Austin Levinson
Director of Learning,
MegaMinds
United States
How AI is implemented often determines the impact. Critical thinking, creativity, and adaptive expertise are future skills embedded in project-based learning and design thinking schema, frameworks I use to answer one overarching question: How can we best innovate to set students up for a future in which the circumstances may be constantly shifting?
Normalizing failure as a catalyst for growth and modeling vulnerability around our process drive a culture of curiosity, deep learning, and flexible iterations.
I help organizations navigate:
Productive Struggle - Engineering learning environments that prioritize adaptive knowledge. I focus on building the scaffolding where students learn to navigate frustration, iterate through failure, and master the art of asking better questions.
AI-Human Partnership - Beyond tech integration to utilize AI as a thought partner. I design implementations that ensure that technology enhances, not detracts from, student critical thinking, creativity and independent inquiry.
Innovation Strategy - Translating complex tech into human-centered learning, keeping the messy, student-centered nature of learning at the heart.
Sessions
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12-Jan-2026EXPO: LEADERSHIP ROUND TABLES: BOOTH #1645TABLE3: Career-Ready with AI: Immersive Simulations for CTE Pathways
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13-Jan-2026W224BSpecial Education in the Age of AI: Simulated Life Skills, Socialization, and Student Growth
