Educators AI Playbook #4: Navigating Vendor Risk, AI Adoption, and the Google Ecosystem

3 June 2026 >> AI is moving fast, and for schools, balancing rapid innovation with strict governance and low adoption rates has never been more challenging. That’s why we’re excited to share the fourth edition of The Educators AI Playbook. A live monthly webinar series designed specifically for school leaders, governors, IT teams, and educators.

Hosted by Mark Orchison and Dan Fitzpatrick (The AI Educator), each session gives you the clear, practical guidance you need to lead AI adoption safely and effectively across your school.

Why Join Episode 4?

In this session, we move beyond the headlines to tackle the practical compliance, strategic, and technical realities sitting on school leaders' desks today. We are thrilled to be joined by special guest Julia from the 9ine team to dive deep into vendor contracts and legal frameworks. Together, we’ll explore:

• Google I/O & The EdTech Economy: First-hand insights from Dan's time in Mountain View. We look at Google’s wave of new agentic tools (like Google Spark), what they mean for schools in the Google ecosystem, and why you need to closely watch the economics of smaller EdTech vendors.
• The Hidden Risks of "Vibe Coding": How easy it has become for IT directors or teachers to build bespoke, in-house AI applications—and why doing so means your school completely inherits the compliance, security testing, GDPR, and IP ownership liabilities.
• The EU AI Act & Vendor Transparency: A look at the legal shift coming into force this August. Learn why plain-language transparency statements will become a legal requirement, and how to audit your current vendor contracts whether you are based in the EU or not.
• Breaking the 19% Adoption Ceiling: Why data shows organizational AI adoption plateaus at just 19%, and how school leadership can move the other 81% from simple "inspiration" to structured, habit-driven deployment.
• Live Q&A: Strategic discussion on managing school infrastructure, policy boundaries, and navigating the Diamond Formation framework.

The Takeaway

You’ll walk away with a concrete understanding of how to protect your school from in-house development liabilities, how to demand transparency from your vendors, and a clear path to break through the 19% adoption plateau using the structured Diamond Sprint framework.

Zoom registration page and on-demand recording.