Summary

In 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.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to ISTE and AI in Education

03:00 Innovative Student Projects Using AI

05:55 Google's Major AI Push in Education

08:59 Classroom Management and AI Tools

12:00 Federal Funding Freeze and Its Impact on Education

16:56 Microsoft's Changes and Industry Jokes

18:17 The Blue Screen of Death: A New Era

19:00 Understanding CloudStrike and Its Impact

20:10 AI Crawlers and the Pay-Per-Crawl Model

22:39 The Disruption of Web Crawling and Content Access

24:43 The Future of Content Creation and AI

26:32 The Disparity Between Big Companies and Startups

30:13 Reflections from the ISTE Conference

32:05 Maurie's New Book: A Teacher's Perspective