Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is exciting, but it’s important to be sure that the tools that enter classrooms are used productively to impact outcomes. Why can this be a challenge with EdTech, and how might we avoid it during the GenAI wave? This recorded webinar explores the challenge and offers one possible solution: evaluating the cultural fit when procuring tools. With one foot in philosophy and the other in learning science, this perspective responds to growing calls for technology design that is more human centered and evidence based. 

Session Discussion Topics

  • Edtech history  
  • Artificial intelligence risks and benefits 
  • Edtech procurement and evaluation 
  • Value-sensitive design and human-centered technology 

Featured Speaker

Saroja Warner

Saroja Warner
Warner serves as Senior Director of Responsive and Sustaining Education in WestEd’s Center for Teaching and Learning. She leads initiatives that connect research on the science of learning with culturally responsive and sustaining education (CRSE) to transform how educators, curriculum designers, and EdTech developers create learning experiences that affirm student identity and deepen understanding.