Tag: digital literacy

• Technology is Actually Pretty Great

  

  Technology is great: it’s the tech industry that’s the problem. This post explores why we need to reject the Big Tech myth of inevitability.

  Leon Furze

  October 6, 2025

  AI, Critical Perspectives

  digital literacy, digital technologies, education, technology

• Generative AI, plagiarism, and “cheating”

  

  Back in January, I wrote a post called Beyond Cheating, reflecting on the ChatGPT bans that were rolling out across various Australian states and the “cheating” narrative that had accompanied the chatbot since its release. In that earlier post, I argued that banning and blocking generative AI would only contribute to the digital divide –…

  Leon Furze

  September 20, 2023

  AI, Assessment, assessment, curriculum, Digital, Ethics

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• UNESCO Guidelines for Generative AI: Practical Applications for Schools

  

  Following Digital Learning Week in Paris, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization published a comprehensive document containing guidelines for Generative AI (GAI) in education and research, and exploring the implications for policy. The guidelines are linked to the UN Sustainable Development Goals through Goal 4: ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote…

  Leon Furze

  September 12, 2023

  AI, assessment, curriculum, Digital, Ethics, Strategy & Governance

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• Secondary School Assessment and Artificial Intelligence

  

  When ChatGPT landed on our doorsteps in November 2022, it largely slipped beneath the education radar. By the time term 1 2023 rolled around, however, it’s fair to say that the situation had changed. Most states in Australia banned the technology in Department schools, and those bans remained in place for several months. Despite the…

  Leon Furze

  June 13, 2023

  AI, Assessment, assessment, Digital

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• Teaching Writing in the Age of AI: Reinventing English

  

  This is the fifth and final post in the series Teaching Writing in the Age of AI. Check out the other posts in the series: In this series, I’ve explored how teaching writing might change as the adoption of Artificial Intelligence accelerates. Late 2022 was a watershed moment in AI, with ChatGPT pushing generative AI…

  Leon Furze

  February 27, 2023

  AI, AI Writing, assessment, curriculum, writing

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• Two Truths and a Lie: We’re All Teachers of Literacy

  

  There are two times a year when a cohort of teachers is likely to be told “we’re all teachers of literacy”: at the start of Term 1, after the release of VCE and HSC results, and after NAPLAN results go public. It’s a line worn smooth with overuse, to the point where it is basically…

  Leon Furze

  July 13, 2022

  reading, writing

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