Dr. Alfonso Mendoza | Masters in EdTech | B.B.A | Podcaster | Google Innovator #VIA20 | Adobe Innovator | AI | EdTech Enthusiast | RGV
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What does a 3-year-old prodigy have in common with AI?
AI scientist Crevita Moody shares a fascinating analogy that completely reframes how we understand AI.
🎙️ Ep. 377: myedtech.life/crevita/
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We’re preparing kids for jobs we can’t name yet. Are we overlooking the skills they can practice today?
Crevita Moody brings it back to critical thinking in Ep. 377.
Listen: myedtech.life/crevita/
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“Just program AI to behave.”
That expectation can lead us to trust a tool before questioning its limits.
Start with AI literacy before adoption. Hear Crevita Moody’s perspective in Ep. 377:
myedtech.life/crevita/
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Even AI builders worry about their kids.
Crevita Moody hears it in Silicon Valley. If the builders still have questions, where should parents and educators start?
Hear Ep. 377: myedtech.life/crevita/
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The AI workshop covered the tools. Where were the teacher and the kids?
That feedback helped inspire @jeffpiontek’s AI, EI, O & You framework.
Hear the story in Ep. 376 of My EdTech Life:
myedtech.life/piontek/
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AI can talk to a child. But what happens when it replaces conversations with classmates and teachers? 👀
@jeffpiontek asks what schools must keep human in Ep. 376 of My EdTech Life.
Watch: myedtech.life/piontek/
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An AI tutor is meant to be used 3 times a week. What if students use it once and results fall short? Who’s accountable: the vendor or the district?
@jeffpiontek raises the question in Ep. 376 of My EdTech Life:
myedtech.life/piontek/
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“Will AI replace teachers?”
@jeffpiontek was asked that question and told a room of instructors, “One of you will be replaced.”
What led him to say that? Hear the full story in Episode 376 of My EdTech Life: myedtech.life/piontek/
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Libraries Have Always Been About More
Books fill the shelves. Librarians help students make sense of the world.
Dr. @cuethelibrarian shares why finding, evaluating, and ethically using information matters even more as technology advances.
Give your school librarian a shoutout below! 👇
🎧 Catch Episode 375 of My EdTech Life: myedtech.life
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Are we calling initiative overload innovation?
Dr. @cuethelibrarian challenges school leaders to trust librarians’ expertise and give them time to teach and lead.
🎧 Ep. 375 👇🏼👇🏼
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CREATOR mindset: Show up. Do the work. Keep growing.
Over six years of My EdTech Life have taught me to keep building what matters. Your work might inspire someone else to start.
Thanks to my sponsor for being part of this journey!
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“Lead, not own.”
School librarians can help lead AI literacy, but the whole school has a role to play. Dr. @cuethelibrarian explains why in Ep. 375 of My EdTech Life.
🎧 myedtech.life/drkarina/
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AI can produce an answer. Who helps students decide whether to trust it?
Dr. @cuethelibrarian joins me for Ep. 375 to discuss librarians, AI literacy, and protecting student thinking.
Coming soon to myedtech.life ✌️
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If they’re clearing their inbox during your demo, your pitch isn’t landing.
@thejacobkantor gets candid about budget cuts, evidence, and whose problems EdTech actually solves.
🎧 Ep. 374:
myedtech.life/kantor
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Unmuting classrooms, amplifying student voice.
Grateful to present at NM UDL Ignite at New Mexico’s State Capitol in Santa Fe, sharing my passion for accessibility and helping every learner participate with @KamiApp!
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You got the meeting. Did educators get a voice?
My friend Jacob Kantor asks EdTech leaders to stop pitching long enough to listen.
🎙️ “Whose Problem Is EdTech Solving?” Ep. 374 of My EdTech Life. Coming soon!
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AI gave feedback. Who still needs their teacher?
Dacia Toll shares why peer discussion and human support belong at the center of AI use.
Watch or listen to Ep. 373 of My EdTech Life: myedtech.life/learning
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What if extra help is making learning harder?
Dacia Toll explains how disconnected interventions can confuse the students who need support most.
Watch or listen to Ep. 373 of My EdTech Life: myedtech.life/learning/
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The vendor got paid. But did students learn?
Dacia Toll challenges how schools measure EdTech success and explains why outcomes should matter more than logins.
🎧 to or 🖥️ Ep. 373 of My EdTech Life
myedtech.life/learning/
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27 students. A few voices. What about everyone else?
Dacia Toll joins me on Episode 373 of My EdTech Life to explore how a class discussion can look successful while leaving students out of the conversation.
How do we make every student’s thinking visible?
Catch the full conversation on My EdTech Life.
myedtech.life/learning
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Fear is not an AI strategy.
If educators don’t understand AI, how can we help students use it responsibly?
AI literacy means better boundaries, better questions, and better guidance.
🎙️ Hear the full conversation with Krystina O’Bryant of @ParentProTech.
myedtech.life/protech
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8.5 hours of entertainment screen time a day.
The bigger question isn’t just how long teens are online. It’s what that time is shaping during some of their most foundational years.
🎙️ Full conversation with Krystina O’Bryant of @ParentProTech on My EdTech Life Ep. 372.
myedtech.life/protech/
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Digital citizenship is not a checkbox.
If students click through a quick lesson and move on, that is compliance, not meaningful learning.
In this episode, Krystina O’Bryant from @ParentProTech and I talk about what digital citizenship should really look like.
🎙️ myedtech.life/protech/
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We call them “digital natives,” but knowing how to use tech does not mean students are ready for everything that comes with it.
Krystina O’Bryant from @ParentProTech joins me to talk digital citizenship, AI, screen time, and emotional readiness.
🎙️ myedtech.life/protech/
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The shiny new tool is exciting… until it isn’t.
In Episode 371 of My EdTech Life, @TechieCari and I talk about what happens after the conference hype fades and whether that tool actually earns a place in the classroom.
Listen to the full episode and join the conversation.
myedtech.life/orts/
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New episode is live. 🎧
@TechieCari on where technology actually belongs in the classroom:
“Technology has turned into that textbook now. It’s something kids reference when they need a boost, and then that Chromebook is closed and they’re going for it.”
A resource, not the whole lesson.
Full episode of My EdTech Life, out now.
myedtech.life/orts/
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“You don’t start with flamingos, because I love flamingos. It’s TEKS-based, period.”
@TechieCari says it’s all about the standards first, fun second, and AI can help once you know your standards.
Check Ep.371of My EdTech Life, out now!
myedtech.life/orts/
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“Step one, step two, step three” isn’t real learning. @TechieCari breaks down why kids need a goal, not a script. 🎧
New episode of My EdTech Life, out now: myedtech.life/orts
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If your EdTech tool can’t show you data, it’s just a toy.
@teachwiseai isn’t here for “engaging” apps that don’t inform instruction. She wants formative data and accommodations built in from day one, not bolted on later.
Ep.370 with @teachwiseai and @msmathminded is out now!myedtech.life/ai-in-virtual-…
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Kids will always find the shortcut (Photomath, we see you 👀)
Are we teaching them how to actually use AI or just banning it and hoping for the best?
@msmathminded and @teachwiseai drop the truth on Ep. 370 🎙️
Teachers first. Students second.
🎧 myedtech.life/ai-in-virtual-…
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Yeah! That sounds about right!
What’s your back to school persona! Take the quiz 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
What's your back-to-school persona? Color-coded planner or fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants?
Take our quiz and find out. Bonus points for sharing your result.
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@KamiApp nailed my back to school persona!
What’s your back to school persona?
Huge shoutout to our amazing Content Marketing team, especially @KatieF and @FrankieCilliers, for creating this Back-to-School Persona experience.
Take the quiz, share your persona, tag @KamiApp!
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Can a chatbot ever replace a teacher?
New episode of My EdTech Life with LaKeisha Brooks and @teachwiseai tackles that question head on.
AI can support learning, but it can’t replace the relationships that help kids grow. Dropping soon.
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“I don’t even like calling AIs by human names like Claude or Alexa.”
Dr. Carol Fletche from @weteachcs on why humanizing AI chatbots is quietly reshaping how kids expect relationships to work.
Give Ep.369 a listen! 🎙️
myedtech.life/fletcher/
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“I don’t know how you get a senior developer if you don’t hire any junior developers.”
Dr. Carol Fletcher on why “AI will do it all, skip teaching kids to code” is corporate messaging that’s badly misjudging what education actually builds.
Episode 369 out now 🎙️
myedtech.life/fletcher/
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No dev team. No budget. Just a willingness to ask “dumb” questions and iterate.
Listen to what @JustRimmey shares on treating AI like Google, and why the “why” matters more than the tool. New episode of My EdTech Life 🎧
myedtech.life/rimmey/
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Stop debating if screen time is good or bad. Start asking if it’s intentional.
Listen to @JustRimmey on why the “why” matters more than the tool. New episode of My EdTech Life 🎧
myedtech.life/rimmey/
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“Oh, crap. I have ideas.”
That’s how teacher @JustRimmey went from “coding never sticks” to building his own classroom tools with AI. He calls it caveman prompting.
New episode 🎧
myedtech.life/rimmey/
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Technology is not the destination. It is the vehicle. 🚗
Learning is fundamentally human and we cannot forget that.
Dr. Mark Zeiler on My EdTech Life Ep. 367. Out now. 🎙️
myedtech.life/zeiler/
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“You are the technology.”
New episode dropping soon.
🎙️ Ep. 367 ft. Dr. Mark Zeiler
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Your college essay doesn't need a sob story.
It needs YOUR story.
That's exactly what blueapp.ai/ helps students figure out.
🎧 Episode 366 with @DocStock14, Ed.D., and Nick Coniglio is out now!
myedtech.life/ready-beats-fi…
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New episode just dropped.
Finished and ready are not the same thing.
@DocStock14 & Nick Coniglio built @blueappai to make sure students know the difference before they find out the hard way.
Episode 366 of My EdTech Life is live now. Go check it out.
🎧 Ready Beats Finished ft. Marnie & Nick | My EdTech Life 366
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"It feels like a slap in the face when teachers use AI to give feedback."
That's what high schoolers told @CoachKarle.
One said, "I could do that myself, and I probably can use AI better than my teacher."
Trust is built or broken by how we use AI and whether we're honest about it.
🎙️ Episode 365: myedtech.life/delo/
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This week took me to Scottsdale, where I had the opportunity to work alongside some incredible educators and explore how they can make learning more interactive with @KamiApp.
One of my favorite parts of the conversation was hearing the real barriers teachers face and then brainstorming practical ways to build on the great lessons they already have. Together, we explored how students can collaborate, leave voice and video responses, create digital learning artifacts, and showcase their learning in meaningful ways.
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“AI is not a magic wand. Not an all-knowing machine. Not a crystal ball.”
@CoachKarle on the first move every school should make: demystify before you deploy.
🎙️ Episode 365 out now: myedtech.life/delo
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New episode drops this coming week!
Ep. 365 with @CoachKarle, AI Strategist at Michigan Virtual.
We get into:
•Why "AI good vs. AI bad" thinking is killing district progress
•Shadow AI use is happening with or without you
•Why strategy beats the tool every single time
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We underestimate kids.
They have the ideas. School just keeps asking them to absorb instead of apply.
Olivia Odileke dropped so many gems on Ep. 364.
🎧 myedtech.life/curiosity/
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