AI for Educators
av Dan Fitzpatrick | The AI Educator
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What The Screen Time Debate Misses & How To Prepare Our Kids For AI
What The Screen Time Debate Misses & How To Prepare Our Kids For AI
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- What The Screen Time Debate Misses & How To Prepare Our Kids For AI · 41 minAre screen time bans protecting children, or taking away tools some need to learn? Discover the accessibility blind spot in the screen time debate and what it means for parents…
- Always-On AI Agents: What Schools Need to Know · 29 minOpenAI's always-on AI agents can now work around the clock. Here's what school leaders need to decide before they arrive in your district. This week's AI in education news…
- Flying Blind on AI in Schools · 28 minThe UN launched a child-protection AI coalition this week, while Stanford's review shows schools have almost no US classroom evidence to go on. This week's episode covers the UN…
- Can Schools Trust AI? Microsoft's President Responds · 34 minWhat should schools expect from the companies bringing AI into their classrooms? Microsoft President Brad Smith joins Dan Fitzpatrick to discuss the new AI Safety and Privacy…
- Why The Biggest School Districts Just Banned AI (and what happens next) · 22 minThe two biggest school districts in America pulled students back from AI this week. In the same 72 hours, the AI labs handed teachers everything for free. Dan walks through the…
- Standing in the Foothills: Inside The Educators' AI Guide 2027 · 17 minOur new book is out, so this episode is me walking through what's in it and why we made it. The Educators' AI Guide 2027 runs to 30 chapters from 28 educators across the world…
- Chatbot raises women’s grades seven points · 9 minWomen gained seven grade points with Mainstay, making chatbot student performance impossible to ignore in AI college courses. In this episode: • Women in an undergraduate…
- Ban pupil AI, train 100,000 teachers · 9 minRandi Weingarten AI policy pairs an elementary ban with training 100,000 teachers as Los Angeles Unified School District cuts screens. In this episode: • Randi Weingarten…
- Questions lift FORA retention to 83% · 9 minRetention jumped from 67% to 83% in Ayisha Irfan's AI for student thinking pilot at Forging Opportunities for Refugees in America. In this episode: • An AI Socratic method…
- ChatGPT Makes a Silent Character Speak · 8 minChatGPT makes a silent character speak, while AI in literature education shows why Emile Bernard’s Madeleine in the Bois d'Amour defeats pattern matching. In this episode: • AI…
- Five Tests for Classroom Technology · 8 minScreen time is a poor proxy for learning. AI in education policy should judge thinking, access, ethics and student data. In this episode: • The United States Department of…
- Google Gemini, ChatGPT Face Nine Rulebooks · 9 minNine neighbouring districts set different rules for the same technology, showing why AI policy school districts adopt must be clearer. In this episode: • Nine Central Florida…
- AI access approved two days pre-term · 9 minA school AI policy reversed an AI ban two days before term, leaving teachers to define supervised student AI use. In this episode: • The Shawnee Mission School Board's…
- 73 Percent Demand AI Assessment Redesign · 8 min73 percent of faculty faced AI integrity cases, making AI assessment redesign safer than relying on unreliable detectors. In this episode: • A striking 73 percent of faculty…
- Take-home HSC assessments face moratorium · 9 minHalf of each HSC result comes from school-based work, putting the AI impact on assessment and authentic student work under scrutiny. In this episode: • The Minns Government is…
- AI Boosted Homework, Cut Exams 20% · 9 minHomework rose 18% while exams fell 20%. The Generative AI Learning Penalty Evidence from Chinese Secondary Education tracked 26,811 students. In this episode: • A study of…
- No Unemployment Rise Among AI-Exposed Workers · 9 minNo systematic unemployment rise has emerged among AI-exposed workers since late 2022, as David Autor and Jed Kolko assess the AI impact on jobs. In this episode: • Despite…
- A Human-First SHAPE Framework in Schools · 11 minAI isn't neutral; it can amplify inequalities in schools unless we apply a human-first framework for responsible AI ethics education. In this episode: • The SHAPE framework…
- 500 Samples Per Second, Fairness Unresolved · 9 minA ball sampled movement 500 times a second, yet accuracy could not guarantee fairness. These AI governance lessons matter in schools. In this episode: • The 2026 World Cup's…
- AI Escapes Sandbox Through Zero-Day · 17 minAn AI with no direct internet access found a zero-day, escaped its sandbox and compromised production, reshaping AI model security. In this episode: • An AI system, including…
- AI Singularity · 10 minAn OpenAI model broke its sandbox to hack datasets at Hugging Face, confirming Sam Altman's claim that we are in the AI singularity. In this episode: • Sam Altman's AI…
- Could AI integration hollow out learning? · 11 minRolling out AI tools like Claude Enterprise could hollow out intellectual work, not enhance it, for students paying high tuition. In this episode: • The University of Chicago's…
- AI curriculum for 3.2 million pupils · 16 minAI education Punjab will reach 3.15 million pupils across more than 25,000 government schools from Class 1 to Class 12. In this episode: • Punjab is rolling out a comprehensive…
- A Humanoid Robot in Schools? · 13 minA New York school's $57,000 humanoid robot for students sparks teacher outrage over data security and its developer's controversial past. In this episode: • Salamanca high…
- Ethical AI Guidelines for Schools · 13 minStrathcona Girls Grammar School is already on its second iteration of school AI policy, proving policies must be living documents, not static rulebooks. In this episode: •…
- The $6 trillion education market · 11 minThe global education market is worth $6 trillion, and major AI builders like Anthropic and OpenAI are now offering free AI tools for educators. In this episode: • The global…
- Teach It, Don't Police It · 11 minOver one-third of entry-level jobs now demand AI skills. Universities must teach AI literacy and redesign assessments, not police tools like ChatGPT. In this episode: • Over…
- AI Bill of Rights for schools · 12 minStudents from all 50 states debated and voted on an AI Bill of Rights for schools, defining how AI should be used in classrooms. In this episode: • One hundred students from all…
- Forming citizens when AI can do the work · 12 min20% of all ChatGPT conversations are education-related and 40% of users are under 24. We must foster AI education citizenship now. In this episode: • An OpenAI study cited by…
- Rethinking edtech evaluation · 11 minTwo-thirds of teachers use AI, but only one in five edtech products has evidence of improving outcomes. In this episode: • Nearly two-thirds of teachers use AI, but only 20% of…
- AI detection & academic integrity · 10 minA student wrongly accused by Turnitin needed a court ruling to clear his name, highlighting profound AI detection false positives. In this episode: • A New York court cleared a…
- Are these future-proof careers? · 11 minOnly 47% of parents would recommend hands-on careers to their kids, despite experts saying these are the most AI proof career paths. In this episode: • Only 47% of parents…
- What employers now demand from new hires · 6 min100% of one bank department uses generative AI daily, proving AI isn't replacing expertise, but drastically raising the bar for it. In this episode: • A Harvard Business Review…
- AI, good intentions & falling math scores · 11 minA new study reveals a statistically significant drop in adolescent math scores after using an AI tutor for exam prep, despite students' good intentions. In this episode: • A…
- It's all about trust for both students and teachers · 15 minStudents have mixed feelings about trusting AI decisions in the classroom, but teachers overestimate student trust in AI systems. In this episode: • A "trust gap" exists in K-12…
- UN global dialogue for AI in schools · 8 minThe UN General Assembly's Global Dialogue on AI Governance offers a blueprint for how schools can approach AI policy and AI governance education. In this episode: • The UN…
- Emotional Intelligence: The Essential Skill · 11 minAs AI automates more tasks, employers like Anthropic now actively seek recruits with excellent emotional intelligence and people skills. In this episode: • Anthropic's…
- Maximizing capability gains for AI agents · 11 minAn AI system built software in 14 hours for $251, a task normally taking a human team months. This is AI agents in education. In this episode: • An AI system, Opus 4.7…
- Only 2% have an AI strategy · 10 minOnly 2% of secondary schools in England have a comprehensive AI strategy, despite AI already being embedded in teaching and learning. In this episode: • A new report reveals…
- Fable 5's return · 14 minThe most capable AI model ever released was shut down by the US government then returned, a wild saga with vital lessons for AI policy for schools. In this episode: •…
- DeepMind’s surprising Sierra Leone trial · 14 minAn AI tutor in Sierra Leone reportedly helped students gain a year of schooling in eight weeks, a claim even Google DeepMind cautions us to take with a grain of salt. In this…
- Navigating AI-generated content · 8 min70% of people can't spot AI deepfakes, leaving students vulnerable to hidden AI in advertising without proper AI literacy. In this episode: • A *Guardian* investigation revealed…
- AI Critical Thinking Education: Addressing Bias in Classroom AI · 9 minAlmost 30% of Saudi teachers already correct biased AI outputs, highlighting an urgent need for students to interrogate AI, not just trust it. In this episode: • A 2025 Saudi…
- AI and oracy skills: The most valuable graduate skill in the AI age · 9 min94% of students used AI in assessed work by 2026; learn why AI weakens core knowledge vital for genuine oracy. In this episode: • A 2026 Higher Education Policy Institute survey…
- AI for underserved classrooms: Powerful learning with no internet · 11 minAn AI maths tutor on WhatsApp boosts learning a year for $5/child, proving AI for underserved classrooms doesn't need fast internet or expensive tech. In this episode: • An AI…
- Google Classroom Just Changed - 10 Huge AI Updates · 13 minGoogle just announced its biggest wave of AI updates for Google Classroom yet, pulling Gemini, NotebookLM and Chromebooks into one connected learning ecosystem. But does it…
- AI education anxiety: How educators can help students navigate job market fears · 12 min47% of US students considered changing their major due to AI's job market impact, revealing rational AI education anxiety. In this episode: • A Gallup and Lumina Foundation…
- AI job creation education: Preparing for a future labor shortage · 8 minJeff Bezos says AI won't replace jobs but cause a labor shortage, demanding new skills and radically reshaping AI job creation education. In this episode: • Jeff Bezos predicts…
- AI English language learning: Israel's bold education revolution · 10 minIsrael is launching AI English language learning for middle schoolers to combat a 40% English teacher shortage, but pilot data is still pending. In this episode: • Israel is…
- AI Literacy Framework: What Every Educator Needs to Know Now · 10 min96% of older teens use AI weekly for learning, highlighting why an AI literacy framework is crucial for all educators right now. In this episode: • A 2025 survey by the European…
