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Building My AI Research Team
What the EdTech?
Chapters
0:20
Why Build An AI Assistant
0:49
Four Morning Research Pipelines
1:47
Faster Not Smarter: Human Judgment
2:34
COPPA 2026 And Vendor Audits
3:20
Shadow IT And Better Tooling
3:50
Matching Models To The Task
5:09
Conferences And Agentic AI Gap
6:22
Start With Operations Before Classrooms
6:41
A Leader’s Filter For New Tech
7:37
Move Right Not Fast
What the EdTech?
Building My AI Research Team
Jan 31, 2026
This week I built an AI system to help me be a better CIO — and there are lessons here for how we approach technology in our districts.
Topics Covered:
- Setting up automated daily research briefings
- COPPA compliance deadline: April 22, 2026
- Shadow IT in education and approved tool strategy
- Matching AI tools to tasks (cost optimization)
- Agentic AI trends in K-12
- Leadership filter: Does it help teachers teach or kids learn?
Key Dates:
- April 22, 2026 — COPPA compliance deadline
- March 9-12, 2026 — SXSWedu, Austin TX
- April 13-15, 2026 — CoSN, Chicago IL
