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In a world where the future is uncertain, Dr. McMillan Cottom and Jason Reynolds offer a bold vision for change. By refusing to accept the status quo, we can create a more just and equitable future. Join the conversation and learn how to think critically about the future, challenge existing power structures, and create a world where humans are treated with dignity and respect. Get inspired by Dr. Cottom's idea of refusing to accept a world where humans are treated inhumanely. With the support of the Kresge Foundation, this conversation is a must-watch for anyone interested in shaping the future.

This year was A Big One for me.

Greetings from the last week of 2025.

An assortment of people I'm following and posts from the past....

I tested more than 200 ed tech tools in 2025, and collaborated with the education news site The 74 to choose 10 to recommend to teachers across the country. ...

Speculation is meeting reality

Counterpoint: These are papers submitted to journals and yet the researchers are citing papers they have not read. These are the same researchers who used to raid the endnotes of others and put unchecked and unread papers into their previous research sections. The number of researchers who don't actually read research regularly and don't read older research at all is being revealed to the public, and that's why people are shocked. Yes, making unethical behavior even easier is a big problem, but let's not pretend the subject of the sentence here is "ChatGPT".

This is exactly the kind of slippery slope that is not a fallacy with AI. As soon as I saw people citing fake papers, I could see how these fake citations would then be further cited by more people.. and Ben Williamson has just done the research to show one of his non-existent publications has been cited multiple times and exists on Google Scholar as a citation!! I know how I can stop this in my immediate vicinity, but I'm disappointed that so many unethical scholars exist (I will never ever do a "as cited by" again before reading the paper myself)

An Overview for Implementation

Humanistic Inquiry in the AI Era

Part 1 of a conversation on leadership, communication, and uncertainty

2025 Connected Learning Summit closing keynote by Dr. Danaé Metaxa at UC Irvine on October 10, 2025. In this keynote, Danaé argues that K-12 computing educat...

Why faculty members need to shift the balance of class time from first exposure to skills practice.

Last week, many textbook authors received this notice about the settlement of a $1.5 billion class action lawsuit against Anthropic, the AI company that makes Claude, for stealing our textbooks and other academic work.

As headlines report The Beatles used artificial intelligence to create a new song featuring John Lennon's voice, Verity Harding says the international frenzy shows just how unprepared we are for the new technological age.

✅ Get 40% off 3 months of Coursera Plus: https://imp.i384100.net/c/2464514/3102764/14726The sheer volume of updates in #Gemini 3.0 is overwhelming, but not e...

“I started out as an academic integrity prescriptivist. I was the hard-nosed.”“There’s really only three main ways that we can ask students to demonstrate academic integrity: Trust, Verification, Observation.”In this 41st episode of The Opposite of Cheating Podcast, David talks with Thomas J. Tobin, an educational developer and consultant with decades of experience, to challenge the punitive paradigms that dominate academic integrity conversations. Sharing his personal transformation from “academic integrity prescriptivist” to UDL champion, Tom walks listeners through a powerful framework for promoting honesty in learning environments: Trust, Verification, and Observation.He emphasizes how lowering barriers—around time, grades, due dates, and communication—can dramatically reduce student pressure and cheating behavior. Rather than defaulting to surveillance and restriction, Tom calls on instructors to make design choices that respect learner variability and build integrity by default.Listeners will learn how…

AI Mode tells us that on a bookshelf, "spines traditionally face inward". Pretty dumb, right?Or is it?

The best way to build a mental habit is to make the physical motions associated with it second nature

Relying heavily on AI doesn’t only stifle critical thinking.

After watching strangers build apps overnight, I finally tested vibe coding myself. It was chaotic, addictive, and surprisingly empowering.

Last week in the credit-bearing course I co-teach, we asked students to listen to a podcast episode from MIT Technology Review about how AI is impacting the job application process. Listening to the spirited classroom discussion led me to reflect on my own job search this year and the role AI may have—or may not

Before a teacher implements AI tools in her classroom, here are some questions that she should consider.