AI CAFE 2025
The first school year in the age of generative AI is historic and is raising many big questions. AI Café is where active classroom teachers meet to share what we've learned about managing generative AI in the classroom this week? Grab a cup of coffee with a middle school teacher, a university professor, an early childhood educator-technology specialist, and an education researcher as we meet to share our weekly discoveries. We cover it all from the aha moments to mistakes we’ve made, and the lessons we learned. We cap the meet-up by sharing the AI tools we found most helpful and effective.
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 18 minutes
- Episodes
- 27
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Lightning Presentation: AI Cafe Year in Review 2024
The AI Cafe podcast’s 2024 mic drop episode looks back on a year of generative AI in education. Through the lens of a diverse cohort of educators ranging from early adopters to AI skeptics. The disc…
00:10:14 |
Fri 03 Jan 2025
The County Banned Gen AI in My School, I’m a K12 Teacher, What Should I Do?
The conversation explores the challenges and opportunities presented by AI in education, and the varying policies across institutions. Participants discuss the importance of AI literacy for educators…
00:20:54 |
Mon 11 Nov 2024
We Need Time to Play Before We Teach: The Key to A Supportive AI Culture
The conversation explores the overwhelming number of AI tools available to educators and our challenges in finding time to learn and implement them effectively. Participants discuss the importance of…
00:22:09 |
Sun 20 Oct 2024
We Found A Way to Increase Passionate, Meaningful and Joyful Learning with Gen AI
This week, we discussed the critical role of intrinsic motivation and passion in education, discussing how traditional educational systems often rely on extrinsic motivators. The group emphasized the…
00:21:48 |
Sun 06 Oct 2024
How Much Student Struggle Is Productive, How Much Gen AI Is Too Much?
This week, we discussed the balance between utilizing technology and maintaining foundational skills. The speakers discuss the importance of struggle in the learning process, the potential dangers of…
00:25:30 |
Sat 21 Sep 2024
Going From Toy to Tool: Finding Your Path to Using Gen AI Effectively In The Classroom
The conversation explores the journey of embracing AI as a tool rather than a toy. The participants discuss the importance of vetting AI apps and the need for critical thinking when using AI-generate…
00:34:19 |
Sat 07 Sep 2024
It Takes Time to Save Time With Gen AI: How to Spend the Least and Get the Most
We began by exploring whether we're just using generative AI because it's the shiny new thing. We quickly agreed that Gen AI is definitely a massive time saver. But how much time did we each have to …
00:32:08 |
Sun 07 Apr 2024
Show Me Your Work: How Can We Assess Students’ AI Supported Assignments?
This week, we discuss the need and practical challenges of tracking and assessing student assignments when generative AI is an approved tool. What reliable strategies can we use to see and evaluate s…
00:20:42 |
Thu 28 Mar 2024
Creating Stimulating, Safe Learning Experiences with AI-Powered Teaching
This week, we talk about an AI tool that enables teachers to create custom chatbots for specific units, provide real-time insights into student progress, level reading material, assist with IEP goal…
00:27:45 |
Sun 17 Mar 2024
3 Frameworks for Managing the Growing Wave of Generative AI Tools: The Missing Link
The number of new artificial intelligence tools available to educators is expanding faster than most of us can follow. This generative AI wave is introducing technologies into the classroom with man…
00:14:27 |
Sat 27 Jan 2024
Our Most Useful AI Lessons From 2023, How We'll Use Them in 2024
We start the new year by reflecting on our experiences with generative artificial intelligence in 2023 and the lessons we learned. We close by sharing our most useful discoveries and how we plan to u…
00:28:03 |
Mon 08 Jan 2024
10 Creative Ways to Teach with AI Image Generators
This week, we dove into AI image generators and how they can be used to engage students in higher-order thinking. We explored and shared the results of testing and comparing several AI image tools …
00:29:54 |
Fri 08 Dec 2023
From Clippy to Copilot: Classroom-Tested AI Add-Ons That Save Time and Enhance Learning
This week, we shared our experiences with AI-driven add-ons that enhance teaching and learning — from Clippy to Copilot. We explored ways to share grades with parents, simplify complex tasks like und…
00:13:04 |
Wed 29 Nov 2023
It’s Not Cheating: Working Less, Teaching Better Is The Future — How To Get Used To It Now
Is using AI chatbots to provide feedback to students cheating, cutting corners, or failing to do our best for students? This week, we discovered a hidden barrier to embracing AI, no matter how usefu…
00:25:27 |
Thu 02 Nov 2023
Three Acronyms That Help Students Think Clearly and Get Better Results from AI Tools
The results students get from AI tools like ChatGPT and Bard depend on how well they’ve learned to communicate with these resources. In this session, we explore effective ways to help students learn …
00:24:06 |
Mon 23 Oct 2023
Too Engaging: 16 New Ways You Can Use Voice to Engage, Teach and Support Students
Every week, we explore new and helpful ways generative artificial intelligence can support teaching and learning. This week we unwrapped a surprisingly engaging new resource that uses voice to teach …
00:25:10 |
Sat 14 Oct 2023
How We Prepared to Head Back to School With Generative Artificial Intelligence
How We Prepared to Head Back to School With Generative Artificial Intelligence
Caroline Fell Kurban, Dan Jones, Juli Ross-Kleinmann, and Thomas Mennella
It’s fascinating; this is the first back-to-s…
00:22:42 |
Fri 06 Oct 2023
Reducing the Workload of Grading Papers: A Few Ways Artificial Intelligence Can Help
We all agree that grading papers, providing detailed feedback, and maintaining consistency across 100 or more papers are some of the most taxing tasks on a teacher’s to-do list. This week, we met at…
00:23:12 |
Thu 05 Oct 2023
Safely Uploading Student Work to ChatGPT: A Teacher’s Checklist
Every week, we discover new and helpful ways generative artificial intelligence can support teaching and learning. We’ve also found a new world of student privacy discussions we need to have. This w…
00:25:53 |
Thu 05 Oct 2023
Why the Three R's May Take a Backseat to the Three F's During the Summer of AI
Every teacher is familiar with the three Rs, but this week we all got a sample of why learning more about the three Fs may be just as crucial in the age of AI. Identifying what's fake, false, and ph…
00:06:32 |
Sat 27 May 2023
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