, Professor, Executive Dir.
Dr. Helen Crompton is the Executive Director of the Research Institute for Digital Innovation in Learning and Professor of Instructional Technology at Old Dominion University. She is a consultant for ISTE in developing and facilitating courses, authoring ISTE publications, and conducting research on the standards. She also works with the United Nations in advising and developing global education technology policy recommendations.
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Renton Preparatory Christian School
10th grader at Renton Prep, blending academics with a passion to embrace creativity in an educational space. Engaged in the student life and perspective, contributing a unique point of view for past ISTE, NCCE, and TechFest conferences. Exploring the intersection of technology and education (as a student at a STEM school), I thrive on innovative and engaging approaches to learning.
Michael is an award-winning teacher and international speaker whose work focuses on digital and civic literacy, storytelling, project-based learning, and social justice. His book about authentic learning, “Storytelling With Purpose,” rethinks how we teach and learn by embracing student curiosity as a way to bring purpose and joy back to learning. His newsletter, podcast, and published articles help educators and policy makers embrace innovation in education. He is an Apple Distinguished Educator, and National Geographic Grosvenor Teacher Fellow.
Follow him on TX/witter: @cinehead and Instagram: @changing.the.narrative www.michael-hernandez.net
Educational Strategist & Public Speaker
Carl Hooker has spent the past 25 years in education as a teacher and administrator focused on the thoughtful integration of technology and innovation in schools. He consults for multiple districts across the country and is a frequent keynote speaker at state and national events. He’s also a 8-time author, 5-time podcast host, advisor to multiple ed tech companies, and National Faculty Emeritus for Future Ready Schools. Carl is also the co-founder of K12Leaders.com – A social media platform made by educators for educators. Follow him on Twitter/X @mrhooker and check out his blog at HookedOnInnovation.comCarl Hooker has spent the past 25 years in education as a teacher and administrator focused on the thoughtful integration of technology and innovation in schools. He consults for multiple districts across the country and is a frequent speaker at state and national events. He’s also a 8-time author, 5-time podcast host, advisor to multiple ed tech companies, and National Faculty Emeritus for Future Ready Schools. Carl is also the co-founder of K12Leaders.com – A social media platform made by educators for educators. For full-bio, go to https://carlhooker.com
Director of Professional Learning and Leadership
Dr. Adam Phyall focuses on how teachers can keep students engaged in rigorous learning by putting technology in the hands of students. Adam works directly with teachers showing them fun and easy methods of incorporating technology into instruction by “Putting the Pieces Together.” His philosophy on teaching is “if you’re having fun teaching it, then your students will have fun learning it.”
Errol St. Clair Smith is a broadcast journalist with four Emmy nominations and an Emmy Award for public affairs programming. Errol has written for the Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, Edutopia, ISTE, and Reason Magazine. For the last 17 years, he has been the executive producer at BAM Education Radio Network (BRN), and last year, he became the executive producer of the BLINDSIDED by AI docuseries. Since November 2022, Errol has been covering the evolution of GAI in education through weekly panel discussions, interviews, and 80 podcast episodes. He writes a popular EdWords column that is read by thousands of educators monthly.
Marketing Director WW Education
Mark Sparvell is an award winning education leader with over 30 years experience supporting schools and systems as they innovate with technology. Mark is a recognized expert in emotional intelligence and founded http://bit.ly/SELinEdu which has 30K members. Mark is an Education Director at Microsoft based in Seattle.
Director of Innovative Teaching and Learning Sciences
Michelle Zimmerman, author of Teaching AI: Exploring New Frontiers for Learning, published in 5 languages, was selected as 2021 ISTE Visionary Leadership, 2019 EdTech Leadership Awards Global Leader finalist and selected 7 consecutive years as Microsoft MVP. She teaches middle and high school while serving in administration at Renton Prep, a Microsoft Showcase School. Her PhD in Learning Sciences and Human Development is from University of Washington, and her research has been recognized with multiple awards. Since 2007, she has presented around the world. You can find her in Forbes, GeekWire, Venture Beat, Getting Smart, local and international news.
Session description
This moment in history should gain multiple points of view, leveraging and advancing how we understand human-computer interaction in education, human development and Generative AI. A groundbreaking documentary speaks for itself, but hear behind the scenes in this ISTE exclusive talk with the director and the people interviewed.
Purpose & objective
The education community was blindsided by artificial intelligence blitz into schools and classrooms around nation. This documentary reveals how the shock and awe obscured three factors that will likely shape how quickly schools will be ready to teach in the age of ChatGPT and its AI cousins.
While there has been a lot of talk about how AI will change the face of education, there is a need for critical thinking, dialog, and nuanced considerations to effectively incorporate Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) as part of teaching, learning, and leading. This documentary was created to capture points of view at this inflection point in history and education where there are more questions than answers surrounding GAI. Providing a space to include dialog, behind the scenes, and questions and answers with people involved in the documentary will give a chance to broaden the dialog.
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Outline
This session would be an in person example of an exercise in storytelling and how the process of storytelling can connect research and practice.
Errol will introduce his thinking behind the documentary and Michelle will asking him questions about process and capturing the story that evolved though listening to lived experience, and the art of telling a story.
Errol asks panelists questions (added adults from the documentary TBD)
Michelle asks student panelist questions
Open forum for Q&A from the audience
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Supporting research
https://www.bamradionetwork.com/
https://www.iste.org/areas-of-focus/AI-in-education
https://www.amazon.com/Good-Great-Some-Companies-Others/dp/0066620996
https://wakelet.com/wake/lW0hkAPXwZ3d8tcoglUZt
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