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LinkShare: Why Every Educator Needs AI Literacy in 2024 – Another Think Coming
Let's address the elephant in the classroom: AI isn't here to replace teachers. It's here to give you superpowers you didn't know you needed. When TCEA designed our AI Tools for Educators course, we didn't start with the technology. We started with you, the educator juggling 30+ students, differentiated instruction, endless grading, and somehow trying…
Why Every Educator Needs an #AI Roadmap in 2025 #education #teaching – Another Think Coming
The AI revolution in education isn't coming—it's here. Students are already using ChatGPT for homework. Teachers are experimenting with lesson planning tools. Districts are piloting various platforms. But without a roadmap, we're all just wandering in the dark. TCEA's AI-Amplified Educator provides that essential roadmap through five critical stages: Discover, Plan, Learn, Activate, and Sustain.…
5 Ways #AI is Revolutionizing K-16 #Education (And How You Can Master Them) #AIToolsEdu – Another Think Coming
Love this image as an example of what NOT to do. Where is the conversation? The collaborative problem-solving? Artificial intelligence isn't just changing education—it's empowering teachers to do what they do best: inspire and connect with students. TCEA's new "AI Tools for Educators" course demystifies AI and puts powerful tools directly in educators' hands. Through…
Ollama Cloud and #AI #ROI – Another Think Coming
A few days ago, an email arrived from Ollama announcing Ollama Cloud. It wasn't until a free moment that I had the chance to try it out. I had a collection of audio transcripts from a Section, 7 hour webinar event to process for quick reading. Section's free AI:ROI event was phenomenal, but alas, I…
Curating #AI and Everything Else with Raindrop – Another Think Coming
Over the last few weeks, I've been struggling to manage the influx of daily overwhelm, that firehose of content about Generative AI. Everything from book recommendations to articles, podcasts, ethics of Gen AI (don't start!), and so much more. Every morning, I get a new book's worth of emails with tool recommendations, must-know information that…
Podcast: Southwest University with Ruby and Max – Another Think Coming
At the Sun City Ed Tech Conference in September, 2025, I had the opportunity to chat with two folks from Southwest University. The person who spoke the most was Ruby Ramirez , Admissions Advisor. It was an enlightening chat especially for those thinking of getting a Bachelor's, Master's, or certifications needed in a variety of…
LinkedIn Changes Terms AGAIN #AI – Another Think Coming
Like everyone else using LinkedIn today, when I logged in I encountered an update to the terms of service. I figured that it boiled down to them being able to use anything I put in for Gen AI training. This analysis from Sune Selsbaek-Reitz confirmed it: The answer is, "Do we even have a choice…
Free #GenAI Offers for Students #Comet #Perplexity #Cursor #Gemini – Another Think Coming
Dr. Michelle Kassorla shared this tidbit (LinkedIn) this morning: 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒(and faculty can get them too--they just require an .edu account--although, I think this is US only).Here are the free offers for students/faculty:𝐆𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬/𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐲: Free for 1 year. Get unlimited chats, image uploads, and quiz generations with more access to our…
Texas Library Law Bot – Another Think Coming
Are you a Texas public school librarian with questions about the new laws? You're not alone. This past week at the Sun City Ed Tech Conference in El Paso, Texas, I shared a new custom GPT I put together for a colleague's workshop. Since my contribution took place right before lunch, my colleague jokingly suggested…
Struggle Crucial to Learning #ai #education – Another Think Coming
Love this… Struggle, friction and mental effortare crucial to the cognitive work of learning, remembering and strengthening connections in the brain…. You don’t get mastery and you can’t chunk information efficiently for higher-level processing without first putting in the cognitive effort and strain. That’s a great quote. I also liked this one: the temptation of using default-mode AI to avoid hard work will continue…
Craft Prompts, Evaluate Outputs #ai #education – Another Think Coming
This study looks interesting… …educators need to prompt AI carefully and use their own professional judgement when deciding if AI outputs match their students’ needs. “The great advantage of the current technologies is that it is relatively easy to use, so anyone can access [them],” Kochmar said. “It’s just at this point, I would not…
Hammering GenAI in Schools – Another Think Coming
Today, no advancement in technology (save for cell phones, which are now facing widespread, warranted bans) has shred through the fabric of our classrooms like AI has. (source: Clayton Kistner, I am a proud Luddite in the Classroom) As a long time ed tech advocate, comfortable with using technology since age 13 for my high school…
Data Privacy Alarm Bells Ringing for #GenAI users #AI – Another Think Coming
What we are seeing now with data privacy policy changes is a bait-n-switch. First, we're promised out data is safe. Then, after we use the tool and find it indispensable, the policy is changed without consultation and can be consumed by Big Tech. Think about how many teachers and professors are using consumer versions of…
Old Problems, New Clothes – Another Think Coming
When I see arguments like this one, it's so easy to think, "This is an old problem garbed in a fresh set of clothes." That is, the problem of becoming critical thinkers and learners vs people to whom learning is done for them. Or put more simply, how to avoid a domesticating education. Those who…
Exploring MS Copilot – Another Think Coming
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to present to a group of folks. Like many of the folks I present to, there's an expectation that you can protect data privacy with free Gen AI tools. I may have been a little heavy-handed in getting the point across that such is NOT the case. Some inquired about…
Securing My Codes #Authentication #2FA – Another Think Coming
Every day, usually at the start of my day, I authenticate myself on the numerous online services I rely on. While I have dozens of usernames and password organized into personal and work categories in Bitwarden, I also have to authenticate using two-factor authentication (a.k.a. multi-factor authentication). For a long time, I have relied on…
FERPA-compliant #GenAI, No Training Data #claude #chatgpt #ai #BoodleBox – Another Think Coming
Who has your back when it comes to data privacy? Every single Gen AI provider (e.g. OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Copilot, etc.) is unable to safeguard consumer data. It's a simple thing, isn't it? You pay $20 a month to these consumer Gen AI versions, and you expect them to not use your data for…
MyNotes: Blue Books as Formative Assessment – Another Think Coming
Students write in blue books with robot watching I found this account of a reimagined approach to using Blue Books by professors Danielle Kane and Claire Mason quite engaging. It moves blue books from summative to formative assessment. My Blue Book Experience As a university student, I experienced blue books for exams at one of…
Put a SHINE on #AI – Another Think Coming
There's nothing so pleasant as to casually flipping through social media (e.g. LinkedIn) and run across something like: Miguel Guhlin from TCEA has developed what I consider to be the gold standard for educational innovation evaluation. On September 20, 2024, TCEA’s TechNotes blog published Mr. Guhlin’s SHINE framework. Derek Reinhold shares key concepts (read his blog…
Experiments in #VibeCoding a WordPress Plugin – Another Think Coming
It's crazy how seven versions of vibe coding later, I have a working WordPress plugin that directly addresses a problem. When people say, "Gen AI is useless, generating word salad that isn't useful," my first response is to clamp my mouth shut. Who wants to get in an argument with someone who is unwilling to…
#Texas #Library Book Laws – Another Think Coming
If you're a Texas educator, you probably know about how the Texas legislature has dropped a bomb on book selection processes for K-12 public school libraries. Private school libraries aren't subject to the same issues. I first became aware of the challenges Texas public school librarians are facing when I attended an online conference for…
MyNotes: Gen #AI Claude Data Storage and Training – Another Think Coming
It was inevitable, just like Thanos in the Marvel movie where he says that. Gen AI, no matter the promise, is coming for your data. Claude creator Anthropic has given customers using its Free, Pro, and Max plans one month [September 28th to opt out] to prevent the engine from storing their chats for five…
Essential Reading Response #ai – Another Think Coming
Someone on Facebook asked: I am trying to build a unit that introduces/previews California 4th graders to the essential reading literary terms. We follow the 2017 McGraw-Hill Wonders 4th grade curriculum. We would like to teach these lessons in 10 days. Each class about 45 minutes long. Since the response for a 10-day unit is…
Meet HERA – Another Think Coming
HERA (Historical Evidence & Reasoning Assistant) guides students and educators through a three-phase approach to historical analysis, transforming passive content consumption into active critical thinking and evidence-based reasoning with the help of AI tools. HERA supports K–12 and higher education, provides templates, examples, and workflows, integrates assessment and accessibility supports, and aligns with major educational…
Get the Latest Curated Content – Another Think Coming
Ever find yourself wanting to share what you've read or podcasts you listened to with others? I know I have. I'll be in the middle of a conversation, and want to point somewhere only to realize I don't have it easily accessible. Raindrop.io changed that, making everything I bookmark available as a shared link or…
MyNotes: #Microsoft #AI – Another Think Coming
This article captures my opinion on Microsoft’s efforts to push their vision for an AI-powered desktop operating system on all of us. Why can’t we simply get something that works, and use Gen AI on our terms? Why must software phone home and send digital telemetry of every keystroke? It’s about the money, of course,…
Top Education #AI Tools: A Red, Yellow, Green List – Avoid Data Breaches #cybersecurity #education #teaching – Another Think Coming
I saw this image, Best AI Tools for the New School Year (below), making the rounds from EducatorsTechnology.com and wondered, "Is it accurate? Are those tools really ones educators SHOULD be using?" but my questions were from a, "Do these tools protect district data?" Anyone who has suffered a data breach because a third party…
ChatGPT’s Study Mode – Another Think Coming
Capturing the education market is a key strategy for many Gen AI companies. After all, there's a boatload of money in education reform. Too bad that money isn't there for K-12 public school districts struggling amidst the "Starve the Beast" mandates from sleazy politicians doing their best to divert funding from schools to charter schools…
MyNotes: AI as Critical and Cultural Practice – Another Think Coming
I enjoyed this piece from Michael G. Wagner. You will want to read the whole piece but here’s a taste: …the most productive path forward is to frame AI literacy not as a set of technical skills, but as a critical and cultural practice. This perspective shifts our focus from the mechanics of tool proficiency—like…
Gen AI and COPPA – Another Think Coming
Earlier today, someone from a private, Catholic school wrote and asked me about COPPA and Gen AI use. I thought I'd share my response and, if someone has some additional points to make, they could let me know. I don't pretend to be an expert and I'm only thinking of how I would approach this…
Revisiting MineTest – Another Think Coming
I wrote this back in 2022, and ran across Minetest on my computer again. So amazing! Check it out if you are looking for something similar to Minecraft. Want to launch virtual gaming to support critical thinking at your school but find it cost-prohibitive to go with the mainstream solution? Maybe you want to avoid…
MyNotes: Handwriting Trumps Typing Anecdote – Another Think Coming
What fun to read this…against the backdrop of pushing Gen AI in K-12 for student use. When we know better, do we really do better? To help sell this policy, I presented in the first lecture of the course a study showing that students who were required to take class notes by hand retained significantly more information…
MyNotes: College Student Brain Drain – Another Think Coming
This piece hits home as I bid farewell to a family member leaving for university outside of Texas. Public schools are meant to serve everyone, but policies like this blur the line between church and state and alienate the very students our system is supposed to support…. I’m unsure if Texas is the place I…
Bot Stacking with BoodleBox – Another Think Coming
A short time ago, I had a fun conversation with Clyde ISD's Saicy Lytle and Mike Neal. They are the hosts of the Ruff Draft podcast. We had a chance to discuss a blog entry I wrote about bot stacking, something I have had a lot of fun exploring using Boodle Box AI. Before I…
MyNotes: AI as Cognitive Infrastructure – Another Think Coming
Wow, this piece by Carlo Iacono blew my mind. What a cool way to describe GenAI: We spent years asking "when will AI be as smart as humans?" but what's emerging is something that doesn't fit that framework at all. It's not trying to be human. It's becoming something unprecedented: a kind of cognitive infrastructure,…