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AI Chatbots Tend Toward Flattery. Why That's Bad for Students

AI Chatbots Tend Toward Flattery. Why That's Bad for Students | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it
Flattering technology can make people less willing to admit they are wrong.
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March 24, 7:20 PM
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The State of Teaching, 2026 Edition

The State of Teaching, 2026 Edition | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it
New national data on the teaching profession, vivid reporting from classrooms, and resources to help support this essential profession.
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March 21, 9:03 PM
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Teachers Move Beyond AI Basics to More Sophisticated Instructional Uses

Teachers Move Beyond AI Basics to More Sophisticated Instructional Uses | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it
A national AI training academy introduces teachers to complex collaboration with the technology.
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March 20, 9:18 PM
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More! More! More! Tech Workers Max Out Their A.I. Use. 

More! More! More! Tech Workers Max Out Their A.I. Use.  | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it
At a number of companies, employees compete on leaderboards to show how much A.I. they’re using. They’re racking up big bills along the way.
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AI use part of performance reviews?? ;)

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March 19, 7:30 PM
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A.I. Bots Can Act as Personal Digital Assistants, but There Are Serious Risks

A.I. Bots Can Act as Personal Digital Assistants, but There Are Serious Risks | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it
New A.I. bots can do more than just chat. They can edit files, send emails, book trips and cause trouble.
David W. Deeds's insight:

A truly loyal AI bot would say: "Hey, don't tell me your credit card number! Are you crazy?" ;)

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March 18, 10:12 PM
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How Do Parents Want Schools to Handle AI? Insights From a New Survey

How Do Parents Want Schools to Handle AI? Insights From a New Survey | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it
Regardless of political affiliation, 79% of parents want more protection for kids.
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March 18, 10:05 PM
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Why Teachers Shouldn’t Offload Their Busywork to AI

Why Teachers Shouldn’t Offload Their Busywork to AI | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it
The idea that AI can let teachers carve out more time for students is appealing, intuitive—and wrong.
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Interesting opinion. I don't agree...but it's interesting. ;)

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March 18, 2:18 AM
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AI broke the college degree: Why higher education matters more than ever

AI broke the college degree: Why higher education matters more than ever | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it

"While it was once a faraway and futuristic idea, AI has now found its way into many aspects of everyday life, including higher education. This is what Patrick Dempsey, founder and co-CEO of Pend AI, spoke about in his keynote lecture on Feb. 18. 

 

He began the talk with a trivia quiz about actor Patrick Dempsey. Once a winner was declared, he revealed the point of the exercise. He’d created the questions, Gemini AI created the multiple choice answers and Bubble AI had put together the quiz, demonstrating what AI is capable of and the technology that today’s students are surrounded by."


Via EDTECH@UTRGV, Yashy Tohsaku
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Thanks to Yashy Tohsaku.

EDTECH@UTRGV's curator insight, March 16, 2:44 PM

"Higher education is, at least in part, meant to equip students with the skills and specialized knowledge from their fields they will need in their careers after graduation. For this reason, Dempsey weighed in on the discourse surrounding AI in the workplace. While many worry that AI will automate jobs wholesale, he posited that AI could be used to automate certain tasks within jobs that don’t require this specialized knowledge, like emailing and meetings."

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March 16, 7:07 PM
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How Teens and Young People Use AI Tools for Learning and Mental Health Support

How Teens and Young People Use AI Tools for Learning and Mental Health Support | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it
Two reports detail ways young people are engaging with AI and how it impacts their mental health.
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March 14, 8:57 PM
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Become a Scratch Member today! 

Become a Scratch Member today!  | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it
Scratch Foundation - Empowering young people through creative coding and learning
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March 12, 7:11 PM
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Social Media Addiction Trial Nears End. Society Long Ago Rendered Its Verdict. 

Social Media Addiction Trial Nears End. Society Long Ago Rendered Its Verdict.  | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it
That doesn’t mean people approve of social media or even like it. They just can’t imagine being without it.
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"That doesn’t mean people approve of social media or even like it. They just can’t imagine being without it."

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March 10, 7:12 PM
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Real-Time Data Shows Exactly How Students Use AI on School Technology

Real-Time Data Shows Exactly How Students Use AI on School Technology | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it
About 20% of student interactions with AI using school technology involved problematic behaviors.
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March 9, 12:35 AM
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AI saves me hours every week — here are the 9 ways I use it

AI saves me hours every week — here are the 9 ways I use it | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it

"Stop wasting time on busywork. Discover nine practical ways to use AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Gemini to automate your daily routine, summarize documents, and reclaim your free time...."


Via Leona Ungerer, Yashy Tohsaku
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March 26, 6:34 PM
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Seeking a Sounding Board? Beware the Eager-to-Please Chatbot. 

Seeking a Sounding Board? Beware the Eager-to-Please Chatbot.  | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it
A new study of popular AI models shows that their feedback on social situations is far from impartial.
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Gee, you mean it's telling me what I want to hear? What a concept! ;)

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March 24, 7:17 PM
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Bold Changes Needed to Prepare Students for AI-Fueled Disruption, Commission Says

Bold Changes Needed to Prepare Students for AI-Fueled Disruption, Commission Says | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it
A commission calls for a unified federal strategy to address rapidly changing workforce needs.
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March 21, 7:52 PM
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Addressing Work Refusal in the Classroom

Addressing Work Refusal in the Classroom | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it
Discover effective strategies for dealing with student work refusal in the classroom, and create a positive and productive learning environment.
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March 20, 9:15 PM
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A.I. Is Writing Fiction. Publishers Are Unprepared. -

A.I. Is Writing Fiction. Publishers Are Unprepared. - | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it
Book publishing has few safeguards in place to prevent the unwitting publication of a novel heavily generated by artificial intelligence.
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March 19, 7:26 PM
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The Long Farewell to Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse 

The Long Farewell to Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse  | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it
Meta announced changes that effectively leave Mr. Zuckerberg’s vision of an immersive digital world based in virtual reality only on life support.
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*Sigh* The Metaverse will be better off without Meta. ;)

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March 18, 10:06 PM
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'Constant Juggling': Teachers Share the Job Stressors That Keep Them Up at Night

'Constant Juggling': Teachers Share the Job Stressors That Keep Them Up at Night | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it
Most educators point to the intense workload that doesn't stop after the school day ends.
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March 18, 2:20 AM
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With AI finishing your sentences, what will happen to your unique voice on the page?

With AI finishing your sentences, what will happen to your unique voice on the page? | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it
Chatbots tend to produce solid writing, but their prose largely reflects a single, uniform voice.

Via EDTECH@UTRGV
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EDTECH@UTRGV's curator insight, March 17, 10:02 AM

"Predictive language technologies have become so routine – baked into smartphones, email services and chatbots – that we barely notice them anymore. But they raise a difficult question: What happens to a writer’s unique voice when AI routinely completes their thoughts – or generates them altogether from scratch?"

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March 16, 7:09 PM
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7 Things Teachers Say Would Make Them Stay on the Job

7 Things Teachers Say Would Make Them Stay on the Job | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it
Educators pointed to everything from classroom size to the amount of autonomy they're given.
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Only 7 things?! ;)

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March 15, 12:36 AM
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Social Media Isn’t Just Speech. It’s Also a Defective, Hazardous Product.

Social Media Isn’t Just Speech. It’s Also a Defective, Hazardous Product. | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it
Don’t let the First Amendment arguments fool you.
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Let's not get carried away here... ;)

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March 14, 8:52 PM
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New study found that 8 in 10 AI Tools supported users asking about inflicting violence on others 

New study found that 8 in 10 AI Tools supported users asking about inflicting violence on others  | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it

Via Dr. Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa)
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Scary stuff. Thanks to Tom D'Amico.

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March 12, 7:07 PM
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Coding After Coders: The End of Computer Programming as We Know It 

Coding After Coders: The End of Computer Programming as We Know It  | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it
In the era of A.I. agents, many Silicon Valley programmers are now barely programming. Instead, what they’re doing is deeply, deeply weird.
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March 10, 7:09 PM
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Meta Acquires Moltbook, the Social Network Just for A.I. Bots

Meta Acquires Moltbook, the Social Network Just for A.I. Bots | EdTech: The New Normal | Scoop.it
Matt Schlicht, the site’s creator, helped kick off Silicon Valley’s obsession with artificial intelligence agents. Two months later, he is joining the Meta Superintelligence Lab.
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This is more than just a little weird. ;)

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