Send us a text Join hosts Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell as they explore the latest developments in education technology, from AI breakthroughs to new VC investments and edtech reports. ✨ Episode Highlights: [00:03:16] 🧠 OpenAI’s New Reasoning Model - ChatGPT o1 (Strawberry) [00:07:20] 📚 AI's Role in Education - Practical Use Cases [00:14:03] 👩💻 Common Sense Media Report on AI Use Among Teens: 70% of teens are using generative AI, with disparities in how different demographics use the tec...
Sep 26, 2024•56 min
Send us a text Jennifer Holland is the Director of Program Management at Google for Education. With over 17 years at Google, she has been a pivotal figure in the development of Google for Education and Google Classroom. Jennifer has played a key role in shaping the tools that have transformed teaching and learning in K-12 and higher education. 💡 5 Things You’ll Learn in This Episode : The history and inspiration behind Google Classroom and its early adoption in schools. How Google Classroom hel...
Sep 25, 2024•25 min
Send us a text ThinkHumanTV delivers evidence-based emotional skills training and assessment by integrating with major streaming sites like Netflix and Disney+. The platform employs a research-based training methodology and curricula developed by our founding team of Columbia cognitive scientists. The methodology involves explicitly teaching emotion science principles in a systematic manner and illustrating these concepts by leveraging popular media. ThinkHumanTV is one of the winners of the 202...
Sep 23, 2024•24 min
Send us a text Jomayra Herrera is a Partner at Reach Capital, where she leads investments in companies like Guild Education and Handshake. She is passionate about diversity in venture capital, serving on the board of SomosVC to promote Latino representation. Lyman Missimer is the former Head of M&A and Partnerships at Newsela, where he led key acquisitions, including Formative. Now at Owl Ventures, Lyman focuses on corporate development and strategic investments in EdTech. 💡 5 Things You’ll...
Sep 16, 2024•26 min
Send us a text Join Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell, as they explore the most critical developments in the world of education technology this week! ✨ Episode Highlights: [00:03:25] 💰 OpenAI in Talks for $100B Valuation, 200M Weekly Active Users, Considers Higher-Priced Subscriptions [00:15:18] 🖼 Google launches Gems and Imagen 3 [00:18:53] 🐝 Anthropic CEO predicts hive-mind AI, partners with Amazon for Alexa revamp; Claude for Enterprise: 500K context window, GitHub integration, and enterprise-gr...
Sep 12, 2024•1 hr 13 min
Send us a text Join Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell, as they explore the most critical developments in the world of education technology this week: 🎯 Rumors about OpenAI's "Project Strawberry" 📰 ChatGPT now includes Wired, Vogue, and The New Yorker 🤝 New AI fund by GitLab Foundation, Ballmer Group, and OpenAI 🔊 Google launches Gemini Live to rival ChatGPT 👨🏫 Sal Khan says teachers matter more than tech at EduTECH 2024 🤖 California partners with NVIDIA to enhance AI education ⚠...
Aug 28, 2024•1 hr 5 min
Send us a text Dr. Paul J. LeBlanc is the Board Chair for Human Systems, a new AI and Education company he co-founded with noted researcher George Siemens. Until June 2024, he served as President of Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) . He remains at SNHU as a researcher, writer, and advisor. Under the 20 years of Paul’s direction, SNHU has more grown from 2800 students to over 250,000 and is the largest non-profit provider of online higher education in the country, and the first to have a ...
Aug 26, 2024•48 min
Send us a text Join Alex Sarlin and guest host, Matt Tower, as they explore the most critical developments in the world of education technology this week: 🧠 OpenAI's ChatGPT 5 is Coming 🚪 High-Level Departures at OpenAI 🚫 AI Detection Technology Still Unreleased 🦙 Meta Launches LLAMA 3 and AI Studio 🤝 Google Hires Character.AI Co-founders 🎓 Community Colleges Band Together on AI Education 🔗 Instructure Canvas Integrates AI Across Platform 👩🏫 Heeyo's AI Chatbot Aims to Be Kids...
Aug 22, 2024•55 min
Send us a text Prashant Raizada is a serial entrepreneur deeply committed to changing the status quo in education, future of work & sustainability. He was part of the founding team of Infosys BPM, playing a key role towards a $2B exit. Later, he built EnglishUp as Brazil's 3rd largest but most loved online English learning platform as a flagship corporate venture of Macmillan-Holtzbrinck group. Leveraging his tenure at McKinsey & Co, Prashant has advised multinational corporations g...
Aug 19, 2024•52 min
Send us a text Andrew Goldman joined HMH in 2024 when HMH acquired Writable , where he, as Co-Founder and CEO, oversaw business and product strategy. Andrew joined HMH as the EVP of HMH Labs, a newly formed division that pursues innovative product development through a highly cross-functional team structure. Previously, he was the Founder and CEO of Subtext, Inc., a collaborative learning company that was acquired by Renaissance Learning. Before entering the EdTech industry, Andrew was the CEO a...
Aug 12, 2024•54 min
Send us a text Join Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell, as they explore the most critical developments in the world of education technology this week: 🌐 Microsoft’s investigation into service outages following CrowdStrike chaos 🤖 What to expect from OpenAI's upcoming GPT-5 release 💼 Instructure's $4.8 billion acquisition by KKR 💸 2U's strategic moves amidst bankruptcy and what it means for the industry 📊 NWEA's latest research on COVID academic recovery and its implications 📉 ...
Aug 08, 2024•39 min
Send us a text Kevin Leem is the CFO of Mathpresso , operator of the globally recognized AI-powered learning platform, QANDA, which serves over 90 million users. QANDA provides AI tutors that offer personalized support to students anytime, anywhere, enhancing their learning experiences. The platform also equips teachers with AI teaching assistants to improve teaching efficacy and student tracking. Driven by the belief that personalized, high-quality 1:1 tutoring is the most effective form of edu...
Aug 05, 2024•46 min
Send us a text Joe Connor is the CEO & Founder of Odyssey , a company that partners with state agencies to administer school choice programs. Odyssey currently serves over 140,000 students by helping them access more than $400 million in state funding for education. Joe started his career as a teacher and school leader at the KIPP and Rocketship Education school networks. After working in schools for several years, Joe attended law school where he focused his research on private school choic...
Jul 29, 2024•50 min
Send us a text Join Alex Sarlin and guest host, Claire Zau , Partner at GSV Ventures, as they explore the most critical developments in the world of education technology this week 🎙️ Andrej Karpathy’s New Venture: AI assistants for education 🚀 Meta’s Largest Llama 3 Model Launch 🔍 Anthropic’s Push for Third-Party AI Evaluations 🍓 OpenAI’s new AI model under code name 'Strawberry' 💸 AI Investment Bubble: Navigating a $600B market shift 📉 LAUSD's $6M AI Chatbot Controversy 🤖 ...
Jul 24, 2024•1 hr 53 min
Send us a text Scott Kirkpatrick is CEO of BrainPOP , a leading brand in the U.S. edtech supplemental market whose learning solutions are beloved, trusted, and grounded in research and the science of learning. During his tenure, BrainPOP was acquired by KIRKBI A/S, the family-owned holding and investment company of the LEGO® brand. Scott joined BrainPOP from General Assembly, where he served as president and chief operating officer. Under his leadership, General Assembly experienced exponential ...
Jul 22, 2024•48 min
Send us a text As Senior Vice President and General Manager, PBS KIDS at PBS , Sara DeWitt is responsible for the strategic direction of a dynamic media service that supports the entire ecosystem in which children learn, including parents, teachers and the community. Ms. DeWitt leads a cross-disciplinary team charged with content production, digital development, multi-platform asset distribution, educational product creation and marketing and communications for PBS KIDS, the #1 children's e...
Jul 15, 2024•29 min
Send us a text Join Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell as they explore the most critical developments in the world of education technology this week: 📈 Nvidia's stock buybacks expected and rumors on a French anti-trust suit 🔍 Instructure Acquires Scribbles acquisition impact 🤖 Apple joins OpenAI board 📰 TIME and OpenAI content collaboration 📊 LAUSD and AllHere whistleblower reports 🏛️ SCOTUS ruling impacts US Dept of Education 📋 TPS and regulatory updates from Phil Hill Stay updated with th...
Jul 11, 2024•26 min
Send us a text In this episode, Steve Daly , CEO of Instructure , discusses the major announcements from InstructureCon 2024 , including new developments in Canvas and other products, the integration of AI features like discussion summaries, multilingual support, and smart search, and Instructure’s plans to support lifelong learners through partnerships with Parchment and Scribbles, enhancing student mobility and demonstrating competencies with rich credentials. Highlights: 📢 Major new developm...
Jul 10, 2024•22 min
Send us a text Dr. Ethan Mollick is an Associate Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania , where he studies and teaches innovation and entrepreneurship, and also examines the effects of artificial intelligence on work and education. He is the Co-Director of the Generative AI Lab at Wharton . His academic papers have been published in top management journals and his research has been covered by CNN, The New York Times, and other leading publications. His newest book on A...
Jul 08, 2024•25 min
Send us a text Join Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell as they explore the most critical developments in the world of education technology this week: 🤑 Prosus Zeroes Out Its 9.6% Stake In BYJU’s 📊 New LearnPlatform by Instructure Report Finds Increases in More Unique Digital Tools Accessed by K-12 Institutions, Students, and Teachers 🏫 LAUSD/Allhere issues 💬 Speak raises $20M - US, Language Learning - Buckley Startup Fund, OpenAI Startup Fund, Khosla Ventures 🧠 MEandMine raises $4.5M - US, Mental ...
Jul 05, 2024•1 hr 25 min
Send us a text Rebecka Peterson , the 2023 National Teacher of the Year, is a math teacher who loves stories. Rebecka has taught high school math classes ranging from intermediate algebra to Advanced Placement calculus, for 11 years at Union High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Amid a difficult first year of high school teaching, she found the “One Good Thing” blog. She credits daily posting there to helping her recognize the beautiful and positive experiences occurring in her classroom, which inspir...
Jul 04, 2024•27 min
Send us a text Joel Podolny is co-founder and CEO of Honor Education . Prior to starting Honor Education, Joel was a Vice President at Apple and the founding Dean of Apple University, where he reported directly to Steve Jobs and Tim Cook and oversaw learning in areas such as leadership, management, and company culture. Before that, Joel served as Dean and Professor of Management at the Yale School of Management. He previously held chaired professorships at Harvard Business School and the Stanfor...
Jun 27, 2024•55 min
Send us a text Join Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell as they explore the most critical developments in the world of education technology this week: 🎓 OpenAI introduces ChatGPT Edu for universities 🔍 Google AI Overviews visibility drops significantly 🌐 Google’s NotebookLM goes global with enhanced features 📱 Apple’s major announcements at WWDC 2024: Apple Intelligence, Siri makeover and more 💼 Bain Capital to acquire PowerSchool in a $5.6B deal 🇨🇳 Alibaba invests $27M in an AI-powered education...
Jun 18, 2024•57 min
Send us a text Dr. Jeremy Roschelle , Executive Director of Learning Science Research at Digital Promise , conducts research on the future of learning with technology. Dr. Roschelle is Fellow of the International Society of the Learning Sciences, with >100 publications, 25,000 citations, and 10 patents. Dr. Roschelle serves as a subject matter expert on Artificial Intelligence to the U.S. Department of Education and on the Advisory Committee for Education at the National Science Foundation. H...
Jun 17, 2024•50 min
Send us a text Mark Heaps is the Chief Technology Evangelist at Groq® where he leads a diverse team focused on innovative and creative AI solutions with demo applications enabled by the Groq LPU™ Inference Engine . Mark is a longtime technology evangelist who has worked with Adobe, Google, Apple, and others on various projects ranging from digital imaging to AI systems used in some of the most popular applications today. He is passionate about democratizing AI in service of advancing human agenc...
Jun 10, 2024•32 min
Send us a text Join Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell as they explore the most critical developments in the world of education technology this week: 🚨 OpenAI announces a new safety board, strikes a $250M content deal with News Corp, and begins training its next flagship AI model 🚀 Anthropic unveils a new method to map large language models 💻 New AI-enhanced Chromebooks are launched for educators 🤝 Microsoft partners with Khan Academy to develop AI educational tools 📉 Guild Education lays off a qu...
Jun 05, 2024•44 min
Send us a text Tory Patterson is the co-founder of Owl Ventures and is actively involved with all facets of the firm. As one of the early pioneers in the next generation of leading EdTech companies, Tory has led investments in some of the most successful companies in the sector. As a lead investor and board member he has played a hands-on role helping leading edtech companies across all facets of development including core definition and measurement of value proposition, sales & distribution...
Jun 04, 2024•29 min
Send us a text Shantanu Sinha is the VP and GM of Google for Education. In addition to bringing Google products like Workspace to schools, Shantanu and his team build educational products such as Google Classroom , which helps over 150 million students, teachers and education leaders across classrooms around the world, and new experiences such as Practice Sets and Read Along , that demonstrate the power of artificial intelligence for teaching and learning. Before Google, Shantanu was the foundin...
May 16, 2024•29 min
Send us a text Join Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell as they explore pivotal topics in this Week in Edtech episode: 🔍 OpenAI's rumored new search engine to challenge Google 🤖 Key findings from Stanford University's 2024 report on AI advancements and challenges 🍎 Apple's development of AI chips and new AI features in the iPad Pro 🏆 Essential traits that define successful founders, according to Jennifer Carolan of Reach Capital 📚 Concerns on AI in Education Plus special guests, Jaso...
May 14, 2024•54 min
Send us a text Today we’re talking to Kunal Dalal and Wes Kriesel , who are administrators of AI and Innovation at the Orange County, CA, Department of Education , where they support AI education and integration for 28 school districts in California. Kunal Dalal merges education and AI, driving human-centered AI integration at the Orange County Department of Education. Educated at Oberlin, Harvard, and UC Berkeley, he's evolved from school principal to headphone entrepreneur to tech educato...
May 13, 2024•1 hr 4 min
