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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 13d

OpenAI’s new age-prediction system for ChatGPT could reshape classrooms. But what happens when adults —especially second-language learners or non-standard English speakers — get misclassified as teens?
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#AI #EdTech #ChatGPT #TeenSafety #EducationPolicy

Who Gets Misclassified? The Risks for Schools from ChatGPT’s Age Gate

OpenAI is rolling out an age-prediction system to separate teen and adult users of ChatGPT. While this move aims to protect younger audiences with stronger safeguards, it also raises concerns about mi...

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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 14d

CZI launches an Evaluator to assess the grade-level appropriateness of AI-generated material through the lens of text complexity @ChanZuckerberg github.com/learning-com... #reading #edtech #GenAI #ailiteracy #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #artificialintelligence

GitHub - learning-commons-org/evaluators

Contribute to learning-commons-org/evaluators development by creating an account on GitHub.

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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 14d

CZI launches Knowledge Graph, which Integrates trusted instructional content and research directly into your AI-powered tools @ChanZuckerberg learningcommons.org/for-develope... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #artificialintelligence #chanzuckerberg #curriculum

For Edtech Developers

Ground your AI in learning science, standards, and rigor, without starting from scratch

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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 14d

Going Old-School: Professors Use Print Books to Teach AI via @insidehighered www.insidehighered.com/news/student... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #artificialintelligence #USC #highered #oldschool #books

2 Professors Teach About AI Using Print Book

Faculty members help students practice close reading and analysis with a physical book, building life skills and social connection.

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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 14d

Which States Require Schools to Have AI Policies? Via @educationweek www.edweek.org/technology/w... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #artificialintelligence #edpolicy #ailiteracy

Which States Require Schools to Have AI Policies?

Education Week is tracking which states are mandating that schools adopt AI policies.

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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 14d

How Micro-Credentials Are Shaping The Future Of AI-Driven Learners via @forbestechcncl www.forbes.com/councils/for... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #artificialintelligence #microcredentials #futureofwork

How Micro-Credentials Are Shaping The Future Of AI-Driven Learners

Learning in the era of AI no longer means learning once for knowledge—it's proving you can learn the next thing, quickly and efficiently.

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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 14d

How Does Anthropic’s Claude Stack Up as an AI Tutor? Via @mashable mashable.com/article/anth... #AItutor #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #artificialintelligence
#claude #anthropic

How does Anthropic's Claude stack up as an AI tutor?

Anthropic has finally released Claude's learning mode — a feature built for schools — to the public. We tested out how good the AI tutor is at teaching.

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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 14d

Author's note: I will be on a work-cation in Asia for the next three weeks, sniffing out story and blog ideas. Accordingly, no daily AI in Education posts until Oct. 14. If something big breaks I will post to the Notes section of my Substack: davidpblross.substack.com #edtech #GenAI #AIliteracy

DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 14d

Got robbed at knifepoint in Buenos Aires. Lost everything. Then the U.S. Embassy told me I was a convicted drug smuggler. Turns out mustard can ruin more than a jacket.

Read now - open.substack.com/pub/davidpbl...

#travelwriting #memoir #BuenosAires #WTF #adventure #books #reading

8. Condiments, Not Condoms

Imagine getting robbed at knifepoint in Buenos Aires—your passport gone, your gear vanished, mustard inexplicably to blame—and then being told by the U.S. Embassy that you’re actually a convicted drug...

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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 15d

What the Military Can Teach Us About Education’s (Coming) Upheaval via @substack open.substack.com/pub/stefanba... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #artificialintelligence

What the Military Can Teach Us About Education’s (Coming) Upheaval

Education in an era of perpetual turbulence

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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 15d

AI Redlines initiative announced at UN Assembly red-lines.ai #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #artificialintelligence #AIrisks #datasafety

200+ prominent figures endorse Global Call for AI Red Lines

AI could soon far surpass human capabilities and escalate risks such as engineered pandemics, widespread disinformation, large-scale manipulation of individuals including children...

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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 15d

Visualizing History: Reading Comprehension Through AI-Generated Images via @substack open.substack.com/pub/mikekent... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #artificialintelligence #history #socialstudies #readingcomp

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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 15d

My Generation Is Afraid of Thinking Without AI via @time time.com/7318668/chat... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #artificialintelligence #studentvoices #criticalthinking

My Generation Is Afraid of Thinking Without AI

As a recent high school graduate, I've seen firsthand how my peers use AI. But what happens when we can't think for ourselves?

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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 15d

AI in the Classroom Is Often Harmful. Why Are Educators Falling Prey to the Hype? Via @educationweek www.edweek.org/technology/o... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #artificialintelligence #teaching

AI in the Classroom Is Often Harmful. Why Are Educators Falling Prey to the Hype? (Opinion)

“AI is seductive for those who regard education as a series of steps toward a credential,” writes Alfie Kohn.

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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 15d

How Gen AI Could Transform Skill Development hbr.org/2025/09/how-... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #artificialintelligence #4Cs #criticalthinking #futureofwork #harvardbusinessreview

How Gen AI Could Transform Learning and Development

The integration of generative AI into corporate workflows is highlighting the critical importance of human skills such as problem framing, collaboration, and creativity. A recent experiment by the BCG...

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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 15d

🚀 ChatGPT’s Projects feature is now free.
For PBL teachers & students, that’s big:
• Teachers can design faster.
• Students can manage projects better.
• Feedback can flow more efficiently.

My blog explores the classroom scenarios → open.substack.com/pub/davidpbl...

#PBL #AIinEducation #Teaching

Using ChatGPT’s Projects Feature to Design, Manage, and Assess PBL

ChatGPT’s new Projects feature could be a game-changer for project-based learning. In my latest blog, I walk through how teachers can use it to design, manage, and assess projects more efficiently — a...

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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 16d

Mental Health, Not Homework, May Be the AI Issue that Forces Schools to Act via @substack open.substack.com/pub/fitzyhis...
#EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #artificialintelligence #mentalhealth #AIcompanions

The Other Student AI Crisis

Mental Health, Not Homework, May Be the Issue that Forces Schools to Act

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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 16d

AI Policy Library for Schools via @FlintK12_ www.flintk12.com/ai-policies
#EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #artificialintelligence #edpolicy #schooladmin

AI policies for schools | Flint's free library

Example AI policy documents from real schools and tips for how to establish a generative AI policy for your school.

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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 16d

AI in Schools: When Every Class Teaches Something Different via @substack open.substack.com/pub/nickpotk...
#EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #artificialintelligence #edpolicy

AI in Schools: When Every Class Teaches Something Different

Which version of AI literacy are your students engaging with in your class? How does your approach complement or conflict with other teachers in your building? Why does this matter?

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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 16d

Techies are using Dan Yaccarino’s 2013 picture book Doug Unplugged to explain the importance of lived experience to kids www.amazon.com/Doug-Unplugg...
#EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #artificialintelligence #livedexperience

Doug Unplugged

Doug Unplugged [Yaccarino, Dan] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Doug Unplugged

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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 16d

I tried learning from AI tutors. The test better be graded on a curve. Via @mashable mashable.com/article/chat...
#EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #artificialintelligence #AItutors #khanmingo

I tried learning from AI tutors. The test better be graded on a curve.

With the help of learning experts, Mashable sat down with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google's AI study chatbots, starting with ChatGPT.

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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 19d

Civics AI Toolkit via @nesta_uk
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Civic AI Toolkit

This toolkit is for civil society organisations and local authorities who want to empower communities to address the climate crisis, using AI to help manage and maintain civic assets.

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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 19d

Flashcards and Quizzes are officially 100% rolled out to all NotebookLM users, in all markets via @google notebooklm.google #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #artificialintelligence #notebookLM #google #AItools

Google NotebookLM | AI Research Tool & Thinking Partner

Meet NotebookLM, the AI research tool and thinking partner that can analyze your sources, turn complexity into clarity and transform your content.

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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 19d

3 Human Skills That Make You Irreplaceable in an AI World via @getting_smart www.gettingsmart.com/2025/09/16/3... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #artificialintelligence #futureofwork #humanskills

3 Human Skills That Make You Irreplaceable in an AI World

Curiosity, curation, and connectivity are the irreplaceable human skills that foster agency, purpose, and meaning in an AI-driven world.

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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 19d

Professor Howard Gardner led a conversation about thinking and learning in an AI-powered world via @hgse www.gse.harvard.edu/ideas/askwit... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #artificialintelligence #howardgardner #Harvard

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