The double-whammy of teaching amid a pandemic and being publicly slandered for alleged “indoctrination” and “grooming” has made this an especially tough school year for educators across the country. We could all use a reminder of the importance and promise of education, and who better to ground us than the phenomenally dope 2021 National Teacher of the Year, Juliana Urtubey!! Juliana is just the third special education teacher, the only bilingual special education teacher, and the first Latina since at least 2005 to be named National Teacher of the Year. Since being announced as NTOY, Juliana has shared her “joyous and just” message with pre-service teachers, educators and policymakers across the country – including at the White House. Now she joins us here at AOTA to share her experience as NTOY as well as her thoughts about the ongoing challenges facing the profession. But first, Jeff and Manuel take a look at recent headlines in education including a rise in teens using artificial intelligence bots to get mental health help and an uptick in threats targeting so-called “woke” teachers.


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AGENDA


0:00 - Welcome!


6:04 - Can AI chatbots boost teens’ mental health?


21:12 - Rising threats against “woke” teachers


36:13 - Juliana Urtubey, 2021 National Teacher of the Year!


1:09:55 - Alma mater celebrates Jackie Robinson Day




DO-NOW STORIES:


- This Teen Shared Her Troubles With a Robot. Could AI ‘Chatbots’ Solve the Youth Mental Health Crisis?


- Woebot Health Website


- Is Big Data the New Stethoscope? Perils of Digital Phenotyping to Address Mental Illness


- BBC: Child advice chatbots fail to spot sexual abuse


- 'Educators are afraid,’ says teacher attacked for ‘Romeo and Juliet’ unit




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- 2021 National Teacher of the Year, Juliana Urtubey


- People Magazine Spotlight


- Juliana on Twitter


- Juliana on Instagram




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