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Hi everyone,

This week I’ve been at schools in Melbourne and Regional Victoria talking about the near future of GenAI, and the ever present “AI assessment” conversation.

One thing was clear across all sessions. Whether teachers love AI, hate it, or are totally indifferent, everybody understands the importance of helping students negotiate this new online territory.

The Internet isn’t what it was when we were growing up! Many of us are old enough to remember having to unplug the phone to plug in a modem and “log on to the internet” (you just heard the noise in your mind). But today’s students will be surrounded by always-connected devices packed with ambient AI systems.

I don’t know what that looks like but it seems like we’re the generation responsible for bridging the gap.

PhD Retrospective Part 2: Finishing the Journey

This week on the blog I shared part two of the PhD journey. In this article I gallop and then limp and then stumble across the finish line and reflect on why my writing in 2024-2025 was so angry. It was also a good opportunity to look back over nearly 400 articles and wonder “why on earth did I write that?!”

Send your examples: How do you use GenAI

I’ve also posted a brief fifth post in the “If You Know You Know” series which has shared ideas about how to learn what GenAI can really do.

This article is a simple call to action: I want to hear from you about your unique and slightly unusual uses of GenAI. From those examples, I’ll be zooming out and identifying some patterns and processes we can all learn from.

Practical AI for Curriculum Leaders: Term 3

Thanks to everyone who has joined the waitlist for the Term 3 round of Practical AI for Curriculum Leaders. We have passed the minimum number of registrations and details will be sent out soon. There are a few spots left for any schools who wish to join at the early bird rate now that registrations are officially open.

Cheers,

Leon

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