# Trailblazing Access to AI in Austin's Young Minds

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Podcast: [Austin Next](https://stenobird.com/podcast/austin-next)
Published: 2024-01-17T10:00:00+00:00
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We shift focus from the broad, macro-level implications of AI to its tangible effects on the ground, as Austin increasingly becomes a hub for educational innovation. Joining me are Principal Keith Moore of Austin's Campbell Elementary and Jules Beesley from Creative Action. We discuss their efforts in bringing AI and other cutting-edge technologies to their scholars, emphasizing the importance of providing access to these tools and technologies for students today and their impact on our future. Episode Highlights The goal of integrating AI in early education is to create access and provide opportunities for learning and exploring new technologies. They strive to integrate the latest tools, keeping pace with their rapid evolution while ensuring effective learning experiences for students​​. Demonstrating endless imagination, 4th graders created audio-visual poems combining their written and spoken words with striking images, while 5th graders produced science shows, integrating curriculum topics with personal creativity​​. Austin's education market is increasingly becoming a hub for experimentation, characterized by the emergence of creative groups, unique partnerships, and new schools/universities, all offering diverse paradigms in education and technology. What's Next Austin? Principal Moore: Greater opportunities for scholars, through increasing the use of technology, in these wonderful ways, to connect core curriculum to the arts. Mr. Beesley: How can we use these tools to tell stories, to use our imaginations, as well as explore issues of how we create. Campbell Elementary School: Website , Instagram Creative Action ------------------- Austin Next Links: Website , X/Twitter , YouTube , LinkedIn Ecosystem Metacognition Substack

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