About this episode

This episode discusses the challenges educators faced with AI tools in 2025 and their strategies for 2026.

The numbers tell the story. For the 2023-24 school year, school districts accessed an average of 2,739 distinct edtech tools annually, an increase of 8% from the previous school year. This episode looks back at how educators navigated the flood of AI tools in classrooms in 2025—and looks ahead to what 2026 demands. We explore the rise of Agentic AI, from early chatbots to autonomous systems reshaping recruitment, communication, and curriculum at places like Arizona State University and companies such as Bloomz. We also confront hard questions about academic integrity raised by tools like Perplexity Comet and examine how efforts from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and ISTE aim to restore rigor, trust, and AI literacy. Related Sources: Easing the Burden on Schools: Five Quality Indicators for Edtech & AI Products | Average District Tech Tools | Scaling Proven Learning Practices| Navigating EdTech Quality: The 5 Indicators | Unpacking LA Unified School District’s AI Chatbot Debacle w/ Fonz Mendoza | Agentic AI: A Wake-Up Call to Educators | Agentic AI and the Student Experience with Lev Gonick | Canvas, Credentials, and the Agentic AI Classroom | Agentic AI is here. What does it mean…

Topics covered

• AI in education
• edtech tools
• academic integrity
• Agentic AI
• educator strategies
• future of learning

Keywords

• AI tools
• edtech
• academic integrity
• Agentic AI
• educators
• Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
• ISTE

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Arizona State University, Bloomz, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, ISTE

Products: Perplexity Comet

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