Best of The Authority: AI Goes to School with Micah Miner
12/30/24 • 52 min
Thank you all for your support and listenership of The Authority this year. I'm pleased this week to share one of our top episodes of 2024, with guest Micah Miner.
Micah is the District Instructional Technology & Social Studies Coordinator at Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89 in Illinois. He was an Excellence in Equity Award winner from the American Consortium for Equity in Education, he’s also an ACE-Ed.org Contributing Writer, Ryze AI Advisor, and ISTE Community Leader.
Micah is author of AI Goes to School: How to Harness Artificial Intelligence in Education to Prepare Students for the Future (And make you an even better teacher).
We discuss:
- AI's impact on instruction
- What should stay the same and what should change instructionally as AI tools become integrated into K-12 education?
- Identifying the sources of AI resistance
- Reasonable concerns about access and use
- How technoskepticism and digital citizenship can be helpful to equipping teachers, administrators, parents, and other stakeholders to deal with AI
- Identifying goals so we appropriately embrace AI and then choose the right tools.
- How AI tools can be connected to pedagogies and learning philosophies such as constructivism
- What needs to happen in the next year?
Find AI Goes to School from Times 10 Publications or wherever you get your books.
About today’s guest
Micah Miner, MA, MEd, EdS has over two decades of experience including time as a teacher in K–12 settings for both regular classrooms and alternative schools, a social studies department chair, an instructional technology coach, an adjunct professor in social studies and instructional technology, and a school and district administrator. He currently serves as the District Instructional Technology & Social Studies Coordinator at Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89 near Chicago. Connect at https://micahminer.com, LinkedIn, or @minerclass on X, BlueSky and Mastodon.
About the host
Ross Romano is a co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and CEO of September Strategies, a coaching and consulting firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. Connect on LinkedIn or Bluesky.
I also host Sideline Sessions, a podcast for coaches and parents of student-athletes. The show features conversations with coaches and performance experts in the NFL, NBA, NCAA, Olympics, and more. Listen here: https://bit.ly/3Rp0QGt
Thank you all for your support and listenership of The Authority this year. I'm pleased this week to share one of our top episodes of 2024, with guest Micah Miner.
Micah is the District Instructional Technology & Social Studies Coordinator at Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89 in Illinois. He was an Excellence in Equity Award winner from the American Consortium for Equity in Education, he’s also an ACE-Ed.org Contributing Writer, Ryze AI Advisor, and ISTE Community Leader.
Micah is author of AI Goes to School: How to Harness Artificial Intelligence in Education to Prepare Students for the Future (And make you an even better teacher).
We discuss:
- AI's impact on instruction
- What should stay the same and what should change instructionally as AI tools become integrated into K-12 education?
- Identifying the sources of AI resistance
- Reasonable concerns about access and use
- How technoskepticism and digital citizenship can be helpful to equipping teachers, administrators, parents, and other stakeholders to deal with AI
- Identifying goals so we appropriately embrace AI and then choose the right tools.
- How AI tools can be connected to pedagogies and learning philosophies such as constructivism
- What needs to happen in the next year?
Find AI Goes to School from Times 10 Publications or wherever you get your books.
About today’s guest
Micah Miner, MA, MEd, EdS has over two decades of experience including time as a teacher in K–12 settings for both regular classrooms and alternative schools, a social studies department chair, an instructional technology coach, an adjunct professor in social studies and instructional technology, and a school and district administrator. He currently serves as the District Instructional Technology & Social Studies Coordinator at Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89 near Chicago. Connect at https://micahminer.com, LinkedIn, or @minerclass on X, BlueSky and Mastodon.
About the host
Ross Romano is a co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and CEO of September Strategies, a coaching and consulting firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. Connect on LinkedIn or Bluesky.
I also host Sideline Sessions, a podcast for coaches and parents of student-athletes. The show features conversations with coaches and performance experts in the NFL, NBA, NCAA, Olympics, and more. Listen here: https://bit.ly/3Rp0QGt
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Dr. Alan Nelson is a leadership development specialist, trainer, speaker, and Lecturer of Management at the Naval Postgraduate School.
Alan founded KidLead Academy, the world’s first online course to train parents how to develop their child’s leadership potential. He also founded LeadYoung Training Systems, designing organizational leadership curricula for 3-23-year-olds.
He is the author of 40 books and over 200 articles on personal growth and leadership, including KidLead: Growing Great Leaders and My Kid Leads!
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- The best time to develop leaders is between ages 3-23
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- How to identify leadership talent
- How to talk to kids about leadership
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- What can parents and educators can do to develop their child's leadership potential
Learn more about Alan’s books at www.kidlead.com. Connect with him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alanenelson.
About the host
Ross Romano is a co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and CEO of September Strategies, a coaching and consulting firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. Connect on LinkedIn or Bluesky.
I also host Sideline Sessions, a podcast for coaches and parents of student-athletes. The show features conversations with coaches and performance experts in the NFL, NBA, NCAA, Olympics, and more. Listen here: https://bit.ly/3Rp0QGt
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Find PBL Simplified on Amazon or wherever you get your books.
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About the host
Ross Romano is a co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and CEO of September Strategies, a coaching and consulting firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. Connect on LinkedIn or Bluesky.
I also host Sideline Sessions, a podcast for coaches and parents of student-athletes. The show features conversations with coaches and performance experts in the NFL, NBA, NCAA, Olympics, and more. Listen here: https://bit.ly/3Rp0QGt
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