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Why AI Must Show Its Work
We need systems that allow educators to see not just what students produce, but how they interact with knowledge. We need AI tools that show their work. But current educational AI tools present something different - not just a new method, but a fundamental shift in the relationship between teacher, student, and knowledge. We need to adapt. Let's look at what needs to change.
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Bridging Critical Gaps in K-12 AI Adoption
The rapid integration of artificial intelligence in educational settings has created unprecedented challenges for schools, educators, and students. It has exposed a fundamental misalignment between commercial AI priorities and pedagogical imperatives. While AI promises transformative learning experiences, current commercial platforms prioritize corporate interests over educational outcomes. Most AI education platforms, designed for scalability and profit, have created three critical gaps: institutional rigidity through vendor lock-in, educator disempowerment through limited oversight, and student cognitive dependency through passive consumption.
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Crafting Effective System Prompts: A Teacher's Guide
Some helpful tips for crafting clear and concise system prompts.
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An IB Teacher’s Response to “What’s Really Going On With AI In Schools?”
The kids aren’t cheating — they’re adapting. Our job? Ensure they adapt as creators, not passengers. William’s vision is our blueprint: Let AI unlock genius, not replace it. - - - An IB teacher's response to: What’s Really Going On With AI In Schools? A High School Student’s POV. https://www.forbes.com/sites/danfitzpatrick/2025/06/14/whats-really-going-on-with-ai-in-schools-a-high-school-students-pov/ - - -
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The AI Gamble
"Big AI" works like a casino: it hooks users with dopamine-driven feedback loops, chasing the perfect response. Each prompt feels like rolling the dice. Sometimes you land on brilliance, other times on glitchy mediocrity or outright nonsense. Big tech is gambling billions on proprietary "black box" systems. They are investing billions and hiding how it works while claiming you need expensive tools for good results. Meanwhile, open-source rivals—like Llama and DeepSeek—prove they can match performance for pennies.
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Kids and AI: What the Turing-Lego study means for your home and classroom
We need to understand and address how our youngest students are using AI and their perceptions of it. The Alan Turing Institute and Lego investigated this and suggest we better consider children’s particular needs and rights when designing, developing, and rolling out new technologies.
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How AI is Freezing Language in Time
AI's impact on language extends far beyond grammar correction and writing assistance. AI systems are reshaping our fundamental patterns of communication, creating an anchor point that will influence how we speak and write for decades to come.
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Big AI is Essentially Advertising in Disguise
Here's a lesson we should teach our teens — and ourselves, too: *AI is highly persuasive, even when it’s wrong — and especially when it’s flattering or aligns perfectly with your views. It's easy to believe it's right, especially when it feels like a shortcut to your goals. But AI isn't just a tool; it’s often designed to capture your attention and influence your decisions, much like advertising does.* In what follows, we look at why we need to teach ourselves and young users to stay in control when using AI, and how to avoid letting AI manipulate or distract us.
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Some insightful information for teachers navigating AI tools
Imagine having a superpower that saves you hours of grading time, only to have it taken away due to concerns about student data privacy. For many educators, this is a harsh reality. What if you could use AI to enhance your teaching, while also keeping your students' sensitive information safe? As we dive into the world of AI-powered education, it's essential to understand the importance of data privacy and local AI models. If you're just starting to explore AI in the classroom and are worried about navigating the complex landscape of privacy and security, you're not alone. This article is your introduction to understanding the potential of AI while prioritizing the well-being of your students.
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Embracing Technological Change in Education
As educators, we're no strangers to change. We've been navigating the ups and downs of technological advancements in the classroom for decades. Do you remember the calculator debates of the 1970s and 1980s? The concerns about skill erosion and the impact on math education? Fast forward to 2025, and we're facing similar questions with the rise of AI tools like ChatGPT. But what can we learn from the past, and how can we apply those lessons to create a brighter future for our students?
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Embracing the Maker Mindset in AI Education
In a revealing CNA Insider report, Munah Bagharib sits down with three secondary school students for a chat about how they use it. She unpacks what these students think constitutes the responsible use of AI – and discovers that some of them use AI as a substitute for their thinking (CNA, 2025).
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The Power of the Maker Mindset in the Age of AI
Imagine a classroom where students are not just passive learners but active creators, using AI as a tool to bring their innovative ideas to life. This is the power of the maker mindset, a way of thinking that emphasizes action, experimentation, and creativity. But what exactly is a mindset, and how does the maker mindset fit into this framework? Let's explore how the maker mindset can empower students to shape their future rather than just prepare for it.
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An AI Edtech Success Story: Students Forge AI Ally, Conquer Space Challenge
In Montreal, a group of middle school girls participating in the European Space Agency AstroPi Challenge were running out of time to submit their work. They needed additional help to learn Python. With their mentor and Sage.Education AI, the girls created their own AstroPi AI tutor, they called APA. With APA by their side, they learned how to program in Python, hit their deadline and even achieved flight status! Their coded program ran on the AstroPis installed on the International Space Station (ISS) this past April.
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Pi MiniNet Server
🚀 Transform your Raspberry Pi 4 into a powerful self-hosted web server and Wi-Fi access point! 🌐✨ Set up Nginx for serving files and hostapd for creating a secure Wi-Fi hotspot. Perfect for DIY enthusiasts and makers! 💻📡
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Look Beyond Cookie-Cutter AI Education Tools
I believe that many AI EdTech platforms are providing superficial solutions that do not empower educators to create and solve problems on their own. Instead, they lead to an overly trusting dependence on algorithms, stifling human creativity and control.
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Intro to Snap! Procedural Music Creation Curriculum
Unlock your creativity with the Snap! Procedural Music Creation curriculum. Learn to make music by coding with Snap! as your tool. Start with simple sounds and build up to creating complex generative music. You'll be amazed at what you can do - coding a program that can even compose a whole album for you!
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Knowing When To Use AIs Versus Search Engines
Understand the differences between LLMs and Search Engines so that you know how to use each tool effectively.
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Teaching with Large Language Models (LLMs) - Strategies for High School Educators
In this article, we'll provide practical steps for high school teachers to effectively implement LLM-based teaching strategies that cultivate critical thinking, creativity, and reflective learning in the classroom.
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Prompting for Middle Schoolers (Grades 5-8)
Ready to boost your learning? Dive in and discover how good questions lead to great answers! This guide breaks down how large language models work and shows you step-by-step tips to get better answers. Learn to split big tasks, use simple language, and ask for examples to make homework easier and more fun.
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Prompting for High Schoolers (Grades 9-11)
Imagine you're stuck on a history homework question. Instead of asking, "Tell me about World War II," you ask, "What were the causes of World War II?" Suddenly, the AI gives you clear, detailed answers that help you ace your assignment. This guide teaches you how to craft such precise prompts, turning AI into your study buddy. Ready to transform your learning experience? Learn more
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How Language Shapes AI Interactions
Using polite, positive language with AI doesn't just promote kindness... it can also improve the quality of the responses. In education, modeling respect and empathy in interactions with AI leads to clearer communication, better feedback, and a richer learning experience.
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Principles of LLM Prompting (for Teachers)
Empower your teaching with practical AI tips. Learn how to prompt large language models to create lesson plans, quizzes, and content tailored to your students. From being polite to breaking tasks into steps, these simple techniques help you get better results. Ready to see your classroom transformed? Dive into the guide and discover the power of AI in education!
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Be Nice to AI: It Might Just Make You Smarter
Polite talk with AI chatbots like ChatGPT leads to better answers. For example, saying "Could you please explain photosynthesis?" gets clearer responses than demanding "Tell me about photosynthesis now!" Studies show that respectful questions make AI more accurate and reliable. Plus, practicing good manners with AI helps improve your real-life communication skills. Discover how kindness to machines can boost your learning and interactions.
Github Posts
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2025-03-31 GitHub Trends
AI and machine learning drive innovation, leading the charge with next-generation tools, as seen in projects like **GitDiagram**, **Crawl4AI**, and **Generative-AI-For-Beginners**, which make interactive diagrams, power AI with data, and teach generative AI from scratch, respectively, while others like **WhatsMeow**, **YouTube Music**, and **Avante.nvim** simplify building WhatsApp projects, offer ad-free music, and bring AI-powered plugins to Neovim, showcasing the rapid progress and exciting future of tech, where innovation happens now and the future is being shaped by these cutting-edge projects.
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2025-03-30 GitHub Trends
Innovation is on fire, with top projects on Github leading the charge, including Punkpeye's Awesome MCP Servers, empowering developers, and Ahmedkhaleel2004's GitDiagram, simplifying project structures, while Tulir's WhatsMeow revolutionizes WhatsApp development, and Th-ch's YouTube Music changes the game with a desktop app, alongside Shubhamsaboo's Awesome LLM Apps unleashing Large Language Models' power, Google's Perfetto boosting performance, and many more, shaping the future of tech, where exploration, innovation, and boundary-pushing are the norm.
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2025-03-29 GitHub Trends
Github is ablaze with innovation, top projects like Shubhamsaboo/awesome-llm-apps, Punkpeye/awesome-mcp-servers, and Agno-agi/agno are harnessing AI and driving open-source forward with thousands of stars and forks, fueling a vibrant community that's shaping the future, with each project unique, yet collectively forging a path to a bright tomorrow, where innovation knows no bounds and Github leads the charge.
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2025-03-28 GitHub Trends
Innovative projects push boundaries, with **Shubhamsaboo's Awesome LLM Apps**, **NirDiamant's GenAI Agents**, and **EFForg's Rayhunter** leading the charge, offering AI solutions, generative techniques, and detection tools, while **Khoj-ai's Khoj** and **Ourongxing's Newsnow** provide self-hostable AI and real-time news, and **Juspay's Hyperswitch** enables fast payments, showcasing the future of innovation with solutions, innovations, and new ideas that can make a significant impact.
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2025-03-27 GitHub Trends
Top projects on GitHub push boundaries, with real-time news, AI apps, and Kubernetes controllers leading the charge, including NewsNow, Awesome LLM Apps, and Ingress NGINX Controller, showcasing the power of open-source development with a range of innovative projects that solve real-world problems, from self-hostable AI brains to energy optimization systems, and secure communication apps, with massive followings and valuable resources.
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2025-03-26 GitHub Trends
Github is buzzing with new ideas, trending projects lead the way in AI, DevOps, and cybersecurity, with top projects including Khoj-AI, Ingress-NGINX, and Spring-AI-Alibaba, these projects have a large community of contributors and users, making them a good indicator of their potential impact and usefulness, they are creating a self-hostable AI second brain, managing incoming HTTP requests, and building AI-powered applications, with a focus on innovation and progress, these projects are shaping the future of technology.