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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 …

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…

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/…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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/…

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 …

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…

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

https://moodle.org/news/…

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…

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…

This collection of 26 essays explores how AI and algorithms are reshaping education, raising critical questions about autonomy, learning, pedagogy, assessment, and governance. It calls on educators and policymakers to confront these challenges and shape equitable, meaningful, and inclusive futures …

Tech journalist Léo Laporte offers an interactive tour of his sophisticated home AI setup, combining local hardware, cloud models, AI agents, voice assistants, and memory systems. Visitors can explore how these components work together through real-world scenarios, though replicating the …