Research on 74,000 educator conversations shows how faculty use Claude for teaching, research, and building interactive learning tools.

Over the years I have disagreed with pretty much everything that Thomas Arnett and the Christensen Institute have had to say about education (you can use the search function for the main blog to see), but Arnett's recent piece has some points worth thinking about.

Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning

My students this term have been *passionate* in their rejection of generative AI. I think the wildfires have something to do with it – the environmental impact of data centers, the scarcity of water, the terrible losses they’re seeing. . . it makes the ‘abstract’ of the climate crisis very real.

Resistance is not futile, Melanie Dusseau writes.

If we thought smartphones were damaging to young brains, the risks posed by rampant artificial intelligence are far greater. Unchecked, it will rob children of the ability to solve problems and think for themselves

The mood around AI in education has taken a markedly darker tone of late.

I’ve written a lot, on and off, about the importance of developing critical AI literacy, but I realize now that it is not enough, and I’ve recently started thinking about all of this wi…

AI’s ability to empower students to tailor their learning experience is a promising development in the quest to transform education. But we need to keep an eye on concerns that are more significant than the possibility of students over-relying on the technology.

A leading computer scientist says it’s “educability,” not intelligence, that matters most.

When future historians write about the education industry in the early 21st century, they may debate which event caused more lasting…