In this episode, we delve into the realm of GenAI in education with Katina Papulkas, an experienced educational strategist from Dell Technologies who sheds light on Canada's proactive stance on GenAI. Katina shares her experience with GenAI detection tools and shares best practices for assessment that embrace the potentials of GenAI, advising educators on how to cautiously explore tools while emphasizing the importance of evaluating their effectiveness in enhancing learning outcomes.

Katina Papulkas is a Senior Education Strategist at Dell Technologies and is committed to serving students across Canada. She works closely with K-12 and Post-Secondary institutions to define the role technology plays in empowering and amplifying learning, and assists in creating student engagement technology strategies. She is an experienced educator with a background in teaching, online learning, leadership, assessment, and educational technology. In her two-decade tenure in education at the TorontoDSB, she was a teacher, instructional leader and administrator, where she designed and implemented system-wide initiatives to amplify learning through technology. 

During her time at Dell, Katina has started up programs such as Girls Who Game, Soar with MENTOR and Data Dunkers to support underserved learners in an empowering and engaging way. Katina has been at Dell for five and half years and enjoys every new challenge and opportunity presented. This year, she has been selected as a 2024 EDSAFE AI Alliance Women in AI Fellow. Katina can’t wait to get started collaborating with others globally on how we might reimagine our education system enabled by AI.

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