I keep seeing posts about ai models like "actually they're good at this thing now!"
but once you understand that ai tools are being built by fascists in service of attacks on humanity, whether or not they can generate useable code or do basic searches kind of stops being the main question
Waiting for the pitch from tech bros that GenAI is going to save teachers time to focus on what really matters: their side jobs.
Individual solutions won't stop systemic problems, but talking to the children in your life about the myriad dangers of AI is now a necessary part of being a responsible adult.
I continue to be fascinated by the phenomenon whereby an expert engages with any of the LLMs on their field of expertise and is instantly horrified by the wrong answers, and then goes on to use it for things they are not experts in as though it wonβt be just as bad for those.
www.elearningcolorado.org/2026-cfp.html has a research in action option that seems open enough that you could probably do that? (At least the organizers have always been chill with ideas). Iβm putting together what is essentially a focus group as proposal.
I canβt believe you lefty Luddites hate tech so much that you embrace mRNA vaccines, heat pumps, electric bikes, hybrid work, renewable power (and awesome advancements in storage), space telescopes, and hot/cold running water but reject the planet destroying plagiarism enrich the worst people bots!
I finished writing it all up: Generative AI β (Teaching βͺ Learning). I'm going to keep using this as a reference, incomplete as it is
www.peter-keep.com/2026-02-06-g...
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This is an excellent analogy, because my recollection from grade school is that the pen on the right looks fun and exciting, and then you play with it for a few minutes and realize it's not actually useful for anything and in fact makes some tasks more cumbersome, and never think about it again.
To all those Catholics still saying "America first," I would like to remind you that the official teaching of the Catholic Church is "the poor first."
And neither Christ nor the Church are bound by borders.
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A long read but Mike Lewis has something here in this analytical framework drawing from LΓ©vi-Strauss. Recommended.
"John Paul II insisted that truth requires unity of faith and reason β precisely the unity that bricolage disrupts"
wherepeteris.com/bricolage-an...
Remember when the internet wasn't awful? We can go back to that.
Some friends and I have released the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call to bring back such a time, to see if we can bring back a world where technology works for us, rather than against us.
resonantcomputing.org
Framing GenAI as a battle between teachers and students is a red herring. Students and educators are on the same side. The real opposition are the data extraction firms and brokerages and their allies among the managerial class.
Will continue to bang this drum: this is the system university admins are cramming into every aspect of education. This is the system we are told βisnβt going anywhereβ so we all have to adjust to it.
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OpenAI is a social arsonist - as Dr. Chris Gilliard reminds us - and the company's attempts to capture education with its "free" version of ChatGPT for teachers should, IMO, be met with vocal resistance and refusal if we as educators are to care for our students, their communities, and our planet.
Oh hey, I found the war on christmas
Used to live on LΓͺ VΔn Sα»Ή and would pass by the alley off of there regularly. Great write-up!
Excited to dive into "Inclusive Online Teaching" by Katherine McAlvage & Nadia Jaramillo Cherrez and grateful that the authors & Oregon State made it open access! open.oregonstate.education/teachingonli...
Nor did I. I didnβt even know they were outside of the original location by LAX.
Congrats to Drs. Rebecca M. Reese & Amy Lomellini for putting this OPEN resource out into the world! It was an honour to write the prologue for this fantastic & much needed text.
Advancing Accessibility: Practical Strategies for Instructional Designers and Educators
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Educators should look at AI grading of student writing in the same way collective society looked at the potential for human cloning after the arrival of Dolly the sheep, something that is an affront to our humanity and must be rejected completely. There is no rationale to support this.
Thanks so much! Will let you know - Iβll be sure to pass on any feedback.
Same! Couldn't figure out what distinguished it as the Supermercado InglΓ©s
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Over the last few weeks, I have re-read the proofs of my forthcoming book "Learning Designers in Contexts" so many times that I honestly I feel I could recite some of the chapters. Due to some communication issues, the release date has been pushedβ¦
This came at a perfect time in one of my courses where we are talking about diverse voices and culturally responsive practices in the field. Sharing with my students!
The Luddites Were Right
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