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Forget Prompt Engineering—Teachers Have the Real AI Superpower: Plussy & Vibeprompting Explained | Some Quick Thoughts*
Once upon a time, Clippy bounced onto our screens with an enthusiastic “It looks like you’re writing a letter!” and a well-meaning (but often unhelpful) set of suggestions. Clippy, Microsoft’s infamous Office Assistant, was an early attempt at making AI useful in our workflows. While it never quite got there, Clippy walked so today’s AI Read more
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What happens when students stop seeing AI as a shortcut and start using it to think?
This Teacher’s Journal: Blog Post 8 | March 7, 2025 This week, my students’ unscripted screen recordings revealed something unexpected. Perhaps skeptics became converts? Perhaps AI became a tool for deeper inquiry? But I also reflected on a new challenge that might be emerging: Could the ways we teach and work with AI create a Read more
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Questions Asked and Answered: “How Can We Use AI to Shape Inquiry Questions in History?”
A reader asked: “Hints pls. How can we use AI to shape enquiry questions?” This is an important and timely question. AI can assist in refining the wording and articulation of inquiry questions, but should we rely on AI to generate them outright? I’d argue no. The power of inquiry lies in students developing a Read more
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The VUCA Teacher – Navigating Disintermediation in the AI Age | Some Quick Thoughts
The VUCA Teacher: Agile, Ethical, and Essential in an AI-Driven World There is an ancient Chinese curse: May you live in interesting times. I certainly believe the times are interesting. As I sit at home, waiting for Tropical Cyclone Alfred to make landfall, I reflect on the instability of the world around me. The Trump-Vance Read more
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What happens when students are asked to use AI not just to find answers, but to help them to think critically?
This Teacher’s Journal: Blog Post 7 | February 28, 2025 This week, I pushed hard – harder than expected – to challenge assumptions about technology, inquiry, and the very nature of learning. What unfolded revealed to me some deep gaps in search literacy, possibly an over-reliance on hard structuring, and a troubling reluctance by some Read more
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Is senior schooling more about performance than learning?
This Teacher’s Journal: Blog Post 6 | February 28, 2025 Perhaps, schools have become factories of performance, where measurable results matter more than curiosity, critical thinking, or intellectual growth. If so AI might do more than threaten traditional assessment models. Maybe it’ll also exposing an even bigger flaw in education: what if schooling itself has Read more
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