Special EdTech AI Summit Sneak Peek Podcast Series with STAO’s Nathalie Rudner Talks AI STEM & Summit Partnership

Welcome to this special edition of coming to you from the Canadian EdTech AI Summit at the University of Toronto Mississauga! I’m Robert Martellacci, your host and the founder of MindShare Learning, and today I’m thrilled to be joined by Natalie Rudner, Executive Director of STAO, an organization celebrating 135 years of empowering STEM educators. In our conversation, Natalie highlights how STAO is helping teachers navigate the AI era by shifting their role from a source of information to a navigator who helps students critically filter and apply data. The upcoming STAO 2025 conference will explore this further with keynotes on AI and curiosity, the "science of learning science," and centering Indigenous knowledge in STEM. Natalie emphasizes that STEM skills, like critical thinking and collaboration, are now essential for almost every trade and career, and STAO supports this growth through pre-service awards and professional portfolios for early-career teachers. To learn more about their initiatives, visit STAO.ca.

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This episode was published on Dec 19, 2025.

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