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AI arrived in classrooms faster than any guidance for using it. Most educators are being handed the tools without being handed a framework, and the result is a lot of quiet uncertainty about what counts as appropriate use, what counts as cheating, and what is worth protecting regardless.
This conversation offers a way through. Dr. Ilana Nankin is joined by Khushali Narechania, Director of Learning at aiEDU, a former high school math teacher who spent a decade developing educators before moving into the AI and education space. Together they work through what these tools actually are, where they genuinely help inside a teacher’s week, and which parts of teaching and learning should stay untouched.
Educators will come away with practical entry points that require no technical background, a working understanding of why AI produces what it produces, and clearer language for talking about all of it with students.
Building context, thinking with AI rather than handing your thinking over, considering impact — these are the three skills at the heart of Breathe for Change’s AI, Teaching, and Learning course. This conversation is where they start.
Here are some of the best moments from the episode:
- Guest Welcome: Khushali
- The Current Landscape of AI Policy in Education
- Core Opportunities and Risks of AI in the Classroom
- Shifting Educator Mindsets from Resistance to Empowerment
- Demystifying the Technology: Math and Probability vs. Fact-Giver
- The 3 Meta Skills: Context Building, Thinking with AI, & Impact
- Practical AI Use Cases for Teacher Efficiency & Differentiation
- Adapting AI Strategies for Elementary vs. Secondary Students
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