AI for Educators Daily with Dan Fitzpatrick

Send us Fan Mail Today we are exploring Google’s sweeping Gemini upgrade for students: free AI Pro Plan, Guided Learning, and a $1 billion education accelerator—aimed at surpassing ChatGPT’s Study Mode in the classroom. I’m proud to announce a new book for educators called “The Educators’ AI Guide 2026”. It includes contributions from hundreds of teachers and education leaders. Click here to find...

Send us Fan Mail Explore how Demis Hassabis’s AI breakthroughs at DeepMind signal urgent shifts for education. Discover what schools must do now to prepare students for a rapidly changing, intelligence-driven future. Based on his interview in the Guardian. I’m proud to announce a new book for educators called “The Educators’ AI Guide 2026”. It includes contributions from hundreds of teachers and e...

Send us Fan Mail We're exploring how AI is reshaping creative writing in classrooms, challenging student voice, teacher roles, and authenticity in education. Explore insights from Meghan O’Rourke’s New York Times essay. I’m proud to announce a new book for educators called “The Educators’ AI Guide 2026”. It includes contributions from hundreds of teachers and education leaders. Click here to...

Send us Fan Mail Today we are exploring “AI thrives where education has been devalued,” an opinion piece written by Kenan Malik for The Observer I’m proud to announce a new book for educators called “The Educators’ AI Guide 2026”. It includes contributions from hundreds of teachers and education leaders. Click here to find out more. Find Dan on: ⁠LinkedIn ⁠⁠X ⁠⁠BlueSky ⁠⁠Facebook ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ New...

Send us Fan Mail On the podcast today I want to talk about Microsoft. With so many AI updates for education coming from major AI companies Google, OpenAI and Anthropic, it has led many educators, especially those who rely on Microsoft products, to ask, where is Microsoft in all of this. Last week I was sent an early preview of a letter written by Brad Smith, Microsoft Vice Chair & President. T...

Send us Fan Mail Today we are exploring my recent article titled Anthropic Continue The Push For AI In Education , published in Forbes. I wrote this piece to document and reflect on the ongoing wave of artificial intelligence integration into education, specifically focusing on the efforts by Anthropic, the AI research company behind the Claude chatbot. I’m proud to announce a new book for educato...

Send us Fan Mail Today we are exploring an article I wrote for Forbes, titled "Microsoft, OpenAI & Anthropic Fund A National AI Academy For Teachers." As someone who covers the intersection of leadership and education, I wanted to share insights from an initiative that brings together Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic in collaboration with the American Federation of Teachers. I’m prou...

Send us Fan Mail Today we are exploring a fascinating article from The New Yorker, titled "What Happens After A.I. Destroys College Writing?" written by Hua Hsu. This thought-provoking piece dives into the implications of artificial intelligence on college writing, academia and the broader purposes of higher education. I’m proud to announce a new book for educators called “The Educators’...

Send us Fan Mail Today we are exploring two significant developments in the global AI-in-schools movement—an announcement from the United Arab Emirates and a report from China’s Global Times . These articles provide fresh insights into how countries are integrating artificial intelligence into K–12 education, with broad implications for educators and educational leaders worldwide. I’m proud to ann...

Send us Fan Mail Today we are exploring “The Enduring Importance of Human Empathy in the Age of AI,” an article from Scienmag. It examines how empathetic connection—specifically human empathy—holds lasting value even as AI becomes more advanced. I’m proud to announce a new book for educators called “The Educators’ AI Guide 2026”. It includes contributions from hundreds of teachers and education le...

Send us Fan Mail Today we are exploring a thoughtful and urgent piece published in The Guardian, titled “It’s true that my fellow students are embracing AI – but this is what the critics aren’t seeing,” written by Elsie McDowell. Elsie is a university student—bringing a voice that's often underrepresented in policy debates and public discourse. And this voice, fresh from the lecture halls and...

Send us Fan Mail Today we are exploring a piece titled “Google Overhauls Its Education Suite With Free, Powerful AI For All,” an article I wrote for Forbes this week. I reported on Google's sweeping changes to its education platform. Changes that I believe signal a major shift in how artificial intelligence will shape classrooms around the world. I’m proud to announce a new book for educators...

Send us Fan Mail Today we are exploring a compelling new report titled Teaching for Tomorrow: Unlocking Six Weeks a Year With AI . This research was produced by Gallup in collaboration with the Walton Family Foundation, and it sets out to understand how AI tools are impacting teachers’ work lives and classroom practices across the United States. I’m proud to announce a new book for educators calle...

Send us Fan Mail Today we are exploring an article I wrote for Forbes last week, titled  "What’s Really Going On With AI In Schools? A High School Student’s POV." I hope this piece can give us a powerful lens into the realities of AI in education, not through the eyes of policymakers or academics, but from the perspective of a high school student, William Liang, based in San Jose, Califo...

Send us Fan Mail Today we are exploring a piece of research titled "Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task." This paper comes from a multidisciplinary team led by Nataliya Kosmyna at the MIT Media Lab. The team conducted an in-depth study to examine the cognitive effects of using large language models, like ChatGPT, in the...

Send us Fan Mail Today we are exploring a thought-provoking academic paper titled "A Participatory Strategy for AI Ethics in Education and Rehabilitation grounded in the Capability Approach." This work, penned by Valeria Cesaroni, Eleonora Pasqua, Piercosma Bisconti, and Martina Galletti, originates from a collaboration among institutions including the University of Perugia, Sapienza Uni...

Send us Fan Mail Today we are exploring “The Art of Asking Smarter Questions” by Arnaud Chevallier, Frédéric Dalsace, and Jean-Louis Barsoux, published in the May–June 2024 issue of Harvard Business Review. This article dives into a deceptively simple but powerful concept: asking better questions. While it speaks primarily to business professionals and executives, there is a deep undercurrent here...

Send us Fan Mail Today we're diving into a fascinating study from Stanford University, titled "Future of Work with AI Agents." It's the kind of research that makes you stop and think about what our classrooms should really be preparing students for. Dan’s new book Infinite Education is out now Find Dan on: ⁠LinkedIn ⁠⁠X ⁠⁠BlueSky ⁠⁠Facebook ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ Newsletter⁠

Send us Fan Mail Today we are exploring a provocative and deeply insightful report titled Disability, Bias, and AI , recommended by Caroline Keep . The report was authored by a group of distinguished researchers including Meredith Whittaker, Meryl Alper, Cynthia L. Bennett, Sara Hendren, Elizabeth Kaziunas, and several others from NYU and Microsoft Research. It builds on discussions from a worksho...

Send us Fan Mail Today, we’re diving into a thought-provoking article called “Ethics & LLMs: Sustainability” by Dr. Karen Boyd. It’s a piece that takes a very human, practical look at something that’s on a lot of people’s minds lately, how much energy and environmental impact comes with using AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude. Dan’s new book Infinite Education is out now Find Dan on: ⁠LinkedIn...

Send us Fan Mail Today we’re diving into a story that’s probably going to feel very familiar to a lot of teachers — especially those who’ve recently looked at a student’s answer and thought, “Hmm… that sounds suspiciously polished.” The piece we’re unpacking is called “From English to Automotive Class, Teachers Assign Projects to Combat AI Cheating.” It was written by Nadia Tamez-Robledo and publi...

Send us Fan Mail Today we are exploring an article by Jo Ciavaglia for the Bucks County Courier Times titled, "Police: CR student under investigation for alleged AI deepfakes". 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 F...

Send us Fan Mail Today we are exploring a compelling and deeply insightful piece written by William Liang, a high school student and education journalist from San Jose, California. His article offers a rare and refreshingly candid glimpse from the student’s side of the classroom. Titled simply as a firsthand account, this piece doesn’t appear in a major newspaper or journal, but its message might...

Send us Fan Mail Today we are exploring an interview featuring Ethan Mollick , by the technology company Sana. Mollick is a professor at the Wharton School, known for his hands-on approach to integrating AI in both business and education. The article offers a panoramic view of how AI is reshaping the foundations of organizations. What follows are not only Mollick’s ideas, but also my reflections o...

Send us Fan Mail Today we are exploring a thought-provoking article titled “There are some things in teaching that AI won’t change,” written by Stephen Bush and published by the Financial Times. This opinion piece contributes to a growing conversation about the role of artificial intelligence in education. Dan’s new book Infinite Education is out now Find Dan on: ⁠LinkedIn ⁠⁠X ⁠⁠BlueSky ⁠⁠Facebook...