Alana is an award-winning leader and the creative force behind The Generative Age, a book and podcast that explores the rapidly evolving world of generative artificial intelligence and its impact on education. She’s also the founder of Students for Innovation, an organization that empowers students to advocate for change within their schools.
Alana is the author of The Generative Age: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Education and host of The Generative Age podcast, powered by NYSCATE, which explores the rapidly evolving world of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and its impact on education.
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The Generative Age: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Education
This book explores both the opportunities and implications of AI in education as well as the ethical considerations for its effective integration. In this timely book, Winnick seeks to reboot education, preparing leaders and educators to empower students to thrive in the AI-driven world of tomorrow. Enriched with thought-provoking interactives, inspiring case studies, and practical strategies, insights, and best practices, readers will finish the book feeling inspired, knowledgeable, and prepared to initiate change within their education systems.
Meet Alana Winnick
Podcaster, Speaker, Author, & Practioner
Alana is a visionary leader and the creative force behind The Generative Age, a book/podcast that explores the rapidly evolving world of generative AI and its transformative impact on education. Serving as Educational Technology Director for Pocantico Hills CSD and Director for NYSCATE, her innovative work has earned prestigious accolades, including COSN’s CTO of the Year and NYS Digital Leader of the Year. She founded Students for Innovation, an organization that empowers students to advocate for change within their schools.
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The Generative Age, powered by NYSCATE, explores the rapidly evolving world of generative AI and its impact on education. Host Alana Winnick is joined by practitioners and thought leaders who are shaping the discourse around integrating generative AI into the classroom. Whether you are an educator, administrator, technologist, or simply interested in the future of education, join us on this journey through… The Generative Age.
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Generative Age (powered by NYSCATE) explores the rapidly evolving world of generative artificial intelligence and its impact on education. Host Alana Winnick is joined by practitioners and thought leaders who are shaping the discourse around integrating generative AI into the classroom. Whether you are an educator, administrator, technologist, or simply interested in the future of education, join us on this journey through… The Generative Age.
What does it really look like to bring AI into an elementary classroom? Join me for an honest and authentic conversation with three inspiring educators—Nneka McGee, a national voice in AI and quantum computing; Marina Pisto-Lombardo, an award-winning classroom innovator; and Vicky Sedgwick, veteran tech integration specialist and elementary educator. We’re not just talking theory, we’re sharing real classroom experiences, challenges, and the practical ways AI is being introduced to our youngest learners.
And to keep it truly grounded, we’re joined by some of those very students. These elementary kids are exploring AI firsthand, and their voices bring fresh insight into how this technology is being understood, experienced, and embraced in real time. This multigenerational conversation highlights the heart, the hurdles, and the hope of AI in early education – and why starting young might just be the key.
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