• How can education leaders help staff move from AI anxiety to AI optimism and fluency?
• How can we make sure that pedagogy always trumps technology in our classrooms?
• How can we promote the kind of disruptive thinking necessary to future-proof our learners for an unpredictable world?

About This Guest, Eric Sheninger

Eric works with schools throughout the world, helping educators meet and exceed their potential to improve outcomes for learners. He is the founder and CEO of Aspire Change EDU, a collaborative consultancy designed to provide personalized support to all educational systems. Prior to this, he was a teacher and an award-winning Principal at New Milford High School.

Timestamps from This Episode

• 0:00:00 – Eric Sheninger is an award-winning principal, author, and speaker.
• 2:01 – About his book, Personalize: Meeting the Needs of All Learners 
• 3:47 – Leveraging technology and personalized learning frameworks
• 7:56 – How to use AI as a force multiplier as education leaders
• 12:57 – Which AI tools Eric uses for which purposes
• 16:22 – How to move from AI anxiety to AI optimism and fluency
• 21:16 – Pedagogy trumps technology – and that includes AI
• 24:59 – The disruptive thinking necessary to future-proof our learners
• 28:02 – Words for the innovative educator who feels alone
• 34:06 – How and where to connect with Eric online
• 34:54 – Eric’s current work on a next book

Connect with Eric

• on LinkedIn,
• on X @E_Sheninger,
• on Instagram @esheninger, 
• on YouTube @EricSheninger, and
• on his website at https://ericsheninger.com/.

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