AI’s Jagged Edge: Why Simple Tasks Still Trip It Up
At FETC 2025 in Orlando, I attended a session by Monica Burns titled “Bringing AI to Your Team: Tips for Introducing AI to Your Colleagues.” During the talk, she mentioned a term I hadn’t heard before: “jagged technological frontier.” It refers to how AI can handle complex tasks yet sometimes fails at basic ones. This […]
AI Replacing Teachers? Why Human Connection Still Matters
The idea of AI replacing teachers is making headlines—and raising eyebrows. While the teaching profession continues to offer job security in many places, finding and retaining qualified educators remains a challenge. From my experience working in schools and serving on hiring committees, I’ve seen just how hard it is to fill these essential roles. However, […]
Top AI Tools for Educators: My Favorites and New Ones to Try
It seems like everyday I hear about a new AI tool or a new thing AI can do. All this change can make teaching exciting or overwhelming, or a little of both. To help sift through the options I have put together a list of my favorite tools and ones I look forward to trying. […]
The Next Frontier in Education: How Quantum Computing is Transforming the Future
When I first started teaching, I thought my role was to teach the students the curriculum and hard skills. Eventually, through some amazing professional development offered by my school, I had an ideology shift. I began to see my role was actually to prepare my students for the future. This change in mindset completely invigorated […]
From PD Bingo to AI Integration: My Annual FETC Adventure
I look forward to two edtech conferences every year: International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) and Future of Education Technology Conference (FETC). The latter kicks off next week in Orlando, FL. Every time I go, I come back with ideas to try out in my classroom or with teachers in trainings. For example, one […]
Two Ways to Transform Bloom’s Taxonomy for AI Education
I earned my degree in science, not education, so I discovered Bloom’s Taxonomy a few years into my longer than I’d like to admit teaching career. For those unfamiliar, Bloom’s Taxonomy structures thinking skills from basic remembering to complex creating. The goal of using it is to help craft lessons and assessments that promote higher-level […]
My ‘Wait, That’s AI?’ Moment with Google’s Notebook.lm
Just when I thought I had been normalized to new AI things, I heard a story on NPR that managed to blow my mind. They were talking about a new tool from Google called Notebook.lm. In the story, they talked about how you can turn anything into a podcast. They played a clip and at […]
AI Tips for Back to School
Welcome back to school teachers! Hard to believe it is time to gear up for another year already. This year comes with even more things to worry about because Artificial Intelligence is no longer something we can ignore. To start the year off right, here are a few tips and tricks to think about from […]
From Hours to Minutes: Highlights from My ISTE Session
I look forward to The International Society for Technology in Education every year. This year, perhaps even more so because my session “AI for Teacher Efficiency” was accepted. Towards the beginning of last school year, I did a training at my school on the same topic. Teachers gave such good feedback, I decided to apply […]
The AI Dilemma: Helping Students Embrace the Future
Many teachers I speak with express concern regarding students’ use of AI to cheat. They have countless stories of catching kids submitting copy and pasting ChatGPT outputs. The types of assignments range from simple reflections to summative essays. Unfortunately, this is a new reality we teachers have to deal with now. So, I found myself […]