Patrick Hausammann

I'm Going to Teach my Kids How to Cheat With AI The lesson plan from hell, and a bit of a manifesto.

I'm Going to Teach my Kids How to Cheat With AI
https://bradyteach.substack.com/p/im-going-to-teach-my-kids-how-to via @MattBradytso

The Presidential AI Challenge is live
https://orise.orau.gov/ai-challenge/index.html via https://AI.gov

NotebookLM is now available to all education users
https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2025/08/notebooklm-is-now-available-to-all.html# via @Google

AI Proofing Your Classroom (Sort Of) And other

AI Proofing Your Classroom (Sort Of)
https://substack.com/inbox/post/169783471 via @SydneySullivan

Back to School in the Age of AI - John Spencer Throughout this summer, I’ve had the opportunity to lead professional development on ethical AI integration throughout the United States. In some cases, it’s been a keynote and customized sessions. In other cases, it’s been a deep dive 1-3 day workshop. The audience has ranged from...

Back to School in the Age of AI
https://spencereducation.com/back-to-school-ai/ via @SpencerIdeas

I found a way with Wayground! 🌟
Starting the year as a proud @waygroundai ambassador! Can’t wait to connect, share, and support educators all year long. 🩷📚 @AlanaColabella #WaygroundAmbassador #BackToSchool
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How Can I Make Change When I'm Just One Teacher? How can teachers become change makers for equity and justice with so much stacked against us? Author and educator Alex Shevrin Venet shares three strategies.

I’m Just One Teacher. How Do I Make Change?
https://www.middleweb.com/52437/im-just-one-teacher-how-can-i-make-change/ via @MiddleWeb

Free AI Tools for Teachers and Educators – Brisk Teaching Brisk is the best AI for teachers and schools, offering free AI tools for education that fit seamlessly into your routine. With an AI lesson plan generator and tools for instruction, feedback, and dif...

Have you checked out @BriskTeaching lately? You can now use it with MS365! Unlike some tools, you have teacher and student facing options!

www.briskteaching.com

New ways to learn and explore with AI Mode in Search AI Mode in Search has several new features to help learners, educators and anyone who’s curious about the world.

New ways to learn and explore with AI Mode in Search
https://blog.google/products/search/ai-mode-updates-back-to-school/ via @Googla

Gen Z educators embrace AI tools more often than Gen X Overall, U.S. educators say AI tools have enhanced classroom engagement, but want clearer guidance on its use in learning.

Gen Z educators embrace AI tools more often than Gen X
https://www.eschoolnews.com/digital-learning/2025/07/16/gen-z-educators-embrace-ai-tools-more-often-than-gen-x/ @ESchoolNews

Anthropic's New Research Shows More Isn't Always Better in AI (and Something's Hiding in the Data) New Anthropic research reveals that giving AI more thinking time can paradoxically make it perform worse and amplify hidden biases, while a separate study shows models can secretly transmit these unwanted traits through seemingly benign, unrelated data.

Anthropic's New Research Shows More Isn't Always Better in AI (and Something's Hiding in the Data)
https://www.theneuron.ai/explainer-articles/anthropics-new-research-shows-more-isnt-always-better-in-ai-and-somethings-hiding-in-the-data via @TheNeuron

5 AI tools that offer more than hype High-impact AI tools in education typically provide real-time feedback on student work and adapt instruction based on performance.

5 AI tools that offer more than hype https://www.eschoolnews.com/digital-learning/2025/07/23/5-ai-tools-that-offer-more-than-hype/ via @eschoolnews

Some Google AI Updates to check out:
https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2025/07/increased-limits-to-gemini-25-pro-for.html

https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2025/07/video-overviews-studio-panel-updates-notebooklm.html

The Unintended Negative Consequences of Help in Childhood
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09637214251323594 via @SageJournals

Keep, Eliminate, Adapt As a new school year begins, these three verbs can help teachers reflect on the practices they want to bring into their classrooms.

Keep, Eliminate, Adapt
https://www.edutopia.org/article/teacher-reflection-new-school-year via @Edutopia

Students’ AI Chats Reveal Their Largest Stressors - EdSurge News A new report found students were most frequently concerned with balancing life and school. The kicker? These concerns were shared with an AI bot, not ...

Students’ AI Chats Reveal Their Largest Stressors
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2025-07-08-students-ai-chats-reveal-their-largest-stressors via @EdSurge

Yes, Teens Are Glued to Their Screens, But Here’s What We’re Missing | KQED Adults can help teens develop healthier relationships with technology by focusing on values, habits and emotional awareness.

Yes, Teens Are Glued to Their Screens, But Here’s What We’re Missing
https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/65633/yes-teens-are-glued-to-their-screens-but-heres-what-were-missing via @KQED

Using Gemini "Gems" to write lesson plans Gemini Gems can speed up and personalize the responses you get from the Gemini chat bot. Here's how to get access and create your first Gem!

AI Lesson planning with Gems from Gemini
https://www.chrmbook.com/ai-lesson-planning-gems/ via @JRSowash

Sleepwalking Our Way into AI Dependence https://open.substack.com/pub/terryu/p/sleepwalking-our-way-into-ai-dependence via @TerryUnderwood

New DOE Letter: Fund AI-Ready Materials Now Build transcript‑based GenAI literacy through HQIM before chasing tutoring tools.

New DOE Letter: Fund AI-Ready Materials Now
https://mikekentz.substack.com/p/new-doe-letter-fund-ai-ready-materials via @MikeKentz @AIEduPathways

Google users are less likely to click on links when an AI summary appears in the results In a March 2025 analysis, Google users who encountered an AI summary were less likely to click on links to other websites than users who did not see one.

Google users are less likely to click on links when an AI summary appears in the results
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/07/22/google-users-are-less-likely-to-click-on-links-when-an-ai-summary-appears-in-the-results/ via @PewResearch

Understand the Tug of Avoidance - Leadership Freak The Longer you run from something the stronger it grips you. Avoidance makes leaders small. Avoidance promises relief but delivers distress. Avoidance trades discomfort for disconnection. “Avoidance will make you feel less vulnerable in the short run, but it will never make you less afraid.” Strength to reject the temptations of avoidance...

Understand the Tug of Avoidance
https://leadershipfreak.blog/2025/07/21/understand-the-tug-of-avoidance/ via @LeadershipFreak

Teaching the Truth When AI Can Fake the Past As I have spent a bit of time scrolling social media platforms the past few weeks, I have seen an increasing amount of realistic AI generated images of moments from history, some of which were neve…

Teaching the Truth When AI Can Fake the Past https://www.wonderexplorelearn.com/teaching-the-truth-when-ai-can-fake-the-past/ via @kat_goyette

Brain Rot Isn’t Real, but Cognitive Offloading Is A Guest Post by Tina Austin

Brain Rot Isn’t Real, but Cognitive Offloading Is
https://nickpotkalitsky.substack.com/p/brain-rot-isnt-real-but-cognitive
via @NickPotkalitsky and @TinaAustin

The Secret AI Skill You Already Have (If You Read Literature) Why your English class was actually preparing you for the AI age

The Secret AI Skill You Already Have (If You Read Literature)
https://nickpotkalitsky.substack.com/p/the-secret-ai-skill-you-already-have via @NickPotkalitsky

What happens when AI chatbots replace real human connection | Brookings Isabelle Hau and Rebecca Winthrop outline the importance of human relationships and social connections to children's development.

What happens when AI chatbots replace real human connection
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/what-happens-when-ai-chatbots-replace-real-human-connection/ via @BrookingsInst

Have you checked out the @MagicSchoolAI Summer Academy? My session about Student Rooms is featured among other great professional learning content!

https://www.magicschool.ai/magicschool-academy

The One Thing We Can’t Lose in the A.I. Age: Transparency
https://www.ajjuliani.com/blog/the-one-thing-we-cant-lose-in-the-ai-age-transparency via @AJJuliani

Back-to-School Tech Reset: 10 Things to Do Before August – TCEA TechNotes Blog Check out these 10 tips to help you with a summer tech reset. You'll finish feeling refreshed and ready to take on the year ahead! Explore this and more at TCEA TechNotes Blog, your go-to source for educational technology and teaching innovation.

Back-to-School Tech Reset: 10 Things to Do Before August
https://blog.tcea.org/back-to-school-tech-reset/ via @TCEA

Beyond One-Size-Fits-All: How School Districts Choose Edtech That’s Culturally Relevant - EdSurge News Technology can amplify equity or widen gaps, says Baylor University researcher and former teacher Joshua Jonas. So it’s vital schools find edtech that ...

Beyond One-Size-Fits-All: How School Districts Choose Edtech That’s Culturally Relevant
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2025-07-10-beyond-one-size-fits-all-how-school-districts-choose-edtech-that-s-culturally-relevant via @EdSurge