Dr. Paul Romanelli on AI Vision, Staff Development, and Human Touch in Education - S6 EP19

In this episode of The Innovator’s Mindset Podcast, George Couros welcomes Dr. Paul Romanelli, who hosted a truly inspiring staff professional development which included a tshirt launcher and an inspirational student. Dr. Romanelli shares some great insight about how his district has implemented an AI vision statement that follows a red/yellow/green activity guide - check the links below for the more details about the AI vision statement which is being developed at West Islip. Dr. Romanelli shares details about their vision statement regarding AI and how it was developed with the entire district and the families they serve. Along with Couros, the two have a great talk about the differences between AI and Google searches and why one can provide more of a back-and-forth conversational aspect while the other is simply an ask and inform model. Be sure to check out this full episode for more great thoughts from Dr. Romanelli - listen to the end to hear his great advice for summer break!

Quotes:

 

"There are red activities we would not use AI for, there are yellow activities, depends on the topic, and then the green light, it is all good to use AI …” - Dr. Paul Romanelli 

 

“...the importance of AI and not losing the human connection…” - Dr. Paul Romanelli 

 

Links:

West Islip AI Vision Statement - https://www.wi.k12.ny.us/news/article.aspx?id=181668 

Dr. Paul Romanelli on X - https://x.com/romanellipaul?lang=en 

Dr. Paul Romanelli on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-romanelli-a08331361/ 

 

 

 

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