A project of the School Library System of Genesee Valley BOCES, made possible with funding from Google.org
Why the drops of dye in the water?
Neil Postman gave a speech in 1998 where he addressed five aspects of change related to technology:
“Here is the fourth idea: Technological change is not additive; it is ecological. I can explain this best by an analogy. What happens if we place a drop of red dye into a beaker of clear water? Do we have clear water plus a spot of red dye? Obviously not. We have a new coloration to every molecule of water. That is what I mean by ecological change. A new medium does not add something; it changes everything. In the year 1500, after the printing press was invented, you did not have old Europe plus the printing press. You had a different Europe. After television, America was not America plus television. Television gave a new coloration to every political campaign, to every home, to every school, to every church, to every industry, and so on.”
In order to prepare teachers to teach about AI, we first must address the ecological changes we face.
Expert Convening
December 3-6, 2025
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Coming Spring, 2026
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Coming Spring, 2026
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Pilot Launching Fall, 2026
Project Team
Christopher Harris
Director, Libraries/Digital Learning Services at Genesee Valley BOCES
Andrew Austin
Library Technology Specialist, Genesee Valley BOCES
Andrea Fetterly
Library Technology Specialist, Genesee Valley BOCES
Julie Hengenius
Library Technology Specialist, Genesee Valley BOCES
Bonnie Kirkland
Library Technology Specialist, Genesee Valley BOCES
Melisa Swain
School Library System Program Assistant, Genesee Valley BOCES
Expert Panel
Eileen Anderson
Erie 1 BOCES/WNYRIC, School Library System and Library Automation Supervisor
Rachel Atkins
Supervisor of Instructional Technology, St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES
Enrique Cachafeiro
Adjunct Faculty, Appalachian State University, North Carolina
Lindsay Cesari
School Librarian, Middle School, Baldwinsville CSD
Thomas Corbin
Research Fellow, CRADLE, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia
Terri Eicholz
Instructional Designer, Mark Cuban Foundation AI Bootcamp
Toby Greenwalt
Principal, Flywheel Strategies and Project Report Author
Jason Griffey
Executive Director, Open Science Hardware Foundation
Thomas R. Guskey
Professor Emeritus, University of Kentucky, College of Education
Melissa Jacobs
Director of Library Services / NYC School Library System
Angela Messenger
Associate Director of Mathematics Education Outreach, University of Rochester
David C. Petty
Education Program Manager / App Inventor Foundation
Cynthia Sandler
Library Media Specialist, North Salem Middle/High School
Patrick B. Whipple
Director of Professional Learning Services, Genesee Valley BOCES
Qian Yang
Assistant Professor, Computing and Information Science, Cornell University
Funding for this project was provided by Google.org
Project Lead: Dr. Christopher Harris, cgharris@gvboces.org
