Why AI Won't Save a Classroom Without Curiosity ft. Olivia Odileke | My EdTech Life 364

About this episode

In this episode, Dr. Fonz Mendoza discusses the importance of curiosity in education with guest Olivia Odileke.

What if the missing ingredient in your classroom isn't a new tool, a new curriculum, or another PD session, but curiosity itself? In this episode, I sit down with Olivia Odileke, founder of Spark Curiosity EDU, Education Week contributor, and creator of the Spark Curiosity GPT Coach. Olivia brings an industrial engineering background into the world of education, and her perspective on how we teach, how we evaluate, and how we use AI in classrooms is one you don't want to miss. We get into w...

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Fonz Mendoza

Guest: Olivia Odileke

Topics covered

• AI in education
• curiosity in learning
• educational tools
• classroom evaluation
• industrial engineering in education

Keywords

• AI
• curiosity
• education
• classroom
• evaluation
• industrial engineering
• educational tools

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Spark Curiosity EDU, Education Week

Products: Spark Curiosity GPT Coach

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