EdTech & AI
AI Isn’t Ruining Student Thinking. Bad Task Design Might.
Is AI ruining student thinking? New research says the answer depends on task design, and a new EdReports study shows schools should demand evidence from the AI they buy.
Human Still Required
Grade Inflation Is a Signal Problem. AI Just Raised the Stakes.
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Human Still Required
Leading Schools: The Work Machines Can't Do. A practical guide for school leaders making high-stakes AI decisions without losing what makes education human.
New book
The Next Turn
Work, AI, and Human Expectations. What happens when AI and generational change hit the workplace at the same time, and how leaders can design for it.
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AI in the Classroom: Crafting Responsible Guidelines for Educators and Learners
This week I have had the pleasure of working with Singapore American School (SAS) in supporting educators around AI as well as starting to…
Washington State Releases K12 AI Guidance
I am proud to announce the first of many documents being released by the @waospi on guidance for K12 educators in the state of…
The Power of Ownership in Distance Learning
I know that many of you work with families/students who come from poverty. One thing we need to remind teachers is that what we’re…
Inequity Should Not Equal Inaction
It’s been a crazy March, to say the least. Here in the state of Washington schools have been closed since March 17th and will…
Virtual School Tips and Recommendations
NCCE 2020 here in Seattle has just wrapped up. NCCE (Northwest Council For Computer Education) being our regional ISTE sponsored conference with somewhere around…
You can be a Paperless Classroom or a Blended Learning Classroom, but you can’t be both.
Over the past few weeks, I have had a couple of conversations with teachers and people in the business world that I just want…
Whack-A-Mole Is Not A Classroom Management Strategy That Works
CAUTION: This software is not a classroom management strategy
Do you assess the process of learning or the product of learning?
How might you have to rethink your lesson/unit/approach so that you can gather, or collect something that shows learning occurring in the moment? What…
What is Engagement?
Last Saturday we had a thunderstorm move through Seattle…we don’t get them very often around here so a storm with over 2200 lightning strikes…
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Human Still Required
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