Taking stock of the buzziest ideas to come out of ISTELive 26

Credit: International Society for Transforming Education

Ira Apfel sits down with Sarah McKibben, Editor-in-Chief of EdSurge to close out a full week of coverage from ISTELive 26 in Orlando. This conversation is a recap of everything that stood out once the keynotes ended and the convention floor quieted down, from a new idea called relational intelligence to a phrase about AI slop that stuck with educators all week. It only scratches the surface of what the EdSurge team gathered on the ground. Many more conversations recorded live at the conference are set to roll out across upcoming episodes in the weeks ahead. Listen now to hear what Apfel and McKibben took away from ISTELive 26 before the rest of the coverage arrives.

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Stories Mentioned in This Episode

This is a special recap episode from ISTELive 26 in Orlando where Ira and Sarah reflect on the hallway conversations, speaker presentations, and podcast interviews they enjoyed throughout the week. Featured speakers include:

• Pat Yongpradit, GM, Education and Workforce Policy at Microsoft

• Dr. Nneka McGee, Fmr. Chief Academic Officer and Founder of Muon Global

• Isabelle Hau, Executive Director of the Stanford Accelerator for Learning

• Heather E. McGowan, Bestselling Author, Leadership Expert, and LinkedIn Global Voice for Education

• Melinda Glowacki, MAT Supervisor and Leadership Coach for the University of California, Irvine

• Tambra Clark, Technology Integration Facilitator of Birmingham City Schools

• Mary Ehrenworth, Author, Speaker, Consultant, from Teachers College, Columbia University

• Philip Seyfried, Student, from Teachers College, Columbia University 

• Jessica Garner, Managing Director, Innovative Learning at ISTE+ASCD 

• Court Shuller from the Voices of Change Fellowship

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