Episodes
Every episode of AmpED to 11 explores how AI and EdTech are shaping the future of education. Hosts Brett Roer and Rebecca Bultsma speak with teachers, school leaders, and innovators about AI literacy, responsible technology adoption, and what it means to put students at the centre of learning.
- John Schembari
AI bans and moratoriums are the easy headline. On this episode of AmpED to 11, Brett Roer and Rebecca Bultsma, with guest John Schembari, stay...
- Dewayne McClary
What does it take to modernize public education at scale while preserving the freedom to innovate locally? In this episode of AmpED to 11, Brett...
- Babak Mostaghimi
- Donna Housman
A conversation with Dr. Donna Housman, Clinical Psychologist & Founder of Housman Learning Before a child ever opens an app, there’s a more important question:...
- Mike Taubman
- Paul Bambrick-Santoyo
AI is often sold to schools as a way to save time. But for Paul Bambrick-Santoyo, the more powerful question is what leaders will do...
- David Bowman
In this episode of AmpED to 11, Rebecca is joined by David Bowman, cybersecurity director for one of Utah’s largest K-12 districts, member of the...
- Amy Dujon
Today’s superintendents aren’t facing one crisis, they’re facing several at once. Mental health challenges among students and staff. A teacher retention problem that won’t relent....
- Bill Bass
- Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District
- Rachelle Dené Poth
What does digital literacy actually mean when AI changes the definition daily? Bill Bass, Innovation Coordinator for Parkway School District and former ISTE president, joins...
- Daniel Friedman & Patrick Fogarty
What does it look like when school districts move from adopting AI tools to building with AI? In this episode of AmpED to 11, we’re...
- Jason B. Allen
Parents discover their teenagers are using AI in school, but they’re learning about it after decisions are already made. Jason B. Allen, National Director of...
- Erin Mote
What if the data that matters most isn’t grades or test scores, but the messy, beautiful process of how students actually learn? Erin Mote, CEO...
- Julia Fallon
What does it mean when policy disconnects from the classroom, and AI is forcing us to finally pay attention? Julia Fallon is the Executive Director...
- Harl Roehm
Can you really love something if you’re not fighting to make it better? Harl Roehm, a 28-year veteran CTE teacher from Collierville, Tennessee, has spent...
- Joseph South & Jessica Garner
Two big truths can coexist: AI is powerful, and schools can absolutely make a mess of it. In this episode of AmpED to 11, Brett...
- Marisa Janicek
What happens when a K–6 school district designs learning spaces that look more like Stanford than Sesame Street, and asks students to lead the future...
- Jessica Paulsen & Roberto Vargas
What if AI could actually make your classroom more human? In this episode of AmpED to 11, we sit down with Jessica Paulsen, President of...
- Michelle Culver, Bomi Akarakiri and Cyra Alesha
What happens when a heart-to-heart gets a digital co-pilot? In this bold, boundary-pushing episode of AmpED to 11, Rebecca and Brett dive deep into the...
- Versha Munshi-South and Serena Reynolds
Who says AI doesn’t belong at the holiday table? In this festive, future-forward “11 Days of Xmas” special episode of AmpED to 11, hosts Brett...
- Jenn Womble
What if the future of education isn’t just about AI, but what it means to be fully, unrelentingly human alongside it? In this off-the-rails, laugh-out-loud,...
- Thomas Thompson IV & Thomas Hummel
What if every teacher had a superpower, not to replace them, but to help them thrive? In this episode of AmpED to 11, we turn...
- Sabba Quidwai
What if the solution to the education crisis isn’t another new tool, but a radically different way of thinking? In this episode of AmpED to...
- Aaron Cuny
Is AI going to transform education, or compound the gaps we already have? On this episode of AmpED to 11, we sit down with Aaron...
- Tia Morris & Eldridge Gilbert III
What if your fear of AI is louder than your love for your students? In this episode of AmpED to 11, we go deep with...
- Pat Yongpradit
Is AI making education more equitable, or more dangerous? In this episode of AmpED to 11, we don’t just flirt with that question. We blast...
- Jeremy Bhatia
- Jacob Kantor
What the heck is a DODO, and why is it opening doors to the future of edtech? In this bold, fast-paced episode of AmpED to...
- Dr. Chad A. Stevens
- Amanda Bickerstaff
Can a chatbot help dismantle inequity in schools, or make it worse? In this kickoff to Season 2 of AmpED to 11, we sit down...
- Dr. Sonn Sam
This week on AmpED to 11, Brett shares the mic with Sonn Sam, keynote speaker, equity champion, and national director at Big Picture Learning, for...
- Matthew Kennard
- Matthew Winters
What does it actually look like when a state goes all-in on AI, not with mandates, but with listening? In this episode, Brett Roer and...
- Jeremy Shorr
What if educators are the only group that can push society toward the good AI future? Jeremy Shorr is a STEM consultant and Director of...
- Merissa Sadler-Holder
Merissa Sadler-Holder has spent thirteen years in the classroom and seen education from the inside: the overwhelm, the burnout, the inbox full of emails about...
- Winston Roberts
Winston Roberts (teacher, entrepreneur, graduate student, and father) carries two pieces of history with him. The first is his daughter, born the day before ChatGPT’s...
- Marlon Styles Jr.
Marlon Styles has spent his career asking a simple but profound question: what does it take for every student to have access to the tools...
- Alana Winnick
AI isn’t just reshaping education. It’s calling the whole system into question. Are we using it to spark innovation and amplify student voices, or just...
- Ken Shelton
AI promises to revolutionize education, but are we ready to face the tough ethical questions it raises? In this unmissable episode of AmpED to 11,...
- Claire Zau
Claire Zau (Partner and AI Lead at GSV Ventures, Stanford and UPenn graduate, former varsity fencer who’s lived in Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, and the...
- Alex Kotran
Alex Kotran, CEO and co-founder of The AI Education Project (aiEDU), came to education AI by accident. His mom casually asked him to come talk...
- Dr. Michael T. Conner
In this episode of AmpED to 11, hosts Brett Roer and Rebecca Bultsma sit down with Dr. Michael Conner, CEO & Founder of Agile Evolutionary...
- Mike Yates
In this episode of AmpED to 11, hosts Brett Roer and Rebecca Bultsma are joined by Michael Yates, a leader at Teach for America’s Reinvention...
- Dan Fitzpatrick
What happens when you throw your hat over a wall you’re afraid to climb, and figure out the rest on the way up? Dan Fitzpatrick...
- David Adams
In this episode of AmpED to 11, hosts Brett Roer and Rebecca Bultsma are joined by David Adams, CEO of the Urban Assembly. David takes...
- Rebecca Bultsma & Brett Roer
Welcome to the very first episode of AmpED to 11, the podcast that’s here to turn up the volume on the world of education and...