Season 3: Episode 22 - Insights from ISTE and AI News Headlines

03/07/2025 35 min Temporada 3 Episodio 22

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SummaryIn this episode, Maurie and Jim Beasley discuss their experiences at the ISTE conference, focusing on the role of AI in education. They highlight innovative student projects that utilize AI, Google's recent push into the educational space with free AI tools, and the implications of federal funding freezes on schools. The conversation also explores the challenges presented by CloudStrike's new web crawling policies and their impact on content creators, particularly smaller companies. The episode concludes with reflections on the conference and the importance of human effort in content creation.Chapters00:00 Introduction to ISTE and AI in Education03:00 Innovative Student Projects Using AI05:55 Google's Major AI Push in Education08:59 Classroom Management and AI Tools12:00 Federal Funding Freeze and Its Impact on Education16:56 Microsoft's Changes and Industry Jokes18:17 The Blue Screen of Death: A New Era19:00 Understanding CloudStrike and Its Impact20:10 AI Crawlers and the Pay-Per-Crawl Model22:39 The Disruption of Web Crawling and Content Access24:43 The Future of Content Creation and AI26:32 The Disparity Between Big Companies and Startups30:13 Reflections from the ISTE Conference32:05 Maurie's New Book: A Teacher's Perspective