A national survey of students, teachers and parents shines a light on how the AI revolution is playing out in schools – including when it comes to bullying and a community's trust in schools.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"42% of students surveyed say they or someone they know have used AI for companionship."
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EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
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As the world marks World Teachers' Day on October 5, it is worth reflecting on the profound transformation facing education: AI is reshaping not only how we learn, but also what it means to teach and to think.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"[T]he very institutions that claim to prepare us for the future are themselves unprepared for the speed at which the future is arriving."
A national survey of students, teachers and parents shines a light on how the AI revolution is playing out in schools – including when it comes to bullying and a community's trust in schools.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"42% of students surveyed say they or someone they know have used AI for companionship."
It can take years to collect evidence that shows effective uses of new technologies in schools. Unfortunately, early guesses sometimes go seriously wrong.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"[A]s AI spreads through schools, both historical analysis and new research conducted with K-12 teachers and students offer some guidance on navigating uncertainties and minimizing harm."
"We have begun a transformation in higher education that will make us more responsive, efficient and effective at achieving our multiple missions. This will not be easy or without trauma, but it is necessary."
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"AI is no longer a peripheral advantage but a nonnegotiable necessity for survival and growth."
"There's a shift happening in personal computing thanks to the rise of on-device AI. That's comparable to previous computing revolutions including the cloud itself, and mobile computing. Upendra Kulkarni, VP of product management at Qualcomm Technologies Inc , likens it to the shift he saw as PCs replaced mainframes."
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"[M]oving some or all AI processing to a local platform democratizes the technology and helps the environment. Instead of relying on power-hungry frontier models in the cloud, you can use power-sipping agentic AI to get jobs done faster, with fewer cycles."
Voice-enabled technologies promise to revolutionize learning, yet these systems often fail to understand their primary users – children.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"While speech recognition has made remarkable strides in recent years, the gap between performance on adult and child speech remains surprisingly wide."
Every school has an AI strategy — the only question is who’s really in control: people or AI.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"When schools fail to set their own vision, the system quietly sets one for them — through recommendation engines, productivity apps, and AI tutors that define what “good learning” looks like. The challenge now is not whether schools should have an AI strategy, but whether they will shape it intentionally or inherit one designed elsewhere. Perhaps by AI."
Phone bans are now well-established in many Australian primary and secondary schools. Have they made a difference?
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
“Phone bans aren’t a silver bullet,... But they are a critical lever, especially when paired with digital citizenship, mental-health promotion and positive playground programs.”
Examine the importance of human connection in the age of AI. Learn how educators can balance technology with engagement, reduce student loneliness, and foster meaningful learning in higher education.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"Without another person to offer insight and possible opposing views, the user will often be left with tremendous confirmation bias
"For months, the discussion around Gen-AI has been dominated by concerns over academic misconduct and the development of detection tools. However, as HEPI Director Nick Hillman OBE highlighted, this new report takes a different tack. Its unique focus is on how AI can support active learning, rather than just how students are using it."
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"By embracing a proactive, values-led approach that prioritises ethical development, equity and human-centric learning, universities can turn what was once seen as a threat into a powerful catalyst for positive change."
Enterprises report that they lack governance, visibility and controls for AI, which is putting data at risk.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"A lack of governance, visibility and established controls gives [AI] the ability to access or release data, adding to security and privacy concerns that can go unnoticed."
The findings indicate that while AI holds promise, particularly in the domain of language and writing, its effectiveness across broader academic disciplines remains uncertain due to its current predominant focus on writing evaluation.
Chatbots aren’t designed to model the type of thinking we expect from our students.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"AI provides confident-sounding answers that are frequently wrong. Many people are swayed by AI’s display of certainty, conflating the presentation of information with its quality."
Soon AI may move beyond its role as a mere tool to function as a creative agent-potentally even as a virtual student or professor-capable of generating original artworks and contributing to research leadership.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"The metacognitive demands of AI-assisted learning highlight the need for institutional policies that not only regulate generative AI but also promote critical thinking, ethical reasoning, and iterative learning processes in higher education."
"Every product team is chasing the same dream right now — smarter, faster, more “AI-powered.” But in all that optimization, we forget the thing no model can predict: what it feels like to trust a system you can’t see."
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"[T]he real threat to user experience isn’t technology itself — it’s when we let convenience replace care."
Artificial intelligence tools need at least as much scrutiny as social media. They risk opening the door to a decline in students’ critical thinking skills and giving too much power to technology rather than teachers.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"AI is going to require at least as much scrutiny as social media. We’re already experiencing the consequences of allowing social media algorithms unfettered access to our children."
Australian Catholic University used an AI tool to falsely accuse students of cheating us an AI, taking months to clear their name.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"College students are being wrongly accused of using AI to cheat on their assignments by their university — based, in a headache-inducing twist, on the findings of another AI system."
Our data show stability, not disruption, in AI’s labor market impacts—for now. But that could change at any point.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"Despite fears of an imminent AI jobs apocalypse, the overall labor market shows more continuity than immediate collapse. The percent of workers in jobs with high, medium, and low AI “exposure” has remained remarkably steady over time."
In Chapter 15 of Teaching and Learning in the Age of Generative AI,Peter Cardon and Bryan Marshall introduce the AI Era Durable Skills Framework, helping educators align teaching with the competencies most critical for career success.
At its core, the framework emphasizes subject-matter expertise and adaptability, surrounded by five essential skill areas:
🔹 Technical skills
🔹 Communication skills
🔹 Leadership skills
🔹 Ethical reasoning
🔹 Problem solving & creativity
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
This chapter underscores the urgent need for educators to embed AI literacy into coursework, experiment with AI tools, and connect with communities of practice to ensure students thrive in an AI-powered workplace.
Across departments, Middlebury professors are grappling with the implications of artificial intelligence (AI) in higher education. Many professors, including Professor of English Megan Mayhew-Bergman and Lecturer in Chinese Mairead Harris, have modified syllabi to permit AI in specific contexts.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"Perspectives on balancing independent learning with AI vary across departments."
"[A]s AI interfaces start to take different forms, many of them are still kinda hard to figure out. Navigating them can be overwhelming. It doesn’t feel like you’re using these products so much as deciphering them. The engineering is powerful, but the flows don’t make sense."
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"As AI products move into the mainstream, the writing in the interfaces should evolve, too. The writing should become more readable. Respectful. Inclusive."
"You would be surprised how many times I've seen materials promoted as being inspired or modelled on Bloom's Taxonomy that don't come anywhere near demanding the higher order thinking skills that Bloom described. So if you want tasks that push your students to use those areas near the dusty summit, then give this prompt a try."
Discover how the M.Ed. in Educational Technology at UTRGV prepares educators to design engaging instruction, integrate multimedia, and use AI responsibly.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
With students navigating a world of streaming content, personalized apps, AI-powered tools, and instant feedback, traditional teaching strategies often fall short. Today’s classrooms are becoming more digital, and educators must be ready to design, deliver, and manage interactive instruction, but also to use AI ethically and responsibly in ways that enrich learning.
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"42% of students surveyed say they or someone they know have used AI for companionship."