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AI tools like ChatGPT are boosting productivity for many workers, with 58% globally using them at work, but risky practices like uploading sensitive data highlight the urgent need for better AI policies and training.

https://theconversation.com/major-survey-finds-most-people-use-ai-regularly-at-work-but-almost-half-admit-to-doing-so-inappropriately-255405…

CourseFlow is a cloud-based platform that helps educators design learning through intuitive, mind map-style workflows for activities, courses, and programs. It offers easy collaboration, content duplication, and organization, saving time across semesters.

https://eductive.ca/en/resource/courseflow-a-tool-for-program-development-and-curriculum-planning…

Google’s AI tool NotebookLM is expanding its Audio Overviews feature to 76 new languages, allowing users to create AI-generated podcasts based on their uploaded documents. The feature helps transform materials like course readings or legal briefs into audio summaries.

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The paper argues that current commercial AI undermines democratic education, as defined by Dewey, by prioritizing individualized curriculum mastery and teacher automation over fostering communication, collaboration, and participatory learning. It also suggests alternative AI applications—like simulations, worldview exposure, and teacher …

Experts foresee major shifts in how people think, behave, and live as they adapt to AI, raising concerns about impacts on empathy, independence, and purpose. Others remain hopeful that AI could enhance curiosity, creativity, and decision-making.

https://imaginingthedigitalfuture.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Being-Human-in-2035-ITDF-report.pdf…

Traditional schooling, rooted in 19th-century industrial models, no longer suits our digital, interconnected era. Education must now empower learners to become creative innovators who shape inclusive and sustainable futures.

https://educationfutures.com/post/10-schools-cannot-teach-30-40-50-kids…

AI may eventually become a dominant force, but for now, we should focus on using it to our advantage. Udemy offers a variety of top-rated AI courses—many of them free—to help you get started today.

https://mashable.com/article/free-ai-courses-april-2025…

This study reveals that AI lesson plan generators often reinforce outdated, teacher-centered approaches that limit student agency and dialogue. By applying intentional prompt engineering, the authors demonstrate how these tools can be guided to produce more student-centered, interactive lesson plans …

AI content is the bane of our online existences; distinguishing between human and AI-generated text and images is becoming unfathomably difficult. That’s why I use these Chrome extensions to detect AI content quickly—they’ll become part of your daily browsing experience …

AI is becoming increasingly integrated into education, with a significant number of students and teachers using tools like ChatGPT weekly. Surveys show that both K-12 and higher education are embracing generative AI for learning, instruction, and classroom engagement.

https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbesbusinesscouncil/2025/04/22/how-ai-can-change-online-learning-and-how-edtech-leaders-and-educators-should-prepare…

In education, two camps are forming around AI: pragmatists who use it to ease daily workloads, and visionaries who see it as a tool to radically rethink schooling. True innovation lies in blending both approaches—leveraging AI for immediate support while …

Do you always say “Please” and “Thank you” when conversing with artificial intelligence chatbots? It turns out that that simple act of politeness is expensive, but it may prove to be money well spent in the future.

https://www.makeuseof.com/being-polite-to-chatgpt-costs-money-worthwhile…

OpenAI has released GPT-4.1, a new generation of AI models more capable than any of its predecessors. Although availability is limited, these models excel at coding and following instructions, but they also have other advantages over previous generations.

https://www.makeuseof.com/what-you-can-do-with-gpt-4-1…