In this episode of Week in Edtech, Ben and Alex discuss:1. Big Tech:Meta launches “Seamless” LLM for speech-to-speech translation.  Multi-modal innovationMeta’s Instagram also made news in all the wrong ways2. Higher Ed:StraighterLine Partners with Acadeum to Offer College Course Sharing3. In Other News...U.S. Department of Education Holds Off On New Rules for Third-Party Servicers… For NowCurriculum Associates Acquires SoapBox LabsParentSquare Acquires Remind2U finances unveiled by...

Week in Edtech 12/01/2023: Meta's Multimodal Leap, StraighterLine and Acadeum's College Course Sharing, Plus Special Guests: Sara Mauskopf of Winnie and Candice Faktor of Disco

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The Evolution of Google for Education with Shantanu Sinha

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Today we’re talking to Kunal Dalal and Wes Kriesel, who are administrators of AI and Innovation at the Orange County, CA, Department of Education, where they support AI education and integration for 28 school districts in California.Kunal Dalal merges education and AI, driving human-centered AI integration at the Orange County Department of Education. Educated at Oberlin, Harvard, and UC Berkeley, he's evolved from school principal to headphone entrepreneur to tech educator. Dalal's entrepren...

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Week in Edtech 12/01/2023: Meta's Multimodal Leap, StraighterLine and Acadeum's College Course Sharing, Plus Special Guests: Sara Mauskopf of Winnie and Candice Faktor of Disco

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