Tag: AI
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Good Enough and Better Than Me: Two Problematic Student Perspectives on Gen AI
For the past few months, I’ve been visiting schools and hearing from students about why and how they’re using (or refusing) generative artificial intelligence. In this article, I’m talking about two of the more problematic perspectives that have emerged from those conversations: it’s good enough, and it’s better than me.
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Teaching AI Ethics: Privacy 2025
This is an updated post in the series exploring AI ethics, building on the original 2023 discussion of privacy concerns. As generative AI has become embedded in our daily digital lives from chatbots to smart glasses the privacy implications have grown more complex and immediate. This post explores how GenAI has transformed privacy risks and…
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About, With, Through, Without, Against: Five Ways to Learn AI
In About, With, Through, Without, Against: Five Ways to Learn AI, Leon Furze pushes back against simplistic binaries about whether AI helps or harms learning. He argues that young people are adaptable and capable, and proposes five overlapping approaches to thinking about AI in education. Learning about AI covers AI literacy—how to use and understand…
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Hands on with Canva Code
When Canva first launched its code tools in Canva AI, I was pretty cynical. In fact, I was definitely too harsh, with my first post based on a few basic experiments. I wasn’t impressed because I couldn’t see how it was any different to other offerings such as ChatGPT’s Canvas or Claude’s Artifacts – it…
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Open Source AI is Going Mainstream
In Open Source AI is Going Mainstream, Leon Furze explores the growing significance of open source artificial intelligence beyond the GPT-5 hype cycle. He begins by clarifying what “open source AI” actually means, noting that the term has become contentious—many so-called “open source” models from companies like Meta are more accurately described as “open weights,”…
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New Online Course: The Practical AI Process
I’m excited to launch a new course offering AI professional development for educators. The Practical AI Process covers GenAI from foundation to advanced levels. Learn more in the article.
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OpenAI Has Come for Education
He explores how learning management systems already constrain pedagogy by forcing educators to systematize learning into predetermined formats, and questions what happens when OpenAI’s chatbot takes control of content production across these platforms. Furze is particularly concerned about OpenAI’s study mode—which he found pedagogically flawed despite claims of expert input—and sees it as part of…
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GenAI is Normal Edtech
What if AI is “normal” technology? If we don’t have to fear being “left behind”, and if AI will change education not in years, but in decades, how might we rethink our approaches, policies, and pedagogies?
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What Happens When the AI Bubble Bursts?
When the AI bubble bursts – and it will burst – CEOs will be dethroned. Companies will lose billions. The economy – particularly in the US – will take a catastrophic hit. Data centres will suddenly need to downsize their operations and close down entirely. And in education, we’ll need to take yet another long…
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Stuck Thinking and End-of-School Exams
In Stuck Thinking and End-of-School Exams, Leon Furze examines the assumptions that anchor our current model of exam-based assessment—and argues that many of them are “stuck thinking.” He questions why we let the high-stakes end exam dictate upstream assessments, curriculum priorities, and even our trust in students. He suggests we treat exams differently: as one…