In episode 76 Julie Daniel Davis interviews Emily Lonetto who serves as Head of Growth at Voiceflow, Inc. to educators. Voiceflow is a great platform for educators or students to use to create their own voice assistant experience. Hear about the special pricing Emily offers to schools and students on this episode. To find out more, go to www.voiceflow.com .
In episode 75 of Voice in Education Julie Daniel Davis interviews the creator of Soapbox Labs, Dr. Patricia Scanlon. Dr. Scanlon explains the importance of accuracy and consistency of voice technology specifically for meeting the learning literacy needs of children. Listen in to hear her passion behind the SoapBox Labs platform and her hopes for the future.
In episode 74, Julie Daniel Davis interviews Ben Ridgway and Lee Johnson of Yap Books , "an award winning educational app, where children magically bring stories to life as they read and where learning gets better with every word." A voice enabled mobile reading opportunity for children. During COVID-19 Yap Books is offering free access to their resources. This episode is brought to you by SoapBox Labs.
In episode 73 Julie Daniel Davis interviews Adrian Brown of My School Portal based in the United Kingdom. My School Portal has been selected as a finalist for the Amazon Alexa EdTech Skills Challenge EMEA 2020. In this episode you will hear Adrian's passion for this Alexa skill that stemmed from a need he saw as a parent. I share these companies with educators to show what is on the horizon for voice- meeting current educational needs with a touch-free interface....
In episode 72 Julie Daniel Davis interviews Nicholas E. Sawka of NES Voice Skills. Nic shares about his skill "Historical Voices" and how he thinks it adds value to learning. To try the skill yourself, the Alexa skill can be found at https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07C9VNX58?ref&ref=cm_sw_tw_r_as_dp_CRKLk1wVJhDb9 .
In episode 71 Ahmed Bouzid, founder and CEO of Witlingo , shares about the Witlingo platform and its purpose. The website even has sections specifically for schools and teachers to learn of meaningful ways to use voice for connecting with stakeholders.
In episode 70 Julie Daniel Davis interviews Dr. Martyn Farrows, COO of SoapBox Labs. SoapBox Labs "SoapBox Labs is an award-winning voice technology company specializing in the development of automated speech recognition (ASR) for kids" ( www.soapboxlabs.com ). Unlike many of my interviews, SoapBox isn't about the use case of voice assistants but about using voice technology, in general, to help children learn. Julie loves their commitment to child privacy and their vision for using voice in mea...
In episode 69 Julie Daniel Davis encourages teachers and parents to share learning opportunities with voice assistants with students that makes learning fun throughout the summer. Summer is usually a time where students want to take a much deserved break from intentional learning but Julie's list of Alexa skills can spur continued learning in a non-threatening way throughout the summer. Enable skills that have strong content and stronger engagement strategies. These type of skills will help your...
In episode 68 Julie Daniel Davis discusses the latest Edtech Skill Challenge put forth by AWS and SXSW EDU. She also asks educators to make a loud noice about that is wanted from the voice industry. This may possibly begin with addressing student privacy laws but more likely, imploring the voice world for a device that plays within the current student privacy boundaries....
In episode 67 Julie Daniel Davis talks about the needs of a voice device that specifically meets the needs of education. In this episode Julie discusses the things she would like to see this type of device offer and why she believes the current pandemic is a perfect time for voice to step into this brand new world and offer educators, parents, and students opportunities for learning with a device that lends itself to social distancing.
In episode 66, Irina Fine shares how she feels Bamboo Learning can help parents and teachers during this time of distance learning. Irina's 30 year background in education gives her insight on creating meaningful learning opportunities within Bamboo Learning Skills and also helps her to see how their skills can benefit our world in a time such as this.
In episode 65 Julie Daniel Davis interviews Roger Kibbe of Viv.ai. Roger was one of the first connections Julie had in the voice industry that really wanted to listen to the needs of education when it comes to voice. This interview was a fun opportunity to reconnect with Roger and share his thoughts about the future of voice and specifically Samsung Bixby.
In episode 64, voice experts Scot and Susan Westwater share the benefits they are seeing with their own child being connected to his teacher during quarantined learning. They also share about opportunities for you to learn more about voice!
In episode 63 of Voice in Education, Julie Daniel Davis interviews Kevin Elgan, creator and founder of Chatterbox. Kevin’s desire to introduce children to voice in a controlled environment is one I applaud. Chatterbox is a buildable kit that allows the customer to build, program, and understand the concepts of voice and voice design while keeping student privacy at the forefront.
In episode 62 Julie Daniel Davis discusses the impact COVID-19 social distancing is having on teachers, parents, and students. She gives some ways to reach out to families specifically using voice speakers. The following blogpost can help parents navigate at-home learning using Alexa: Hey Alexa, help my child keep learning! https://medium.com/voiceedu/hey-alexa-help-my-child-keep-learning-84ca30874ae1 Hey Alexa, help me manage my children's learning day! https://medium.com/voiceedu/alexa-help-me...
Episode 61 comes at a time where schools around the world are shutting down due to COVID-19. In episode 61, Julie Daniel Davis interviews Echo Dad to ask him what his top favorite Alexa skills are for at home learning. Rich should know, he regularly evaluates skills with this two kids on their YouTube channel . Here is top picks in a variety of subject matters and implement them at home as a parent or if you are an educator, share them with the families you are leading distantly....
Episode 60 is a long one! 30 minutes of chatting with Dave Isbitski, Chief Evangelist for Amazon Alexa. Dave is a pioneer in the voice industry and has a Project Voice aware to prove it. In episode 60, Dave chats with Julie about how he began in the voice industry, where Alexa has been, where it is going and the intersection of Alexa and learning.
What better way to celebrate International Women's Day than to have Kavitha Bade of Sermo Labs joins us in episode 59 of Voice in Education to share about the skill, 1-2-3 Math.
In episode 58, Dr. Kimberly Elbakidze talks about her thoughts on voice from a computer science educators perspective. Kimberly attended Project Voice this year and not only sees the importance of preparing students with knowledge about the voice paradigm but also feels led to be a part of setting standards/ethics for the use of voice and its intersection with k12 education.
Episode 57 of Voice in Education with guest Michelle Melton. Michelle is a web designer/programmer at the Center for Academic Excellence at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. Michelle shares her journey with creating an Alexa skill that integrates with the learning management system Moodle. Her vision and passion for seeing the advantages of adding voice to the educational technology that is already being used in the educational environment is inspiring and right in line with...
In episode 56 of Voice in Education Julie Daniel Davis shares her concerns and challenges with making content for voice without great developer skills. She also shares her concerns and excitement about the use of conversational design for education.
Episode 55 of Voice in Education has return guest Melody Furze, Chief of Education for Novel Effect share about their latest release- interactive videos. Novel Effect is the only voice-based company that Julie has had on as a visitor that is not in the voice assistant realm but is choosing to look at voice in innovative ways to keep students reading.
In episode 54 of Voice in Education, Daniel Hill of Daniel Hill Media shares the value of Flash Briefings and how he uses the platform of voice to teach businesses micro-sized things about instagram marketing. Daniel shares how educators can use flash briefings for both sharing news worthy classroom information but also how he shares to actually teach more about the subject of Instagram marketing.
In episode 53 of Voice in Education Julie Daniel Davis explains how being named as a 2020 Alexa Champion is pushing her to create more and better content regarding the intersection of voice and education. Julie wants to empower educators in using voice and speak to developers to create quality opportunities for students everywhere.
It is the one year anniversary of Voice in Education and in episode 52 Julie Daniel Davis shares her excitement from attending Project Voice 2020- things she learned, what she shared, and her hopes for the future of voice in education.
In episode 51 of Voice in Education Julie Daniel Davis shares ways educators can use Amazon Echo Dots to collaborate and communicate with parents of their students for the benefit of their students.
In episode 50 of Voice in Education Julie Daniel Davis discusses some of the latest announcements she has heard in the voice industry and how she thinks this will impact education in the future.
In episode 49 Julie Daniel Davis challenges k-12 educators to think about the voice paradigm and the jobs that might be available to students due to this industry. Are we preparing students for these possible jobs and if not, what can you as an educator do to change that?
In episode 48 of Voice in Education, guest speaker Ilarna Nche shares about Music Bop Adventures. Her story is inspiring because of the age she first started creating her concept, her ability to find a test group for feedback, and her desire to think about what kids need. This story makes my educator heart happy! Enable "Music Bop" on your Alexa device and listen to the goodness.
In episode 47 of Voice in Education, guest speaker Rich Merrett creator of EchoDad discusses what it means to make a good kids voice application. You can see Rich and his children review skills on his YouTube channel ( www.youtube.com/channel/UCX486ifjAsOrnapxT5MICug ). For more info go to echodad.co.uk or you can find Rich on Twitter at @ echodadvoice...
