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391 episodes
The Cognitive Cost of AI and Convenience, an MIT Study
Review a summary of MIT's research paper, Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task.
AI in Focused Note-Taking, Step 5b: Applying Learning to the Real World
AI can enhance focused note-taking by facilitating the application of notes to real-world problems and contexts.
AI in Focused Note-Taking, Step 5a: Applying Learning to New Thinking
AI can enhance focused note-taking by facilitating the application of notes to new thinking.
AI in Focused Note-Taking, Step 4: Summarizing and Reflecting on Learning
Explore eight ways that AI can be integrated into the fourth step of AVID's focused note-taking process, which focuses on summarizing and reflecting on learning.
AI in Focused Note-Taking, Step 3: Connecting Thinking
Explore seven ways that AI can be integrated into the third step of AVID's focused note-taking process, which involves connecting thinking.
AI in Focused Note-Taking, Step 2: Processing Notes
Explore how AI can be integrated into the second step of AVID's focused note-taking process.
AI in Focused Note-Taking, Step 1: Taking Notes
Explore how AI can be integrated into the first step of the focused note-taking process.
Tech or No Tech? That Is Not the Only Question
Explore five guiding questions to determine if technology should be integrated into your lesson plan.
Checkology: Helping Students Discern Truth
Explore Checkology, the News Literacy Project's free virtual classroom that teaches students about news literacy.
Brookings AI Study, Part IV: Prosper, Prepare, and Protect—A Framework for Action
Explore Brookings’ Prosper, Prepare, Protect framework for AI in education, with 12 action steps to guide ethical, effective, and student-centered AI adoption.
Brookings AI Study, Part III: The Great Unwinding—Risks
Explore the potential risks of integrating AI into the classroom if overused or with no guardrails.
Brookings AI Study, Part II: The AI Teaching Dividend—Benefits
Explore the potential benefits of using AI in a K–12 classroom.
Brookings AI Study, Part I: Bending the Arc of AI in Education—An Overview
Review the Center for Universal Education at Brookings Institution's new study, A New Direction for Students in an AI Wor...
Khan Academy's Writing Coach
Help students become better writers with Writing Coach from Khan Academy.
Vibe Coding to Develop Critical Thinking Skills
Learn about vibe coding, a great way to introduce computer science skills to students while helping them develop critical thinking skills at the same time.
EnlightenAI: Your Virtual TA
Learn about EnlightenAI, a personalized AI assistant that teachers can leverage for grading, feedback, and data-driven instruction.
Resources for Keeping Current With EdTech
Peruse a collection of links, separated by topic, that you may want to bookmark and reference on a regular basis as a manageable way to stay on top of the latest in edtech.
OpenAI's Teen AI Literacy Blueprint
Review a five-part plan from OpenAI to develop AI literacy for teenagers.
EduGems
Explore a recent project from ed tech leader Eric Curts, who has developed a free website that shares a growing collection of premade AI Gems, which are custom prompts that have been designed and saved for educators to use as desired in Google ...
Generative AI Applications for the K–12 Classroom
Explore three strategies for teachers and seven student-facing practices for effectively using generative AI in K–12 classrooms.
ChatGPT's Deep Research
Discover the features and functionality of ChatGPT's Deep Research and compare the experience and results to Gemini Deep Research.
Gemini Deep Research
Explore the features and functionality of Google's Gemini Deep Research as well as how it might be implemented in the K–12 school setting.
Using AI Mode Within Google Search
Explore the features and functionality of Google Search's AI Mode.