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Leon Furze
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PhD candidate and consultant working with and sometimes against AI in education. Leonfurze.com / practicalaistrategies.com
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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
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September 20, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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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
August 30, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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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
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August 12, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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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...
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August 1, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Felix has claimed the throne #cats #catsofbluesky
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July 31, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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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
July 26, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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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
July 20, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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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
From cover of ebook Rethinking Assessment for Generative Artificial Intelligence 2025 by Leon Furze. Abstract shapes as artwork.
July 14, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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Did I learn that Milligram was doing a make your own Kaweco pen thing and drag my kids half way across town just to make me a pen?

Yes. Yes I did.

No regrets. 🖊️

#FP #kaweco #writer #FPSunday
July 13, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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I think I have reached peak desk. #DesksOfBluesky #LED #Desky
Photo of a desk. A walnut sit stand desk in the sitting position with an iMac on a riser and a MacBook Pro on a stand. The desk is backlit by blue LED lights. The wall behind the desk has two paintings and an Indonesian hanuman mask.
July 9, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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Resource number 2: How to spot a deepfake mailchi.mp/leonfurze/de...
July 6, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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New resource: How to spot a deepfake. Free 20+ page guide for educators with examples. Hot tip: it’s harder than you think. mailchi.mp/leonfurze/de... #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #EduSky
Screenshots of the PDF guide “how to spot a deepfake” showing front cover, a real or fake comparison, and an AI generated image of a plane crash
July 6, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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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...

Full piece in the image 👇

#ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #EduSky #FlashFicFriday
Screenshot of flashfic. text reads: 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. The university sent coordinates for an invigilated exam centre. No online option since SynthID breaches spiked and the online proctoring system fell to pieces. “Presence ensures integrity.” Integrity, Khai thinks, doesn’t pay for diesel or filters for his inhaler. Two days later, eyes gritty, he reaches the prefab hall. An invigilator scans his irises as Khai grips the silver ball that confirms his humanity in a 256-bit encrypted hash. The proctor checks his bag and pats him down for AI wearables, gestures toward a plastic booth. Ten other students sit hunched, each with a bottle of rationed water and a silent dread that the algorithmic detector will still cast its doubt. Khai writes fast. Outside, wind thumps the wall with ash. He finishes early, signs the honour declaration, and begins the long drive home, where the fires keep moving and the degree he’s chasing may arrive too late to matter. hashtag#artificialintelligence hashtag#aieducation hashtag#flashfic
July 4, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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New course coming soon! Sign up here to stay up to date, receive free resources, and get a discount on launch in Term 3 #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #EduSky mailchi.mp/leonfurze.co...
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July 2, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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Be more like a bee 🐝. LLMs aren’t creative, but we are. #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #EduSky
June 28, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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Check out this week's newsletter for advice on moving beyond "prompt engineering", the threat of Digital Plastic, and an exclusive new community for school principals. mailchi.mp/leonfurze.co... #artificialintelligence #aieducation
June 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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The weekly newsletter keeps on growing and improving! Check it out and subscribe here for up to date info on AI in education mailchi.mp/leonfurze.co... #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #EduSky #newsletter #mailinglist
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June 22, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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Google Veo3 is amazing for breaking online oral assessments about Jane Austen 🎉 #deepfake #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #EduSky
June 17, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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RSS is 💯 still a thing. Check out this new feed of articles related to #AI and #education. Updated regualrly with whatever catches my 👁️

leonfurze.com/ai-reads/

#ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #EduSky
June 16, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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About once every 12 months I update my website (I like to pretend that I still know how to write HTML and stuff, like when I was 14...). Check out the latest zingy freshness at leonfurze.com

#ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #EduSky #Website leonfurze.com
June 15, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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In Meta’s privacy shitfest of an AI app, you have to use this kinda-double-negative to opt OUT of all your prompts being available to the public feed. Don’t not share my not prompts please. #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #EduSky
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June 15, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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Come and chuck us a follow on the newsletter! Almost at 10,000 subs for the weekly update: mailchi.mp/leonfurze.co... #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #EduSky
June 14, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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I've written before about the need to balance domain and technological expertise to work with AI but something has been missing.

In this post, I explore situated expertise: the reflexive, contextual capacity to apply and…

https://leonfurze.com/2025/06/13/three-dimensions-of-expertise-for-ai/
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June 13, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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Teaching AI Ethics is getting a new site. CC BY NC SA resources for educators talking about AI. #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #EduSky #AIEthics
June 8, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Teaching AI Ethics 2025: Truth.

The third post in the series reflects on what has changed (and what hasn't) in two years of AI and "truth", plus some thoughts on what truth means in education.

The whole series of CC articles…

https://leonfurze.com/2025/06/04/teaching-ai-ethics-2025-truth/
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June 4, 2025 at 2:09 AM