Edtech Insiders
271 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsAt Edtech Insiders, we interview founders, investors, operators, educators, and thought leaders about the future of education technology. You’ll hear from leaders across the education technology industry and learn about all of the important edtech trends happening globally.
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Crafting Dynamic Educational Experiences: A Deep Dive with the Minds Behind Story Xperiential
April 22, 2024 12:00 - 50 minutes - 34.8 MBElyse Klaidman, after 22 years at Pixar leading creative and educational programs, is now the CEO of X IN A BOX, where she leverages her background as an artist, educator and leader. Prior to co-founding X IN A BOX in 2020, Tony DeRose led the computer graphics research group for much of his 23 years at Pixar. He is passionate about project based learning and has been very active in the Maker Movement. Brit Cruise, Chief Learning Officer at X IN A BOX and creator of educational content and...
Week in Edtech 04/10/2024: Nvidia Dominates AI Chip Competition with Google and Intel, Duolingo to Futher Tap China's Edtech Sector, Biden Rolls Out New Debt Relief Plan and More! Plus Special Guests Hayley Spira-Bauer and Ysiad Ferreiras of Fullmind
April 17, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour - 72.4 MBJoin Alex Sarlin and guest host, Alberto Arenaza, Co-founder at Transcend Network as they explore pivotal topics in this Week in Edtech episode: 👩🏫 The latest in K-12 challenges and digital threats, 📚 Biden’s big moves in student debt relief, 🌐 Duolingo’s strategic expansion into China's booming Edtech market, 🔧 The fierce competition in AI chip technology among Nvidia, Google, and Intel, 🎓 Insights on workforce trends affecting college graduates, 💼 Significant funding and M&A activities s...
From Hidden Insights to Deeper Connections: Exploring the Ask Approach™ with Jeff Wetzler
April 15, 2024 12:00 - 25 minutes - 17.2 MBJeff Wetzler has been on a quarter-century quest to transform learning opportunities. Blending a unique set of leadership experiences in the fields of business and education, he’s pursued this quest as a management consultant to the world’s top corporations, as a learning facilitator for leaders around the world, as Chief Learning Officer at Teach For America, and most recently, as co-CEO of Transcend, a nationally recognized innovation organization. Jeff earned a Doctorate in Adult Learni...
Week in Edtech 04/03/2024: Edtech Funding Hits New Low, Microsoft's $100 billion 'Stargate' Datacenter for OpenAI, Kids Missing School at an Alarming Rate, AI Concerns and More! Plus Special Guest, Alexa von Tobel of Inspired Capital
April 10, 2024 12:00 - 51 minutes - 35.6 MBIn this episode of Week in Edtech, Alex and Ben discuss: 1. AI Business Schools Are Going All In on AI Educators divided over AI's impact AI concerns grow even as more teachers adopt the technology 2. BigTech Microsoft's $100 billion 'Stargate' datacenter for OpenAI may be AI's 'Star Wars' moment OpenAI Unveils A.I. Technology That Recreates Human Voices OpenAI built a voice cloning tool, but you can’t use it… yet 3. K-12 Kids Missing school at an alarming rate A New Federal Taskfo...
Debating the Future of EdTech: AI Tutors vs. Peer Assessment with Carine Marette of Kritik and Gabi Immelman of Mindjoy
April 08, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour - 49 MBGabi Immelman is the founder and CEO of edtech start-up , Mindjoy, a platform for STEM teachers to 10x their impact for boundless classroom learning through unleashing student curiosity with the power of AI tutors. With Mindjoy, teachers can transform lessons they love and know using the power of AI to create engaging digital first learning experiences for their students. A former Reggio-educator turned EdTech founder with experience working globally in Africa & USA. Mindjoy is the third c...
Week in Edtech 3/27/2024: OpenAI Pitching Sora to Hollywood, Spotify in EdTech, LAUSD's AI Chatbot "Ed", Universities Build Their Own ChatGPT-like Tools and More! Plus Special Guest, Betsy Corcoran of Lede Labs
April 02, 2024 23:00 - 1 hour - 43.4 MBIn this episode of Week in Edtech, Alex and Michelle discuss: 1. AI OpenAI is pitching Sora to Hollywood on a Hollywood charm offensive before launching its Sora video generator AI May Be Coming for Standardized Testing Teachers Desperately Need AI Training. How Many Are Getting It? 2. BigTech Spotify Throws Its Hat in the Edtech Ring 3. K-12 K-12 Hybrid Schooling Is in High Demand Steve Daly from Instructure on “Learning Deserts” LAUSD bets big on AI chatbot “Ed" 4. Edtech GoS...
ESAI: Julia Dixon's Answer to the College Admissions Inequality Crisis
April 01, 2024 12:00 - 42 minutes - 29.4 MBJulia Dixon is the Founder and CEO of ESAI (pronounced [ES] + [AY] + [EYE]), the first-of-its-kind generative AI platform for college applicants and young professionals. As a former college advisor, Julia saw a major inequality emerging as only the wealthiest families could afford resources for their students to stand out and get into the most competitive colleges and universities. She created ESAI to help level the playing field, so students of all backgrounds and resources could have a fai...
Week in Edtech 3/20/2024: OpenAI's Humanoid Robot: Figure 01, NVIDIA Launches Latest AI Chips: Blackwell, Google's Gemini for the iPhone, Elon and xAI Open-Source Grok and More! Feat. Pat Yongpradit of Code.org & TeachAI and Quinn Taber of Immerse
March 27, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour - 43.7 MBIn this episode of Week in Edtech, Alex and Ben discuss: 1. AI OpenAI ChatGPT + Humanoid Robot = Figure01 NVIDIA Launches Latest AI Chips and Software at Developer Conference Apple in talks with Google to embed Google Gemini behind AI features in the iPhone Apple Quietly Launches First Multimodal AI Model, MM1 Elon Musk and xAI open-source Grok 2. K12 Ed launches in LAUSD 3. Higher Ed The SAT Is Coming Back At Some Colleges. It’s Stressing Everyone Out. 4. Workforce Udacity is ac...
Alejandro Gibes de Gac: Pioneering a New Era of Parental Involvement in Education with Paloma
March 25, 2024 12:00 - 52 minutes - 35.8 MBWhen Alejandro Gibes de Gac was 7, his family immigrated to the US seeking educational opportunities for their children. His parents’ tireless efforts enabled Alejandro and his sister to overcome their circumstances and pursue their dreams. Alejandro published two books by 14 and was admitted to Harvard by 16. After graduating from college, Alejandro joined Teach For America and became a first grade teacher in Philadelphia. There he became frustrated that the school system treats marginaliz...
Education Without Borders with Andrew Sachs and Emine Naz Can
March 18, 2024 12:00 - 50 minutes - 34.5 MBAndrew Sachs is a retired successful tech entrepreneur with a passion for wanting to make the world a better place for others. With three wonderful kids and a teacher-wife, Andrew saw how school and university were not preparing our youth with the needed technical, soft and leadership skills they needed to thrive in today’s quickly changing world. Having benefited from excellent teachers and continuous learning in the context of high-performing global project teams in his professional caree...
Special Episode: Postcards from Common Sense Summit on America's Kids and Families (Part 2)
March 13, 2024 12:00 - 55 minutes - 37.9 MBEdtech Insiders joined the first Common Sense Summit on America's Kids and Families hosted by Common Sense Media at Pier 27 in San Francisco on January 28–30. The conference brought together advocates, researchers, youth leaders, policymakers, and other experts to take stock of America's kids and families and explore solutions to the most pressing issues across four core topic areas: kids and technology, youth mental health, early childhood education, and K–12 education. In this special e...
Week in Edtech 03/05/2024: Anthropic's Claude 3 Opus, Nvidia Reaches $2T Market Cap, Google Partners with Reddit and More! Feat. Kelly Sia of Curriculum Associates, Malia Burns and Faiza Jackson of OpenSeat and Erin Mayhood of Mentor Collective
March 12, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour - 51.2 MBIn this episode of Week in Edtech, Alex and Ben discuss: 1. AI Claude 3 Opus by Anthropic Inside the Funding Frenzy at Anthropic, One of A.I.’s Hottest Start-Ups Google partners with Reddit in AI content licensing deal 2. Big Tech Nvidia reaches $2T market cap Nvidia Hardware Is Eating the World "Don't Learn to Code, But Study This Instead..." says NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang Special Guests: Kelly Sia, President of Curriculum Associates Malia Burns, CEO of OpenSeat, Faiza Jackson, Cl...
Tom Sayer on Cultivating Lifelong Readers with Ello
March 11, 2024 12:00 - 43 minutes - 30.1 MBTom Sayer is the Co-Founder and CEO of Ello, the world's first virtual reading coach that works with real books. Before Ello, Tom was the head of impact and adoption programs at Google for Education, where his team was responsible for ensuring that Google tools were used effectively in classrooms worldwide. He is on the advisory board of Education Reimagined, the movement builder of learner centered education. He has also worked as an intelligence officer, a product manager, founded an EdTe...
Special Episode: Postcards from Common Sense Summit on America's Kids and Families (Part 1)
March 06, 2024 13:00 - 54 minutes - 37.3 MBEdtech Insiders joined the first Common Sense Summit on America's Kids and Families hosted by Common Sense Media at Pier 27 in San Francisco on January 28–30. The conference brought together advocates, researchers, youth leaders, policymakers, and other experts to take stock of America's kids and families and explore solutions to the most pressing issues across four core topic areas: kids and technology, youth mental health, early childhood education, and K–12 education. In this special e...
Innovating English Learning for the Digital Age: Max Azarov's Journey with NovaKid
March 04, 2024 13:00 - 45 minutes - 31.4 MBMax Azarov is an experienced entrepreneur in the IT industry. He graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) where he studied at the School of Physics and Mathematics, and he holds an MBA from the University of Massachusetts. Max built his career in IT product management and software development across Russia and the USA, working for Cyber Vision, Digital 5, Google and LG Electronics. As a product manager for Google, Max was responsible for the global product as wel...
Shaping the Future Of Learning: Sam Altman on AI in Education
February 29, 2024 13:00 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MBEdtech Insiders joined the first Common Sense Summit on America's Kids and Families hosted by Common Sense Media at Pier 27 in San Francisco on January 28–30. The conference brought together advocates, researchers, youth leaders, policymakers, and other experts to take stock of America's kids and families and explore solutions to the most pressing issues across four core topic areas: kids and technology, youth mental health, early childhood education, and K–12 education. In this special e...
Week in Edtech 02/21/2024: OpenAI's Sora Rivals in the Works, 2U's Financial Struggles, Reach Capital's 2023 US Edtech Funding Report and More! With Special Guest, Matt Sherman of LSAT Lab
February 27, 2024 13:00 - 40 minutes - 27.5 MBIn this episode of Week in Edtech, Ben and Alex discuss: 1. AI OpenAI Completes Deal That Values the Company at $80 Billion OpenAI’s Sora Rivals In The Works—Including From Google And Meta 2. Edtech Online course provider 2U faces doubts it can continue 3. PreK-12 Unleashed Brands to Acquire Sylvan Learning 4. Reports Reach Capital’s 2023 US EdTech Funding Report Oppenheimer Report Special Guest: Matt Sherman, Founder and CEO at LSAT Lab
The Future of AI-Driven Curriculum Development with Robyn Cook of Auuti School
February 26, 2024 13:00 - 48 minutes - 33.7 MBRobyn Cook is the Chief Academic Officer for Aauti School, a online digital science curriculum powered by AI. She’s an experienced education professional who has served as served as a Director of Curriculum and Instructional Supports, a STEM and Science Content specialist, and a chemistry and biology teacher, dedicated to transforming K-12 education through innovative curriculum development and instructional leadership. Robyn is responsible for driving and communicating Aauti’s instruction...
Empowering the Next Generation: Hillary Clinton's Educational Advocacy
February 21, 2024 13:00 - 17 minutes - 12.2 MBEdtech Insiders joined the first Common Sense Summit on America's Kids and Families hosted by Common Sense Media at Pier 27 in San Francisco on January 28–30. The conference brought together advocates, researchers, youth leaders, policymakers, and other experts to take stock of America's kids and families and explore solutions to the most pressing issues across four core topic areas: kids and technology, youth mental health, early childhood education, and K–12 education. In this special e...
Week in Edtech 02/15/2024: Savvas Learning Company Acquires Outlier.org, Duolingo Reigns as Top Language Learning Platform, Google's AI Initiative for Europe, Indian Edtech Investments, and More! Feat. Adeel Khan, MagicSchoolAI & Gary Eimerman, Multiverse
February 21, 2024 02:00 - 1 hour - 44.2 MBIn this episode of Week in Edtech, Ben and Alex discuss: 1. AI Google Launches AI Opportunity Initiative For Europe; Announces €25M Funding To Support AI Skills Development 2. Edtech India ASU GSV Emeritus Event in India PhysicsWallah’s FY23 Profit Tanks 91% To INR 90M Deborah Quazzo and Michael Moe on BYJU's Deborah Quazzo follow-on investments in India How Eruditus survived the evisceration of edtech Duolingo is largest language platform in the world 3. K-12 Tyton Partners’ ‘In...
BloomTech's Advocacy for Accessible Tech Careers with Mari Nazary
February 19, 2024 13:00 - 50 minutes - 34.7 MBMari Nazary is the Chief Experience Officer at Bloom Institute of Technology, formerly known as Lambda School, Mari has dedicated over 15 years to transforming the landscape of online education. She believes in making education a universal key, accessible and effective for all, without the financial burden often associated with higher learning. Mari's journey in EdTech began with her role at Rosetta Stone, where she developed the company’s first online classroom experience. Her passion for ...
Sal Khan: On the Frontlines of EdTech and AI
February 15, 2024 13:00 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MBEdtech Insiders joined the first Common Sense Summit on America's Kids and Families hosted by Common Sense Media at Pier 27 in San Francisco on January 28–30. The conference brought together advocates, researchers, youth leaders, policymakers, and other experts to take stock of America's kids and families and explore solutions to the most pressing issues across four core topic areas: kids and technology, youth mental health, early childhood education, and K–12 education. In this special e...
Week in Edtech 02/08/2024: OpenAI Partners with Common Sense Media, National Edtech Technology Plan, Senate Blasts Tech CEOs and More! Feat. Sohan Choudhury of Flint, Erin Mote of InnovateEDU and Zac Chase of US DOE
February 13, 2024 14:00 - 1 hour - 47 MBIn this episode of Week in Edtech, Ben and Alex discuss: 1. AI OpenAI partners with Common Sense Media to collaborate on AI guidelines Edsafe AI Fellowships 2. Big Tech Senate blasts tech CEOs over child safety 3. Workforce upGrad To Open 100 Experience And Learning Centers, Commits INR 1,000M 4. PreK-12 Byju’s Says Investors Don’t Have Voting Right To Remove Founder From Edtech Group 5. K-12 Zum Raises $140M Instructure Completes Acquisition of Parchment 6. HigherEd Shaq is j...
360Learning's Mission: Championing Upskilling from Within with Nick Hernandez
February 12, 2024 14:00 - 48 minutes - 33.5 MBNick Hernandez is the CEO and Founder of 360Learning, a leading advisor and investor in the SaaS technology industry, and the author of Collaborative Learning: How to Upskill from Within and Turn L&D into Your Competitive Advantage. Nick founded 360Learning in 2013 and has since grown the company into a leader in the EdTech sector. In late 2021, Nick and his team secured $200m in funding from Sumeru, SoftBank, and Silverlake for 360Learning to continue their mission of championing upskillin...
Equipping Tomorrow's Workforce with Lydia Logan on Education and AI at IBM
February 05, 2024 14:00 - 46 minutes - 32.3 MBLydia Logan is the Vice President of Global Education and Workforce Development, Corporate Social Responsibility at IBM, where she leads IBM's community and university skilling initiatives that create more inclusive and effective schools and workforces. Her programs help fulfill IBM’s pledges to skill 30 million people worldwide by 2030, and to train two million learners in AI through 2026, particularly those from historically underresourced, underserved, and underrepresented communities. ...
Week in Edtech 01/24/2024: Chegg, Doulingo, Coursera Stocks Tumble, OpenAI Partners with ASU, Microsoft's Free AI Tutor and More! With Special Guests Brett Roer and Jacob Kantor of EDLIT
January 30, 2024 14:00 - 53 minutes - 36.7 MBIn this episode of Week in Edtech, Ben and Alex discuss: 1. AI Chegg, Duolingo, Coursera Stocks Swoon as Goldman Warns of Threat From AI Coursera’s CEO announced that Coursera users signed up for an AI course every minute of 2023 2. Edtech It’s a good time to invest in early-stage edtech, investors say Byju’s seeks new funding at less than $2 billion valuation, a 90% drop 3. K-12 National Ed-Tech Plan Outlines How Schools Can Tackle 3 Big Digital Inequities Michael Bloomberg donate...
Building Apprentice Nation: The Power of Apprenticeships in Education with Ryan Craig
January 29, 2024 14:00 - 1 hour - 41.9 MBRyan Craig is a Managing Director at Achieve Partners and was formerly an MD at University Ventures. Ryan’s commentary on where the puck is going in education and workforce regularly appears in the biweekly Gap Letter, Forbes, and Inside Higher Education. He is the author of the book Apprentice Nation: How the "Earn and Learn" Alternative to Higher Education Will Create a Stronger and Fairer America (2023). He is also author of A New U: Faster + Cheaper Alternatives to College (2018), which ...
Week in Edtech 01/18/2024: Duolingo Sheds Human Workers, Chatbot Teachers, Dying Unicorns and More! With Special Guest, John Rogers of TPG Rise Fund
January 23, 2024 14:00 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MBIn this episode of Week in Edtech, Ben and Alex discuss: 1. AI Duolingo Sheds Some Human Workers As AI Threatens To Upend The $65 Billion Translation Industry Moral Panic of “Will Chatbots teach your children” is starting up: “Will Chatbots Teach Your Children” Your Child’s Favorite Teacher May Soon Be a Chatbot Two of Your Predictions for 2024 and Why They Are Probably Not Correct 2. Edtech HolonIQ Removes 13 unicorns from its Edtech Unicorns list FETC is next week! 3. Workforce...
Figma for Education: Making Design Accessible for All with Lauren McCann
January 22, 2024 14:00 - 51 minutes - 35.4 MBLauren McCann is the head of Figma for Education. She started her career in the classroom, as a middle school English teacher in Hyderabad, India. Before joining Figma, Lauren led product marketing for Google’s core education products including Google Classroom, Google Meet, Google Workspace for Education (Docs, Slides, Sheets, Forms, Drive, Jamboard) Google Assignments, Read Along, and more. At Figma, Lauren and her education team are working to bring Figma into more classrooms globally. ...
Week in Edtech 01/11/2024: GPT Store Opened, Districts Considering Closing Schools, new FAFSA and more! Plus Special Guest, Anna Iarotska of Robo Wunderkind
January 16, 2024 08:00 - 44 minutes - 30.7 MBIn this episode of Week in Edtech, Ben and Alex discuss: 1. AI GPT Store Opened. What does this mean? South Korea's MathGPT Sets a New World Record in Mathematical Performance US Congress Introduces “AI Literacy” Bill 2. PreK12 As Enrollment Declines, Districts Consider Closing Schools 3. K12 Skipping School: America’s Hidden Education Crisis 4. Higher Education Claudine Gay & Higher Ed’s Crisis. Is it just PR & Politics or is it a deeper issue? The new FAFSA is meant to make ap...
Tech Equity and Inclusion: Insights from Pedro Martinez of Chicago Public Schools and Dr. Maria Armstrong of Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents
January 15, 2024 14:00 - 1 hour - 44.3 MBDr. Maria Armstrong is the Executive Director of the Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS). Her career in education includes serving as a teacher, school counselor, assistant principal, principal, director of English Language Learners, assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction, superintendent, and as an educational consultant for the Puerto Rico Department of Education leading the department’s Hurricane Maria Recovery efforts. Prior to working in educat...
The Storyshares Approach to Diverse and Accessible Libraries with Louise Baigelman
January 08, 2024 14:00 - 49 minutes - 33.9 MBLouise Baigelman is the founder and CEO of Storyshares, a mission-driven literacy organization focused on engaging and empowering readers and writers of all levels. Before starting Storyshares, Louise was a reading and writing teacher, middle school EL coordinator, and literacy specialist, working with students from preschool through high school. Louise was named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list, the International Literacy Association’s 30 Under 30 list, and she has received awards from the Li...
Special Episode: 2023 Reflections and 2024 Predictions by Alex, Ben and Edtech Leaders from Instructure, Owl Ventures, Reach Capital, Age of Learning, Kinnu, Flint and Samvid Ventures
January 01, 2024 14:00 - 1 hour - 67.3 MB2023 was an amazing year for Edtech! In this super-sized episode, Ben and Alex review top trends from the year that was and make some predictions for 2024. Also, we asked some of our favorite guests (and Edtech C-suiters) to give their thoughts on what we can expect to see in 2024. Ian Chiu, Managing Director at Owl Ventures Jomayra Herrera, Partner at Reach Capital Sunil Gunderia, Chief Innovation Officer at Age of Learning Hanna Celina, Co-founder and CPO at Kinnu Amit Patel, Man...
Breaking Barriers: Exploring Inclusive Education with Dr. Yenda Prado
December 29, 2023 14:00 - 59 minutes - 41.2 MBDr. Yenda Prado is an edtech researcher, educator, and author, whose work focuses on exploring the social uses of emerging edtech to support children’s inclusion across complex learning environments. She has written and advised on inclusive technology use in education and media for diverse organizations including the U.S. Department of Education, PBS Kids, and the University of California. Dr. Prado also serves as a Ready to Learn Consultant Advisor for the Corporation for Public Broadcast...
AI, Metaverse, and Learning Equality: Kai XR's EdTech Frontier with Kai Frazier
December 25, 2023 14:00 - 50 minutes - 35.1 MBKai Frazier is a former educator and the founder and CEO of Kai XR, designed to close the opportunity gap in under-resourced communities. The KaiXR platform, which uses AI and metaverse technologies, is being used by kids in grades 5-8 in schools, as well as juvenile detention centers, to take virtual college tours, learn about advances in science like CRISPR, and teach kids about historical figures like the late Dr. Huey P. Newton of the Black Panther Party. Before creating Kai XR, Kai ...
Special Episode: Edtech Asia Summit 2023
December 22, 2023 14:00 - 2 hours - 114 MBIn this special episode of Edtech Insiders, Phuong Do interviews eight edtech companies at the Edtech Asia Summit 2023 held earlier last month in Bali, Indonesia. Adriel Yong from Ascend Angels John Tan from Doyobi Minsam Kim from RiiiD Raphael Nolden from Amy.app Ryan O'Hare from Keypath Education Ruby Nguyen from Curieous Sandeep and Gaurav from Kaizenvest Vu Van from ELSA
Revolutionizing Pediatric Mental Health in Schools with Kenzie Butera Davis of Maro
December 20, 2023 14:00 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MBKenzie Butera Davis is the CEO and founder of Maro, a pediatric mental healthcare and education app. She recently won the ASU+GSV Pitch competition. As a veteran of the startup industry, Kenzie has supported 70+ healthcare, consumer and B2B SaaS startups from launch to growth acceleration to funding. Prior to founding Maro, Kenzie spent 4+ years composing an academic thesis on the implementation of health education in the US while conducting customer discovery. Her current venture, Maro, is...
EdTech Solutions for Academic Integrity in K-12 Education with Todd Mahler of Edmentum and Dr. PJ Caposey
December 18, 2023 14:00 - 55 minutes - 38 MBTodd Mahler is the Chief Product Officer at Edmentum. For over 25 years Todd has led the development of educational technology products for the nation’s leading publishers and is proud to have impacted the lives of millions of students. As Chief Product Officer for Edmentum, Todd drives product strategy for Edmentum, ensuring their solutions meet the needs of the educators and students they serve. Prior to Edmentum, Todd served as Chief Product Officer for Apex Learning and has held senior l...
Shaping Careers Through Experiences with Chris Parrish of Podium Education
December 15, 2023 14:00 - 47 minutes - 32.5 MBChris Parrish is Co-Founder and President of Partnerships at the leading experiential learning company, Podium Education. At Podium, Chris led the launch of The Global Tech Experience, an industry redefining digital program that enables students to build skills and experience by working on projects directly with organizations like Intel, The Grammy’s and charity:water. Podium currently partners with 55 universities across the world and will support 10,000 students in 2023. His work has been ...
Week in Edtech 12/08/2023: Gemini, 2U's Challenges, Testing Overhauls, Veering into Politics and More! Feat. Gavin Cooney of Learnosity and Jared Grusd of Ethiqly
December 12, 2023 21:00 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBIn this episode of Week in Edtech, Ben and Alex discuss: 1. Big Tech: Gemini - Google’s largest and most capable AI model. 2U faces upcoming existential changes - Helpful analysis from Phil Hill on the financial challenges 2U is up against as their stock continues to get hammered in the public markets. 2. Assessment: States are radically changing testing requirements in both red and blue states All Yale students get As 3. Politics: University Presidents royally blow it in Congress ...
Pioneering VR to Shape the Future of STEM Education with Märt Lume of Futuclass
December 11, 2023 14:00 - 51 minutes - 35.7 MBMärt Lume is the co-founder of Futuclass, a company building curriculum-aligned Virtual Reality games to enrich natural science education for secondary school students. With a 15-year journey across Vancouver, Denver, Lviv, Berlin, and Tallinn, Märt has designed gaming, enterprise, and educational software. Notably, in Vancouver he was the first employee of Glitch game, which eventually became known as Slack. A pivotal moment in 2017 introduced him to VR, sparking the realization that imme...
Coding without Borders: inventXYZ's Mission to Reach Every K-12 Student with Nikil Ragav
December 06, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 45.3 MBNikil Ragav is the CEO and founder of inventXYZ. Nikil studied Electrical Engineering & Business at Penn/Wharton and interned at Intel, Google, Microsoft before starting inventXYZ. In college, he ran inventathons for middle and high school students to learn to build and code real products. He worked with schools in rural PA then remotely across the US to teach CS and electronics. For his work, Nikil was awarded Penn’s President’s Innovation Prize to start inventXYZ. NFL player Travis Kelce...
Week in Edtech 12/01/2023: Meta's Multimodal Leap, StraighterLine and Acadeum's College Course Sharing, Plus Special Guests: Sara Mauskopf of Winnie and Candice Faktor of Disco
December 05, 2023 23:00 - 1 hour - 43.7 MBIn this episode of Week in Edtech, Ben and Alex discuss: 1. Big Tech: Meta launches “Seamless” LLM for speech-to-speech translation. Multi-modal innovation Meta’s Instagram also made news in all the wrong ways 2. Higher Ed: StraighterLine Partners with Acadeum to Offer College Course Sharing 3. In Other News... U.S. Department of Education Holds Off On New Rules for Third-Party Servicers… For Now Curriculum Associates Acquires SoapBox Labs ParentSquare Acquires Remind 2U finances ...
Transforming Youth Mental Health with Maria Barrera of Clayful
December 04, 2023 14:00 - 46 minutes - 32.1 MBMaria Barrera, is a Stanford-educated engineer and founder & CEO of Clayful. She is committed to addressing the youth mental health crisis. Born in Colombia and understanding the pressures of adversity, she leverages her experience from her pioneering role on Nearpod's founding team to create impactful solutions in education. Through her tireless research and collaboration with a diverse team of experts, Maria developed Clayful, offering accessible, preventative mental health resources to f...
Building the Future of Code: Per Borgen Unveils Scrimba's AI Engineering Initiative
November 27, 2023 14:00 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MBPer Borgen is the CEO and co-founder of Scrimba (YC S20), an interactive code-learning platform with over a million users worldwide. He’s also a web developer and coding instructor. Per's passion is to help people change their careers and lives through learning how to build software, just as he did at age 29. These days, he leads Scrimba's AI Engineering initiative. The company has partnered up with Hugging Face and LangChain to create tutorials and courses that help web developers learn ho...
Advancing Equitable STEM: Math Education Revolution with Anurupa Ganguly of Prisms
November 22, 2023 14:00 - 41 minutes - 28.3 MBAnurupa Ganguly is the founder & CEO of Prisms. She founded Prisms to scale a new world teaching model where students learn core math and science concepts spatially, physically and steeped in important real world contexts. Prisms targets bottleneck topics that are often memorized in lieu of deeply understood -- leading to huge gaps and drops offs over time in STEM. Anurupa and her team are transforming math education in the US by rapidly deploying the next generation of spatial computing dev...
Week in Edtech 11/21/2023: Edtech Titans in Flux: Sam Altman's Move from OpenAI to Microsoft and 2U's CEO Shift
November 21, 2023 20:00 - 57 minutes - 39.7 MBThis is a special episode focusing on two major leader ship changes in technology and their ramifications for Edtech: Sam Altman being released from OpenAI and hired by Microsoft, and Chip Paucek being replaced as CEO of 2U.
Week in Edtech 11/15/2023: OpenAI's Agents "GPTs", Edtech Trends, Acquisitions and Special Guest: Johann Zimmern, Zoom One for Education
November 21, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBIn this episode of Week in Edtech, Ben and Alex discuss: Artificial Intelligence: Executive Order on AI includes mandate that Education Department roll out guidance on the way schools should use AI technologies OpenAI launches Agents (“GPTs”) OpenAI introduces custom AI assistants called “GPTs” that play different roles My North Star for the Future of AI Forget ChatGPT — Extractive AI Is the Real Game-Changer for Teachers, Students Rosalyn Launches StableSight, an Exam Proctoring AI T...
Inside Instructure: Shiren Vijiasingam Discusses AI, Partner Programs, and Education Evolution
November 20, 2023 14:00 - 48 minutes - 33.2 MBShiren Vijiasingam is the Chief Product Officer at Instructure, the leading learning platform and maker of Canvas. Shiren has built global software products for millions of users, for over 2 decades, with more than half of his time in education. He previously served as Chief Product Officer, both at Newsela, a K-12 content platform, and before that at General Assembly, the pioneer of career transformation education. He has a master’s degree in interactive media from Quinnipiac University and...
Special Episode: AI Founders Forum
November 13, 2023 14:00 - 52 minutes - 36 MBIn this special episode of Edtech Insiders, Sarah Morin interviews seven founders of AI education companies at the AI Founders Forum held earlier last month in San Francisco. John Danner, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Project Read Catalin Voss, Co-Founder and CTO at Ello Christian Byza, CEO and Co-Founder of Learn.xyz Courtney Monk, Co-Founder and COO at Schoolytics Gautam Thapar, Co-Founder and CEO of Enlighten AI Shweta Gandhi, Co-Founder and CEO of Strived.io Brandon Grusd, Co-Founder o...