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The Brief But Spectacular Learning Series
Harnessing AI Toward Human Flourishing
These segments address the most urgent challenge facing education and society: integrating rapidly evolving AI tools while centering essential human connection.
Peggy Yin: Building transformative experiences that center human development
What if you could text your future self and ask for advice? Peggy Yin built that. She believes the best AI tools are ones that ultimately teach us to no longer need them, empowering people to imagine their own futures with clarity and confidence. Her work studies how we work with technology to unlock human potential. CLICK HERE to learn more.
OKO Labs: Building teamwork and collaboration as essential future-ready competencies
Matt Miller asked educators “what would you do if an extra set of hands showed up?” Repeatedly, he heard, “I’d pull a small group.” That insight shaped OKO Labs, an AI-powered solution designed not just for math mastery, but for explicitly building teamwork, collaboration, and communication skill, making small-group learning a reality for every classroom. OKO fades into the background so teachers can focus on what humans do best: mentor, coach, and help young people learn to think. CLICK HERE to learn more.
Student Roundtable: Taking risks for a better future
What does AI mean to the generation inheriting it?
Hannah Groos, Mashiko Lortkipanidze, Odist Powell, Jr., and Peggy Yin, young people who are already shaping how technology gets built and governed, came together for a candid conversation. They reflect on AI’s power to either deepen inequity or advance it, why tech conversations shouldn’t swallow every other urgent social problem, and what it means to bet on yourself in a world moving fast.
From Our Original Brief but Spectacular Learning Series
Playlab: Democratizing AI in education
Stop just using AI, and start shaping it. Educators and leaders need space to play, experiment, and build with the technology. Yusuf Ahmad explains how Playab gives educators tools to create their own real-world applications – not just follow pre-set tools – boosting their agency as problem-solvers. CLICK HERE to learn more.
Ed3DAO:
Reimagining the educator role in the Age of AI
AI can personalize pathways and handle administrative tasks, but AI can’t be an educator. Vriti Saraf champions the non-negotiable human educator. While AI automates mundane work, we cannot over-rely on it for facilitation. AI simply cannot provide the nurturing environment for authentic human relationships – the true core of learning. CLICK HERE to learn more.
Adrian Antao: Partnering with AI in schools
The initial reaction to ChatGPT? “Terror,” says Adrian Antao of KIPP NYC. But using a new AI tool developed with Playlab revealed a surprising power. Yes, it shrinks the feedback cycle on essays. More importantly, Adrian reflects on coaching students to push back on the AI tutor, and how to critically defend their own work. Partnering with AI in this way can mean teaching agency, not just grammar.¹ CLICK HERE to learn more.
¹These episodes were created in part of a series funded by XQ Institute, in collaboration with PBS NewsHour