Tina Austin
@tina-austin.bsky.social
AI in Academia | Consultant | Partnering with and pushing back against AI in education
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Magnificent work on AI professional development for teachers from MIT's Katerina Bagiati, Claudia Urrea, Ph.D., Sharifa AlGhowinem, and Joe Diaz, along with co-authors Selma Talha Jebril, Maimoona Junjunia, and Reem Al-Sulaiti.
www.wise-qatar.org/demystifying...
www.wise-qatar.org/demystifying...
Demystifying AI: Preparing K-12 Teachers To Integrate AI Tools Into Their Practice - WISE
AI technologies have rapidly catalyzed major innovations and breakthroughs in recent years, particularly in generative AI (“genAI”), poised to transform education and workforce. This study by WISE in collaboration with the MIT pK-12 Initiative and MIT RAISE evaluates the effectiveness of short PD courses in preparing K–12 teachers to integrate AI into their teaching practices. The […]
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November 19, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Magnificent work on AI professional development for teachers from MIT's Katerina Bagiati, Claudia Urrea, Ph.D., Sharifa AlGhowinem, and Joe Diaz, along with co-authors Selma Talha Jebril, Maimoona Junjunia, and Reem Al-Sulaiti.
www.wise-qatar.org/demystifying...
www.wise-qatar.org/demystifying...
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MIT RAISE partners with Dubai Heights Academy to run hands-on workshops that introduced students in Years 5–10 to emerging technologies: raise.mit.edu/news/how-dub...
How Dubai Heights Academy Students Learned to Build With Emerging Tech | MIT RAISE
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December 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
MIT RAISE partners with Dubai Heights Academy to run hands-on workshops that introduced students in Years 5–10 to emerging technologies: raise.mit.edu/news/how-dub...
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If we want to talk seriously about AI and the future of assessment…
We need to talk about alternative grading.
We need to talk about whether deemphasizing grades through alternative assessment would better serve them, and help preserve classrooms as places of exploration and experimentation.
We need to talk about alternative grading.
We need to talk about whether deemphasizing grades through alternative assessment would better serve them, and help preserve classrooms as places of exploration and experimentation.
April 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
If we want to talk seriously about AI and the future of assessment…
We need to talk about alternative grading.
We need to talk about whether deemphasizing grades through alternative assessment would better serve them, and help preserve classrooms as places of exploration and experimentation.
We need to talk about alternative grading.
We need to talk about whether deemphasizing grades through alternative assessment would better serve them, and help preserve classrooms as places of exploration and experimentation.
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Can you use gen-AI responsibly, if the tools themselves were built through irresponsible methods?
Asking for a friend.
Asking for a friend.
May 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Can you use gen-AI responsibly, if the tools themselves were built through irresponsible methods?
Asking for a friend.
Asking for a friend.
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Here’s my worry about process-oriented teaching.
I worry that we’ll bring out students’ processes, so that we can measure them and evaluate them (and thus, flatten them out).
I worry that we’ll make the same mistake that we made with products, using process-teaching as a way to demand compliance.
I worry that we’ll bring out students’ processes, so that we can measure them and evaluate them (and thus, flatten them out).
I worry that we’ll make the same mistake that we made with products, using process-teaching as a way to demand compliance.
October 15, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Here’s my worry about process-oriented teaching.
I worry that we’ll bring out students’ processes, so that we can measure them and evaluate them (and thus, flatten them out).
I worry that we’ll make the same mistake that we made with products, using process-teaching as a way to demand compliance.
I worry that we’ll bring out students’ processes, so that we can measure them and evaluate them (and thus, flatten them out).
I worry that we’ll make the same mistake that we made with products, using process-teaching as a way to demand compliance.
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I almost always ask my students to self-assess their work before I weigh in.
Doing so makes my comments so much better.
Because I can ground my comments not only in the final process/product, but in their knowledge of that process/product.
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Image: a photo of the book I’m reading now.
Doing so makes my comments so much better.
Because I can ground my comments not only in the final process/product, but in their knowledge of that process/product.
——
Image: a photo of the book I’m reading now.
October 15, 2025 at 10:43 AM
I almost always ask my students to self-assess their work before I weigh in.
Doing so makes my comments so much better.
Because I can ground my comments not only in the final process/product, but in their knowledge of that process/product.
——
Image: a photo of the book I’m reading now.
Doing so makes my comments so much better.
Because I can ground my comments not only in the final process/product, but in their knowledge of that process/product.
——
Image: a photo of the book I’m reading now.
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What is OpenAI's Operator, and why do I think it's an important (if incomplete) part of the future of AI and digital technologies more broadly? New blog post:
leonfurze.com/2025/02/28/h...
#ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #EduSky
leonfurze.com/2025/02/28/h...
#ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #EduSky
Hands on with OpenAI's Operator
Learn about OpenAI's Operator. These kinds of application will redefine how we interact with web tasks and all of our digital devices.
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February 28, 2025 at 2:49 AM
What is OpenAI's Operator, and why do I think it's an important (if incomplete) part of the future of AI and digital technologies more broadly? New blog post:
leonfurze.com/2025/02/28/h...
#ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #EduSky
leonfurze.com/2025/02/28/h...
#ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #EduSky