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Don't Ban AI. Redesign Instruction.
Why the real opportunity isn’t to restrict artificial intelligence—but to raise the floor on learning
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Nick Potkalitsky
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Meeting Teachers in the Trenches: Infrastructure-Informed AI Literacy
Moving beyond de-contextualized approaches to AI literacy
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Nick Potkalitsky
4
The Secret AI Skill You Already Have (If You Read Literature)
Why your English class was actually preparing you for the AI age
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Nick Potkalitsky
3
Brain Rot Isn’t Real, but Cognitive Offloading Is
A Guest Post by Tina Austin
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Nick Potkalitsky
 and 
Tina Austin
9
Google's Gemini for Education: A Critical Analysis of Enterprise AI in K-12
Midsummer is becoming the time for big AI infrastructure updates!!! Check out what is in store for Google schools when teachers return in the fall.
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Nick Potkalitsky
9
Why Teachers Need to Begin Teaching Grammar Again and How to Think about It
Another round of insights from our work with an incredible class of 11th and 12th graders this past semester
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Nick Potkalitsky
 and 
Terry underwood
10

June 2025

The Art of Conversational Authoring: How AI Interaction Mirrors the Craft of Fiction Writing
A Guest Post by Mike Kentz of AI Literacy Partners
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Nick Potkalitsky
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Mike Kentz
, and 
Mike Kentz
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Beyond Tool Proficiency: Reflections on AI Implementation in Southeast Asia
A conference experience reveals stark contrasts between systematic and reactive approaches to educational AI integration
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Nick Potkalitsky
5
Would You Give a Griefbot to a Child?: The Many Dangers of AI Companions
A call for greater awareness, safeguarding, and accountability as AI companions quietly enter children’s lives
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Nick Potkalitsky
 and 
Tara Steele
3
AI Models Don't Reason. So What?
How students are developing the capacity to experience AI collaboration and pattern recognition simultaneously—and why most of us need to get a little…
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Nick Potkalitsky
10
Three Key Takeaways for Teachers Reluctant to Discuss AI in High School Classes
Initial Findings from a Semester-Long Study of Student Integration of AI in a High School Writing Class
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Nick Potkalitsky
 and 
Terry underwood
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We Know We’re Being Manipulated by AI—Now What?
Guest Post by Sydney Sullivan, Ph.D.
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Nick Potkalitsky
 and 
Sydney Sullivan, PhD
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