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TEACHER VOICE: AI is an addictive drug that must be researched, studied and confined

TEACHER VOICE: AI is an addictive drug that must be researched, studied and confined | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
AI literacy can help protect students against the dangers of AI. Having students interrogate AI is one of the best ways there is to build up their cognitive defense systems.
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"AI is being sold as a product that increases productivity and even creativity. The only way to articulate its dangers is to engage in research."

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Looking for a Textbook on Generative AI in Education?

Looking for a Textbook on Generative AI in Education? | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it

Teaching and Learning in the Age of Generative AI: Evidence-Based Approaches to Pedagogy, Ethics, and Beyond

 

Edited by Joseph Rene Corbeil & Maria Elena Corbeil (2025)

 

🏆 Winner of the 2025 Systems Thinking & Change Division Outstanding Book Award from the Association for Educational Communications and Technology!

 

If you are designing a course that addresses generative AI in education, this award-winning volume provides a research-driven, classroom-ready foundation. Rather than offering hype or fear, this book helps educators:

  • Ground AI integration in learning theory and research
  • Address academic integrity with thoughtful, practical strategies
  • Redesign assessment for an AI-enabled world
  • Explore ethics, bias, privacy, and institutional responsibility
  • Leverage AI to enhance critical thinking and digital literacy


Bookended by historical and forward-looking analyses of AI in education, the chapters move beyond surface-level discussions to provide evidence-based approaches for real classrooms—K–12, higher education, and professional learning environments.

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Request your inspection copy today.

EDTECH@UTRGV's curator insight, February 11, 5:29 PM

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Artificial Intelligence is playing a significant role in both cyber defense and cybercrime. Security professionals are leveraging AI-powered tools to detect threats faster, analyze suspicious activities, and automate incident responses. At the same time, cybercriminals are using AI to create more convincing scams and sophisticated attacks, creating an ongoing battle between attackers and defenders.read more..https://pressearn.it.com/blog/?s=Technology+
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How AI Tools Are Really Being Used In Classrooms

How AI Tools Are Really Being Used In Classrooms | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it

"Artificial intelligence is a widely discussed topic in education, often prompting questions and at times debate about cheating, screen time, and the future of learning itself. Yet conversations with teachers suggest that AI’s role in classrooms is more nuanced than many of the headlines imply."

EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"AI is neither a simple solution nor a singular problem, but a tool that is being tested, questioned, and adapted in real time."

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Teachers are worried about students cheating with AI, but my survey suggests the deeper issue is learning

Teachers are worried about students cheating with AI, but my survey suggests the deeper issue is learning | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
As schools consider AI guidelines, educators are also thinking about how they can adjust their assignments to accurately measure what students are actually learning.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"As an assistant professor of school psychology studying artificial intelligence in K–12 education, I think the question is not only whether students are using AI to cheat, but whether there is evidence that learning actually happened."

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Weak hands and blurry vision: Is your tech giving you 'phone body'?

Weak hands and blurry vision: Is your tech giving you 'phone body'? | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
Your devices are changing your body in ways you might not realise. It's not too late to do something about it.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"Technology is part of a global shift towards more of our time spent indoors. In that sense,...our devices may have an indirect negative effect on your eyes."

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Some States Are Banning Much More Than Phones in Schools. That’s a Huge Mistake

Some States Are Banning Much More Than Phones in Schools. That’s a Huge Mistake | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
Culatta: Bills forbidding use of technology in the classroom will deny students essential skills and train them for a world that no longer exists
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"There are two consistent problems in the current wave of bills. First, they treat distracting entertainment media and research-based educational technology as if they are the same...Second, they assume that the best way to limit tech use is with a timer. But the issue is quality, not quantity."

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What School and District Leaders Need to Know Before They Invest in AI

What School and District Leaders Need to Know Before They Invest in AI | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
Aguilar: Some key questions to ask before signing on the dotted line and committing limited resources to artificial intelligence-powered ed tech tools.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"While AI has the potential to be a powerful tutor, a strong assistant and an equalizer in under-resourced classrooms, it can do so only if educators adopt tools with full information. School administrators should demand transparency, evidence and ethical safeguards from the companies that build them."

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The Final Piece of the Ed-Tech Backlash Has Finally Arrived

The Final Piece of the Ed-Tech Backlash Has Finally Arrived | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it

"I have been a high school teacher for almost three decades, spending almost all that time teaching seniors about American civics. My teaching tenure has overlapped with the rise of the very trends now engulfing our educational system: I have watched my students embrace smartphones, social media, online learning and now artificial intelligence.

 

But recently I have noticed something I never expected.

 

Many of my more thoughtful and honest students are becoming critics of the very technologies that shaped them."

EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"The generation that grew up on iPhones, spending much of every waking hour online, now seems to be awakening to the perils of a digital world neither they nor their parents fully understood."

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Students who value AI ethics may regulate their learning more effectively

Students who value AI ethics may regulate their learning more effectively | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it

"University students who view artificial intelligence through the lens of ethics and social good may be more effective at planning, monitoring, and evaluating their learning with the technology, according to new research."

EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"A study of 333 university students found that critical thinking, autonomy, and views of AI’s ethical and social value were associated with how learners managed their work with the technology."

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Less Interesting, Less Enjoyable: Why AI-Assisted Classes Feel Less Important

Less Interesting, Less Enjoyable: Why AI-Assisted Classes Feel Less Important | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
Teachers save time with AI. Their students may pay the price.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

“Teachers, just like students or coders, might be using AI as a crutch,...Instead of doing the actual work, they’re using AI to delegate the task, and that lowers the quality of their teaching.”

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Study: The National AI Policy Landscape in K–12 Education

Study: The National AI Policy Landscape in K–12 Education | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
A snapshot of where districts stand on AI and what it reveals.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"What we found is a snapshot of a field that is neither panicking nor confidently leading: it is waiting, watching and managing uncertainty one teacher-directed decision at a time."

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AI Personalization In Learning Platforms

AI Personalization In Learning Platforms | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
Uncover the significance of AI personalization in learning platforms and the vital role of system infrastructure for success.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"Adaptive learning platforms often fail not because of weak AI models, but weak architecture: shallow learner data, flat content libraries, one-time routing, and slow infrastructure. Real personalization requires continuous data, structured content, live feedback loops, and real-time response."

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The twilight of the chatbots - by Ethan Mollick

The twilight of the chatbots - by Ethan Mollick | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it

"If you feel like things are accelerating in AI, you are probably right. Better AI models from the leading American AI labs have been releasing more quickly than ever (though government interventions stopped access temporarily to two of the most powerful models, Claude Fable and GPT-5.6)."

EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"As AIs can do longer and longer tasks, the way people are using AI is changing. Until recently, the dominant way to use AI was as a co-intelligence. You would ask the AI to do something, check the results, and then ask for it to do the next step of your job. By careful prompting and human attention, you could guide AIs to do complex and long-term tasks."

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AI Chatbot Warnings May Not Stop Hallucinations, Researchers Say

AI Chatbot Warnings May Not Stop Hallucinations, Researchers Say | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
AI chatbot warning labels may not stop users from trusting hallucinated answers, raising new audit, compliance, and escalation questions for enterprise teams.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"Researchers found that hallucination warnings had weak and mixed effects among interventions studied for organization-backed AI advisors."

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Designing a Course Students Want to Screenshot

Designing a Course Students Want to Screenshot | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
Learn how intentional course design and branding can improve accessibility, student engagement, and the online learning experience in Canvas.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"Every course communicates something visually. Course branding is not decoration. It is a way to bring personality, professionalism, and purpose into the space where learning happens and to make sure that space is built for everyone who walks into it."

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Rethinking School Cell Phone Policies In The Age Of Digital Learning

Rethinking School Cell Phone Policies In The Age Of Digital Learning | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
As education evolves in the age of AI, school leaders face a new tension: distinguishing between wasteful screen time and active digital learning.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"While few would argue that fewer classroom distractions are a bad thing, studies suggest that cell phone bans produce only modest effects on student achievement."

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Despite the growth of some AI schools like Alpha, research doesn’t show that AI tutors are better than human teachers

Despite the growth of some AI schools like Alpha, research doesn’t show that AI tutors are better than human teachers | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
Instead of schools trying to replace teachers with AI, teachers could use AI to become better educators.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"The argument for more personalized education may be a good one in some cases. But it also risks creating a false dichotomy where all AI programs are seen as responsive and motivating, and all classroom teaching is rote lecturing."

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See if you can spot an AI deepfake with our test

See if you can spot an AI deepfake with our test | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
Researchers in Aberdeen have been finding out if you can train people to identify computer-generated facial images.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"Artificial intelligence has become so adept at creating realistic images, it is increasingly hard to figure out what is real or not."

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5 Questions to Help Schools and Districts Make Smarter Ed Tech Decisions

5 Questions to Help Schools and Districts Make Smarter Ed Tech Decisions | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
Eroh & Malipatil: If a tool does not improve learning, help teachers or advance a clear instructional goal, it does not belong in the classroom.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"The next phase of educational technology should be defined less by adoption and more by how carefully districts choose what stays."

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In NYC District, Technology Works With Pencil and Paper To Help Kids Learn Math

In NYC District, Technology Works With Pencil and Paper To Help Kids Learn Math | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
Manjee: Students use screens only for end-of-lesson check-ins — giving teachers real-time info about who's on track and who's falling behind.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"[T]he fight playing out in city councils and statehouses over screens versus no screens. But that is the wrong battle. Screens are not the enemy of learning. The real enemy is older than any device: a classroom where students sit isolated and a teacher is too swamped with grading and paperwork to notice who is falling behind until it is too late to help."

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The best time to be a teacher: Leading with AI and technology in the age of personalized learning

The best time to be a teacher: Leading with AI and technology in the age of personalized learning | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
Teachers shouldn't fear that AI and advancements in technology will diminish their expertise--instead, they amplify it.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"When we combine the timeless art of great teaching with the new science of artificial intelligence, we create classrooms where every student can truly thrive."

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Little Kids Outsmart Content Blockers. What Can Be Done About Devices in School?

Little Kids Outsmart Content Blockers. What Can Be Done About Devices in School? | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
Schools try to block kids from accessing dangerous content and games online but often fall short. Parents and educators say if devices are here to stay, districts need to have more control, transparency.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"We need better training, better guidelines and better knowledge of how to use all the apps in a way that’s going to be beneficial"

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In Rural Districts, AI Resources for Educators Are Scarce

Despite challenges, teachers believe AI can broaden students’ horizons.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

“Our big urban and suburban school districts, they have technology integration coaches who have been diving into the AI work for the past three years...Rural school districts often don’t.”

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eLearning Platforms With AI: What They Are Really Building

eLearning Platforms With AI: What They Are Really Building | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
eLearning platforms with AI features completely rebuilt their core systems. Here's what they actually engineered behind the scenes.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"eLearning platforms are adding AI in specific places where it solves a problem. But they're also running into real constraints. And they're discovering that rebuilding a platform around AI costs significantly more than bolting AI onto an existing system."

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Children learn best on paper: We need better technology, not less of it

Children learn best on paper: We need better technology, not less of it | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
Technology should make teachers' work lives easier and their impact more powerful, not have students spend more time on screens.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"Paper and curriculum for the human work of learning. Technology for the logistics of running a room."

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Never mind the prompts, here’s the thinking

Everyone is selling you this pitch about AI and design: it’s faster. Ten times faster. Ship in an afternoon what used to take a month, watch a prototype assemble itself while you sip your coffee…
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"When you optimize a creative process for raw speed, you don’t get better products. You get the same products, just sloppier, sooner and shortsighted."

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What happens when AI detectors fail? Researchers say we must be trained to spot fake AI faces

What happens when AI detectors fail? Researchers say we must be trained to spot fake AI faces | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
AI detectors are struggling against increasingly realistic deepfakes. Researchers say people can dramatically improve their ability to identify fake AI faces through structured training and pattern recognition.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"Researchers say spotting AI faces may soon depend more on people than software"

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