⁉️ What does engagement look like when students are always connected, yet struggle to be fully present? In “The Engagement Paradox: Why Students Who Never Disconnect Struggle to Connect,” Dr. Robert Stroud, Ph.D. examines how fragmented attention, digital pressure, AI uncertainty, and the collapse of shared attention are reshaping classroom participation. 🌟 His response is practical and human: reduce cognitive load, create low-visibility ways to participate, design tasks that require thinking, invite students into co-design, and teach AI literacy as a wellbeing skill. 💯 The article reminds us that student-centeredness cannot be measured by noise, activity, or constant participation. It grows when students feel safe enough to think, contribute, and reconnect with the people and purpose around them. ➡️ Read Robert Stroud’s article in EduVerse Issue 28. Download the full issue free: https://lnkd.in/gbgSBDyi #Eduverse #StudentEngagement #TeacherDevelopment #StudentCentered

In this episode, we sat down with our own Head of Department, Mr Andrew Calleja, who recently completed his Master’s degree with a thesis centred on the role of AI in education. His research highlights a powerful idea: AI isn’t here to replace teachers, it’s here to give them back time. Time to connect, to build relationships, and to focus on the human side of teaching that technology can never replicate. Our conversation explored the concerns teachers face as AI becomes more present in classrooms. Many worry that automation might diminish their role, especially with so many tasks now being handled by AI. But Andrew emphasised that while AI can support learning, the essence of teaching, empathy, connection, understanding, remains uniquely human and irreplaceable. We also discussed Andrew’s recent collaboration with JA Malta, where he developed an AI agent for financial education. This tool remembers teachers’ prompts, meaning educators don’t need to repeat the same questions each time they use AI. It’s a simple but powerful shift: less time spent on repetition, more time for creativity, meaningful interactions, and enjoying the classroom experience. 📺 Watch the full episode: https://lnkd.in/eWqHACy8

I respect Andrej Karpathy as much as it's professionally possible. However, in a recent interview, he mentioned reorganizing schools in a way that I fear could make humans soulless and boring, risking transforming them into something that is no longer fully human, yet not a robot either. As an engineer for half my life I do appreciate the huge importance of the Rational, however this highlights what I see as a core flaw in modern Western thinking: treating humans as pre-robots, training Only the Rational (Left hemisphere) while dismissing art, literature, aesthetics - Irrational (Right hemisphere) - as bourgeois pompous luxuries. Corporations won't cultivate them, so at least our schools should. I do agree we need to transform schools, especially to prepare humans for Ai era, but we also have a chance to improve things that make us really human. Andrej Karpathy just said your kids should ignore most of school. ``` "80% of education should be math, physics, CS." Not because it's useful - because it carves grooves in the brain. Grooves that get harder to carve the older you get. In a pre-AGI world: it gets you a job. In a post-AGI world: it makes you a functioning, empowered human. Everything else? Tack it on later. The cognitive foundation is the only foundation that survives the transition. ```

You studied for months for the test of your life. You scored so well, perhaps too well, and now you're one of 3,000 under suspicion among more than 150,000 applicants still waiting for a resolution. This is UNAM, Mexico's most prestigious public university, where 80 to 90 percent of applicants are turned away every year. A surge in high scores this year has paused admissions while they add a second exam in person. Universities everywhere are trying to figure out what AI means for learning and most are framing it as a detection problem: who used AI and who didn't. My view is that we should use AI to elevate our thinking while keeping our brains sharp. You didn't stop learning math when the calculator was invented. There's early research behind this now. MIT Media Lab ran an EEG study on essay writing and found that people who wrote with AI assistance showed weaker brain connectivity during the task, and when asked to write again without it, performed worse than people who had never used AI at all. The researchers call it cognitive debt, the price you pay for delegating thinking instead of practicing it. Nobody worries that calculators made us worse at math because we kept teaching math. We haven't decided yet what the equivalent is for thinking.

Artificial Intelligence is changing classrooms, but effective teaching still begins with thoughtful educators. In the article for Teacher Tribe, Stella Pauline explores practical ways teachers can use AI to design stronger lessons, personalise learning, create meaningful assessments and encourage deeper reflection among students. The article also addresses an equally important question: where should educators draw the line? From safeguarding critical thinking to preserving academic integrity, it highlights how AI can support teaching without replacing the role of the teacher. Read the full article on Teacher Tribe. https://lnkd.in/g_Uvy-fG #TeacherTribe #AIInEducation #ArtificialIntelligence #EdTech #EducationInnovation #Teaching #Teachers #FutureOfLearning #ClassroomTechnology #EducationalTechnology

Across Texas, schools are making important decisions about how AI will be used in classrooms. But are Latino families part of those conversations? In her latest blog, Sandra Rodriguez, Executive Director, Texas, shares why AI literacy is about more than learning new tools. It's about creating opportunities for families to ask questions, contribute their perspectives, and help shape the future of education before those decisions are made. Read the full blog at https://hubs.la/Q04qHH-R0

Teaching children to argue well is very different from teaching them to argue loudly. In Future Leaders this week, we worked on concession and rebuttal. Students practiced acknowledging a reasonable point from the opposing side before explaining why their own argument remained stronger. The ability to recognize another perspective without immediately abandoning your own position requires critical thinking and maturity. Next week, the students will put this into practice in a formal debate on whether AI is helpful for students and should be allowed in schools.

Teaching children to argue well is very different from teaching them to argue loudly. In Future Leaders this week, we worked on concession and rebuttal. Students practiced acknowledging a reasonable point from the opposing side before explaining why their own argument remained stronger. The ability to recognize another perspective without immediately abandoning your own position requires critical thinking and maturity. Next week, the students will put this into practice in a formal debate on whether AI is helpful for students and should be allowed in schools.

AI is reshaping the world around us, especially in education and research/discovery. In education, students are using AI to answer questions, write essays, fill out admission forms and taking examinations. The question is: how are educators (teachers, professors and administrators) evaluating the work of students and researchers? Are they ahead of the AI learning curve? What is equally important, if not more so, is for the academic community to gear up and learn how to use AI to evaluate student and research submissions - without bias, with honesty, and by applying critical thinking beyond AI. Follow Dmitri Nersesyan and Ricky Madison. Their Americas Accreditation Council can help you gear up on what the academic community needs to do in this AI-age. AI Governance is a critical component of today's higher education. Pradeep Ganguly

How Schools AI is back for its second edition! 💫 On 12 September, school heads, curriculum coordinators, technology leaders, and educators from around the world will come together to explore one urgent question: how do we protect real understanding when AI can generate almost anything? Last year, more than 11,000 educators registered. This year, we’re bringing together an even bigger line-up to explore what it means to protect real understanding in the age of AI. Join Jay McTighe, Sabba Quidwai, Laura Knight, Matthew Savage, and educators from schools including UWCSEA, Munich International School, American International School Chennai, and the International Community School of Addis Ababa. 📅 12 September 2026 - Virtual and free Save your seat here: https://hubs.li/Q04qPpH80 Toddle - Your Teaching Partner