Just thinking about how hard people work in schools this month, every year. August is so brutal. So many people, such intense collaboration, high energy everywhere, and eventual fatigue - all to ensure a strong start and solid foundation for the school year.

Excellent advice for all school leaders. Creating a powerful culture of growth means that all school community members should embrace the opportunity to learn. learningforward.org/2025/08/13/s...

Searches on Safari dipped for the first time in 22 years, Apple’s Eddy Cue admits, and it’s because more people are using AI instead of Google fortune.com/2025/05/08/a...

Instructional coaching is one factor many school leaders agree is essential for supporting teachers’ work & students’ learning, especially when coach time is protected for actual coaching. The importance of instructional coaching, now and in the future www.nwea.org/blog/2025/th...

This week's 60 Minutes bit on AI at DeepMind. "It learns like a human being might learn... It's the duality of these types of systems that they're able to do incredible things..." www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XF-...

One of the most interesting TED talks I've ever watched. Awkward, relevant, tense, and with insights that point to a possible future. I think OpenAI's Sam Altman is sincere in his desire to help humanity, and maybe in a little over his head. www.ted.com/talks/sam_al...

Terrific SchoolAI interview of Oak Canyon Portuguese teacher Priscila Prestes, wherein she discusses the importance of feedback for student learning, and how AI can be used to provide efficient and timely feedback when students need it most. schoolai.com #AIinEdu

Great to be able to facilitate a discussion today at Utah's Personalized, Competency-Based Learning Summit! Terrific thinking by participants. It's an exciting time to be in education. Here are the slides we shared. bit.ly/AIforPCBL #AIinEdu #EdChat

Fascinating patterns have been discovered in how LLMs generate academic writing. Study here: arxiv.org/abs/2406.07016

Interesting Cornell piece on how writing is changing. I still wonder what it means to create, and how well we’ll cite our sources in future works. The Widespread Adoption of Large Language Model-Assisted Writing Across Society buff.ly/J2FJOv0 #EdRes#EdResearch #AI

Fascinating findings, important area for future research. Educator Attention: How computational tools can systematically identify the distribution of a key resource for students buff.ly/3CZ2fAo #EdResearch

Interesting and helpful list of studies, not all peer-reviewed, but helpful. Also still fascinating to see various perspectives on what constitutes "high quality" research. buff.ly/4hVU1Iq #AIinEdu #AIinEducation #PHDChat

Looking forward to an exciting #UCET25! Hope to see you at either of my sessions or around the Salt Palace. 👍🏼 What do you hope to learn this week?

I agree there’s still a lot of confusion in schools about what “AI” is and what it isn’t. The Defining Problem for AI and Education https://buff.ly/41s5sBT #AIinEdu

Excellent metaphor describing its current state. “Digital plastic is, like its physical counterpart, synthetic, ubiquitous, helpful and potentially toxic.” GenAI as Digital Plastic: Understanding Synthetic Media Through Critical AI Literacy https://buff.ly/4i2T80p #AIinEdu #DigCit

The more students and teachers understand about AI and its shortcomings, the more critical thinking they’ll practice in its use. Addressing AI Use Proactively in the Classroom https://buff.ly/3X2Od7s #AIinEdu #EduSky

What implications do these findings have for teachers, coaches, and schools? journals.plos.org/mentalhealth... #AIinEdu #EdChat

I love that UEN has started to develop this toolkit for educators, which includes their HUMAN framework, links to research, and a self-paced course for them to learn more. When teachers learn, students benefit. #AIinEdu #ProfessionalLearning #EduSky https://buff.ly/40SEq52

Strong, practical ways to move forward, by Richard Culatta. This is real #EdReform. The Real Way to Stop Cheating in an AI World https://buff.ly/4gJQrzw #EdChat #AIinEdu

Terrific work by Stanford! I wish more K-12 teachers were familiar with the research. Repository - Generative AI in Education Hub https://buff.ly/4aYhc22 #edchat #AIinEdu

Even in K-12, teachers should ask themselves “who is doing the thinking” when designing student learning experiences. Higher order prompting: Applying Bloom’s revised taxonomy to the use of LLMs in higher education https://buff.ly/4gA0G9u #AIinEdu #Blooms

While some in education might say Goodhart's Law applies to the use of common formative assessments, others would argue that working toward an assessment-measured goal can produce collective teacher efficacy. What are your thoughts? #Leadership #SchoolImprovement

"...The best possibility for true student growth and improved learning comes from letting go of all-encompassing control in favor of empowering teachers to make real decisions based on their knowledge and expertise." Jim Knight https://buff.ly/4hKCulZ #EduCoach #Leadership

I love this @ddmeyer.bsky.social bit, comparing canceling your gym membership with sticking with challenging schoolwork: “…it is people who help us do the difficult things we need to do.” https://buff.ly/3WROx94 #EduSky #Persistence

Outstanding list of ten leadership skills Instructional Coaches learn as a regular part of their work. So fun to see Kim Cofino shine in her coaching work with international schools! Coaching Skills Aren't Just for Coaches: Coaching As Leadership https://buff.ly/3Q66GMw #EduCoaching #Leadership

Terrific Tim O'Reilly post that describes the history of change in computer programming. AI simply brings one more iteration. "There’s a lot of chatter in the media that software developers will soon lose their jobs to AI. I don’t buy it." https://buff.ly/3EoftXL #CS #EduSky #AIinEdu

"Students' sleep, classroom behaviour, exercise or how long they spend on their phones overall also seems to be no different for schools with phone bans and those without..." https://buff.ly/3Q5zlkN #EduSky

Excellent list of scaffolding techniques. I hope to use multiple in my upcoming teaching sessions.

So much to consider here, powerful reflection material for coaches and those who work in the people improvement business. The Metacrisis, Our Fears and the Road to Authoritarianism https://buff.ly/3CEKmX9 #instructionalcoaching #growth

Excellent Stanford piece on AI’s role as a learning partner. “We believe AI’s role in education isn’t to eliminate struggle but to enhance it.” Productive Struggle: The Future of Human Learning in the Age of AI https://buff.ly/40GbeOF #AIinEdu #DeepLearning

This list will change in six months, but offers a nice look at how AI can be used within each stage of the ADDIE #instructionaldesign process. Optimal AI Models for Instructional Design (Feb, 2025) #AIinEdu

OpenAI's Operator can now write an essay in Google Docs, using your own account, at a speed that mimics human typing. Gone are the days of using version history to verify a paper's authenticity. https://buff.ly/40M7cEe #AIinEdu #EduSky

Fascinating to see so many in Higher Ed proclaim that the flipped classroom is now the only viable option. What does this drastic shift mean for K12? How long will our teachers continue to pretend that K12 students don’t have constant access to AI? #AIinEdu

Excellent early review of initial studies, which confirm what every great teacher already knows: Pedagogy first. The Impact of Gen AI on Human Learning: a research summary https://buff.ly/3Cp2hRK #AIinEdu #DeepLearning

With so much dooms day fear-mongering out there recently about the use of #AIinEdu, I'd like to reemphasize what AJ Juliani has written: AI is not going away, no matter how much we wish it were. Our task as school leaders is to prepare others to use it well.

This knee-jerk reaction from the Utah legislature and those who enforce it does nothing more than cause additional student interest in reading banned books.

Looking forward to facilitating an Insight Session during the #NDPD Virtual Deep Learning Lab on Feb 19! In my session we’ll focus on AI-Driven Deep Learning. Register: https://buff.ly/4jBu7Lm Agenda: https://buff.ly/4jxc3ln #DeepLearning

I appreciate the motivation segment of this framework. Terrific addition to knowledge, skills, and dispositions. What Do Schools Need to Teach in an Age of AI? www.nais.org/magazine/ind... #EdReform #EdChat #AIinEdu

True innovation often happens on the fringes! I love seeing this terrific work from David Wiley related to the overlap of Gen AI, #OER, and learning objects. The OELMs Architecture: The Technical Power of Generative AI Meets the Participatory Power of OER https://buff.ly/4jz0QAU #OpenEd #AIinEdu

Help me out, folks. When did substack become the new blogspot? #EduBlog

I like many of the ideas here, but think we’re still a ways from entering the “mature” phase of #AIinEdu. Rapid improvements in AI capabilities alone will require playing catch up in the coming years. 2025: Into the Mature Phase of Teaching with AI https://www.edtechdigest.com/2025/01/23/2025-into…

Excellent “cooler heads prevailing” approach to the educational use of AI in schools. Nice work by ASCD and Douglas Reeves. 👏🏼 Ensuring Authentic Student Work in the Age of AI https://buff.ly/40so2YF #AIinEdu #AIinEducation #Edchat

In our district, we’ve enlisted teacher specialists to investigate, then determine the district supported solutions for our 4,500+ teachers. For some systems, our district covers licensing for teachers. #AIinEdu aeg.alpineschools.org/ai-tools/

This has so much positive potential, and I’m really looking forward to seeing how it goes wrong. “Sorry, that flight ‘you’ booked for Maimi, FL? You’re actually going to Miami, OH, instead.” OpenAI’s Operator Lets ChatGPT Use the Web for You https://www.wired.com/story/openai-sets-chatgpt-loose-on…

I wonder how additional research will play out. Is this a case of the Dunning-Kruger effect?

I've been thinking about this concept of IT manager as head of HR for the last few weeks, and what this very possible future might look like for schools. #AIinEdu #AIinEducation

When should AI be used to improve efficiency, and when should it be avoided? “Our research demonstrates a significant negative correlation between the freq use of AI tools and critical thinking abilities, mediated by cognitive offloading.” #AIinEducation www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/15...

Thank you @mishellbaker.bsky.social for articulating so well how to focus on the beautiful things that make life wonderful! I wish you the best in your wellness and journey.

When I see cartoon-like AI generated images included in articles, presentations, or elsewhere, my immediate impression is that the other content in the article or presentation is of lesser quality, regardless of the publication or presenter. Why is that? Am I the only one with this cruel AI bias?