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The spreadsheet moment
The pace of AI breakthroughs isn't unprecedented — it follows a pattern we've seen before. What the spreadsheet tells us about what's coming.
The spreadsheet moment
The pace of AI breakthroughs isn't unprecedented — it follows a pattern we've seen before. What the spreadsheet tells us about what's coming.
Hardware Brain, Software Brain
Two recognisable modes of leadership in schools — and why the tension between them matters more than ever.
Learning is Polishing until Done
Then I used to haunt my middle school early just to get face time with a Macintosh Plus before homeroom. I can still …
The terminal was training me all along
An homage to terminal and the skills necessary for succesfully using AI in schools.
From Dragon-Slayer Skeptic to AI Convert
A year ago I called AGI a dragon — mythological and impossible. After building real tools with AI every day, the ground has shifted under my argument.
Sign-posting change: Done, Now, Next, Later
Instead of Gantt charts and timelines, use a simple Done/Now/Next/Later framework to track change in schools — and signal when input is welcome.
Calling it now: AGI is a Dragon
Why Artificial General Intelligence will perpetuate as a concept and never as a reality — and what that means for schools.
OpenAI: Speculation as to why Sam Altman got fired
A speculative take on the Sam Altman firing — and what GPT technology becoming accessible to everyone means for schools.
Mental Model for GenAI: Shallow end of the pool
A useful mental model for understanding GenAI prompts: think of it as a pool with a shallow end and a deep end.
GenAI's "dud" application: detection
Why AI detection tools are the 'dud app' of the GenAI era — and why educators should not rely on them.