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Rob Dickson reflects on Salim Ismail's Ad Astra Technology Summit keynote and what exponential change means for schools, AI, student agency, and the future of learning.
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Rob Dickson hosts What the EdTech?, a education show with 16 episodes published.
Rob Dickson reflects on Salim Ismail's Ad Astra Technology Summit keynote and what exponential change means for schools, AI, student agency, and the future of learning.
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Salim Ismail
Founder of Open ExO, GP at Exponential Venture Capital/The Organizational Singularity Fund · Singularity University
1 appearance on this show
Chris Garcia
structures project manager · San Diego County Office of Education
1 appearance on this show
Amanda Young
Assistant Professor · California State University, Long Beach
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Catlin Tucker
educator, author, TEDx speaker
1 appearance on this show
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