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Author: Leon Furze
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Artificial Intelligence and Teacher Workload: Can AI Actually Save Educators Time?
Across Australia and internationally, Departments of Education, School Associations, and individual schools and teachers are asking the same question of generative AI: can it solve the teacher workload problem? Over the last 18 months, I’ve seen literally hundreds of ideas discussing how AI can assist with everything from administrative tasks to classroom activities, communications with…
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Goodbye, Google Chrome: Replacing My Mobile Browser for 30 Days with GenAI
Just over a month ago, for reasons I can’t quite remember, I decided to try out a little experiment. I know it stemmed from that vague sense of frustration that Cal Newport claims most (tech) writers suffer at some point: the feeling of being thoroughly, pointlessly addicted to technology. Like pretty much everyone I know,…
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Building an app in a weekend with Claude 3
I’ve mentioned before (here and here) that I know just about enough code to be dangerous, but not enough to make anything very sophisticated. I’m like a kid who’s learned a handful of foreign languages at school. I can order a beer in Python, HTML and CSS, but I can’t really hold a conversation with…
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Teaching AI Writing: Publication
This is the sixth and final post in a series exploring how generative artificial intelligence can be applied to the writing cycle from our book Practical Writing Strategies. If you haven’t already read them, check out the first five posts on purpose, exploration, ideas, skills, and collaboration. Throughout this series, I have tried to demonstrate…
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Video: Understanding the Australian Framework for GenAI in Schools
The article introduces the Australian Framework for GenAI in Schools, aiming to clarify its purpose and scope. It emphasizes the need for professional development and ethical incorporation of AI into K-12 education, as well as resources aligned with the Framework. The included video provides a brief overview and invites further engagement with the topic.
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Teaching AI Writing: Collaboration
This is the fifth post in a series exploring how Generative AI can be incorporated into the writing cycle from our book Practical Writing Strategies. Check out the previous stages of the writing cycle: Purpose, Exploration, Ideas, and Skills. Collaboration in the Writing Cycle By the time students reach this stage in the writing cycle,…
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Alcohol Free AI: Can we stop pretending AI can be “safe”?
The air-con is working overtime as a class full of of year nines stagger in from the yard after lunch. One or two of them recently discovered deodorant, so the smell of sweat is pasted over with an almost visible layer of Lynx Africa. Five minutes in, and it’s already so bad the students are…
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Teaching AI Writing: Skills
This is the fourth post in a series exploring how generative artificial intelligence can be used as part of the writing cycle. If you haven’t already, check out the previous posts on purpose, exploration and ideas. In the writing cycle that we wrote about in Practical Writing Strategies we break out “skills” as separate from…
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The Myth of the AI First Draft
I write daily, often for hours at a time. I’m an author of fiction and nonfiction, and even when I’m not writing something for publication I fill notebooks with ideas and frequently illegible scribbles. I’ve also taught writing for almost two decades, and I understand that not everyone loves writing as much as I do.…
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Teaching AI Writing: Ideas
This is the third post in a series exploring how generative artificial intelligence tools can be a part of the writing cycle to help students improve their writing technique, style, and structure. For the previous post on the ‘exploration’ stage, click here. Idea generation can of course happen at any time during the writing process,…