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Welcome to FOSIL, Education and School Libraries Podcast, where Darrly Toerien and I (Elizabeth Hutchinson) talk about what we feel is important in school libraries and education now.
Today's discussion continues from last week's podcast, which was part 1 of this conversation, where we discussed the importance of preserving human voice in education.
In this chat, we cover the importance of helping students cultivate curiosity about learning without AI, so that when they do use it, they have an understanding of where it may be taking them. We ask 3 questions for school librarians to consider:-
* Am I teaching something?
* Am I teaching something using AI?
* Am I teaching AI?
This focus leads our conversation forward where we consider the importance of FOSIL’s CONNECT stage… I’m afraid we enjoy our conversation too much and once again we ran out of time. We hope you enjoy listening to where this took us. Next time we will focus on the INVESTIGATE and CONSTRUCT stage in relation to Gen AI.
Links talked about in this podcast
* Alfred Guy quotation from Inside Yale’s Quiet Reckoning with AI.
* For Jane Rosenzweig, see Writing Hacks (her Blog) and The Important Work: Teaching Writing in the Age of AI (which she curates).
* Paulo Freire quotation from Pedagogy of the Oppressed in “Human Beings! Human Beings!” An Open Letter to Educators on the Dangers of AI, by Ursula Wolfe-Rocca.
* BBC news article about AI assistants misrepresenting the news is Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory.
* Sam Altman Addresses BlackRock U.S. Infrastructure Summit | March 11, 2026 | AC15 (see from 10m22s for the bit about intelligence being a chargeable utility).
We would love to hear what you think of this podcast… Do you find it useful?
Are they enjoyable? Informative? Please do comment below… share your thoughts on our discussion. What do you think Generative AI is bringing to your school? Do you have any questions you would like us to consider? All comments welcome!
By Elizabeth HutchinsonWelcome to FOSIL, Education and School Libraries Podcast, where Darrly Toerien and I (Elizabeth Hutchinson) talk about what we feel is important in school libraries and education now.
Today's discussion continues from last week's podcast, which was part 1 of this conversation, where we discussed the importance of preserving human voice in education.
In this chat, we cover the importance of helping students cultivate curiosity about learning without AI, so that when they do use it, they have an understanding of where it may be taking them. We ask 3 questions for school librarians to consider:-
* Am I teaching something?
* Am I teaching something using AI?
* Am I teaching AI?
This focus leads our conversation forward where we consider the importance of FOSIL’s CONNECT stage… I’m afraid we enjoy our conversation too much and once again we ran out of time. We hope you enjoy listening to where this took us. Next time we will focus on the INVESTIGATE and CONSTRUCT stage in relation to Gen AI.
Links talked about in this podcast
* Alfred Guy quotation from Inside Yale’s Quiet Reckoning with AI.
* For Jane Rosenzweig, see Writing Hacks (her Blog) and The Important Work: Teaching Writing in the Age of AI (which she curates).
* Paulo Freire quotation from Pedagogy of the Oppressed in “Human Beings! Human Beings!” An Open Letter to Educators on the Dangers of AI, by Ursula Wolfe-Rocca.
* BBC news article about AI assistants misrepresenting the news is Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory.
* Sam Altman Addresses BlackRock U.S. Infrastructure Summit | March 11, 2026 | AC15 (see from 10m22s for the bit about intelligence being a chargeable utility).
We would love to hear what you think of this podcast… Do you find it useful?
Are they enjoyable? Informative? Please do comment below… share your thoughts on our discussion. What do you think Generative AI is bringing to your school? Do you have any questions you would like us to consider? All comments welcome!