AI for the K-12 Classroom

Ellen B. Meier is Professor of Computing and Educational Practice, Teachers College, Columbia University. Dr. Meier is also Director of the Center for Technology and School Change (CTSC); and oversees the Educational Technology Specialist Program at Teachers College, Columbia University. The Center works with teachers, administrators, schools and districts,  nationally and internationally, to research the shifts needed to create inquiry-based, culturally-relevant and sustaining classroom environments. Using technology as a catalyst, CTSC has developed a successful change model, Innovating Instruction. Dr. Meier co-chairs the Technology, Policy, and Practices Council for the New York Board of Regents and serves as a Co-Editor for the CITE Journal.

Karen Kirsch Page is the Director of Professional Learning at the Center for Technology and School Change where she works with a team in the design of learning experiences for teachers in New York City and around the globe. In addition to teachers, she works with principals, district leaders, organizations, and governments on national and international reform projects. She has been a STEM electives teacher and an instructional support coach in K-12 education both in the U.S. and across Africa after founding a free annual education technology conference for underserved teachers in South Africa. Karen is passionate about helping schools and organizations around the world create cultures receptive to implementing technology for creative and empowered teaching and learning.

Jacqueline Mirón is a Senior Professional Development Associate at CTSC. She began her teaching career in 2007, in general and special education settings in New York City public schools and abroad in Sonora, México. Jackie is passionate about working with teachers in a collaborative design process that leads to creative and authentic learning outcomes by connecting curricular content to real world experiences. Her goals are to build a school’s capacity to adopt and sustain design shifts that lead to a student-centered culture of innovation and to position teachers as agents of change. In addition to her work at CTSC, Jackie teaches undergraduate courses at various academic and cultural institutions across the tri-state area.