Tim's work as a leader with the National Association of Independent Schools provides him with frequent exposure to schools and how they take innovative approaches to technology and learning, examples of which he discusses in this episode. Tim and the hosts also talk about "productive struggle", keeping things simple, and seeing AI not for what it does but for what using it then allows us to do (with the time AI can save us). Themes of partnership and relationship emerge throughout the conversation.

Tim’s AI-produced sketches, from his Camino de Santiago experience

Resources

• National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
• McDonogh School; Baltimore, MD
• Camino de Santiago, network of annual pilgrimages across Spain
• Good to Great, book by Jim Collins
• Matthew Barzun, author of The Power of Giving Away Power and concept of “constellation”
• Jenny Wallace, podcast host and author concerning achievement culture
• Contact, film starring Jodie Foster
• Clay Shirky - “the problem is filter failure, not information overload”
• ChatGPT, AI tool from OpenAI
• DALL-E3, AI artwork tool from OpenAI
• Sugata Mitra - a computer should be a partner in the conversation
• How to Eat Fried Worms, book by Thomas Rockwell
• Crossroads College Prep; St Louis, MO; “5th Day” concept
• NAIS People of Color Conference (POCC)
• NAIS Annual Conference
• One Stone school; Boise, ID; students are heavily involved in school administration
• Forest School; Atlanta, GA; self-directed learning
• Understanding by Design, concept by Jay McTighe
• Typing Tutor, ‘90s software for teaching typing
• Dunkin Donuts, part of walk n’ talk ritual

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