The Learning Can’t Wait Podcast is your view into how changemakers are driving innovation in the field of education. Every week we interview leaders who are challenging the status quo at a time when it is absolutely necessary to rebuild the system for our students. We believe children everywhere deserve access to a quality education and educators everywhere should be compensated fairly. We believe learning can’t wait.
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The Learning Can’t Wait Podcast is your view into how changemakers are driving innovation in the field of education. Every week we interview leaders who are challenging the status quo at a time when it is absolutely necessary to rebuild the system for our students. We believe children everywhere deserve access to a quality education and educators everywhere should be compensated fairly. We believe learning can’t wait.
AI learner profiles, Student data privacy & Human-centered technology | Roberto Vargas
Learning Can’t Wait
26 minutes
2 weeks ago
AI learner profiles, Student data privacy & Human-centered technology | Roberto Vargas
This episode explores how Roberto Vargas, Managing Director of IT and Data Systems at Distinctive Schools, uses technology, data, and AI to better serve students while fiercely protecting their privacy. He shares his journey from Chicago Public Schools student to building tech and network data leader, emphasizing the often-invisible infrastructure and cybersecurity work that keeps modern schools running. The conversation dives into how his team evaluates edtech vendors for student data protection, builds a human-centered AI playbook with real student and staff voice, and pilots AI-powered learner profiles in Notebook LM to give teachers instant, holistic insight into each child. Throughout, Roberto stresses that AI is here to stay, that students are already “AI natives,” and that educators must stay ahead while grounding everything in relationships and deep knowledge of students.
Learning Can’t Wait
The Learning Can’t Wait Podcast is your view into how changemakers are driving innovation in the field of education. Every week we interview leaders who are challenging the status quo at a time when it is absolutely necessary to rebuild the system for our students. We believe children everywhere deserve access to a quality education and educators everywhere should be compensated fairly. We believe learning can’t wait.
