Ellen Agnello is an educator, researcher, and content creator in the edtech space.
She creates content for a range of organizations, from public, for profit corporations to K-12 public schools. Specializing in research-based writing and practice, she produces white papers, research briefs, blogs, curricula, presentations, and professional development sessions on education-related topics for the many personas in the field. Currently, much of her work centers on genAI and its implications for teaching and learning.
She holds a BA in English from Connecticut College, an MEd in literacy from Providence College, a PhD in curriculum and instruction from the University of Connecticut and secondary English language arts and K-12 literacy specialist teaching credentials in Connecticut and Rhode Island. With nearly a decade of high school teaching and nearly a decade in higher ed, she deeply understands the challenges teachers and administrators face.
Ellen Agnello is a Connecticut-based educator, researcher, and content creator.
Services
Consulting/Coaching
Meeting with district and school administrators to ideate on topics including AI integration models, pilot projects, and course curricula.
Professional Development
Delivering a standard AI professional learning program to school personas or creating a custom program tailored to meet your organization’s needs.
Curriculum Writing
Helping districts with curriculum projects whether they’re interested in writing curriculum for a new student-facing GenAI course, redesigning existing content area curricula, embedding content area literacy goals, or exploring the research to vet prospective curriculum materials and incorporating them into existing written curricula.
Content Creation
Writing blog posts, white papers, and research briefs about popular topics in education. Using data from primary research, surveys, interviews, and focus groups to showcase the value of your organization’s services and/or solutions.
What people are saying
“Excellent presentation, this was a topic I have been reading about and exploring but without a framework. This presentation enabled me to find tools that I could use and share with my teachers and ways to support my needs as an administrator. I would love to have more time to collaborate using AI with my colleagues and staff.”
— Connecticut School Administrator
“We loved the presentation! Thank you for such a thoughtful presentation and bringing it down to the elementary level.”
— Connecticut School Principal
“Your presentation was excellent! Very informative and at the heart of what the teachers are facing! I truly appreciate your time and the feedback I heard on my way back to my office is that they hope to be able to contact you with any questions and to potentially talk to their classes!!”
— Connecticut School Principal
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AI Posts for teachers and administrators
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Reading Specialist Question: How to use AI Tools to Generate a Presentation
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World Language Teacher Use Case: Can AI Source Video that uses Target Vocab?
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Hooked on ChatGPT. Can Primary Teachers Use it to Assess Phonics?
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How to Prompt ChatGPT to Generate Tiered Vocabulary Lists
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Fool-proof AI Detectors? More Advice for K12 Teachers