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Rerum Novarum and Our Modern AI Moment - Part Three
Part One: Paragraphs 1-11, Sections 1 and 2; Introduction and Contra Socialism Part Two: Paragraphs 12-31, Sections 3 and 4; Society and...

Kevin D
May 29, 20255 min read


Rerum Novarum and Our Modern AI Moment - Part Two
Part One: Paragraphs 1-11, Sections 1 and 2; Introduction and Contra Socialism Reminder: This is my untrained analysis of Pope Leo XIII's...

Kevin D
May 28, 20254 min read


Rerum Novarum and Our Modern AI Moment - Part One
With the election of Pope Leo XIV and his cognizant choosing of the name Leo to draw a connection to his predecessor, Leo XIII, from the...

Kevin D
May 27, 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


AI Use Case: Interactive Crosswords
TheRundown AI highlights a great way to use Google Notebook to not only create reviews but crosswords: Their steps: Visit Notebook LM...

Kevin D
May 20, 20251 min read


Narcissism, Pornography, Friendship, and AI, Pt 2:
Part One , in which chatbots become our pools. Mark Zuckerberg sees this narcissism and loneliness as a market opportunity: ...the...

Kevin D
May 16, 20253 min read


AI Use Case: Deep Research
Inspired by Jeremy Caplan's Wonder Tools newsletter from May 2. In the AI arms race, many LLMs have deployed a "deep research function"...

Kevin D
May 13, 20252 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


AI Use Case: More Image Generation
ChatGPT offers a free Substack for educators that provides occasional education-focused ideas. You should subscribe! Seriously! Their ...

Kevin D
May 6, 20251 min read


Narcissism, Pornography, Friendship, and AI
The largest interactions with AI will most likely be on the individual engagement level. As always, a new online technology will be...

Kevin D
May 2, 20253 min read
AI Use Case: Transformative Principal's Hyper-Localized Curriculum
Based on Jethro Jones ' podcast, Transformative Principal , Episide 657: Using AI Layering to Create Hyper-Localized Curriculum with...

Kevin D
Apr 30, 20251 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


AI Use Case: Demographic Data Analysis
Our schools have a large pool of demographic data which could be use to look at trends in academic performance or enrollment cases. In...

Kevin D
Apr 22, 20253 min read


In Memoriam: Jesus Christ
In the Roman Calendar today is Good Friday, the day on which we commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. There is no more powerful...

Kevin D
Apr 18, 20251 min read


AI Use Case: Dr. Tony Frontier on Caitlin Tucker's The Balance
This post draws heavily on Dr. Tony Frontier's appearance on Dr. Caitlin Tucker's podcast, The Balance , the full episode can be listened...

Kevin D
Apr 15, 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


AI Use Case: Australian Catholic Schools Takes the Lead
Via the Australian AI in Education Podcast from Dan Bowen and Ray Fleming . Dan and Ray are a great listen and do a great job of...

Kevin D
Apr 8, 20253 min read


AI Use Case: QR Coding a Google Doc
Google docs are great! Sharing a url or link to a google document is not! The base google drive sharing allows sharing easily with past...

Kevin D
Apr 1, 20251 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


AI Use Case: Descriptive Writing
This is an activity that I've done with my kids to reinforce what they are working on in school. Objective : Students will use adjectives...

Kevin D
Mar 24, 20251 min read
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