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AI CAFE 2025 episodes
- More Doors Open for Teaching and Learning with ChatGPT: Ban Ended, New Tools Released
We review developments that may signal a historic week for ChatGPT, generative AI, and the possibilities for teaching and learning. First, a look and new features and a decision that could lead to the end of policies banning ChatGPT in schools.
Follow our PLN on Twitter: @JamesBrauer @bamradionetwork @jonharper70bd
Related Links and Sources:
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testifies during Senate hearing on AI oversight
Steve Jobs introduces the App Store (2008)
New York City public schools remove ChatGPT ban
OpenAI launches a free ChatGPT app for iOS
Debu Purohit assesses the influence of the iPhone on our culture7 min - TeachAI: The Great AI Conversation Has Started, Make Sure You’re at the Table
In this episode, we cover the TeachAI initiative, the start of the Great AI conversation, and why getting a seat at the table is so important. Next, we look behind the curtain at the wave of AI technology coming to classrooms and flashback to valuable lessons learned from the last tech frenzy.
Follow our PLN on Twitter: @JamesBrauer @bamradionetwork @jonharper70bd
Related Links and Sources
Teach AI.ORG
Educators Team Up to Respond to Sudden Rise of ChatGPT | Edsurge
How AI Could Save (Not Destroy) Education | Sal Khan | TED
Bloomberg: How can teachers and students use ChatGPT and AI?
Educators, and parents debate the Common Core
Scientists teach AI to 'read minds and transcribe thought.'
Wall Street Journal Tech News Briefing
ChatGPT Fever Has Investors Pouring Billions Into AI Startups, No Business Plan Required8 min - Does ChatGPT Help or Harm Students’ Problem-Solving Skills? Depends on When You Ask
In this episode, we cover the shifting ground beneath educators’ view of ChatGPT’s impact on student problem-solving and how many educators moved from seeing generative AI as a threat to viewing it as a powerful resource for teaching and learning.
Follow our PLN on Twitter: @JamesBrauer @bamradionetwork @jonharper70bd
Related Links and Sources
Education professor explores ChatGPT as a tool for research, learning
New York City blocks the use of the ChatGPT bot in its schools
Lead Our Schools More Efficiently Through This Demanding Part of the School Year: Can ChatGPT Help?
Why ChatGPT Is Exciting, Scary, and Needs Principals With Vision and Compassion7 min - Two New Updates Make It Safer for Teachers, Students, and Schools to Use ChatGPT
In this episode, we cover why ChatGPT is safer for teachers, students, and schools and what you need to do to take advantage of the new features. In the second segment, we share a creative approach to assessment in the age of AI.
Follow our PLN on Twitter: @JamesBrauer @bamradionetwork @jonharper70bd
Related Links and Sources
Americans and Privacy: Concerned, Confused, and Feeling Lack of Control Over Their Personal Information | PEW Research
Protecting Your Online Privacy | Consumer Reports
Why Universities Should Return to Oral Exams in the AI and ChatGPT Era
Leading the Way: How Teachers and Students Are Reshaping Teaching and Learning with AI7 min - Students, ChatGPT, and Homework: How Can You Tell Who Wrote That Paper?
AI is transforming student writing. Can the latest AI detection tools consistently identify student assignments completed with artificial intelligence? How much can we rely on them when assessing student work? Can artificial intelligence solve the grading problem it's creating? We put these questions in perspective and explain what it means to be "GPT'd."
Follow our PLN on Twitter: @JamesBrauer @bamradionetwork @jonharper70bd
RELATED LINKS and SOURCES:
Turnitin | Turnitin: Understanding False Positives
Demo Turnitin - New AI Detection Tool
ChatGPT launches boom in AI-written e-books on Amazon
Medium: How we’re approaching AI-generated writing on Medium
Google Search's guidance about AI-generated content6 min - 22 Reasons Why Teaching With ChatGPT Takes a Dream Team to Be Effective
In this second episode, our editors pick last week's top three stories from the intersection of education and AI and explain why they matter. The first is a story about why using ChatGPT in our classrooms takes a dream team. The second update explains why a recent decision on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean could impact teaching with AI in classrooms in the United States. We close with a revelation about how anyone publishing anything about generative AI in education will need to adjust their thinking to stay relevant.
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USC News: USC Center for AI Research t
ChatGPT banned in Italy over privacy concerns | BBC video
ChatGPT Has a Big Privacy Problem
Ethical Machines
EuroNews: Italy blocked access to OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot, will the rest of Europe follow?7 min - As More Educators Say Yes to ChatGPT, One Thousand Influencers Say Not So Fast
In this premier episode, our editors pick their top three stories from the intersection of education and AI and explain why they matter. The first is a recent survey of students about their usage and opinions on whether using ChatGPT is cheating. The second connects a recent push by a national group of influencers to put a hold on new AI development and how this may impact educators. We close with a few words on preparing students for an AI-driven future.
RELATED LINKS and SOURCES:
Best Colleges: Half of College Students Say Using AI on Schoolwork Is Cheating or Plagiarism
Future of Life Institute: Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter
World Government Summit: Elon Musk's Warning on AI
ABC This Week: Artificial intelligence needs ‘appropriate guardrails’: Eric Schmidt7 min
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The first school year in the age of generative AI is historic and is raising many big questions. AI Café is where active classroom teachers meet to share what we've learned about managing generative…
AI in the classroom this week? Grab a cup of coffee with a middle school teacher, a university professor, an early childhood educator-technology specialist, and an education researcher as we meet to share our weekly discoveries. We cover it all from the aha moments to mistakes we’ve made, and the lessons we learned. We cap the meet-up by sharing the AI tools we found most helpful and effective.