Send us a text Brian Shaw is the CEO of Discovery Education , a global leader in educational technology that reaches over 45 million students and 4.5 million educators across 100+ countries. With a background in finance and corporate strategy from his roles at Red Ventures and Time Warner Cable, Brian has extensive experience in M&A and business integration. At Discovery Education, he drives innovation through acquisitions and partnerships, delivering impactful digital learning solutions. 💡...
Oct 21, 2024•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text Auditi Chakravarty is CEO of AERDF (the Advanced Education Research and Development Fund) . AERDF applies Advanced Inclusive R&D to find potentially transformative teaching and learning solutions that can scale, centering on the assets, strengths, and needs of Black and Latino learners and all learners experiencing poverty. Auditi also chairs the Board of Bottom Line, a national college access and success organization, and is a venture partner with LearnLaunch Accelerator. A f...
Oct 14, 2024•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text Stephen Jull was the COO/CFO and co-founder of GeoGebra GmbH (acquired by BYJU’S in 2021), and a limited partner at Emerge Education. With a PhD from Cambridge and over two decades of experience in EdTech, Stephen has led transformative projects in mathematics, STEM education, and AI-driven learning at a global scale. He is also the former interim CEO of Epic! and a dedicated advisor to high-growth EdTech startups. 💡 5 Things You’ll Learn in This Episode: How AI, human tutors, an...
Oct 09, 2024•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text Katie Kurtz is Managing Director and Global Head of Youth and Learning at YouTube where she is responsible for developing the ecosystem to engage, inform, and educate kids, teens, and adults. Katie joined YouTube in 2019 after serving as Chief Product Officer at Noodle Partners, an online program manager designing and building fully online degree programs for universities. Previously she was Senior Vice President and National Sales Manager for Higher Education at Cengage Learning....
Oct 07, 2024•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text Join hosts Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell as they explore the latest in education technology, AI developments, and key edtech funding moves. ✨ Episode Highlights : [00:05:12] 👩🏫 OpenAI raises $6.5B and launches OpenAI Academy [00:09:05] 📚 Google’s $120M AI Education Fund and NotebookLM tools [00:15:03] 🦜 Duolingo’s AI strategy and record stock prices [00:22:05] 📉 Udemy lays off hundreds and shifts to lower-cost regions [00:25:40] 💰 Prof Jim raises $1.5M to expand AI-generated ...
Oct 04, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text Oliver Page is the Co-founder & CEO at CyberNut . Starting his journey as a teenage founder of NutKase Accessories, Oliver scaled the business to 60 countries before transitioning to cybersecurity. Now, with CyberNut, he focuses on providing schools with gamified, easy-to-use cybersecurity training. He is also an Angel Investor, and Startup Advisor. 💡 5 Things You’ll Learn in This Episode: Why schools are increasingly targeted by cyberattacks. The real cost of ransomware atta...
Oct 02, 2024•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text Tal Havivi is the Managing Director of R&D at ASCD + ISTE , focusing on initiatives to improve the health and effectiveness of the EdTech market. He leads research around high-quality EdTech design, programs focused on improving evaluation processes in school systems, and supports EdTech providers. Previously, he led Education Strategy at Amazon Business focused on improving education procurement. He also has experience working at edtech startups and in K-12 administration. 💡...
Sep 30, 2024•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•2 hr 53 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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...
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