AI for Educators Daily with Dan Fitzpatrick

Send us Fan Mail Today, we're diving into a thought-provoking piece titled "AI Has Rendered Traditional Writing Skills Obsolete. Education Needs to Adapt," written by John Villasenor, a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. This article comes from a place of both academic and practical insight—Villasenor teaches undergraduate writing at UCLA and has had a front-row...

Send us Fan Mail Today we are exploring an academic article titled "Evolution of AI in Education: Agentic Workflows," a comprehensive review authored by Firuz Kamalov and colleagues from institutions in the UAE, Hong Kong, and Australia. It explores how artificial intelligence is moving beyond simple tools and into the world of autonomous, intelligent systems called AI agents. Dan’s new...

Send us Fan Mail Today we are exploring a thought-provoking and frankly, quite urgent article titled "Anthropic CEO Warns AI Could Wipe Out 50% of Entry-Level Office Jobs." This piece was written by Ana Altchek and Sarah Perkel and builds upon the episode I released last Thursday titled: The Disappearing Internship. Dan’s new book Infinite Education is out now Find Dan on: ⁠LinkedIn ⁠⁠X...

Send us Fan Mail Today, we are exploring an article titled "How a Tennessee district is using AI to close literacy gaps," written by Roger Riddell and published by K-12 Dive Dan’s new book Infinite Education is out now Find Dan on: ⁠LinkedIn ⁠⁠X ⁠⁠BlueSky ⁠⁠Facebook ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ Newsletter⁠ AI-generated content can make mistakes

Send us Fan Mail Today we are exploring the article titled "AI is ‘breaking’ entry-level jobs that Gen Z workers need to launch careers, LinkedIn exec warns" written by Jason Ma and published in Fortune. Dan’s new book Infinite Education is out now Find Dan on: ⁠LinkedIn ⁠⁠X ⁠⁠BlueSky ⁠⁠Facebook ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ Newsletter⁠ AI-generated content can make mistakes

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome to AI in Education Daily. Today, we are exploring “How One School Counselor Uses AI to Support More Students,” written by Brandi Vesco and published on GovTech.com Dan’s new book Infinite Education is out now Find Dan on: ⁠LinkedIn ⁠⁠X ⁠⁠BlueSky ⁠⁠Facebook ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ Newsletter⁠ AI-generated content can make mistakes

Send us Fan Mail Today we are exploring "Why AI Literacy is Now a Core Competency in Education," written by Tanya Milberg  Dan’s new book Infinite Education is out now Find Dan on: ⁠LinkedIn ⁠⁠X ⁠⁠BlueSky ⁠⁠Facebook ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ Newsletter⁠ AI-generated content can make mistakes

Send us Fan Mail Today we are exploring an expansive and deeply provocative conversation between Ezra Klein and Rebecca Winthrop , featured in The Ezra Klein Show from The New York Times . Winthrop is the director of the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution and co-author of the recent book The Disengaged Teen: Helping Kids Learn Better, Feel Better and Live Better . Their di...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Google VPs Shantanu Sinha (Google for Education) and Bryan Lee (Chrome OS and Education) discuss the transformative potential of AI in education. They explain Google's commitment to meeting the unique needs of educational institutions, focusing on data protection, student safety, and security. The conversation highlights how AI is empowering educators by savi...

Send us Fan Mail Today, we are doing something different. I was back at Google HQ in Mountain View today and I got to spend half an hour with Ben Gomes, a Senior Vice President at Google. I recorded our conversation with Ben's permission. In our chat we discussed: How AI can help people learn. Curiosity as the key to learning. The huge changes to Google Search. How Teachers will guide AI use....

Send us Fan Mail Yesterday I was in Mountain View at the Shoreline Amphitheatre for the Google I/O conference. I chatted with Sundar Pichai and experienced firsthand the AI tech of tomorrow. Here's my take. Dan’s new book Infinite Education is out now Find Dan on: ⁠LinkedIn ⁠⁠X ⁠⁠BlueSky ⁠⁠Facebook ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ Newsletter⁠ AI-generated content can make mistakes

Send us Fan Mail Today we are exploring a new research paper called "Close Reading as a Novel Task for Benchmarking Interpretive Reasoning" . This paper introduces KRISTEVA, a new benchmark that aims to evaluate how well large language models can perform interpretive reasoning tasks akin to close reading in literature. Dan’s new book Infinite Education is out now Find Dan on: ⁠LinkedIn ⁠...

Send us Fan Mail Today we’re digging into a thought-provoking piece from The New York Times, written by Callie Holtermann. The article is called "A New Headache for Honest Students: Proving They Didn’t Use A.I.," and it uncovers how students are reacting to the rise of AI detection tools in schools and universities. What’s happening is both revealing and a little unsettling. Dan’s new bo...

Send us Fan Mail I’m recording this episode as I wait for my connecting flight to San Francisco, en route to the Google I/O conference in Mountain View next week. While I pass the time here at the airport, I wanted to dive into the swirling rumours and high expectations surrounding what might be previewed and released at Google's annual developer event. Dan’s new book Infinite Education is ou...

Send us Fan Mail Today, we are exploring "AlphaEvolve: A Gemini-powered coding agent for designing advanced algorithms," a blog post published by the AlphaEvolve team at Google DeepMind Dan’s new book Infinite Education is out now Find Dan on: ⁠LinkedIn ⁠⁠X ⁠⁠BlueSky ⁠⁠Facebook ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ Newsletter⁠ AI-generated content can make mistakes

Send us Fan Mail Today one of my AI workflows with you that is having a huge impact on my work. I recently shared it with a billion dollar company I was working with, a small business and a school. Their minds were blown by the results. My mind is still blown every time I do it. This process condenses might take weeks into a 15 to 30-minute sprint, making it a potentially game-changing methodology...

Send us Fan Mail Today we are exploring a provocative and wide-ranging debate hosted by Steven Bartlett, featuring Amjad Masad, CEO of Replit; Bret Weinstein, an evolutionary biologist and systems theorist; and Daniel Priestley, an entrepreneur and business strategist. This conversation, centered on the transformativ and potentially perilous rise of Artificial Intelligence agents, is not just a di...

Send us Fan Mail Today we’re diving into a fascinating new research paper called “The Effect of ChatGPT on Students’ Learning Performance, Learning Perception, and Higher-Order Thinking”. This study looks at whether using ChatGPT in the classroom actually helps students learn better, think more deeply and feel more engaged. Dan’s new book Infinite Education is out now Find Dan on: ⁠LinkedIn ⁠⁠X ⁠⁠...

Send us Fan Mail Today we are exploring OpenAI’s report titled “AI in the Enterprise”. This report draws from the firsthand experiences of major global companies that have successfully integrated artificial intelligence into their operations, using it not as a novelty, but as a serious instrument for transformation. Though aimed squarely at enterprise audiences, the insights it provides are just a...

Send us Fan Mail Today we are exploring a compelling piece of research titled "Underreporting of AI Use: The Role of Social Desirability Bias" , authored by Alex Imas and Yier Ling from the University of Chicago. This study, published on SSRN, delves into how perceptions and social norms are shaping what people say about their use of artificial intelligence, particularly large language m...

Send us Fan Mail Today we are diving into a webinar I hosted called   Education in the Gemini Era . We looked at the tools, the mindsets, and the practical shifts already taking place in learning environments across the world. I was joined by an amazing panel consisting of Jennie Magiera and Steven Butschi from Google, Tom D’Amico and Geoff Edwards from the Ottawa Catholic School Board in Canada,...

Send us Fan Mail Today, we are looking at an open letter signed by over 250 CEOs advocating for the integration of artificial intelligence and computer science into K-12 education in the USA. This letter, published in The New York Times and spearheaded by organizations like Code.org and CS for ALL, calls for these subjects to become core components of school curricula across the United States. Dan...

Send us Fan Mail Today we are exploring "Six AI Trends That Are Changing Skills and Education Training Forever," published by Edtech Innovation Hub. Dan’s new book Infinite Education is out now Find Dan on: ⁠LinkedIn ⁠⁠X ⁠⁠BlueSky ⁠⁠Facebook ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ Newsletter AI-generated content can make mistakes

Send us Fan Mail Today we are exploring a new research report titled  Pedagogical Biases in AI-Powered Educational Tools: The Case of Lesson Plan Generators , published in The Social Innovations Journal . Dan’s new book Infinite Education is out now Find Dan on: ⁠LinkedIn ⁠⁠X ⁠⁠BlueSky ⁠⁠Facebook ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ Newsletter⁠ AI-generated content can make mistakes

Send us Fan Mail Today we are exploring an article I published last week on Forbes titled "Inside The Trump AI Education Executive Order & Why It Matters". Dan’s new book Infinite Education is out now Find Dan on: ⁠LinkedIn ⁠⁠X ⁠⁠BlueSky ⁠⁠Facebook ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ Newsletter⁠ AI-generated content can make mistakes