How Educators Are Shaping the Future of AI in Education with Google

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As a classroom teacher, I remember being asked to sit down with my staff. I was like a second-year teacher, and they were like, "We see that you use Google Docs. Can you show us what that is?"

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And being able to, like, train my school on Google Drive and just seeing how even that, like, organizational file system impacted them in such an important way, and now to be able to talk about AI and have, like, Workspace be embedded in that conversation is just so cool.

[upbeat music] Welcome to EdTech Insiders, the top podcast covering the education technology industry. From funding rounds to impact to AI developments across early childhood, K-12, higher ed, and work, you'll find it all here at EdTech Insiders. Remember to subscribe to the pod, check out our newsletter, and also our event calendar. And to go deeper, check out EdTech Insiders Plus, where you can get premium content, access to our WhatsApp channel, early access to events, and back-channel insights from Alex and Ben. Hope you enjoy today's pod. [upbeat music] Hello, EdTech Insider listeners. Today we have a very special podcast. As we all know, there is a global conversation about the role of AI in education, and educators are often missing from that conversation. Today, in a special World Teachers Day episode, we're excited to be centering educator voices in conversation with Jenny from Google. It was also awesome to see that Google and TED just announced a global search for ideas from educators who are innovating with AI. They've put out a free idea workshop for educators to submit their ideas, and educators with the most compelling ideas will have the chance to share their talks at the TED 2027 conference. So without further ado, Alex, can you bring us in and introduce our guests? Welcome to EdTech Insiders. We have an incredibly interesting episode today. We're gonna go really deep with two educators who have been doing amazing work in the classroom, and Jennie Magiera, Google's Global Head of Education Impact, who works across many different schools and many different educators to think about what the future of AI and technology really look like. So let me do their bios, and we'll jump right in. Jennie Magiera is Google's Global Head of Education Impact, bestselling author of Courageous Edventures, founder of Our Voice Alliance, and a board member at Saga Education. She's a former teacher, coach, administrator, and professor, and has shaped national education initiatives and been featured by NBC, C-SPAN, TEDx, and NPR. Amazing. Chanel Johnson is an educator, wife, and mom of three with 15-plus years of experience in K-12 education, STEM, and in ed tech. She's a former STEM specialist and an ed tech implementation manager, and she now teaches eighth grade physical science, and she has some very