Bridging the Dugout and the Classroom: Total Faculty Buy-in with Dr. Shawn Oliver

I would say our administration does a really good job about aligning what we are trying to be about with what we're doing.

As you know, kids and AI, it's just a wild, wild west out there.

We've partnered with Flint AI, which is more of a closed loop.

We wanted to let the kids have access to AI because it's good for them.

When they leave our walls, they're going to have access to it and they've got to learn how to do it responsibly so they don't go to college and then use AI on a problem and get one of them unforgivable Fs that nobody really likes to talk about but are sitting out there.

But our admin does do a great job communicating with our tech guy.

He's all in on finding new and exciting things to bring to teachers.

So you say Flint AI is a closed loop.

Can you describe how Flint works and what it does? Yeah,

so our teachers, basically, you tell it what you want it to do, and it'll kind of stay within those parameters.

It doesn't let them have access to the open world.

I use it a lot in my academic support classroom for almost like executive functioning coaching skills.

So we would cover like an executive functioning topic, and then I would have them go talk to it.

It's like a little chat and just have them go work through it.

I'd usually have them argue against why something is good or bad.

So I'm like, hey, what is preparing ahead of time? So the lesson was, hey, we want to prep better.

And then I'd have them take the opposite and say, well, talk to the AI and tell them why he shouldn't do it.

And then they can kind of just work through it so they can learn how to argue both ends.

But we see it a lot in our history department who's really embraced it.

They like debating historical figures.

And they like they've done debates with Abe Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr.

So it's just a really cool tech tool that our students can kind of we don't have to worry about them getting outside of the guidelines and finding all kinds of weird stuff.

So when they're having these debates, is it like a voice chat or is it like is there an avatar that kind of goes along with it?

Um, so my kids used to make fun of it.

They call it a rock.

I would say our administration does a really good job about aligning what we are trying to be about with what we're doing.

As you know, kids and AI, it's just a wild, wild west out there.

We've partnered with Flint AI, which is more of a closed loop.

We wanted to let the kids have access to AI because it's good for them.

When they leave our walls, they're going to have access to it and they've got to learn how to do it responsibly so they don't go to college and then use AI on a problem and get one of them unforgivable Fs that nobody really likes to talk about but are sitting out there.

But our admin does do a great job communicating with our tech guy.

He's all in on finding new and exciting things to bring to teachers.

So you say Flint AI is a closed loop.

Can you describe how Flint works and what it does? Yeah,

so our teachers, basically, you tell it what you want it to do, and it'll kind of stay within those parameters.

It doesn't let them have access to the open world.

I use it a lot in my academic support classroom for almost like executive functioning coaching skills.

So we would cover like an executive functioning topic, and then I would have them go talk to it.

It's like a little chat and just have them go work through it.

I'd usually have them argue against why something is good or bad.

So I'm like, hey, what is preparing ahead of time? So the lesson was, hey, we want to prep better.

And then I'd have them take the opposite and say, well, talk to the AI and tell them why he shouldn't do it.

And then they can kind of just work through it so they can learn how to argue both ends.

But we see it a lot in our history department who's really embraced it.

They like debating historical figures.

And they like they've done debates with Abe Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr.

So it's just a really cool tech tool that our students can kind of we don't have to worry about them getting outside of the guidelines and finding all kinds of weird stuff.

So when they're having these debates, is it like a voice chat or is it like is there an avatar that kind of goes along with it?

Um, so my kids used to make fun of it.

They call it a rock.