My Top Learning Tools 2026

Every year, Jane Hart asks people around the world to share the tools they use to learn. I always enjoy seeing the results.” This is my list. I’m not sure how to communicate them to Jane Hart (her site is …

AI and Education – MIT

An MIT committee report proposes principles and recommendations for adapting education to AI while preserving human connection and institutional community.

It emphasizes experiential learning, laboratory spaces, residential education, social ties, and stronger review processes, approaches valuable well beyond MIT.

https://aiandeducation.mit.edu/report

Spotlight on the 1st Day of Class

The first class is more than reviewing the course plan, it sets the tone for the entire semester by building connection, trust, and curiosity. There is no single formula for Day 1, but thoughtful choices can strongly influence students’ engagement …

How Claude’s text watermark works

Future Claude models will invisibly watermark generated text to comply with the EU AI Act, without affecting quality, content, token usage, or cost. The watermark adds no hidden characters or identifying data, and other major AI providers will implement similar …