With over 25 years in public education, Aaron Blackwelder has taught middle and high school English, and has served as a Digital Learning Coach. He co-founded Teachers Going Gradeless, hosted the podcast Beyond the Curriculum, is the Senior Education Consultant at Autism Empowerment, and contributor to Spectrum Life Magazine. He has also led professional development on the transformative power of AI in the classroom. In his teaching, he empowers students to leverage digital tools through student-centered, project-based learning.

Jason Cowley is a National Board Certified ELA teacher and a former instructional coach with more than 18 years of experience in the classroom. In addition to his work on AI in the classroom, Jason has extensively studied how assessment practices impact student learning. Jason has collaborated with educators on how to integrate Generative AI into classrooms and how teachers can use Generative AI to support their own work.