AI companies are aggressively targeting students with free trials, discounts, and referral programs to lock in future users. Educators warn that this strategy fuels dependency and academic dishonesty, as new AI agents make cheating easier while companies deflect responsibility for …
AI in Action: How Educators Should Approach the Technology
AI offers powerful opportunities to enhance teaching and learning but also poses serious risks to student learning and data privacy. Educators are actively exploring ways to balance these challenges while integrating AI responsibly into their classrooms.
https://www.edweek.org/technology/ai-in-action-how-educators-should-approach-the-technology…
3 ways AI will (and won’t) change schools
At an EdTech conference in New York, Coursemojo co-founder Dacia Toll argued that AI has so far had a net negative impact on students, despite its potential. She cautioned that education faces a complex mix of good and bad uses …
11 ways to delete or hide yourself from the internet – and protect your privacy
Take control of your privacy, cut off data trackers, and erase your online presence. Here’s how.
Prohibition Didn’t Stop Alcohol Use. Will It Work With AI?
Teachers in EdSurge’s research urged schools to replace AI bans with a harm reduction approach, teaching students to use AI responsibly rather than prohibiting it. This philosophy emphasizes preparedness over prohibition, fostering transparency, co-learning, and context-specific guidelines that build critical …
The Millennium Certificates Program and Linkr: Helping Students Build 21st-Century Skills
Champlain College Saint-Lambert’s Millennium Certificate Program (MCP) helps students build 21st-century skills through independent and experiential learning using the Linkr platform. Guided by faculty mentors, students earn certificates by completing projects and peer exchanges, an approach that could inspire similar …
I can’t stop writing in this gorgeous open-source notes app
I’ve tried countless note-taking apps over the years: OneNote, Google Keep, and everything in between, from the ultra-minimalist to the overwhelmingly feature-packed. Yet none have made me want to write quite like Anytype.
https://www.makeuseof.com/anytype-beautiful-open-source-note-taking…
My local LLM turns any file into a mind map and it’s actually brilliant
The author built a local AI-powered mind-mapping system using Obsidian, LM Studio, and custom prompts to turn notes and documents into structured visual maps. This setup offers privacy, control, and flexibility—outperforming online tools like Xmind by allowing deeper customization and …
7 things I can do with Comet that you can’t with Chrome
Comet, a Chromium-based browser by Perplexity AI, integrates an AI assistant that automates web tasks, summarizes content, organizes tabs, and provides contextual guidance. Unlike Chrome, it acts as an agentic browser, handling emails, research, shopping, and scheduling through natural prompts …
ChatGPT’s Atlas: The Browser That’s Anti-Web
OpenAI’s new browser, Atlas, replaces real web content with AI-generated material, blurring what’s authentic online. It also shifts control, users must guess commands while effectively working for the browser instead of it serving them.
Meet Mico, Microsoft’s AI version of Clippy
Copilot now has its own virtual character for its voice mode.
https://www.theverge.com/news/804106/microsoft-mico-copilot-ai-assistant-clippy…
Universities (still) suck at learning analytics
Universities often fail at implementing learning analytics because they treat it as a static IT or enterprise system rather than a dynamic decision-support process. Using situational awareness theory, the author shows that effective analytics must align with teachers’ real contexts, …
5 apps you should use instead of Duolingo
After trying out plenty of options, here are the five best Duolingo alternatives that stand out from the rest.
https://www.androidauthority.com/duolingo-alternatives-3608570…
Educators’ guide to multimodal learning and Generative AI
This guide offers strategies for integrating Generative AI into multimodal teaching, learning, and assessment. It supports educators and educational developers in driving pedagogical innovation amid evolving educational landscapes.
Open education principles: Resisting the metrics of AI black boxes
As AI tightens its corporate grip, education risks deepening divides. Openness, not black-box metrics, offers a path to equity, transparency, and shared progress.
https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/open-education-principles-resisting-metrics-ai-black-boxes…