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Hey, welcome to the integrate this a tech podcast.
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I'm David Byrne joined by Stephanie Howell very
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excited to have Stephanie on Stephanie is the
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education strategist for school AI Spent on the
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podcast before I got a chance to talk And so
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let's talk about is the first real quick because
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it's the last day Last day we made it. Yeah,
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and and while it was refreshing and and great
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and everything We're hitting the downslope, right?
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Yeah, but As you went through the conference
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and everything, how was your experience the whole
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time? My conference experience was amazing. It's
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great to see people that you talk to virtually
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or Marco Polo each other back and forth. And
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so seeing those folks in person in real time
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and like hugging them and touching them, that
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sounds really bad. But, you know, just being
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able to see people is a whole new experience.
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And that's just what fires me up about ISTE is
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those connections. And you know, a lot of people
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are coming to ISTE. So this is like the conference
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if you want to see all your people. Yeah. Yeah,
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and that's like for us, too I mean we we only
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met online. Yeah, so yeah, so it's nice to actually
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be in person know that we're each real Like oh,
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you're not AI. Yeah How many years have you been
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coming to see us since 2018? Okay, so the first
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one was Chicago So is that yeah, it was okay.
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Awesome. And then we should call us overwhelmed
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Yeah. Linking back and like the layout of Chicago
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was a little different. Also the session rooms
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would fill up and so I'd be waiting in line.
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Where here, I felt like I was able to get in
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most sessions which was really appreciated because
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in Chicago you were waiting if you wanted to
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go to like a session. It was just not fun waiting
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in line. Yeah. And yeah. Yeah and at that time
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were you doing sessions? No, okay. Yeah, I was
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just attending Yeah, it was the year that we
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won. It sees distinguished district and so we
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were going to get the award My boss has gone
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for years and I was new to the role. I was right
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out of the classroom and so I was like What are
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these people? And why are they so excited? Yeah,
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right. And now you're doing sessions and you're
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in the expo hall, right? Can you talk a little
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bit about the sessions that you did while you
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were here? Any that you want to highlight? Yeah,
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some of the sessions that I did love the poster
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sessions because you have a giant poster that
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you get to make and we print it off at Walgreens.
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And then you can present about it. So that session
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was all about me, Ethan Malik's work and how
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he's using AI. And so like the four different
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phases of AI as a tutor, as a coach, as supporting
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student learning. And so really talking with
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people because posters are where they come up
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to you, you have a conversation with them. And
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we were able to just kind of say, what's going
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on in your district with AI? And from there,
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we were able to have conversations of, you know,
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the prompting. You can make it a coach if you
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prompt it this way. You can make it a tutor if
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you prompt it this way, you know, in that kind
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of language. So that session was really cool
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just hearing from other people and learning from
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others and not just me presenting, but listening
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to what they're doing. And then I had a couple
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of different playground sessions. So those are
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kind of similar to posters, but you have a table.
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And so I'm sitting at a table with Greta, who's
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my co -present. and we're just kind of sharing
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different resources about visible learning. We
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talked about poetry and storytelling, which was
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really cool. We had a lot of STEM folks coming
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up and we were like, do you use poetry with STEM?
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And they're like, no, but we want to. And so,
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you know, that was kind of a cool way to kind
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of think through poetry and talking through that
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kind of work. Also had like the hour long interactive
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sessions as well. So I did questions to creation
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where we talked about how students will research
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in a school AI space. And then they take the
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research that they learned in that space from
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interviewing somebody. and then they apply it
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through creation using Adobe. So like Adobe Podcasts
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or Adobe's newsletter templates or videos. And
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so that was a fun one that I did with Melissa
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Kincaid. And then I did a, I'm gonna say it wrong,
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Hearts, Humor, and Hustle with Kat Crawford,
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who's the lunch lady, if you don't know that.
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And then Manny from Edpuzzle as well. And so
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we were talking just about the heart that teachers
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put into teaching and sharing stories from our
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experience. And then we were kind of thinking
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through what was the hustle that we had to do,
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right? What was that hustle that we had to do?
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And then we shared as a group of their strategies
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that they were using too. So lots of different
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sessions, a busy conference, but it was really
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great just hearing from different people and
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not just from the United States. There was a
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very large international presence this year from
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New Zealand and Egypt and the UK and all these
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different places and so being able to hear their
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barriers because one teacher we're talking about
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parents and how they are working with others
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and she's like I can't even talk to my parents
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it's a mentor that she has to go through and
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I'm like that's good and that's bad right like
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that's that would be nice to not have to deal
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with parents all the time as an educator but
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Not being able to go directly to your parents.
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That's something that's a dish issue for her.
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Yeah. Yeah, that's super interesting. And I think
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they said it was like over 60 countries. I want
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to talk to you too about so we had Thomas Riddle
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on as well. And you were doing some interesting
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stuff with that. You had a book study that you're
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doing and then the Epcot thing. Yes. Right. So
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you talk a little bit about that and like what
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you think of the book and all that. Yeah. So
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we did a book study with Thomas Riddle and he
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is incredible. And he does this whole imagineering
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kind of world with Disney and he just loves Disney.
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I am not a Disney fan. So I was like, okay, this
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sounds cool, right? But then somebody on LinkedIn,
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because we were at South By. So it's a conference
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in Texas and we were at this conference. That's
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where I met Thomas and so lucky for that connection.
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And I think we took a picture with him and his
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book and somebody was like, we should do a book
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study on this. And I'm a doer. So I'm like, let's
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do it. And so, you know, in a moment we had a
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Google form, we had a WhatsApp group, we had
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a Google group, Google classroom, everything
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was all set up. And so what was really cool about
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the book study is the WhatsApp group was like
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the community where people could chat and share
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like, hey, I'm trying this in my classroom, because
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a lot of it started back in April. So some people
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were able to still try what they were reading
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live in their schools and districts and their
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classrooms. And so We had some folks that could
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attend the live session. So there was bi -weekly
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sessions led by Tina. My kids were in soccer,
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so kids come first, not Thomas Riddle. And so
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with that, I was able to have an asynchronous
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group. And so what we did is we created AI spaces
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in school AI for people to process as they're
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reading at the end of those chapters. And then
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I was able to use the extension in school AI
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and partner people up. And so then people had
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to partner with talking points. So then they
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would message each other separately in WhatsApp,
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email, however they wanted to communicate on
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a Google Meet. And then they could continue that
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conversation with that other person. So it was
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more intimate and not just like a, oh, everybody's
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on this WhatsApp group talking. So it was kind
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of cool to have the asynchronous piece, the live
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session, and then again, like that ongoing WhatsApp
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group with polls and everything to keep that
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engagement high. Yeah. And then you did the Epcot
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thing? I did not do it. the Epcot thing, I went
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to Game Night. I wanted to do Epcot, but school
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day I was sponsoring Game Night, so went over
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there and had some, I did not play any games
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though. I wish I did, but. I was too tired. That's
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all right. Yeah. And can you talk a little bit,
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too, just about your role currently at School
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AI and the things you're working on? Yeah. So
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at School AI, I'm an education strategist. So
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I support districts all over the country and
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world and region with AI implementation. So my
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job is supporting with the professional learning.
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But I also work with tech directors and curriculum
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directors on how are we going to implement School
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AI in their district. Every district is different.
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In Texas, they have Huge districts in Ohio, they
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have smaller districts. And so it's really trying
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to just build relationships, figure out, okay,
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what does this look like in our district? Where
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are teachers out in this district? And kind of
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customizing and creating an implementation plan
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that is aligned with their curriculum, their
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current resources. So it's not just one more
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thing, but it's enhancing what's already in place
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to support teachers with that personalized learning,
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feedback, whatever they need in that district
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to really support those needs. Okay, great, and
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so I got one last question for you. What type
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of things do you have coming, personally, events,
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social things, books, anything that you have,
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and socials to follow, what type of stuff do
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you have going on? Yeah, I am on social media,
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so feel free to follow me. I'm probably the most
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active on LinkedIn. So feel free to reach out
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on there. Thank you. Just search my name Stephanie
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how And then I also have a book coming out with
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Matthew Joseph and his like publishing crew So
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working through that book getting all those writings
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out of my brain onto paper and then also I'm
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trying to think there's anything else. Yeah live
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in life and Soccer is coming up again soon fall
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soccer. So that's what's going on with the family
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Well, thanks for joining us. We really appreciate
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it Make sure you follow Stephanie on all the
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socials and and check out the integrate this
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podcast Also, we did a full episode with Stephanie
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so you can listen to that right now. That's already
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up. So thanks
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Hey, welcome to the integrate this a tech podcast.
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I'm David Byrne joined by Stephanie Howell very
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excited to have Stephanie on Stephanie is the
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education strategist for school AI Spent on the
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podcast before I got a chance to talk And so
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let's talk about is the first real quick because
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it's the last day Last day we made it. Yeah,
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and and while it was refreshing and and great
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and everything We're hitting the downslope, right?
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Yeah, but As you went through the conference
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and everything, how was your experience the whole
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time? My conference experience was amazing. It's
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great to see people that you talk to virtually
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or Marco Polo each other back and forth. And
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so seeing those folks in person in real time
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and like hugging them and touching them, that
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sounds really bad. But, you know, just being
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able to see people is a whole new experience.
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And that's just what fires me up about ISTE is
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those connections. And you know, a lot of people
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are coming to ISTE. So this is like the conference
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if you want to see all your people. Yeah. Yeah,
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and that's like for us, too I mean we we only
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met online. Yeah, so yeah, so it's nice to actually
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be in person know that we're each real Like oh,
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you're not AI. Yeah How many years have you been
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coming to see us since 2018? Okay, so the first
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one was Chicago So is that yeah, it was okay.
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Awesome. And then we should call us overwhelmed
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Yeah. Linking back and like the layout of Chicago
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was a little different. Also the session rooms
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would fill up and so I'd be waiting in line.
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Where here, I felt like I was able to get in
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most sessions which was really appreciated because
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in Chicago you were waiting if you wanted to
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go to like a session. It was just not fun waiting
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in line. Yeah. And yeah. Yeah and at that time
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were you doing sessions? No, okay. Yeah, I was
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just attending Yeah, it was the year that we
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won. It sees distinguished district and so we
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were going to get the award My boss has gone
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for years and I was new to the role. I was right
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out of the classroom and so I was like What are
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these people? And why are they so excited? Yeah,
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right. And now you're doing sessions and you're
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in the expo hall, right? Can you talk a little
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bit about the sessions that you did while you
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were here? Any that you want to highlight? Yeah,
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some of the sessions that I did love the poster
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sessions because you have a giant poster that
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you get to make and we print it off at Walgreens.
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And then you can present about it. So that session
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was all about me, Ethan Malik's work and how
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he's using AI. And so like the four different
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phases of AI as a tutor, as a coach, as supporting
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student learning. And so really talking with
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people because posters are where they come up
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to you, you have a conversation with them. And
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we were able to just kind of say, what's going
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on in your district with AI? And from there,
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we were able to have conversations of, you know,
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the prompting. You can make it a coach if you
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prompt it this way. You can make it a tutor if
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you prompt it this way, you know, in that kind
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of language. So that session was really cool
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just hearing from other people and learning from
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others and not just me presenting, but listening
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to what they're doing. And then I had a couple
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of different playground sessions. So those are
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kind of similar to posters, but you have a table.
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And so I'm sitting at a table with Greta, who's
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my co -present. and we're just kind of sharing
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different resources about visible learning. We
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talked about poetry and storytelling, which was
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really cool. We had a lot of STEM folks coming
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up and we were like, do you use poetry with STEM?
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And they're like, no, but we want to. And so,
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you know, that was kind of a cool way to kind
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of think through poetry and talking through that
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kind of work. Also had like the hour long interactive
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sessions as well. So I did questions to creation
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where we talked about how students will research
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in a school AI space. And then they take the
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research that they learned in that space from
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interviewing somebody. and then they apply it
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through creation using Adobe. So like Adobe Podcasts
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or Adobe's newsletter templates or videos. And
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so that was a fun one that I did with Melissa
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Kincaid. And then I did a, I'm gonna say it wrong,
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Hearts, Humor, and Hustle with Kat Crawford,
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who's the lunch lady, if you don't know that.
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And then Manny from Edpuzzle as well. And so
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we were talking just about the heart that teachers
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put into teaching and sharing stories from our
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experience. And then we were kind of thinking
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through what was the hustle that we had to do,
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right? What was that hustle that we had to do?
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And then we shared as a group of their strategies
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that they were using too. So lots of different
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sessions, a busy conference, but it was really
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great just hearing from different people and
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not just from the United States. There was a
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very large international presence this year from
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New Zealand and Egypt and the UK and all these
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different places and so being able to hear their
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barriers because one teacher we're talking about
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parents and how they are working with others
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and she's like I can't even talk to my parents
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it's a mentor that she has to go through and
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I'm like that's good and that's bad right like
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that's that would be nice to not have to deal
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with parents all the time as an educator but
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Not being able to go directly to your parents.
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That's something that's a dish issue for her.
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Yeah. Yeah, that's super interesting. And I think
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they said it was like over 60 countries. I want
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to talk to you too about so we had Thomas Riddle
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on as well. And you were doing some interesting
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stuff with that. You had a book study that you're
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doing and then the Epcot thing. Yes. Right. So
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you talk a little bit about that and like what
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you think of the book and all that. Yeah. So
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we did a book study with Thomas Riddle and he
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is incredible. And he does this whole imagineering
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kind of world with Disney and he just loves Disney.
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I am not a Disney fan. So I was like, okay, this
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sounds cool, right? But then somebody on LinkedIn,
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because we were at South By. So it's a conference
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in Texas and we were at this conference. That's
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where I met Thomas and so lucky for that connection.
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And I think we took a picture with him and his
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book and somebody was like, we should do a book
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study on this. And I'm a doer. So I'm like, let's
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do it. And so, you know, in a moment we had a
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Google form, we had a WhatsApp group, we had
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a Google group, Google classroom, everything
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was all set up. And so what was really cool about
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the book study is the WhatsApp group was like
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the community where people could chat and share
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like, hey, I'm trying this in my classroom, because
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a lot of it started back in April. So some people
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were able to still try what they were reading
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live in their schools and districts and their
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classrooms. And so We had some folks that could
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attend the live session. So there was bi -weekly
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sessions led by Tina. My kids were in soccer,
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so kids come first, not Thomas Riddle. And so
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with that, I was able to have an asynchronous
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group. And so what we did is we created AI spaces
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in school AI for people to process as they're
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reading at the end of those chapters. And then
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I was able to use the extension in school AI
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and partner people up. And so then people had
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to partner with talking points. So then they
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would message each other separately in WhatsApp,
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email, however they wanted to communicate on
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a Google Meet. And then they could continue that
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conversation with that other person. So it was
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more intimate and not just like a, oh, everybody's
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on this WhatsApp group talking. So it was kind
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of cool to have the asynchronous piece, the live
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session, and then again, like that ongoing WhatsApp
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group with polls and everything to keep that
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engagement high. Yeah. And then you did the Epcot
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thing? I did not do it. the Epcot thing, I went
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to Game Night. I wanted to do Epcot, but school
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day I was sponsoring Game Night, so went over
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there and had some, I did not play any games
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though. I wish I did, but. I was too tired. That's
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all right. Yeah. And can you talk a little bit,
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too, just about your role currently at School
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AI and the things you're working on? Yeah. So
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at School AI, I'm an education strategist. So
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I support districts all over the country and
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world and region with AI implementation. So my
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job is supporting with the professional learning.
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But I also work with tech directors and curriculum
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directors on how are we going to implement School
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AI in their district. Every district is different.
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In Texas, they have Huge districts in Ohio, they
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have smaller districts. And so it's really trying
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to just build relationships, figure out, okay,
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what does this look like in our district? Where
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are teachers out in this district? And kind of
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customizing and creating an implementation plan
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that is aligned with their curriculum, their
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current resources. So it's not just one more
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thing, but it's enhancing what's already in place
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to support teachers with that personalized learning,
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feedback, whatever they need in that district
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to really support those needs. Okay, great, and
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so I got one last question for you. What type
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of things do you have coming, personally, events,
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social things, books, anything that you have,
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and socials to follow, what type of stuff do
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you have going on? Yeah, I am on social media,
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so feel free to follow me. I'm probably the most
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active on LinkedIn. So feel free to reach out
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on there. Thank you. Just search my name Stephanie
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how And then I also have a book coming out with
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Matthew Joseph and his like publishing crew So
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working through that book getting all those writings
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out of my brain onto paper and then also I'm
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trying to think there's anything else. Yeah live
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in life and Soccer is coming up again soon fall
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soccer. So that's what's going on with the family
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Well, thanks for joining us. We really appreciate
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it Make sure you follow Stephanie on all the
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socials and and check out the integrate this
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podcast Also, we did a full episode with Stephanie
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so you can listen to that right now. That's already
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up. So thanks
