As an educator, especially as one who works with high school juniors and seniors, I have carefully watched the trends of how artificial intelligence (AI) is being used in business and industry. My seniors, if they follow a traditional path, are less than five years away from entering the permanent workforce. Clearly, there have been …
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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 …
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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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 …
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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Resources from AI Sessions — Fall 2024
It has been a busy first semester for me. In addition to my normal duties at Lutheran High School, I have had the opportunity to share about AI and education at several conferences. One of my challenges is that I tend to obsess about who my audience will be and how I can best help/serve …
Educators and De-Mystifying AI
I am thankful to have had the opportunity to engage with Lutheran educators in many areas of the country this summer and fall on the topic of artificial intelligence (AI). When I led a session in Illinois last month, I was struck by a comment after the session from one of the participants: "I was …
What I am Reading this Summer
With the intensity of the school year, it is difficult to keep up with all the reading I want to do. Fortunately, the summer months bring a respite to that intensity and allow me to ramp up my reading and new learning. I thought I would share some of the titles I am reading this …
What I Have Learned About AI and Education (Part Two)
Last week I shared some of the things that I have been learning about AI and education in my research and practical applications with students. I did not want the post to be too long and overwhelming, so I split the list into two segments. Therefore, it is time to publish Part Two: Transparency Vicki …
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