Educators and school leaders have incomplete information, minimal guidance, and intense pressure from vendors, parents, students, and policymakers as they make decisions around AI and digital safety for students. The stakes of these decisions extend far beyond learning outcomes and into the realms of student privacy, equity, wellbeing, and the fundamental purpose of education, according to Priten Kadakia Soundararajan-Shah, a Harvard Scholar in Education Management Policy and entrepreneur working at the intersection of technology and education.
I recently had a chance to see a copy of the upcoming book Ethical Ed Tech: How Educators Can Lead on AI and Digital Safety in K-12 (May 18).
The book is written just the way educators need - practical, with tangible tips and clearly understandable, even by those who have limited tech experience. AI is already widely used in education, and without guidance, students can often end up using AI in inappropriate ways, which can lead to misinformation, ethical dilemmas, and sometimes even safety issues.
The book looks at real-life scenarios instead of abstract ideas, and addresses not just AI, but also VR and biometrics. It incorporates a wide range of perspectives, including parents and students as well as school staff, and can be an excellent resource for any teacher, especially those looking to help guide their schools and shape technology policy.
Priten Kadakia Soundararajan-Shah is an educator, philosopher, and entrepreneur working at the intersection of technology and education.
He is the CEO of Pedagogy Ventures, where he integrates cutting-edge technology with proven teaching strategies to help educational organizations.
He also supports three nonprofits: PedagogyFutures, as Executive Director, which provides professional development resources to build a responsible, ethical, human-centered future for educational technology; Academy 4 Social Civics, as Chair, which is dedicated to civics education that prepares students to tackle future challenges; and ThinkerAnalytix, as CTO, which is working to scale critical thinking instruction at educational institutions around the world.
Soundararajan-Shah is the author of the AI & The Future of Education: Teaching in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (Wiley, 2023), which was translated into Arabic, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, and Vietnamese. He also teaches courses on the Ethics of Ed Tech, Family & Society, and Epistemic Justice at College Unbound, a bachelor’s degree-granting institution focused on adult learners.
He holds a B.A. in Philosophy from Harvard College and an M.Ed. in Education Policy and Management from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
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