
Kinwise Conversations shares real stories from educators and professionals exploring how to use AI with care, creativity, and intention. Through weekly podcast episodes, we spotlight educators and leaders who are integrating AI into their work in human-centered and purposeful ways.
Kinwise Conversations: A Podcast on AI for Educators
11. More AI, More Humanity: Ben Gordon Sniffen on the Alpha School Model
What happens when an AI tutor shrinks core academics to two hours? Alpha guide Ben Gordon Sniffen shares a model that trades seat-time for mentorship and real-world skills.
9. AI & Human Potential: A Conversation with Dr. Alison Harris Welcher
Dr Alison Welcher reveals why the future of AI-powered leadership starts with rest, values, and slowing down, plus how her THRIVE framework helps women of color win.
7: Closing the Gap: Tanzania Brown on AI Equity and Student Affirmation
In a world where AI is rapidly changing everything, how do we ensure it becomes a tool for justice and equity in our schools? Educator Tanzania "Taz" Brown shares powerful, real-world insights on using AI for student affirmation, confronting bias, and closing the opportunity gap. A must-listen for educators and leaders navigating the future of learning.
4: Beyond Analysis: Dox Brown on AI and Co-Creating Our Human Future
What does it mean to co-create our reality when AI can manipulate the very language we use to build it? Strategist and "epistemic architect" Dox Brown takes us beyond the typical AI discussion, exploring the risk of societal "epistemic drift" and introducing "hollisis"—the uniquely human cognitive flexibility that AI can't yet replicate. This is a profound conversation about neurodiversity, the future of learning, and how we must redesign education to cultivate the very skills that make us irreplaceable.
3: Redefining Education with AI: Vera Cubero on Project-Based Learning and Human Connection
How do we move beyond using technology as a digital worksheet and truly redefine learning? Vera Cubero, a key architect of the nation's first K-12 AI guidelines, shares her journey from a rural classroom to leading North Carolina's AI strategy. Discover why she believes project-based learning and human connection are more critical than ever in an AI-driven world and how we can prepare all students, especially the most vulnerable, for the future.