Wide-eyed learner, husband, dad and Brazil-lover, Head of School living in Silicon Valley, here for the debate and conversations.

San Jose, United States
Joined February 2011
I have been thinking a lot about the upcoming elections and the impact on children of a possible Trump presidency. In general, I believe that schools and school leaders should not take partisan positions.
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But I can't help but feeling that this election is different. And so I have decided to write something with the knowledge that many will read my words as being overly political.
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He calls on educators to use this moment to transform education. “I am concerned that LLM will become a type of digital duct-tape to hold together an obsolete industrial-era educational system, automating outdated instruction and assessment.”
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He continues: “Rather than focusing on using LLM to do traditional things better, we need to transform education to do better things.”
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Join us next week @Avenues_org
Join Avenues Silicon Valley in-person or virtually on 4/25 for Open.Ed! @nancy_schulman & @EstherWojcicki, lifelong educators & parents, will discuss how to raise children to be successful, empathetic adults & calm parental anxiety. Don't miss it! RSVP: link.avenues.org/opened0425
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Looking forward to this ! Join us for our last Open.Ed of the school year.
Join Avenues Silicon Valley in-person or virtually for our next Open.Ed thought leadership series featuring @nancy_schulman and @EstherWojcicki! We'll explore how to raise children to be successful, empathetic adults while calming parental anxiety. RSVP: link.avenues.org/opened0425
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Join us in San Jose @Avenues_org
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Join us for this great conversation!
RSVP for Avenues Silicon Valley's next Open.Ed, our thought leadership series! Multimedia Artist, @NASA's Golden Record Design Director & our Global Artist in Residence Jon Lomberg will join our Chief R&D Officer @williamlidwell. RSVP, in-person/virtually: bit.ly/3XSxIsm
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What a beautiful line:“Education is the place where, if we are lucky, we can train our minds to be worthy companions for the rest of our lives.” Clearly written by a human
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My thoughts about the impact of AI and ChatGPT on education. Educators who ignore the importance of this moment, do so at their own peril. Looking forward to dialogue and discussion: The Shifting Educational Landscape: Chat GPT link.medium.com/FlWv8GQ4pxb
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Fascinating piece on open source AI
Whisper, an open-source program, transcribes speech in more than 90 languages. In some of them, the software can actually parse what somebody’s saying better than a human can. nyer.cm/rwgzb7v
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I am really excited about this talk next week at Avenues Silicon Valley. Hope you can join us either virtually or on site. #edchat #leadership
Join Avenues Silicon Valley 1/19 for Open.Ed! We’ll discuss intentionally building teams that can collaborate on complex problems, whether in the classroom or the workplace, with NYT bestselling author @kimballscott of @candor. In-person & livestream. bit.ly/3XndAhV
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Join us @Avenues_org for this great opportunity
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Don't miss Open.Ed tomorrow, My Favorite Failure: How Setbacks Can Lead to Learning & Growth. We’ll discuss how to help students anticipate & work through setbacks by sharing stories of failure w/ @stanforddschool’s @laura_mcbain @uarizona’s Ron Beghetto. bit.ly/3W2aqzM
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I can’t wait to host this conversation with Aneel. He is truly inspiring.
Join us 10/19 at 5:30pm for Open.Ed: Preparing the Next Generation of Worldwise Leaders. Silicon Valley's @jefflippman will welcome Dr. Aneel Chima of @StanfordEd to discuss how our #wellbeing affects our ability to sustain longterm #socialinnovation work. bit.ly/3REfW8Y
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This series of articles is vital to our current conversation about student wellbeing. This should be required reading for educators around the world.
Why are today's adolescent's grappling with mental health distress? What is the underlying cause? What are their personal stories? Answers come in this two-year investigation, The Inner Pandemic. nytimes.com/spotlight/inner-…
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