With nearly two decades of experience in education, Marlee Strawn's career started as a high school teacher and reached a significant milestone when she became the founding principal of the top-performing charter high school in the seventh largest district in the nation. Following her successful tenure as principal, Marlee transitioned to a new role in the education technology sector. As the Co-Founder and Head of Education at Scholar Education, Marlee leads the development of an AI-powered classroom enhancement platform designed to eliminate administrative burdens for teachers. It offers a comprehensive suite of AI tools designed to streamline lesson planning and deliver a personalized learning environment, with a special focus on Special Education and English Language Learners. In addition, Marlee's engagement in advancing AI in education is further acknowledged by her recent selection as a 2024 EDSAFE AI Alliance Women in AI Fellow. This prestigious year-long fellowship recognizes her as an exceptional and impact-minded individual in the field of AI and education. Through the program, Marlee engages with leading experts in AI safety, ethics, and policy, and benefits from professional development focused on the latest AI research and its societal impacts.
Challenges She's Solving:
Personalizing Education: Creating AI solutions for individualized learning paths.
Empowering Educators: Reducing administrative burdens to focus on impactful teaching.
Strategic Leadership: Leveraging her founding principal experience to guide educational innovations.
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Marlee Strawn shares how Scholar Education's platform discerns each student's unique learning patterns to tailor content specifically for them. Coupled with Artificial Intelligence (AI), Virtual Reality (VR) and immersive 3D videos, this approach transforms information into engaging, interactive experiences. By merging AI and immersive tech, Scholar Education ensures students connect deeply with their curriculum, making comprehension more intuitive and enjoyable. #scholareducation #ai #Education
“The reality is, we’ve been talking about personalized learning for the last 10 years. The technology just wasn’t there,” she said. “We’re really at the very beginning of the possibilities for AI in the classroom.”
"Imagine a world where every teacher has a highly qualified teaching assistant in their classroom, where every student has the smartest tutor they could dream of at their fingertips. This is now possible with AI, and the next generation will know no different."
"The reality is artificial intelligence is already part of daily life. My son talks with Alexa and asks it to play music. When he’s watching YouTube, the algorithm suggests other videos he might like. That’s AI in action. We also know many students feel more comfortable engaging with tech tools — gaming, texting, chatting with bots — than they do talking face-to-face."