Admissions to Texas computer science programs are down roughly 20%, professors said, but they still see a future for their students.
AI, A Mirror that Amplifies
The replacement critique misses what AI actually does to thinking.
The Infinity Machine by Sebastian Mallaby review: the story of the man who changed the world
A journalist charts the progress of AI pioneer Demis Hassabis from child chess prodigy to Nobel prize winner.
The AI Activities Guide for Teachers: Hands-On Strategies for Your Classroom
A free AI Activities Guide for Teachers provides practical, ready-to-use classroom activities and tools based on real educator needs for actionable ideas over theory.
LLMs hallucinate the most when you ask them to do this
LLMs can sound highly confident and well-structured, but they still frequently generate incorrect or fabricated information, especially for certain types of prompts, so their answers shouldn’t be trusted without verification.
https://www.makeuseof.com/llms-hallucinate-most-ask-them-do-this…
15 Websites That Are Completely Free and Feel Illegal to Know About
Highlights a curated set of lesser-known online tools that offer powerful features for free, helping users reduce reliance on costly subscriptions.
After teaching for 30 years, Jen Roberts has found an unlikely ally in AI
Veteran teacher Jen Roberts explains why generative tools are more than just a platform for cheating, they’re a way to make classrooms fairer and more human.
Why Google’s Gemma 4 Local AI Just Made Cloud-Based AI Optional
Gemma 4 is a local-first multimodal AI that runs on devices for better privacy, lower costs, and offline use, with flexible dense and sparse architectures for different tasks.
What Happens When Students Stop Believing Their Work Matters
As AI begins to replicate human work, the real concern shifts from cheating to a deeper question: what meaning do learning and work hold in a world where many already feel disconnected from what they do?
https://marcwatkins.substack.com/p/what-happens-when-students-stop-believing…
An illustrated guide to resisting “AI is inevitable” in education
The article critiques AI in education as leading to “cognitive surrender,” but reframes it as a matter of trust, arguing AI can function like books or writing: a tool that guides, not replaces, human thinking.
https://buildcognitiveresonance.substack.com/p/an-illustrated-guide-to-resisting…
Claude’s latest feature just made ChatGPT and Gemini obsolete for studying
Anthropic’s Sonnet 4.6 stands out among LLMs like ChatGPT and Gemini by introducing interactive visuals that make learning more immersive and exploratory.
When AI Can Do Everything, What Is Left to Learn?
Generative AI forces education to shift from producing outputs to developing students’ ability to frame problems, guide AI, and critically evaluate results, making true understanding, not artifacts, the core learning goal.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/when-ai-can-do-everything-what-is-left-to-learn…
The Best Defense Against AI Cheating
AI cheating isn’t mainly a detection or ethics problem, it reflects poor course design, and the real solution is creating engaging, process-focused learning experiences that make authentic work more meaningful than shortcutting with AI.
Bloom’s Taxonomy Needs an Update for the AI Age
How to reimagine the classic framework of learning objectives.
https://www.edweek.org/technology/opinion-blooms-taxonomy-needs-an-update-for-the-ai-age/2026/04…
Moodle Field Notes: When AI agents show up to class
AI agents are reshaping learning by performing tasks autonomously, but platforms like Moodle can detect them through behavioral analytics, shifting the real challenge from detection to validating authentic learning.
https://moodle.com/news/field-notes-when-ai-agents-show-up-to-class…