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The Netflix Co-Founder on AI tutors, the future of teaching, and why he thinks school should feel more like a conversation.

https://edtechinsiders.substack.com/p/a-conversation-with-reed-hastings…

TED and Google have launched a global initiative inviting educators to share innovative ideas about AI’s role in teaching and learning. Five selected educators will present their ideas at TED2027 in San Diego, followed by a Q&A with Khan Academy …

Generative AI has become so realistic that traditional clues are no longer reliable for identifying AI-generated images and text. Watermarks and digital authenticity tools can help verify content, but no single detection method is foolproof.

https://www.androidpolice.com/5-tools-to-detect-ai-generated-text-photos-and-videos…

Recent research in mechanistic interpretability suggests that LLMs can develop different levels of understanding, conceptual, factual, and principle-based, rather than simply imitate language patterns. Although these mechanisms differ from human cognition, they challenge the idea that AI lacks genuine understanding …

Discover a free, browser-based educational toolkit featuring interactive whiteboards, concept maps, graph makers, classroom templates, multimedia activities, and collaborative learning tools without complicated setup.

https://mguhlin.org/blog/2026-10-11-drawsplat-org-for-educators-more-than-an-interactive-whiteboard/…

AI is mental junk food: tasty and tempting, but ultimately unhealthy: a cognitive hot dog.

https://buildcognitiveresonance.substack.com/p/our-minds-did-not-evolve-for-ai…

This recent research proposes rethinking assessment in the age of generative AI by focusing on whether assignments genuinely measure intended learning outcomes rather than relying solely on traditional exams or AI detection.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02602938.2026.2747110?af=R…

This study tests whether AI systems can design and complete supposedly AI-resistant assessments, finding that oral components, live participation, and staged assignments offer promising ways to verify authentic student learning.

https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2026.2744231…

The moving AI frontier in instructional design, and what it means for our roles & jobs.

https://drphilippahardman.substack.com/p/tests-show-ai-can-design-like-an…

A critical reassessment of Harvard's widely discussed AI tutoring study, comparing its findings with newer research showing that AI tutors can improve or undermine learning depending on how they are designed and used.

https://etcjournal.com/2026/10/17/the-harvard-ai-tutor-study-eleven-months-later/…

Data brokers sell your address and phone number to anyone who asks. Here is how to get them removed, on your own or with a company that does it for you.

https://gizmodo.com/how-to-remove-your-personal-information-from-the-internet-2000821638…

A timely discussion of how teacher education should adapt to AI, including policy, responsible use and preparation for real classroom practice.

https://www.edweek.org/events/webinar/what-teacher-education-should-look-like-in-the-age-of-ai…

A Moodle-focused item highlighting AI choices, transparency, teaching improvements and platform updates that matter for learning environments.

https://moodle.org/news/…

A practical roundup of new classroom technology tools, including virtual and augmented reality resources, classroom audio tools, and digital literacy resources.

https://www.techlearning.com/learning/edtech/october-2026-edtech-show-and-tell…

A useful higher-ed teaching article on how AI is changing writing instruction while making the human role of the instructor more important, not less.

https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/faculty-well-being-in-the-age-of-genai/…