Nick Potkalitsky

Gen-AI x Gen-Z/Alpha A Guest Post by Marta Napiorkowska, Ph.D

Important guest article at my Substack today. What are the cognitive benefits of deeply immersive writing practices? Is such immersion possible in AI enhanced writing? open.substack.com/pub/nickpotk...

The Three Pathways to AI Source Literacy© Teachers and students need a classroom-tested methodology for evaluating and incorporating AI-generated materials into their learning process.

Important new method for AI source literacy development in K-16 and professional work. 3 spaces of friction with AI generated text: 1. Exploratory inquiry, 2. Targeted inquiry, 3. Generative engagement. open.substack.com/pub/nickpotk...

Character.ai's Ethics Problem: Training AI on Teen Trauma A three-pronged response to Character.ai's reckless development: regulation, ethical AI training, and AI literacy

Character.ai deserves serious interrogation in 2025. But the issue is actually much broader. Most AI apps offload the onus of age verification on the user. How can an educational system bridge this gap? open.substack.com/pub/nickpotk...

Dancing with the Devil We Know: OpenAI and the Future of Education Analyzing OpenAI's Student Writing Guide and Latest AI Tools

OpenAI keeps making new products teachers have to respond to. In this article, I work out a game play for what will be an enduring tension in AI curriculum design: open.substack.com/pub/nickpotk...

Just published my first article at #Persuasion. Trying to get the word out about scaling laws. Wish me luck!
#GenAi

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Check out my latest article on Substack. It is stirring up a good conversation about AI’s role in the educational arena #DanceWithTheDevilYouKnow

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It is remarkable how little documents like this have progressed in over 2 years. So vague and double-voiced. Time to start working with students so we can start figuring this stuff out! openpraxis.org/articles/10....

These models are rapidly improving at image analysis.

Just published a new piece where I breakdown the comparison between #AI and the #internet. A very rewarding jaunt into the history and future of #tech

#EducatingAI #AIEdu

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Had a great time with @mike kentz on @alfonso mendoza’s my detect life podcast. We went super deep on this one with a lot of practical insights splashed in. Check it out:

www.myedtech.life/roadmap/

I just had the privilege of being on AI expert Sabrina Ramonov’s podcast. Great conversation for teachers trying to work out an AI response plan: www.sabrina.dev/p/ai-in-high...

I just completed a research analysis of 4 major studies indicating AI may lead to positive outcomes in the classroom. Let’s lean into the nuance. AI's effectiveness is heavily context-dependent and implementation-sensitive. open.substack.com/pub/nickpotk...

I graded 16 top AI study tools using a metric focused on generative learning.

Published the post in @aisupremacy.bsky.social’s newsletter

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The double and triple checking of instructional design: what is the purpose? Is this still possible? What am I really trying to accomplish? I always asked these questions before… but they are ultra emphatic these days!!!

Artists fight back. Break into OpenAI’s Sora model.

Check out this brilliant reporting by my friend Jurgen:

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Understanding generative AI as a pedagogical innovation (opinion) Michael S. Palmer considers generative AI’s potential as a pedagogical innovation.

Exploring generative AI as a novel teaching innovation. Unleashed potential in higher education awaits! #AIinEducation

https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2024/11/25/understanding-generative-ai-pedagogical-innovation-opinion

Great article!!!

Thanks so much!!! Will do. Things are starting to get interesting again Ai x learning wise!!!

Anyone else fascinated by the Ed Week study on teacher AI training and use?

Check out my analysis!!!

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Sleeper of a functionality. Not that great in this iteration. But this is the level of interaction we desperately need!

Wrote a piece back in Oct 2023 about writing as thinking.

Think it has help up pretty well!

Let me know what you think!!

#EduSky

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Wrote a piece on what I am describing as the Hard Problem of AI Literacy.

How do we help students to build new skills and knowledge—stimulate thinking—instead of automating processes?

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My friend Jason Gulya wrote a great article for my Substack about the Value of Doing Thing

Rather than outsourcing them to AI tools.

Let me know what you think!!!

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Any doing literacy work with big public districts?

What sort of services, products are they interested in in your neck of the woods?

#EduSky #AIinEducation

Thanks for the starter pack. This is Nick Potkalitsky!

Starting to build a new idea. Ai activates generative thinkingnin both teachers and students!

Let me know what you think! Ha!

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Sometimes I think that AI responsive instruction is just rhetorical analysis in a technological framework, but computational thinking combined with AI agency requires innovation on these old pathways.

“And in both cases, the B score (or lower APGAR) isn't a judgment, but a description leading to an alert. It helps teachers see where support is needed…
“The assessment exists not to grade for a grade as the highest value, but to guide our care…”

Power shift.

You aren’t able to get it to work?

#EduSky
Interested using portfolios to norm assessments in your department and in response to AI disruptions.

Check out this great article by my friend Terry Underwood:

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