In the ever-changing landscape of AI, adaptability is a necessity. With the Swivl Adaptability Initiative, we are partnering with thought leaders like Matt Winters in our ongoing webinar series to help make these strategies and tools accessible to everyone.

Matt Winters presented on “Curating Curiosity: Maintaining Our Growth as Educators in the AI Age” on Tuesday, October 2023. Matt connected with an audience of educators in sharing various technologies that can be used to develop teacher curiosity and foster creativity and curiosity for students.

Who is Matt Winters

Matt Winters serves as a product manager and statewide educator at the Utah Education Network, specializing in Google Workspaces for Education. He also holds the position of co-leader for the Google Educator Group in Utah and is the President of the Utah Coalition for Educational Technology (UCET) , the Utah affiliate of ISTE, for the term 2022-2024.

Matt has been recognized as one of the “20 to Watch” by the International Society for Technology in Education in 2023 and has received Tech & Learning’s award for the Best Example of Professional Development. He has also worked as an English Language Arts teacher at both the secondary and college levels. Matt is a podcaster, having worked with Edtrex Rewind and The UCET Podcast, and currently with UEN Homeroom. His passions lie in the realms of storytelling, creativity, and technology, and he relishes the points at which these three interests intersect and thrive.

What Matt presented

Teachers often challenge students to become more curious, encouraging students’ exploration. But often educators lack curiosity as well, resulting in finding it challenging to instill curiosity in students.

To understand how to utilize technology for creativity, Matt originally discussed why technology can be challenging for educators. What makes it sometimes difficult for educators to foster enthusiasm for technology? The abundance of options. Matt suggested that one of the most effective methods for enhancing curiosity and navigating the overwhelming realm of technology is gaining a clear understanding of the available tech solutions.

ChatGPT popped up on the scene a little under a year ago, but this language model is actually just the start of AI. Matt reminded us that there are a variety of other tools on the market for educators to utilize for technological needs. Synthesia, Poised, Perplexity, and Dall·E, just to name a few.

How can educators facilitate the expression of curiosity among both students and teachers? For starters, if traditional exams represent the primary means of student assessment, the educational system might be doing a disservice to students. According to Matt, alternatives such as podcasting and video production, utilizing various AI technology tools, are avenues for students to exhibit their creativity.

Matt also advocates for educators to aid students in discovering their enthusiasm for technology. Taking periodic tech breaks can help prevent burnout. Moreover, educators can foster mentoring relationships in the field of education. Whether these relationships are formed at local tech conferences, within the school district, or through colleagues, mentors can play a significant role in challenging the perspectives of most educators, thus enhancing curiosity.

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The Swivl Adaptability Initiative was created to establish collaborations with educational institutions and school districts, with the aim of cultivating dynamic learning communities.
Within the framework of this initiative, we’re nurturing partnerships with educators and forward-thinking leaders in AI under the realm of our ongoing Adaptability Initiative Webinar Series. 

New York State Master Teacher Mary Howard gave her presentation “Is ChatGPT for me?” on Thursday, October 5, 2023. Mary led a dynamic session on how to access the AI-powered language model ChatGPT, how to use it to help assist with instructional tasks in the classroom, and more. 

Who is Mary Howard

Mary Howard of Grand Island, NY is an accomplished New York State Master teacher. Instructing 6th-grade, Mary’s teaching approach harnesses digital tools that promote critical thinking, collaboration, and the nurturing of a lifelong passion for learning.

Over the past decade, Mary has presented at various technology conferences throughout the state of New York, earning global recognition as a speaker specializing in augmented reality and virtual reality’s classroom applications. Additionally, Mary has published numerous edtech articles, has received several awards, and is the author of this book on AI, ChatGPT and education.

What Mary presented

ChatGPT provides educators with the opportunity to simplify educational endeavors. In sharing the importance of this tool, Mary provided practical and strategic insights on harnessing the potential of ChatGPT, along with guidance on how to utilize ChatGPT throughout an educator’s teaching journey, and why this tool is needed for today’s classroom. She elaborated on the functions and limitations of the language learning model, highlighting the benefits it offers to educators.

During her presentation, Mary also emphasized the importance of recognizing ChatGPT’s potential for bias. Extreme caution should be used when inputting prompts into the system, for grammatical and spelling errors and to receive optimal results. Furthermore, Mary shared a range of valuable features within ChatGPT that can aid educators in saving time and enhancing teaching processes. These features include enabling ChatGPT to create lesson plans and generate lists of terms and definitions, the development of engaging classroom materials such as crossword puzzles or worksheets, and more. ChatGPT’s functionality clearly supports efficient time management for educators, as expressed in the webinar.

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The Swivl Adaptability Initiative  is enabling us to establish collaborations with educational institutions and school districts, with the aim of cultivating dynamic learning communities.
Within the framework of this initiative, we’re also nurturing partnerships with educators and forward-thinking leaders in AI under the realm of our ongoing Adaptability Initiative Webinar Series.

Tim Dasey, Ph.D. presented on “The Underappreciated Impact of AI on Curriculum and Learning Models” on Tuesday, October 3, 2023, sharing how students navigating through this AI era must need to see big-picture 21sr century skills now more than ever.

Who is Tim Dasey

With a doctorate in Biomedical Engineering, Tim Dasey, Ph.D. spent 30 years of his career at MIT Lincoln Laboratory working in numerous technology areas and industries. With AI being a consistent thread in each career role at MIT, Tim ultimately cultivated unique viewpoints on leadership, AI, and transformation.

After twenty years of leading research and development teams, Tim made a giant leap to the user and strategy side of technology. With his book Wisdom Factories: AI, Games, and the Education of a Modern Worker, Tim blends arguments from AI, neuroscience, and personal experience.

What Tim presented

What are the changes in the skills needed for students? Instead of discussing how instruction can be revised to incorporate AI, Tim took a more systemic approach to AI’s impact on the broader labor market.

Change is happening extremely fast. Tim reminded us that because we do not know what the future of the workforce will be, the best approach that we can take is to set students up for adaptability. Work is becoming more global. Due to the uncertainty in the industry, more business models are moving from silo departments to increased collaboration. The need to bridge these disciplines is a must.

With AI’s evolution, some of the most significant changes it will require of educators, will happen in the very near future. AI is fundamentally a decision making technology, and though it is mistake-prone, Tim advocates that it cannot be missed.

Tim also noted that students will need to cultivate 21st Century Skills that will demand a challenge-based approach to learning. Known as the “Wisdom and Judgment Skills,” it is the experience in various situations that allow you to develop the big picture judgment skills. Intuition and reflection collectively provide the foundation for better judgment.

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Through the Swivl Adaptability Initiative, we are forging partnerships with schools and districts to develop dynamic learning communities that can transform innovative ideas into actionable strategies. As part of this initiative, we are also cultivating partnerships with industry-leading
AI educators and thought leaders as they share their insight in the monthly Adaptability Initiative Webinar Series, fostering collaboration and adaptability.

And if there is anyone that knows the power of adaptability, it’s Matt Miller. An hour before his presentation his internet and cell service went out. On his quest to find a place where he could access the internet, he ended up presenting from his car in a rural area, surrounded by farm land.

This edtech influencer and author presented “The Future of Classwork with AI” on Tuesday, September 26, 2023. Matt wowed an audience of attendees on the power of adaptability and educators making immediate changes to adapt to a future that will indeed include AI.

Who is Matt Miller

Matt Miller is an educator, blogger and public speaker from West Central Indiana. Matt has presented to thousands of teachers at hundreds of workshops on a number of topics related to educational technology, student engagement, and more. Combining a conversational, engaging speaking style with loads of resources, Matt leaves teachers equipped and inspired to move forward.

Matt has infused technology and innovative teaching methods in his classes for more than 10 years. After trying to do the traditional “teach by the textbook” for a few years, he launched into a textbook-less path where learning activities were often custom-produced for his students as well as infused with technology.

The creator of the Ditch That Textbook, a blog that showcases technology and creative ideas in teaching, Matt is also a Google Certified Innovator and Microsoft in Education Expert. Named a 2023-2024 Top 100 Influencer in EdTech by EdTech Digest, he has has won the WTHI-TV Golden Apple Award for excellence in teaching and is the author of six books, including Ditch That Textbook: Free Your Teaching and Revolutionize Your Classroom.

What Matt presented

While educators do not know the full extent of how AI will impact education, Matt shared a much-needed reminder: we’ve been here before. From the printing press to calculators, to the internet, technology in education is always evolving and will often change the way educators instruct and students learn.

AI will have a significant influence on the future of classroom activities. However, as Matt highlighted, instead of ignoring the presence of AI, educators should engage in conversations about leveraging AI as an effective educational tool. This can help create a more collaborative environment for both students and teachers.

Throughout the presentation, Matt discussed practical strategies educators can implement in the classroom immediately. One of these changes is integrating AI as an additional instructional resource, rather than reverting solely to traditional methods like paper and pencil. Matt also expressed the importance of using AI adaptive technologies to accommodate diverse learners, such as text-to-voice features, and utilizing AI to encourage student creativity and foster increased collaboration.

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To support educators through education’s changes brought on by AI we developed the Swivl Adaptability Initiative. We are collaborating with districts and schools to implement design thinking approaches, fostering an educational setting that encourages collaboration, problem-solving, and ongoing enhancements for educators, and ultimately, for students.

With the Adaptability Initiative Webinar Series, we are sharing insights on AI’s impact on education and practical strategies from the industry’s leading AI thought leaders and educators. On Thursday, September 21, 2023, CEO and Founder of MagicSchool.ai Adeel Khan presented “AI in Education with MagicSchool.” Attendees learned how the generative AI tool helps educators fight burnout, save time, and get high quality information when utilizing the appropriate prompts.

Who is Adeel Khan

A former teacher turned assistant principal, Adeel Khan has served in various leadership roles in education in Denver, CO before becoming the Founder and CEO of MagicSchool.ai.
Prior to developing MagicSchool.ai, Adeel founded and led DSST: Conservatory Green High School, the top performing public high school in Colorado.

Adeel’s passion for technology and expertise in education led him to also create Uncharted AI, an organization that explores transformative potential in AI learning.

What Adeel presented

During his presentation, Adeel demonstrated how to use MagicSchool.ai, an AI assistant with complimentary sign up for educators. WIth over 50 AI tools powered by generative AI, MagicSchool lightens the burden for educators and makes their work easy.

Adeel assured the audience that AI is a starting point: not the final solution. He also stressed the importance of checking for bias and accuracy when using AI tools, and always encouraging teachers to remember that protecting privacy for all students is vital. Sharing personal information over MagicSchool.ai is forbidden.

Adeel also reviewed some of MagicSchool’s most popular features: Raina, the AI chatbot; the Academic Content Generator; and the Teacher Joke Generator. He specifically spent additional time giving an overview of the user-favorite feature: the Rubric Generator. This tool allows educators to enter customized details to generate a rubric that would normally take one hour to complete, within a matter of seconds.

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Education is constantly changing. With the rapid evolution, becoming adaptable isn’t merely a desirable quality anymore; it’s a requirement. To support educators through education’s changes, we developed the Swivl Adaptability Initiative. For this initiative, we are partnering with educational institutions and districts to implement design thinking methodologies, creating a learning environment that promotes collaboration, problem solving, and continuous improvements for educators and ultimately, students.

As part of the Adaptability Initiative, we have created the Adaptability Initiative Webinar Series featuring the industry’s leading thought leaders and educators in AI. On Tuesday, September 19, 2023, Laura Ebersole presented to an audience of Teachers, Instructional Coaches and more on “Adaptability: Building Learning Communities through Engagement, Representation, Action, and Expression.”

Who is Laura Ebersole

With over 20 years of high school instruction under her belt, Laura Ebersole is currently a high school instructional coach at Upper Merion Area High School in King of Prussia, PA. Laura’s work focuses on improving student voice and choice in the curriculum, while creating environments responsive to student needs. She also focuses on AI, Universal Design for Learning, and design thinking.

A Google Certified Trainer and Coach, Laura has presented for the International Society for Technology in Education Conference in 2020 and 2023, the Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of English and Language Arts Conference in 2021, and the Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators Women’s Caucus in 2023. Laura is an advocacy chair of the Pennsylvania Association for Educational Communications and Technology, and has won a variety of industry awards. In her spare time, she enjoys reading and attending theatrical events. 

What Laura presented

During her presentation, Laura explained the importance of CAST’s Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and how she has used this framework to integrate AI for personalized learning in her school. Laura also showcased the three vertical groups of the UDL guidelines: Engagement (the why of learning), Representation (the what of learning) and Action and Expression (how we are going about learning), expressing its importance and necessity.
This session also expressed how vital it is for teachers to know how students learn before diving into AI tools, so that they can use the tools that will best meet the needs of the students. When using AI, students and teachers should always be the center focus.

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In the ever-evolving landscape of education, adaptability is not just a virtue; it’s a necessity. We find ourselves in the age of AI, where technology is reshaping how we teach and learn. That’s precisely why we launched the Adaptability Initiative. Through this initiative, we’re forging partnerships with schools and districts to create dynamic learning communities that turn ideas into actionable strategies. Our focus? Building essential skills for thriving in an AI-driven world, but also embracing adaptability for any new challenges that come your way.

One of the key aspects of our Adaptability Initiative is collaborating with thought leaders like Greg Kulowiec. On Tuesday, September 12, 2023 Greg kicked off the Adaptability Initiative Webinar Series with his presentation titled: “The Impact and Implication of AI on Teaching and Learning.”

Who is Greg Kulowiec

With two decades in education, Greg Kulowiec brings a unique approach to professional learning that blends his experience as a high school history teacher, professional learning provider and Director of Technology. Greg uses his expertise to partner with edtech companies to develop curriculum materials, teacher resources, and professional learning.   

Currently the Director of Technology at the Triton Regional School District and the Lead Learner and Principal of the Kulowiec Group, Greg understands both the opportunities and challenges that are presented when introducing technology into schools and classrooms.

What Greg presented

During this presentation Greg addresses how the emergence of universally accessible AI is having, and will continue to have, significant impacts on teaching and learning. These impacts need to be thoughtfully considered. His presentation explores AI from both a thirty thousand foot perspective and an on the ground lens. From the exploration of relevant skills and abilities impact and informed by the capacity of AI, to practical approaches that educators can use to enhance teaching and learning, the session is designed to spark curiosity, inform meaningful use of AI and empower educators to have informed discussion in their school or district.

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Ask teachers if they reflect, and nearly 100% will say yes.

For many, this reflection happens through an informal web of internal dialogue, sticky notes, and casual conversations.

But when professional learning initiatives ask (or require) teachers to reflect, the external pressure can make the task feel daunting.

• Where should I start? 
• What should I reflect on?
• Should I discuss my strengths? Weaknesses? Both? 
• How in depth should I go?

The stress of how to reflect can outweigh the benefits of the act and reduce its value.

Fortunately, Swivl has built Reflectivity to offer teachers a flexible answer to the questions above.

Reflectivity (formerly Swivl Teams) makes reflection a simple yet engaging way to share ideas and get feedback. The reflection experience in Reflectivity is inspired by the 4Fs Framework, developed by Dr. Roger Greenaway.

Because Reflectivity’s reflection experience includes both flexibility and structure, teachers gain the autonomy and support needed for a successful reflection routine.

Fact:

What happened?

Findings:

What did you realize?

Feelings:

How did it make you feel?

Future:

What are next steps?

The 4Fs are built in to Reflectivity to help you reflect with purpose

Each step of the 4Fs is integrated into the design of Reflectivity’s reflection experience. First, teachers can identify their feelings by selecting a word that best matches their current state. Then, they can then dig deeper into the facts of their recent experiences, and their findings about those events. Lastly, teachers can make a plan for the next step in the future of their reflection process.

Fact:

What Happened?

What exactly happened? What were all the steps you saw or remember happening, in order. Do not think about the emotions or the behaviors.

Findings:

What Did You Realize?

Are you able to make any conclusions from the event that you reflected on? What were the cause and effect moments?

Feelings:

How Did You Feel?

Now is the time to think about your emotions. Did your emotions play any role, positive or negative, into the event? Did your emotions indicate to you that something you planned should have changed?

Future:

What are your plans for next steps?

Based on what you learned from noticing what happened, some conclusions you made, and how you felt throughout the whole process, how can you either recreate or improve what was done and reflected on?

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Helping educators reflect on what they were learning during each conference had a surprising impact

At Swivl, we create tools that help educators build reflective practices. To say we think a lot about reflection is an understatement. Reflection drives everything we do. It should not come as a surprise that as we were preparing to attend FETC and TCEA we began by reflecting on all of the events we have attended over the past 12 years.

While reflecting, we had two realizations:

1. There is an abundance of learning happening at education conferences
2. There isn’t a lot of deep reflection happening at education conferences

The lack of time to reflect during the conferences is significant. The best way to absorb new information—learn and grow—is to reflect on it. Do I have enough information to implement what I’m learning in my classroom/school/district? Can I see myself using the new strategy I learned in this session with my students/teachers?

Without taking the time to reflect, thinking processes aren’t complete.

With these realizations at the forefront of our planning, we decided to create a booth experience that helped to complete educators’ thinking processes. We wanted to see if we could accelerate the learning and growth of the whole education industry.

And with that, #reflectivity was born.

#reflectivity is giving educators, coaches, and administrators the chance to think about what they’re learning. It prepares them to go back and try what they’re learning instantly, instead of having to go back and do their own thinking.

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What topic has caught your attention?

Our experiences, both in creating reflective tools and on exhibit hall floors, have taught us that the key to progressing an educator’s thinking is to keep things simple. Really simple.

Keeping that in mind, we designed the in-booth experience around the simplest form of reflection, answering one question in as few words as possible. We landed on the question: What topic has caught your attention?

When educators stopped by the booth, they could see the question, stop and think, then write their answer on a sticky note to add to the booth’s backdrop, the #reflectivity Board. 

To help progress the educators’ thinking beyond identifying topics, we designed the #reflectivity Board to include an Action-Orientation Line. This Action-Orientation Line comprised two sentiments: 

1. Taking Note: Needing to gather more information before feeling confident to try the topic in a classroom or with teachers
2. Ready to Try: Feeling confident to immediately implement the topic in a classroom or with teachers after the conference

Over the course of both events, we talked to over 1000 educators—teachers, coaches, directors, principals, and administrators. As we synthesized our experience at both events with all of the topics educators added to the #reflectivity Board, we began to see the impact of #reflectivity.

A surprising impact

Before the events, we were hopeful that educators would enjoy participating in a reflective exercise. What we did not anticipate was how energizing the activity would be for everyone who participated.

During each conference we saw #reflectivity energize educators in three main ways:

1. They were excited to share what they were learning about
2. They gained clarity as they identified where they were on the Action-Orientation Line
3. As they read other educators’ answers, they were inspired to learn about other topics

I enjoyed being able to read other people’s thoughts. It gave me an opportunity to reflect on ideas that I felt the same about, and helped me realize things I can take back to my campus as well.

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Our conversations with educators after they participated in the #reflectivity exercise showed us how valuable the information captured on a #reflectivity Board is. Teachers felt excited to share what they were thinking with others—it gave them a voice and built a sense of community. Instructional Coaches viewed #reflectivity as a formative assessment to help them gain insights to inform their professional learning practices. Administrators saw the value of disaggregating the data from veteran and new teachers to find common topics to help with PD plans.

And those are only a small sampling of the types of conversations we had with educators about how they could use the data in their classrooms, schools, or districts.

The #reflectivity Board data

After the conference we segmented the data from the sticky notes collected at each of the events into three boards:

1. New Topics by Day. This board shows when topics first appeared on the #reflectivity Board.
2. Action-Orientation Topics. For each of the topics on the #reflectivity Board, we assigned them a number (1 = Taking Note, 5 = Ready to Try) based on where they were located on the Action-Orientation line. This board represents the average Action-Orientation score for each of the topics.
3. Popular Topics. This board shows which topics were the most mentioned topics on the #reflectivity Board.

As we synthesized the data, we continued to see the value that this data can have for the education industry. Let’s use Artificial Intelligence (AI) as an example topic.

At FETC, AI was the most mentioned topic on the #reflectivity Board. AI first appeared on the Board on the first day of FETC, before the exhibit hall opened! At the end of the conference, AI had an average Action-Orientation score of 2—the majority of educators who picked AI as their topic were still gathering information and didn’t feel prepared enough to try AI in their classrooms yet.

At TCEA, AI was the second most mentioned topic on the #reflectivity Board. AI first appeared on the Board on the first day of TCEA, before the exhibit hall opened. At the end of the conference, AI had an average Action-Orientation score of 3—there was a healthy mix of people who were Taking Note of AI and who were Ready to Try.

For teachers, this data is an indicator that advances in AI are impacting the classroom rapidly. AI is a topic to become knowledgeable about and to explore if there are ways to incorporate AI in their classroom.

For admins, not only is this data an indicator that advances in AI are impacting the classroom rapidly, it’s also an indicator to allocate resources toward this topic. For example, helping teachers understand the pros and cons of AI in the classroom, providing strategies and resources to help students to become better digital citizens, and giving teachers the opportunity to explore AI together.

As you review the information in the charts below, think about how you could use data like this to energize your classroom, school, or district.

#reflectivity at FETC

#reflectivity at TCEA

Bringing #reflectivity to classrooms and schools

The enthusiasm and energy we experienced at FETC and TCEA led us to build a product—called Reflectivity—to create a similar experience in schools and districts on a day-to-day basis.

If you’re interested in trialing Reflectivity in your school or district, let’s talk! Email us at success@swivl.com.

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Teams by Swivl is honored to have been recognized as a winner of Tech & Learning magazine’s  Awards of Excellence: Best of 2021 for the Secondary Education category, a first of its kind award for Swivl.

With winners announced in 2022, the awards program celebrates edtech products that exceptionally supported teachers and students in Primary, Secondary, and/or Higher Education in 2021. Teams by Swivl software solved a pressing challenge for educators by providing effective coaching insight and fostering professional development and growth.

Over the past few years, educators have worked to deal with increases in student mental health and behavioral issues caused by the pandemic and the response to it. Schools and districts have turned to Teams by Swivl for easier, faster, and more convenient teacher support through self-reflection, peer collaboration and coaching. It all revolves around discussions of classroom video that happen in Teams. 

With appreciation and gratitude for such an honor, we’d like to share how Teams by Swivl supports teaching and learning:

• Teams by Swivl helps teachers and students grow their skills and demonstrate achievement. Used via mobile or desktop applications, Teams allows educators the opportunity to securely upload and view videos for self-reflection, peer collaboration, coaching, as well as new teacher preparation and training.
  
• The Sessions feature in Teams by Swivl gives teachers, coaches and administrators a clear and actionable way to give feedback over classroom video, maximizing the impact of each video shared and discussed within the platform.
  
• With Swivl Robots providing 360° views of the classroom, and Teams’ screencasting functionality, Teams allows students to feel connected to their lesson in a meaningful and authentic way, whether watching live, in-person, or remotely. Additionally, usage of annotation tools inside Teams highlights key components of lessons for students’ review, making lessons interactive with educators. 
  
• When students feel connected to a thriving learning community, both students and teachers succeed. Teams by Swivl addresses SEL in providing that connection, with coaching and mentoring providing the opportunity for students to share challenges and celebrate triumphs.
  

As we look ahead in 2022, we are reminded that regular self-reflection and video coaching is vital for post-pandemic recovery and beyond. Swivl will be here to support educators every step of the way.

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