Insights
Insights is our space to reflect on the future of education: how technology, creativity, and AI are transforming the way we learn and teach. Join us as we share ideas, stories, and experiments shaping tomorrow’s classrooms and other learning spaces.
SCAFFOLD™: Design for Thinking in the Age of AI
AI is rapidly changing what students can produce, but it has not changed what students need to learn. If anything,...
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AI Will Break School – Unless We Redesign It
On its own, AI will not fix education. In fact, if we don’t change, it may well break it. Not...
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Prompting Is Not Pedagogy
This ‘first AI skill’ is necessary but insufficient.
In the rush to make AI usable, many professional learning...
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AI Will Not Replace Teachers
But It Will Expose Weak Practice
Much of the anxiety surrounding AI in education is framed...
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Why AI Raises the Stakes for Professional Judgment
Most technologies introduced into classrooms change how efficiently work gets done. They affect access, speed, or organization. AI is different....
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The Biggest Risk of AI in Schools Isn’t the Technology
In conversations about AI in education, the risks most often cited are familiar: cheating, misinformation, bias, cognitive offloading, and student...
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AI Is Already in the Classroom - Just Not Equally
When new technologies enter education, they rarely arrive all at once or in the same way everywhere. They arrive unevenly,...
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Goal Setting
One Small Step For Students…
Over the holidays, a number of people, including family members,...
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Failure is a Gift
Failure is one of the few words that can stop a student (or a parent) in their tracks. It carries...
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The Dangers of AI Are NOT Overblown
Still, it’s time to lean in!
Public conversations about artificial intelligence tend to swing between two...
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Deeper Learning Requires a Leap of Faith
How to Improve Classroom Risk-Taking
What does it take for a student to risk being...
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A 10-Minute Routine to Bring More Student Agency Into Any Lesson
Many teachers worry that giving students “more agency” means giving up structure – or worse, giving up control. But true...
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To AI or Not To AI? That is Not the Question.
AI isn’t the enemy of learning – it’s a catalyst for better learning design. The real challenge isn’t whether students...
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Myth-Buster #2: “Student Choice Leads to Chaos in the Classroom"
There’s a persistent fear that giving students more choice – in projects, partners, or how they show learning – means...
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From Compliance to Curiosity
Why Student Agency Matters More than Ever
In a previous post, “Sponges Through the Ringer,” I described...
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How to be happy...
FLOW
We’ve all had moments when we’re so absorbed in what...
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AI myth-busting #1: AI will not replace teachers
AI to support teachers
In the age of AI, it’s natural for teachers to...
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Try AI!
“If I let my students use AI, they’ll just cheat.”
This is probably one of the most common sentiments floating...
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Quick insight: One strategy to boost student agency
Give Students Choice in How They Demonstrate Learning
Instead of everyone doing the same assignment the same way,...
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Why Mpower Learning?
Great learning begins with great teaching. Teachers are the single most important factor in achieving successful student outcomes. That’s why...
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