{"podcast":{"title":"AGI - Advance, Grow, Innovate with AI","slug":"agi-advance-grow-innovate-with-ai-7324503","podcast_index_feed_id":7324503,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/102cca29c/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.linkedin.com/company/agipodcast/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/43319327/43319327-1777459123087-d39518f73fd23.jpg","author":"AGI Podcasters","episode_count":109,"summary":"AGI Podcast — Advance, Grow, Innovate with AI For people who got stuck making AI work and educators preparing students for what's next. Our mission is to cut through AI hype with practical insights for workforce development, education, and small to medium businesses → where AI implementation happens in the trenches, not the headlines. 3 shows, 1 mission: *Saturdays: School's Out - Educators and students preparing for an AI-driven future schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/ Mondays: The Weekly Blitz - AI news recaps with cohost Julie Koehrer Monthly: The Vibe - Long-form deep dive conversations","last_synced_at":"2026-06-14T08:22:41.281528+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/agi-advance-grow-innovate-with-ai-7324503"},"episode":{"title":"AI Literacy Is a Workforce Requirement. Are K-12 Schools Ready?","slug":"ai-literacy-is-a-workforce-requirement-are-k-12-schools-ready","published_at":"2026-03-28T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/agi-advance-grow-innovate-with-ai-7324503/ai-literacy-is-a-workforce-requirement-are-k-12-schools-ready","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/agi-advance-grow-innovate-with-ai-7324503","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/agi-podcasters/episodes/AI-Literacy-Is-a-Workforce-Requirement--Are-K-12-Schools-Ready-e3gr366","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/102cca29c/podcast/play/117328518/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-2-28%2F420937809-44100-2-088ba7d97aeb5.mp3","summary":"What does AI literacy actually mean for K-12 students, and why are most school districts getting it wrong? Kristen Kayser, Senior Lead for the Midwest at aiEDU (AI Education Project), joins Jason Padgett to answer that question — and to explain why buying AI tools without a district-wide strategy creates more problems than it solves. Key topics covered: Why workforce leaders say AI literacy is a requirement for every student, not just future software engineers What AI literacy actually means: critical evaluation of outputs, not just knowing how to use apps Indiana's SAIL initiative, a credentialing program from the Central Indiana ESC that trains educators on AI pedagogy and AI as a technology The district AI strategy gap: why teachers get trained on tools but schools never define how AI should actually be used What a real AI task force looks like, with parents, students, community members, and district leaders at the table A real-world example of AI literacy in a high school student who switched from ChatGPT to Claude on her own and articulated why If you work in education, ed-tech, workforce development, or you're a parent watching schools fumble AI policy, this episode will give you a clearer picture of what good looks like. About Kristen Kayser: Senior Lead, Midwest at aiEDU | Former high school math teacher (9 years, Cleveland Heights High School) | Former principal and mastery learning specialist, Cleveland Metro | Former College Board state and district partnerships | Dayton, Ohio Connect with Kristen Kayser: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristen-kayser/ Learn more about aiEDU: https://aiedu.org Work with Jason → jason@mycitizen.ai Newslette r → https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7399599285849346048 AGI Podcast shows: School's Out…","meta_description":"What does AI literacy actually mean for K-12 students, and why are most school districts getting it wrong? Kristen Kayser, Senior Lead for the Midwest at…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2707,"processing_state":"processed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/agi-advance-grow-innovate-with-ai-7324503/episodes/ai-literacy-is-a-workforce-requirement-are-k-12-schools-ready/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/agi-advance-grow-innovate-with-ai-7324503/ai-literacy-is-a-workforce-requirement-are-k-12-schools-ready.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}