I was a speaker at ISTE in 2014, co-presenting about a dialogue-based app offering different topics to share between national and international classes.
I still appreciate electrifying the exchange between students, and still doing this today...
but AI - we need much more dialogue, not immediate scaled adoption policies.
Yes, let me say clearly, I throw no general shade at any attendee of ISTE's conference -- my former friend Tom Mullaney spoke there last year, I think, and he's far from an AI fanboy (he saves that for Emily Bender).
We have conferences to learn from our fellow humans! And it sounds like you had an interesting session. I do wonder how many of those sorts of conversations take place nowadays, given all the grifters ISTE platforms.
PS Just reading the story you shared and holy cow man, this is great! Thank you SO much for sharing! If we're going to talk about AI with students -- and we are -- this is the way. And, asked with zero pressure, do you think Theo Rose (and/or any of your other AI skeptical students) would want to let me interview them? And you too? Hit me up at info at cognitiveresonance dot net if that's of interest. Thanks again.
"It is essential that you and your students learn to 'embrace' digging the hole faster."
Brilliant comment!
I was a speaker at ISTE in 2014, co-presenting about a dialogue-based app offering different topics to share between national and international classes.
I still appreciate electrifying the exchange between students, and still doing this today...
but AI - we need much more dialogue, not immediate scaled adoption policies.
https://www.wesa.fm/education/2026-02-23/avonworth-high-school-ai-ethics-class
Yes, let me say clearly, I throw no general shade at any attendee of ISTE's conference -- my former friend Tom Mullaney spoke there last year, I think, and he's far from an AI fanboy (he saves that for Emily Bender).
We have conferences to learn from our fellow humans! And it sounds like you had an interesting session. I do wonder how many of those sorts of conversations take place nowadays, given all the grifters ISTE platforms.
PS Just reading the story you shared and holy cow man, this is great! Thank you SO much for sharing! If we're going to talk about AI with students -- and we are -- this is the way. And, asked with zero pressure, do you think Theo Rose (and/or any of your other AI skeptical students) would want to let me interview them? And you too? Hit me up at info at cognitiveresonance dot net if that's of interest. Thanks again.
Here's an interesting article about AI and language:
https://theconversation.com/probably-doesnt-mean-the-same-thing-to-your-ai-as-it-does-to-you-275626