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Book Bites: Word on Fire's Evangelization & Culture "artificial intelligence"
A review of the magazine issue from the Bishop Barron-led Word on Fire Institute. A beautifully-produced magazine that serves as just the...

Kevin D
Nov 7, 20253 min read


Book Review: Rebooting AI: Building Artificial Intelligence We Can Trust
This week's review is on Rebooting AI: Building Artificial Intelligence We Can Trust by Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis . In the nearly six years since its publication, Gary Marcus has remained a staunch contrarian even as Generative AI has exploded in financing, development, and implementation across the tech, business, and education worlds. Rebooting AI marks his first real entry into a critique of where the field was heading and the limitations imposed by those choices. Thi

Kevin D
Oct 31, 20254 min read


Book Review: Teaching with AI - A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning
This week's review is on Teaching with AI - A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning by Jos é Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson. A book which states its aim clearly - focusing on the how, not necessarily the why or why not of using AI in teaching. Bowen and Watson present a brief overview on what AI is, before proceeding to Teaching (which includes a discussion of cheating, policies, and quality) and Learning (feedback, assessments, writing). The first section is l

Kevin D
Oct 24, 20255 min read


Book Bite: The Better Pastor by Patrick Lencioni
The Better Pastor: A Fable by Patrick Lencioni Clocking it at 101 pages, The Better Pastor aims to provide - in story form - simple...

Kevin D
Oct 3, 20252 min read


Book Review: Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans
This week's review is on Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans by Melanie Mitchell . A book written by an expert on AI -...

Kevin D
Sep 26, 20253 min read


Book Review: Bad Therapy by Abigail Shrier
This week's review is on Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up by Abigail Shrier . Abigail Shrier builds off of her Substack ...

Kevin D
Aug 1, 20253 min read


Book Bite: Good to Great and the Social Sectors by Jim Collins
Good to Great and the Social Sectors: A Monograph to Accompany Good to Great by Jim Collins Clocking it at 35 pages, this addendum which...

Kevin D
Jul 25, 20252 min read


Book Bites: A Brighter Future for Catholic Schools & Meditations for Mortals
Two interesting reads today - which given their construction and the personal relationship I have with several of the authors in A...

Kevin D
Jul 3, 20252 min read


Book Review: The Fifth Discipline by Peter M. Senge
This week's review is on The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of the Learning Organization (Revised and Updated) by Peter M. Senge....

Kevin D
Jun 27, 20257 min read


In Memoriam: Mario Vargas Llosa
The passing of Llosa marks the passing of one of South America's best novelists. As someone not aligned with the global left, Llosa will...

Kevin D
Jun 20, 20252 min read


Book Review: Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara
This week's review is on Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect by Will Guidara. After...

Kevin D
Jun 13, 20254 min read


Book Review: Empire of AI by Karen Hao
This week's review is on Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI by Karen Hao. Widely anticipated and already a...

Kevin D
Jun 6, 20256 min read


Book Review: The Smart Non-Profit
This week's review is on The Smart Non-Profit: Staying Human-Centered in an Automated World by Beth Kanter and Allison Fine. With about...

Kevin D
May 23, 20253 min read


Book Review: Superagency by Reid Hoffman + Greg Beato
This week's review is on Superagency: What Could Possibly Go Right with Our AI Future by Reid Hoffman and Greg Beato . Hoffman is the...

Kevin D
May 9, 20254 min read


Book Review: AI Snake Oil
This week's review is on AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference by Arvind...

Kevin D
Apr 25, 20253 min read


Book Review: Brave New Worlds: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (And Why That's a Good Thing) by Salman Khan
This week's review is on Brave New Worlds: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (And Why That's a Good Thing) by Salman Khan . Yikes....

Kevin D
Apr 11, 20252 min read


Book Review: The AI Classroom by Daniel Fitzpatrick, Amanda Fox, and Brad Weinstein
This week's review is on The AI Classroom: The Ultimate Guide to Artificial Intelligence in Education by Daniel Fitzpatrick, Amanda Fox,...

Kevin D
Mar 28, 20252 min read


Book Review: The IC Toolkit by Jim Knight, Jessica Wise, Michelle Harris, and Amy Musante
This week's review is on The IC Toolkit by Jim Knight, Jessica Wise, Michelle Harris, and Amy Musante . Jim Knight is a legend in the...

Kevin D
Mar 21, 20252 min read


AI Book Review: Atlas of AI by Kate Crawford
This week's review is on Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence by Kate Crawford. Artificial...

Kevin D
Mar 14, 20253 min read


"The Hidden-Hand Presidency" and Principal Leadership
Why not draw leadership lessons for our Catholic schools from an analysis of the presidency of Eisenhower published in 1982? Fred...

Kevin D
Dec 6, 20244 min read
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