THOUGHTS
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AI and learning? Everything has changed. And nothing has. The “everything” is obvious: AI tutors, automated assessments, rampant cheating, legit fear of replacement, and the potential of truly individualized learning. The learning landscape is facing enormous disruption. And yet: A few of the constants:👉 Intentionality: Great learning requires meaningful goals and meaningful assessment built from …
Question for you: what’s the most important factor in learning? 🧐 I’ve got a new Ways We Learn Podcast episode dropping tomorrow, and a bonus episode in a week, featuring Amin Shaykho of Kadama. Kadama is a tutoring app for the gig economy. It’s an awesome conversation about how Amin built the company and how …
How best to appreciate a teacher during National Teacher Appreciation Week? Tell them! 🧑🏫 My Latin teacher in 7-8 grades was Dr. Paul Pietrow. (He was Mr. Pietrow then — not yet a doctor, just a recent college graduate finding his way.) He only taught for three years before going to medical school and likely …
Yet 60% of teachers still don’t use it. 🤔Spoiler alert: it’s not their fault. Plenty of past EdTechs have claimed they will revolutionize teaching. Most have failed. Remember filmstrips? Interactive whiteboards? The list goes on and on. The difference with AI, as I’ve argued in past posts, is that no other EdTech can replace thinking. …
