In our new commentary for the Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching, we explore everything we have learned after two years of working on the AI Assessment Scale AIAS #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation#AIEdu#AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu

In this week’s newsletter: a new publication about the metaphor of GenAI as digital plastic. Plus, last chance to sign up for free resources including a 45-min free webinar on assessment released to the list on Monday Sign up here: mailchi.mp/leonfurze.co... #artificialintelligence #aied

The concept of "digital plastic" in generative AI highlights its characteristics: cheap, malleable, ubiquitous, and persistent. This framework promotes critical AI literacy through classroom strategies #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation#AIEdu#AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu

I surveyed over 3000 educators from a subgroup of my mailing list, representing teachers from Australia, the US, Europe, South America, South Africa, and the UK and all sectors including K-12, higher ed, vocational, education support, and edtech: What do educators want to learn about GenAI? #AI

PD for GenAI isn't a "one and done" event - it needs to fit with teachers' existing disciplinary expertise and their deep, contextual understanding of what it means to teach. #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation#AIEdu#AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu

Time for the weekly. Sign up for updates from the blog, articles on GenAI in education, and a series of free resources published throughout July-August. Linky: mailchi.mp/leonfurze/me... #artificialintelligence #aieducation

What is Critical AI Literacy, and how might metaphors be used to teach it? We explore these questions in a new Open Access article in JIME. #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation#AIEdu#AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu

The Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector is the ideal place for experimentation with GenAI, both for educators and for small to medium enterprise owners. This post explores why and how. #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation#AIEdu#AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu

Wow, I'm really enjoying this collection of flash fic by @leonfurze.com about a post-AIpocalyptic future. "Khai’s rust-red ute rattles past a sign melted in last summer’s blaze: “Dubbo 311 km.” The riverbeds are chalk. Smoke from an inland burn mixes with dust. The sky tastes like ground pepper."

A free collection of flash fic about digital technologies and education. These stories were originally published in June-August 2025 on LinkedIn. #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation#AIEdu#AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #FlashFic #Writing #Writers

These 5 Principles for rethinking assessment were important before GenAI, but now they're even more relevant. In this article, I explore why validity, authenticity, transparency and trust are key to assessment. #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation#AIEdu#AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu

New podcast ep.! leonfurze.com/2025/08/15/p... #POSSE #writing #writer

Une récente lettre ouverte, lancée par des universitaires australiens et américains, appelant à la #résistance et au rejet de l' #intelligenceartificielle générative, a suscité de nombreuses discussions ces dernières semaines. @leonfurze.com #enseignants #EduSky

Les #jeunes sont adaptables, compétents, curieux et capables, et nous avons besoin de discussions plus nuancées que des approches binaires inutiles sur la question de savoir si l' #IA favorise ou nuit à l' #apprentissage. @leonfurze.com #EduSky

Throughout July and August I'm publishing free resources including 5 eBooks & a series of mini-PD: 1. 👇How to use ChatGPT 2. How to use Google Gemini 3. How to use Claude 4. How to use Copilot mailchi.mp/leonfurze.co... #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #EduSky

New blog post! About, with, through, without, against: Five ways to Learn AI leonfurze.com/2025/08/12/a... #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #EduSky

"Not quite as embarrassing as Altman’s Death Star post, Ethan Mollick’s breathless endorsement of GPT-5 -- 'GPT-5: It just does stuff' -- already looks like an ad for New Coke." - @bcmerchant.bsky.social www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/gpt-5-is-a...

New blog post! About, with, through, without, against: Five ways to Learn AI leonfurze.com/2025/08/12/a... #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #EduSky

Throughout July and August I'm publishing free resources including 5 eBooks & a series of mini-PD: 1. 👇How to use ChatGPT 2. How to use Google Gemini 3. How to use Claude 4. How to use Copilot mailchi.mp/leonfurze.co... #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #EduSky

A few interesting things are happening around open source artificial intelligence, and even if you haven't been paying much attention to generative AI beyond the big name brands like ChatGPT, I think this is something that you should take a look at. #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation#AIEdu#AIEdu

Last week, I wrote an essay about the failure of large-language models to understand the rules of chess in the way that humans do. Was I scared by the release of GPT5 yesterday? Reader, I was not. ***THESE TOOLS CAN'T THINK*** blog.mathieuacher.com/GPT5-Illegal...

New podcast ep.! Leon Furze argues that the real tension with AI and writing isn’t “death of writing” but purpose. When schools prize the product over the process, generative AI flattens the whole writing cycle, letting students jump from “I need a piece” straight to publication. #AI #AIEducation

OpenAI claims to be pursuing a "moonshot" in education. Today I provide a short annotated guide to what that "moonshot" entails, with nods to @mikecaulfield.bsky.social @simonwillison.net @audreywatters.bsky.social @leonfurze.com @janerosenzweig.bsky.social and especially @heymrsbond.com

Altman has just insulted every PhD in the world with his claim for his AI system's "upgrade." It also claims there are 3 Bs in "blueberry." @leonfurze.com, shared (on LinkedIn) this result from ChatGPT 5's image generation:

GPT-5 has been released - but does it live up to the hype? In this article, I'm going to run through some of the key moments from the launch and compare it to my initial experience using the upgraded AI. #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation#AIEdu#AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu

I'm Leon Furze, and in this free PD video, I walk through the features of both the free and paid versions of ChatGPT. From Study Mode to Deep Research, I explain how educators can get the most from the tool. Subscribe for more videos throughout August. #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #Free

Nothing to do with #AI but seriously peacock feathers can shoot laser beams if you just try hard enough 🦚 arstechnica.com/science/2025...

An excellent summary of OpenAI's full-throttle assault on global education systems. We have met the enemy, and it is Altman.

OpenAI's recent partnership with Instructure's Canvas Learning Management System furthers its aggressive entry into education. While claiming to support students and teachers, it's part of a bigger plan to influence education from policy level down to the clasroom #artificialintelligence #aied

New podcast ep.! Leon Furze contrasts Tim Berners-Lee’s 1989 vision of an open, decentralised World Wide Web with the “Narrow Web” of 2025—an internet funnelled through half-a-dozen corporate platforms. #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation#AIEdu#AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu

Time for the weekly! Join over 10,000 educators for a weekly digest from the blog, plus articles and resources to support balanced conversations about the practical and ethical concerns of genAI in education #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #EduSky mailchi.mp/leonfurze/op...

Time for the weekly! Join over 10,000 educators for a weekly digest from the blog, plus articles and resources to support balanced conversations about the practical and ethical concerns of genAI in education #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #EduSky mailchi.mp/leonfurze/op...

New podcast ep.! Leon Furze contrasts Tim Berners-Lee’s 1989 vision of an open, decentralised World Wide Web with the “Narrow Web” of 2025—an internet funnelled through half-a-dozen corporate platforms. #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation#AIEdu#AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu

Felix has claimed the throne #cats #catsofbluesky

OpenAI's recent partnership with Instructure's Canvas Learning Management System furthers its aggressive entry into education. While claiming to support students and teachers, it's part of a bigger plan to influence education from policy level down to the clasroom #artificialintelligence #aied

ChatGPT has released its new 'Study Mode'. What is it, and will it actually help students to learn? Or is it simply a way for OpenAI to reclaim territory from third party edtech? #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation#AIEdu#AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu

A recent open letter calling for educators and academics to resist AI has divided the education community. But we should be directing our anger at the right people, and not at one another. #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation#AIEdu#AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu

Sign up to receive your 200 page free eBook: Teaching AI Writing #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation#AIEdu#AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu

Google veo3 is just… really weird. Maybe don’t put in a selfie and the prompt: Delete frame one. Jump cut on every second frame starting with frame one. Hylerlapse through increasingly cyberpunk scenario as the man starts to scream into the void. #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #EduSky

New podcast ep! Leon Furze argues that “lesson planning” is a dynamic act of design and reflection, yet AI platforms keep packaging it as a downloadable product: click a button, get a plan. That noun‑based mindset deprofessionalises teachers. #artificialintelligence #aieducation

We think the end of school exam is a lot of things: but is our thinking stuck on unhelpful ideas? If we treat the exam differently, how might it change our assessments and attitudes towards AI? #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation#AIEdu#AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu

This post distills everything I've learned so far from testing OpenAI's Agents, including all available tools and code functions. It includes a 20 minute walkthrough video of a range of tasks. #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation#AIEdu#AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu

Recently I’ve been sharing lots of free resources as I gear up for my 2025 courses. Tomorrow’s is the Teaching AI Ethics ebook. You can sign up here and grab them all: mailchi.mp/leonfurze.co... #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #EduSky

Want to see OpenAI’s newly hyped “Agent” in action? Prepare to be amazed at all the things it can’t actually do. #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #EduSky leonfurze.com/2025/07/19/i...

“Time Saved” is the Wrong Measurement for Teacher Workload and AI Leon Furze dismantles recent headlines claiming AI can “save teachers six weeks a year.” He shows how time‑saved tallies in the Walton Foundation/Gallup survey and Microsoft’s Copilot pilot gloss over what tasks are being sped…

Don't fall for the hype. Despite what you've seen on social media, OpenAI's Agents don't work yet. Here are my initial impressions. #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation#AIEdu#AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu

Leon Furze (@leonfurze.com) has done a great job of evaluating the so-called ‘deep’ research capabilities of generic LLMs, concluding that they may be OK ‘for businesses & individuals whose job it is to produce lengthy, seemingly accurate reports that no one will actually read’.

🙏🏼 to you, & to Helen Beetham! What shocks me about “AI Agents” is that AI companies are saying the quiet part out loud—that the object of their desire is to replace human agency. To achieve that, they rely on narratives of progress, FOMO, & appeals to human laziness. It’s a trap—but in the open.

Free resource number three: Rethinking Assessment for GenAI 2025. A 200 page ebook curated from my 2023-2025 posts on GenAI and assessment. Get it here: mailchi.mp/leonfurze/as... #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #EduSky

Free resource number three: Rethinking Assessment for GenAI 2025. A 200 page ebook curated from my 2023-2025 posts on GenAI and assessment. Get it here: mailchi.mp/leonfurze/as... #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #EduSky