"Wait till next year!" That was the rallying cry of fans of major league baseball's Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1940s and 1950s. These great Dodger teams were repeatedly stymied in their attempts for a World Series title, usually at the hands of their crosstown rival, the New York Yankees. Eventually, the Dodgers broke through, triumphing …
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AI Reading — January 2025
Here are some articles and other resources that I am reading about artificial intelligence (AI) and education this month. I provide some commentary, but some of the themes I will be expanding upon in future posts: Coming Soon -- Ph.D.-level super-agents -- Is this the year that AI moves from providing information to efficiently performing …
Luke 10 and Good Samaritan Insights
In 2024, I read through the entire Bible twice for my own growth, meditation, and learning. This year I am focusing on specific books and am reviewing a commentary on each book alongside the readings. My first chosen book for the year is the Gospel of Luke. One element I appreciate about Luke is that …
Suno AI Song Creation Activity and Leadership
If you are a regular reader of my posts, you know that I am attempting to embrace artificial intelligence (AI) tools and services for both personal learning and growth and to benefit my students' learning. Consequently, I was intrigued when I first discovered Suno, a service the creates songs in a variety of different genres …
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Advice For New Teachers
My wife and I are a part of a small group Bible study. Somehow the discussion moved from Acts 10 to my teaching experiences (I am not sure how that happened, but I went with the change!) I was asked about working with school parents today and whether they were challenging. Honestly and thankfully, at …
2025: A Year of Growth and Intention
What is the best way to reflect upon the past year and plan for the new year? Those are questions that I tackle this time of year. I have used a variety of approaches to this in the past -- long lists, focusing on key words, etc. This year I am making a series of …
Immanuel: What’s In a Name?
Lutheran churches have taken on a variety of names through the years. I grew up at Trinity Lutheran Church in Roselle, IL, a congregation established in 1910. This name evokes the Godly mystery of the one God in three persons that we worship. Many congregations adopted names of key Biblical figures, such as St. John's, …
Essential Minor Prophets
This post returns to the "faith" element of faithedtech.org. It stems from my recent reading of the minor prophets as I completed the entire Bible for the second time this year. For some reason (well...the Holy Spirit!) I was struck by the modern relevance of some of those prophetic writings from the Old Testament. The …
AI as an Adaptive Challenge
I was in Phoenix last week, leading several sessions with Lutheran educators. While I was there, I also heard a keynote address from Dr. Vanessa Seifert. In this presentation, she shared something that resonated with me -- the distinction between technical challenges and adaptive challenges. Technical challenges are problems we face where there is a …
Essential AI Questions For Prospective College Students
My high school seniors have been on my mind a lot recently. As they prepare to select colleges and graduate from our school, I am wondering what life and work will be like five years from now when many of them graduate from universities. I expect the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) to be immense …
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