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To boost our students’ AI Literacy, we need to stop throwing “AI” around as a label. We need to be more specific. We need to talk about LLMs. We need to talk about Gen-AI. We need to be clear about how/if our terms align with each other. Because the terms we use matter.

submitted 25 days ago • 2 comments

“In the Age of AI, the Humanities will be more important than ever.” Ok. But… Humanities programs are getting their budgets and staff cut every year. What happens when the skills we need the most are in the shortest supply, because of money and public perception?

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

"Can you really build a life when you don't know what is real and what is fake?" I read these words a few days ago. They were written by a High School student, wondering what AI meant for human connection and human purpose. I haven't stopped thinking about them since. More below. ⬇️⬇️

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

Earlier this month, the Arizona Dept of Education made headlines for approving Unbound Academy as an AI-driven charter school. Yesterday, the Pennsylvania DOE rejected their application.

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

This morning, I read a fascinating article. Mary Ruskell, a teenager, wrote about what it’s like to suddenly mistrust everything she reads and sees online. It’s so easy for educators to say “Students just need AI Literacy” or “just don’t trust anything you read online.” But we need to go deeper.

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

You can redesign your courses in light of AI, without using AI in your classroom. We can then redesign our courses around… ↳ Collaboration ↳ Relevant skills ↳ Student agency ↳ Intrinsic motivation ↳ Human connection ↳ Process instead of product Even if we don’t work AI into our classrooms.

submitted 38 days ago • 1 comment

If we simply work AI into an educational system without rethinking that system, education is going to suck.

submitted 39 days ago • 2 comments

Today, “The Brutalist’ was nominated for Best Picture. Some people want it disqualified for its use of AI. Here’s my breakdown: www.linkedin.com/posts/jason-...

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

This is what AI looks like in the Trump admin. Trump: Altman is the best. I’m going to give him and other $500B to build a super AI company. Musk: I’m going to rage-tweet, saying that Altman sucks and that OpenAI doesn’t have any $. Altman: I’ll tweet back. Come see my data centers, bro.

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

One of the worst use cases for Gen-AI I could imagine: an Anne Frank AI bot. Welcome to the future…I guess… Not sure I like it.

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

The rest of the world: OMG! TikTok is back! Me: You mean President-elect Trump. Don’t deprive me of those 24 hours of processing time.

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

We need to think a lot about the boundary between support and infantilization. Is AI supporting our students, infantilizing them, or both?

submitted 48 days ago • 1 comment

I have many thoughts about Unbound Academy, the charter school that was recently approved in Arizona and that will operate “without teachers.” One question. How different is the model, for real? For a school “without teachers,” they certainly do employ a lot of teachers.

submitted 56 days ago • 0 comments

Here's the best way I can describe teaching during the AI storm. I'm in a constant state of developing: 1️⃣ Immediate stopgap measures that get me through the day 2️⃣ Long-term plans for what I think teaching will look like in 5 years. Ideally, #1 would lead me to #2.

submitted 57 days ago • 0 comments

I’m reading 3 books right now. 1️⃣ Martha Wells’ Murderbot Diaries series (2017 - Present) 2️⃣ Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun (2021) 3️⃣ Bornet’s Irreplaceable (2024)

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments

AI comes up at literally every faculty meeting I join. It’s taking up too much oxygen. We need to decenter it so that we can think about it more holistically. The technology is a chance to rethink what we do. But “what we do” should be at the center. Not the technology.

submitted 59 days ago • 2 comments

I’m excited for my book to come out soon. Here’s the big vision. Right now, the most powerful (and underrated) use of AI is to actually follow evidence-based principles we should’ve been following for a long time.

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

With the rise of AI, the ability to speak and communicate is more important than ever. This semester, my Berkeley students will be building their meta-awareness of the way they speak and communicate. Here’s one activity we’ll be using. ⬇️⬇️

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

I think Humanities courses will need to teach both lateral reading and vertical reading. Lateral Reading = reading the text and stepping away from it to verify its credibility and compare it to other texts before continuing. Vertical Reading = diving deep to better understand how the text works.

submitted 62 days ago • 2 comments

In my online courses, I make sure to always include: 1️⃣ Ungraded assignments, for practice. 2️⃣ Chances for students to impact the shape of the course. 3️⃣ Something that they can take beyond the LMS. These make a big difference.

submitted 62 days ago • 1 comment

Here’s why transformative teaching is so difficult. Students are so used to busywork and traditional assessment that (when given a choice) they’ll choose them over meaningful projects that they’re actually interested in. And I don’t blame them. We all choose things just because they’re easier.

submitted 67 days ago • 1 comment

Debate could be a powerful way to practice critical thinking in the Age of AI. But there’s a problem. Most of my students’ models for debate are awful. The sides don’t listen to each other. They just refute the other side and dig their heels in. (I’m including an example below.)

submitted 67 days ago • 1 comment

Learning Styles don’t exist. And yet… I constantly see people referring to them in the context of AI and the promise of “personalized learning.” AI has become a Trojan Horse for sneaking in bad teaching principles. #aiineducation

submitted 69 days ago • 3 comments

This question keeps me up at night. What happens when CEOs of AI companies (known for “moving fast and breaking things”) move into the nuclear energy sector? #artificialintelligence

submitted 69 days ago • 1 comment

Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to all who celebrate!

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

I worry about the Analog Divide. (I know it’s not really a thing, but hear me out.) My students are constantly sold the all-tech, all-the-time life. Meanwhile, the people who design the tech (Gates and others) send their children to low- and no-tech schools. We’ll need to find balance.

submitted 72 days ago • 1 comment

I should probably think more about AI and the future or education tonight. But I’m not gonna. I just found out that I can license Harry Potter for my film students, from my college’s Library. I have a lesson to plan!

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments