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'The learning comes from wrestling'
Students who say "no" to AI are willing work harder to build writing and thinking skills -- and to maintain their self-respect and their "humanity."

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 4, 20252 min read


AI will write your kid's suicide note
ChatGPT can be tricked into writing a suicide note, designing a starvation diet for an anorexic or offering advice on how to hide intoxication at school.

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 23, 20252 min read


Get computers out of class, and don't let AI in
Digitizing classrooms hasn't improved learning. AI will make it worse.

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 27, 20252 min read


When a kid's BFF is a bot
Kids need to interact with human friends -- not endless supportive bots.

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 20, 20252 min read


Food truck lessons: What does a taco cost? How do you turn a profit?
Running a food truck teaches business skills, teamwork and cooking to fifth- and sixth-graders in Texas.

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 19, 20251 min read


If AI kills the market value of a degree, how many colleges will survive?
AI is destroying the value of a college degree -- everyone's cheating -- and taking entry-level jobs from new graduates.

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 16, 20252 min read


Did AI eat your job? Learn to teach
New computer-science graduates could find jobs in teaching, and improve math achievement.

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 2, 20252 min read


Learn to plumb: New grads are competing with AI for coding jobs
College graduates are having trouble finding entry-level jobs in computer science and finance. Some blame AI.

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 6, 20252 min read


AI can help students improve their writing, without doing it for them, says researcher
AI can critique students' writing and get them to improve without doing the thinking for them, says the designer of "Level Up."

Joanne Jacobs
May 16, 20252 min read


If AI is doing all the thinking, what's college for?
If a bot does the work for your college degree, the bot will get the job.

Joanne Jacobs
May 8, 20253 min read


AI will do the thinking, so you never have to think for yourself
Relying on AI could weaken humans' thinking abilities.

Joanne Jacobs
Feb 1, 20252 min read


AI tutoring: The smart get smarter
AI tutoring can help motivated, capable students learn faster, but is worse than a human tutor for most students.

Joanne Jacobs
Dec 1, 20243 min read


Is everybody cheating?
Cheating is common for college students. Many think A is the only acceptable grade.

Joanne Jacobs
Nov 14, 20242 min read


AI can make human tutors more effective, but can it help kids directly?
AI tutoring has struggled to work, but a new study shows it can help human tutors be more effective.

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 9, 20242 min read


Learning is hard, and cheating is easier than ever: What can teachers do?
Teachers can't turn every student into an eager learner, but they can make it harder to cheat.

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 3, 20242 min read


'Terrible awful no good very bad' advice for teachers
Chicago teachers are getting very bad advice on how to teach with AI.

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 4, 20242 min read


AI is winning the war on cheating
A majority of students use AI to help write papers, and AI detection tools remain unreliable.

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 2, 20242 min read


Training (and restraining) an AI writing coach
A new AI writing coach will work from a student's notes, turning ideas into sentences.

Joanne Jacobs
May 26, 20241 min read


Sprechen sie ... Don't bother, AI will parlez vous for you
Learning a foreign language may soon be as obsolete as learning how to churn butter, writes Louise Matsakis in The Atlantic. Total...

Joanne Jacobs
Apr 6, 20242 min read


AI tutors will help motivated students, but . . .
"Motivated learners" will be able to "substitute AI for human tutors and teachers," predict Sean Geraghty and Mike Goldstein, co-leaders...

Joanne Jacobs
Nov 24, 20232 min read
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