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Shattered: Myth, Metaphor & Gen AI

A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog post about Tennyson’s “Lady of Shalott” and its resonance with our AI age (The Mirror Cracked: AI, Poetry, and the Illusion of Depth). In that post I explored how our experience of the world is increasingly mediated by technology, AI just being one (and the latest) variation. […]

Corporations as Paperclip Maximizers: AI, Data, and the Future of Learning

Once in a while, you come across a piece of writing that doesn’t just make you think—it makes you rethink. It rearranges the furniture in your head, putting things together in ways you hadn’t considered but now can’t unsee. Charles Stross’s essay, “Dude, You Broke the Future,” was one of those pieces for me. (For […]

What Arizona’s New AI School Gets Wrong (Hint: Everything)

Two pieces of news caught my attention this week. The first was the passing of Lee Shulman, a giant in educational research, whose profound understanding of teaching and learning shaped generations of educators – including myself. The second was the approval of a new virtual charter school in Arizona that proudly declares it will have […]

Lee Shulman (1938 – 2024)

The news of Lee Shulman’s passing has led me to reflect on the profound impact he has had on my career and worldview, despite our paths crossing in person just once. While we never formally collaborated, our academic journeys shared a fascinating connection through Michigan State University – where he developed his groundbreaking Pedagogical Content […]

Mairéad Pratschke On GenAI, Creativity, Culture and the Future of Learning

Over the years, our column series in TechTrends has explored the evolving relationship between technology, creativity, and education. Recently, we’ve been particularly focused on understanding how generative AI is reshaping teaching and learning through conversations with thought leaders in the field. In our latest piece, my colleagues (Danah Henriksen, Nicole Oster, Lindsey McCaleb) and I […]