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DavidPBLRoss
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Former CEO of Partnership for 21st Century Learning. Former Senior Director Buck Institute for Education. Current Gen AI in Education advisor, writer, speaker. Web: www.davidpblross.org/splash
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The team at Evergreen Education is offering a free webinar for parents. Sign up for Parenting + AI here evergreen-parents.kit.com/parentemail #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #parenting
Parenting AI Night (Webinar)
AI is here. The Schools are changing--is your Parenting? Virtual webinar for parents who want to know how to support their kids in the Age of AI. Come learn a framework for talking with kids and get a...
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November 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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New study shows AI enhances teacher development via @physorg_com
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New study shows AI enhances teacher development
Research from the Manchester Institute of Education offers vital early insights into how AI tools can be responsibly and effectively embedded into teacher training. The preliminary findings from year ...
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November 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Teachers fear AI could weaken critical thinking — Mark Cuban says it can do the opposite and build better leaders via @businessinsider www.businessinsider.com/mark-cuban-s... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #criticalthinking #markcuban
Teachers fear AI could weaken critical thinking — Mark Cuban says it can do the opposite and build better leaders
Oxford researchers and professors warn that AI is eroding deep thought, but Mark Cuban says mastering it will define the next generation of leaders.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Teaching responsible use of GenAI in graduate studies via @timeshighered www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/teach... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #aiethics #gradschool
Teaching responsible use of GenAI in graduate studies
When graduate students learn to use AI transparently, to seek approvals, respect Indigenous consent and critically assess outputs, they develop skills essential for both academic success and professio...
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November 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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A California teacher’s students suddenly started getting A’s. Did a @Google AI tool go too far? Via @mercnews www.mercurynews.com/2025/11/10/a... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #google
A California teacher’s students suddenly started getting A’s. Did a Google AI tool go too far?
Some teachers say that AI tools, particularly Google Lens, have made it impossible to enforce academic integrity in the classroom — with potentially harmful long-term effects on students’ learning.…
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November 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Google’s latest experiment, Mixboard, could be a game-changer for #PBL teachers. It’s a visual, collaborative AI-powered workspace that integrates with Classroom, Drive, and Gemini. Here’s how to get started. open.substack.com/pub/davidpbl... #AIinEducation #GoogleMixboard #EdTech #Projects #PBL
Mixboard and PBL: A New AI Tool for Student Collaboration and InquiryExplore how Google’s
If you’re a teacher experimenting with AI or project-based learning, you’ll want to take a look at Google’s latest experiment: Mixboard. Still in beta, this digital whiteboard integrates seamlessly wi...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Teachers beware. SoBrief, a new AI tool, opens with this statement: “Read any book in 10 minutes.” This book-summary platform condenses non-fiction into quick reads or listens. sobrief.com #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #AItools #reading
SoBrief: 26,000+ Free Book Summaries | Audio, PDF & EPUB
Read any book in 10 minutes. 100% free to read. Fiction and non-fiction summaries. Audio in 40 languages. World's largest summary catalog. Read Top 100 Books of All Time. Free PDF/EPUB downloads. No s...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Can AI Foster Equity in Education? Via @UMDCollegeofEd education.umd.edu/news/11-08-2... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #equity #edpolicy
Can AI Foster Equity in Education? | UMD College of Education
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been called many things, but “equalizing force” probably doesn’t leap to mind for most people.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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OpenAI Introduces the Teen Safety Blueprint via @openAI openai.com/index/introd... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #teensafety #mentalhealth
November 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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NotebookLM update: You can create flashcards to memorize key terms from your uploaded documents and generate quizzes to test yourself via @google blog.google/technology/g... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #notebookLM
Create flashcards and quizzes in the NotebookLM app.
We’re rolling out a big update to the NotebookLM app this week.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Student AI Literacy Must Be Grounded in Disciplinary Ways of Knowing via @substack open.substack.com/pub/nickpotk... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #criticalthinking #AIliteracy
Why “Think Critically About AI” Isn’t Enough
Student AI Literacy Must Be Grounded in Disciplinary Ways of Knowing
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November 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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How Forward-Thinking Schools Are Shaping the Future of AI in Education via @edutopia www.edutopia.org/article/how-... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #edpolicy #edleadership
How Forward-Thinking Schools Are Shaping the Future of AI in Education
Districts across the country are creating new leadership roles, identifying best practices, and writing flexible policies to prepare students and teachers for an AI-driven world.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Professional Learning in an AI World: A Playbook for State and Local Leaders via @getting_smart www.gettingsmart.com/2025/11/06/p... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #professionallearning #edpolicy
Professional Learning in an AI World: A Playbook for State and Local Leaders
Close the digital design divide with strategies for state/local leaders to support sustained, tech-integrated professional learning in K-12 education.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Teaching the AI Native Generation via @oxfordpress fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com/... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #oxford #digitalnatives
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Teaching with AI: From Prohibition to Partnership for Critical Thinking via @facultyfocus (paywall) www.facultyfocus.com/articles/tea... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #criticalthinking
Teaching with AI: From Prohibition to Partnership for Critical Thinking
Learn how to move from banning to partnering with AI in the classroom. Discover scaffolded strategies for teaching with AI in higher education that foster critical thinking, responsible use, and meani...
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November 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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A Guide to AI in Schools: Perspectives for the Perplexed via @MIT tsl.mit.edu/wp-content/u... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #MIT #edpolicy
November 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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A Non-Transhumanist Vision for AI in Education via @DiscoveryCSC scienceandculture.com/2025/10/edif... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai
The Non-Transhumanist Vision of AI in Education
Edify your kids, don’t enhance them. We are organic beings, not gadgets to be improved with newer and better modules.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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How mathematics can reveal the depth of deep learning AI via @physorg phys.org/news/2025-11... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #math #deeplearning
Q&A: How mathematics can reveal the depth of deep learning AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly prevalent, integrated into phone apps, search engines and social media platforms as well as supporting myriad research applications. Of particular interest...
phys.org
November 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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The Learning Equality project offers Kolibri, an AI-enabled platform that delivers adaptive learning content completely offline — ideal for rural or low-connectivity regions learningequality.org/kolibri/abou... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #digitaldivide
November 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Just me, a jetlagged journalist wandering King’s Cross in winter, dodging knife-wielding pimps, petting wombat butts, and making kangaroo enemies I plan to eat later. open.substack.com/pub/davidpbl...
#TravelWriting #Memoir #AustraliaUnfiltered #WombatWisdom #JetLagDiaries #KangarooJustice
2. Knives and Claws
Kangaroo assaults, drag queens, wombat butts, and a failed search for an old flame — just another week Down Under. From dodging knife-wielding pimps in King’s Cross to petting Australia’s crankiest ma...
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November 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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In a First, AI Models Analyze Language As Well As a Human Expert via @quantamagazine www.quantamagazine.org/in-a-first-a... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #linguistics #semantics
In a First, AI Models Analyze Language As Well As a Human Expert | Quanta Magazine
If language is what makes us human, what does it mean now that large language models have gained “metalinguistic” abilities?
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November 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Anthropic and Iceland announce one of the world’s first national AI education pilots via @anthropic www.anthropic.com/news/anthrop... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #iceland #edpolicy #anthropic #claude
Anthropic and Iceland announce one of the world’s first national AI education pilots
Anthropic and Iceland announce national AI education pilot
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November 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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How AI is challenging the credibility of some online courses via @conversationUS theconversation.com/how-ai-is-ch... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #onlinelearning #highered #plagiarism
How AI is challenging the credibility of some online courses
AI agents can navigate course sites, consume materials and complete assignments, effectively simulating student engagement.
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November 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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School districts turn to AI to comply with new state laws about library book content via @texasstandard www.texasstandard.org/stories/texa... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #texas #books #reading #censorship
School districts turn to AI to comply with new state laws about library book content
Critics worry about AI giving school staff bad information, while advocates say this saves time.
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November 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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“Are your eyes lying to you? In schools, that’s no longer a philosophical question.”
My new blog: how deepfakes are invading classrooms — and what teachers can do about it. open.substack.com/pub/davidpbl...
#AI #Deepfakes #Education #DigitalLiteracy #Teachers #deepfakes
The Classroom Deepfake Dilemma
We’ve spent years teaching students to question what they read — but what happens when they can’t trust what they see or hear? In my latest blog, I explore how deepfakes are rewriting the meaning of t...
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November 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM