#generative-ai
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2026
- Apr 24, 2026 Writing Is a Process. So Is Losing Your Voice.
Why I use AI to mirror my voice without outsourcing the thinking that happens in drafting.
- Jan 12, 2026 Why We Need Better Language for AI (Even When the Models Won’t Tell Us What They Are)
Why collapsing every generative system into "ChatGPT" weakens our thinking about AI, learning, and what these tools actually are.
2025
- Dec 5, 2025 Agency Looks Like Friction: What I Learned Tracing the “Human-in-the-Loop”
Why agency in AI work often feels like productive friction.
- Nov 21, 2025 The Illusion of Simplicity
Why checklists feel reassuring in complex digital systems, and why they often fail when what we really need is literacy and judgment.
- Nov 16, 2025 We’ve Been Thinking About Prompts All Wrong
Why prompt engineering is less about crafting perfect inputs and more about orchestrating an ongoing dialogue with the system.
- Sep 3, 2025 Your Personal AI Sandbox: What It Really Means to Run Models Locally
Why it's time to start experimenting with your own personal AI sandbox.
- Sep 2, 2025 Cracking Open AI Models: What AI Intelligence Actually Looks Like
What the files inside a local AI model actually do.
- Aug 29, 2025 Seven Critical Decisions to Make When Trying New AI Tools
How to evaluate new AI tools before you trust or buy them.
- Aug 29, 2025 What’s Actually Inside an AI Model? (It’s Not What You Think)
Why understanding the structure of an AI model matters.
- Aug 8, 2025 The Evolution of Digitally Literate: 10 Years of Newsletter Growth and Lessons from the Vault
How a newsletter grew into a larger digital literacy project.
- Aug 6, 2025 The Bridge Between AI and Your Tools: Understanding MCP
What MCP makes possible when AI can inspect your actual notes.
- Aug 1, 2025 The Bridge Between AI and Your Tools: How MCP Unlocks Personal AI for Everyone
How MCP extends personal AI beyond a single tool or platform.
- Jul 1, 2025 The Linguistics Advantage: Why Language Skills Are the Secret to AI Mastery
Why language skills are key to getting better results from AI.
- Jun 12, 2025 The Pedagogy of the Prompt
How prompting works as a pedagogical conversation with AI.
- Jun 10, 2025 Being the Human in the Loop
What it means to stay responsible and human in AI-assisted work.
- May 6, 2025 Preparing Pre-Service Teachers for an AI-Integrated Future
How to prepare future teachers for an AI-integrated classroom.
- May 5, 2025 Pioneering AI Policy in Education
How one school of education is shaping AI policy for teaching and learning.
- May 4, 2025 Exploring Student Perspectives on Generative AI: A New Set of Reflection Questions
How students think about using generative AI in coursework.
- Feb 1, 2025 Navigating the AI Landscape
How to choose the right AI tool for your needs.
- Jan 31, 2025 Disruptive Innovation: DeepSeek’s Foray into the American AI Market
What DeepSeek's rise says about competition and disruption in the AI market.
- Jan 7, 2025 Generative AI as a Critical Friend Redefining Collaboration
How generative AI can act as a critical friend in writing.
2024
- Aug 13, 2024 Bridging Social-Emotional Learning and AI: Fostering Empathy in the Digital Age
How AI can support SEL and empathy in digital classrooms.
- Aug 13, 2024 Human-in-the-Loop Computing: Enhancing Social-Emotional Learning with AI and Human Insight
How human judgment fits into AI training, validation, and adjustment.
- Aug 13, 2024 What is AI - A Simple Guide for Students
A student-friendly introduction to what AI is and how it works.
- Aug 9, 2024 Me, Myself, and AI
A playful look at generative AI and the question of selfhood.
- Apr 11, 2024 Leveraging Generative AI for STEAM Education - A Wicked Problem Assignment
A wicked-problem STEAM assignment for using generative AI to analyze complex issues.
- Feb 3, 2024 Navigating the “Self” in the Age of AI: A Journey into Generative Horizons
How AI changes the way we think about the self and our work.
2023
- Oct 26, 2023 Extending the Attribution of Consciousness to AI
What AI can and cannot tell us about consciousness.
- Sep 28, 2023 Aligning AI With Human Values and Interests: An Ethical Imperative
Why AI systems should be aligned with human values and public interest.
- Aug 6, 2023 Finding the Perfect Match: A Guide to Testing Different AI and LLM Models for Your Dataset and Purpose
How to choose among AI and LLM models for a specific use case.
- Aug 3, 2023 Building an AI Tool to Identify Trustworthiness Online: Steps and Considerations
How to build an AI tool that helps identify trustworthy information.
- Aug 3, 2023 Introducing TrustSense: Your Safeguard in the Digital World
A fictional AI startup pitch about trust, safety, and authenticity online.
- Apr 19, 2023 The Power and Perils of Generative AI in Education: What You Need to Know
What educators should know about the promise and risks of generative AI.
- Apr 7, 2023 Understanding Theory of Mind in AI: Implications and Limitations
What theory of mind tests can and cannot tell us about AI.
- Mar 18, 2023 Revolutionize Your Presentations with AI-Generative Tools
How generative AI tools can change the way presentations get made.
- Mar 3, 2023 Introducing Pre-Service Teachers to Virtual AI Assistants
How to introduce future teachers to virtual AI assistants.
- Feb 23, 2023 Privilege and the Future of AI in the Classroom
How privilege shapes the future of AI in classroom settings.
- Feb 17, 2023 Watching AI Virtual Assistants Grow Up
How AI virtual assistants are evolving in public view.
- Feb 8, 2023 Moving From Search to Answers With Bing and ChatGPT
How Bing and ChatGPT are shifting search toward generated answers.
- Feb 3, 2023 Make Your Next Conference Proposal a Smash Hit with an AI Writing Assistant
How an AI writing assistant can help draft a conference proposal.
- Jan 31, 2023 Making Sense of ChatGPT and GPT-3
How ChatGPT changes classroom conversation and why the underlying model matters.