https://www.googleforeducommunity.com/t5/Events/GFG-Event-How-can-critical-literacy-help-higher-education/ec-p/286028#M51 <H2><STRONG>About the Event</STRONG></H2> <P data-path-to-node="1">Physicist, professor, poet, parent, partner - Sam Illingworth approaches AI from many vantage points. Perhaps the most important is that of practical, pragmatic optimist.&nbsp;</P> <P>Join us for this GFG Event as we talk with Illingworth and attempt to answer the essential question,&nbsp;How can critical literacy help higher education navigate an AI world?</P> <H2><STRONG>About the Participants</STRONG></H2> <UL data-path-to-node="6"> <LI>Sam Illingworth, PhD (guest)</LI> </UL> <P class="lia-indent-padding-left-30px"><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-left" image-alt="sam.jpg" style="width: 162px;"><img src="https://www.googleforeducommunity.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/9032iDE5A1DD6B7DD1AB5/image-size/small/is-moderation-mode/true?v=v2&amp;px=200" role="button" title="sam.jpg" alt="sam.jpg" /></span>Sam is a Full Professor of Critical AI Literacy at Edinburgh Napier University. He started in atmospheric physics, measuring greenhouse gases from satellites. After his PhD he spent two years in Japan as a Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation scholar, studying science and theatre. Then he moved into science communication. Now he work at the intersection of AI, education, and critical thinking.</P> <P class="lia-indent-padding-left-30px">He founded Slow AI, a newsletter and curriculum that helps people develop the judgement to know when AI is useful and when it is not. Not productivity tips. Critical faculties.</P> <P class="lia-indent-padding-left-30px">He is also a poet. His work has been performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and at Green Man festival. He have written and presented for the BBC.</P> <UL data-path-to-node="6"> <LI> <P style="line-height: 1.71429;" data-path-to-node="6,0,0">Zac Chase (Host)&nbsp;</P> <P><SPAN><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-left" image-alt="Screenshot 2026-08-25 at 1.39.02 PM.png" style="width: 200px;"><img src="https://www.googleforeducommunity.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/8843i576A6BC9EBB5D559/image-size/small/is-moderation-mode/true?v=v2&amp;px=200" role="button" title="Screenshot 2026-08-25 at 1.39.02 PM.png" alt="Screenshot 2026-08-25 at 1.39.02 PM.png" /></span>Zac Chase, M.A., M.Ed., is the Global Lead of Scaled Programming for Google for Education. He served as a digital equity advisor for the U.S. Department of Education, where he led the development of the 2024 National Educational Technology Plan. He has also worked as a classroom teacher, adjunct instructor, and a school &amp; district administrator.</SPAN></P> <P><SPAN>Chase’s publications include the 2024 and 2016 National Educational Technology Plans, “Future Ready Learning: Reimagining the Role of Technology in Education," and “School 2.0: Building the Schools We Need.” He holds a master’s degree in education policy and management from Harvard Graduate School of Education, a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction from Nova Southeastern University, and a bachelor of arts degree in English and secondary education from Illinois State University.</SPAN></P> </LI> </UL> Fri, 04 Sep 2026 15:56:29 GMT dlaufenberg 2026-09-04T15:56:29Z https://www.googleforeducommunity.com/t5/Events/GFG-Event-How-can-critical-literacy-help-higher-education/ec-p/286028#M51 <H2><STRONG>About the Event</STRONG></H2> <P data-path-to-node="1">Physicist, professor, poet, parent, partner - Sam Illingworth approaches AI from many vantage points. Perhaps the most important is that of practical, pragmatic optimist.&nbsp;</P> <P>Join us for this GFG Event as we talk with Illingworth and attempt to answer the essential question,&nbsp;How can critical literacy help higher education navigate an AI world?</P> <H2><STRONG>About the Participants</STRONG></H2> <UL data-path-to-node="6"> <LI>Sam Illingworth, PhD (guest)</LI> </UL> <P class="lia-indent-padding-left-30px"><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-left" image-alt="sam.jpg" style="width: 162px;"><img src="https://www.googleforeducommunity.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/9032iDE5A1DD6B7DD1AB5/image-size/small/is-moderation-mode/true?v=v2&amp;px=200" role="button" title="sam.jpg" alt="sam.jpg" /></span>Sam is a Full Professor of Critical AI Literacy at Edinburgh Napier University. He started in atmospheric physics, measuring greenhouse gases from satellites. After his PhD he spent two years in Japan as a Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation scholar, studying science and theatre. Then he moved into science communication. Now he work at the intersection of AI, education, and critical thinking.</P> <P class="lia-indent-padding-left-30px">He founded Slow AI, a newsletter and curriculum that helps people develop the judgement to know when AI is useful and when it is not. Not productivity tips. Critical faculties.</P> <P class="lia-indent-padding-left-30px">He is also a poet. His work has been performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and at Green Man festival. He have written and presented for the BBC.</P> <UL data-path-to-node="6"> <LI> <P style="line-height: 1.71429;" data-path-to-node="6,0,0">Zac Chase (Host)&nbsp;</P> <P><SPAN><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-left" image-alt="Screenshot 2026-08-25 at 1.39.02 PM.png" style="width: 200px;"><img src="https://www.googleforeducommunity.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/8843i576A6BC9EBB5D559/image-size/small/is-moderation-mode/true?v=v2&amp;px=200" role="button" title="Screenshot 2026-08-25 at 1.39.02 PM.png" alt="Screenshot 2026-08-25 at 1.39.02 PM.png" /></span>Zac Chase, M.A., M.Ed., is the Global Lead of Scaled Programming for Google for Education. He served as a digital equity advisor for the U.S. Department of Education, where he led the development of the 2024 National Educational Technology Plan. He has also worked as a classroom teacher, adjunct instructor, and a school &amp; district administrator.</SPAN></P> <P><SPAN>Chase’s publications include the 2024 and 2016 National Educational Technology Plans, “Future Ready Learning: Reimagining the Role of Technology in Education," and “School 2.0: Building the Schools We Need.” He holds a master’s degree in education policy and management from Harvard Graduate School of Education, a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction from Nova Southeastern University, and a bachelor of arts degree in English and secondary education from Illinois State University.</SPAN></P> </LI> </UL> Fri, 04 Sep 2026 15:56:29 GMT https://www.googleforeducommunity.com/t5/Events/GFG-Event-How-can-critical-literacy-help-higher-education/ec-p/286028#M51 dlaufenberg 2026-09-04T15:56:29Z