Bud Hunt @budtheteacher.com · 03/09/2026This is the right question. Writing matters. AI can both interfere with important thinking and potentially amplify thoughtful practice. Process cautiously, y’all. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/u... 000
Reposted by Bud HuntKyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 27/08/2026One last Dolly Parton thought. Everyone thought Dolly and her work was FOR them. Men, women, folks in the country, queer people. And Dolly WAS for all of them. She loved us all. Her life reminds me of one of my favorite hymns: They'll Know We Are Christians by Our Love 1649477
Bud Hunt @budtheteacher.com · 01/08/2026Lengthy interview with Cory Doctorow on his new book on AI and the economy - then pivots to a writer talking writing. “You’ve gotta be a good writer to use the writing chatbot!” Worth your time. overcast.fm/+ABH_DbPKKEwovercast.fmF@#$ the AI Overlords — On the MediaA guide to getting AI to work for us, and not the other way around. 000
Bud Hunt @budtheteacher.com · 28/07/2026Y’all. www.wbur.org/dearsugar/20...wbur.orgComing soon... 'You Could Make This Beautiful'Something sweet is coming to the Dear Sugars feed: a new series called "You Could Make This Beautiful," co-hosted by poet Maggie Smith and journalist Faith Salie. The show is about making life more… 001
Bud Hunt @budtheteacher.com · 30/06/2026We’re Only Starting to Grasp the Pitfalls of Using A.I. at Work www.nytimes.com/2026/06/29/b...nytimes.comWe’re Only Starting to Grasp the Pitfalls of Using A.I. at Work 000
Bud Hunt @budtheteacher.com · 27/06/2026Ze Frank remains an inspiration. Worth your time. But listen carefully. overcast.fm/+ABXblDu9mR4overcast.fmZe Frank: Get Uncomfortable — HumansZe Frank invented vlogging according to Hank. The creator of the YouTube series True Facts and The Show talks to Hank about getting ideas out into the world, why he prefers discomfort when making… 000
Bud Hunt @budtheteacher.com · 10/06/2026Judge Punishes 4 Lawyers After Catching Both Sides Using A.I. in Lawsuit www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/u...nytimes.comJudge Punishes 4 Lawyers After Catching Both Sides Using A.I. in Lawsuit 000
Bud Hunt @budtheteacher.com · 29/05/2026When you’ve lost Milli Vanilli . . . Girl. You know it’s true. 010
Bud Hunt @budtheteacher.com · 14/05/2026“Platform fallacies” should be a topic of discussion in all of our classrooms and curriculum meetings. How are you helping the folks you’re working with understand how their tools shape their thinking? publicationsncte.org/content/jour...publicationsncte.orgReading Platforms as Texts: How ELA Can Address Fallacies of Persuasive Design | ncte.orgThis article introduces platform fallacies, persuasive design logics embedded in digital platforms, and illustrates how classroom activities using these fallacies can extend critical literacy into… 000
Bud Hunt @budtheteacher.com · 12/03/2026"Is it real if it works? Is it real if I feel less alone? . . ." - from "Perhaps Mercy" by Qianxi Chelsea Hu, 17 in the NYT Learning Network collection of student work about AI. Worth your time. full poem: static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics... full collection: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/l...nytimes.com 000
Reposted by Bud HuntJesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 25/02/2026The measure represents the Colorado legislature’s latest attempt to address artificial intelligence as the technology becomes increasingly prevalent coloradosun.com/2026/02/25/c... #copolitics #colegcoloradosun.comAI chatbots operating in Colorado would have to take steps to protect kids, prevent suicides under bipartisan billThe measure represents the legislature’s latest attempt to address artificial intelligence as the technology becomes increasingly prevalent 052
Bud Hunt @budtheteacher.com · 24/02/2026Any student who can be replaced by a computer should be, I guess. companion.ai/einstein #thisisfinecompanion.aiEinstein - AI Education CompanionEinstein logs into Canvas and does your homework automatically. He has his own computer — he can watch lectures, read essays, write papers, and participate in discussions. 121
Bud Hunt @budtheteacher.com · 22/02/2026First Waymo ride today. The robot car yielded to the pedestrian delivery robot in the crosswalk while another robot car approached. The future happened already. It’s just not evenly distributed. I’m glad my robot waited its turn. That bodes well. 000
Bud Hunt @budtheteacher.com · 23/01/2026Wow. Just wow. I wasn’t looking for a poem when I found this essay. Which is really a poem. poets.org/text/stumppoets.orgStumpI wasn’t looking for poetry when I posted the advertisement. I was looking for something to do with my body. 000
Bud Hunt @budtheteacher.com · 15/01/2026Seriously. Worth your time. www.brookings.edu/articles/a-n... 000
Bud Hunt @budtheteacher.com · 15/01/2026The Brookings report on AI and children is well worth your time. Still working through it, but I’m finding plenty of thoughtfulness. If you are a technologist or an educational leader, please read the executive summary. Please. www.brookings.edu/articles/a-n...brookings.eduA new direction for students in an AI world: Prosper, prepare, protect | BrookingsThis report explores the potential risks generative AI poses to students and outlines what we can do now to minimize them. 000
Bud Hunt @budtheteacher.com · 21/12/2025This, though, is. Librarians and data nerds are doing the work. essentialdata.us/in-memoriam....essentialdata.usIn Memoriam | America's Essential DataHighlighting examples of federal datasets that have been discontinued. 000
Bud Hunt @budtheteacher.com · 17/12/2025This poem is full of surprises. poets.org/poem/sign-yo...poets.orgThe Sign as You Exit the Artist’s Colony Says “The Real World”Quiet is not silence. Silence is absolute like never and forever. Quiet invites attention to cicadas, the warbling vireo on the wire, 000
Bud Hunt @budtheteacher.com · 01/11/2025“We’ve lost the ability to love people because we litmus test them at every point. . .” ibid overcast.fm/+AA3KNhgbFXg...overcast.fmJon Stewart on the Perilous State of Late Night and Why America Fell for Donald Trump — The New Yorker Radio HourThe “Daily Show” host talks with David Remnick about his contract with Paramount Skydance, the government’s attack on political satire, and how our institutions got so weak. 000
Bud Hunt @budtheteacher.com · 01/11/2025“I love a good argument. But I also love grace.” A fine framing of public discourse from Jon Stewart interviewed by David Remnick on the New Yorker Radio Hour. overcast.fm/+AA3KNhgbFXg...overcast.fmJon Stewart on the Perilous State of Late Night and Why America Fell for Donald Trump — The New Yorker Radio HourThe “Daily Show” host talks with David Remnick about his contract with Paramount Skydance, the government’s attack on political satire, and how our institutions got so weak. 000
Bud Hunt @budtheteacher.com · 29/09/2025If somebody suggests you watch _The Life of Chuck_, you should listen to them. 110
Bud Hunt @budtheteacher.com · 14/08/2025First day of school here. A good moment for an oldie - my advice to teachers at the start of a new year. Still advice I would give. Especially now. Happy new year! budtheteacher.com/blog/2008/08...budtheteacher.comAn Open Letter to TeachersHere in my neck of the woods, it’s the weekend before the start of classes. At my house, life got frantic this week as my wife, a high school language arts teacher, returned to work. It’… 000
Bud Hunt @budtheteacher.com · 12/08/2025Huh. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/b...nytimes.comAOL Will End Its Dial-Up Internet Service (Yes, It’s Still Operating)The company said the service, synonymous with the early days of the internet, will be discontinued on Sept. 30. 000
Bud Hunt @budtheteacher.com · 09/08/2025Chatbots Can Go Into a Delusional Spiral. Here’s How It Happens. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/t...nytimes.comChatbots Can Go Into a Delusional Spiral. Here’s How It Happens. 000
Reposted by Bud HuntJohn Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 05/08/2025The assumption that generative AI could be a "valuable partner" is unevidenced and the example activity is critical thinking work that could better be done in the absence of AI. It's thinking of something you COULD do with AI. Rather than what students SHOULD do to learn. 617836
Reposted by Bud HuntAnne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 25/06/2025I put together a 4-page doc for those wary of the rush to integrate in K-12 schools (though much applies beyond). Four of the main arguments for teachers using AI tools & introducing kids to AI as early as kindergarten are addressed with rebuttals linked to sources. 22311118
Bud Hunt @budtheteacher.com · 26/07/2025If you were thinking about rereading the Constitution with your book club, but you’re maybe in between book clubs, this podcast is for you. Highly recommend. overcast.fm/+AAyIOyIrdZoovercast.fmConstitution Breakdown #1: Nikole Hannah-Jones — 99% InvisibleThis month, Roman and Elizabeth discuss the Preamble, alongside Nikole Hannah-Jones. 000
Bud Hunt @budtheteacher.com · 23/07/2025Kicking off the 2025 CASE Convention. Learning with Colorado colleagues and educational leaders. 000
Bud Hunt @budtheteacher.com · 22/07/2025I dunno. Maybe it’s not the best use of time to mock or parody or amplify the Coldplay video thing. 000
Bud Hunt @budtheteacher.com · 17/07/2025This morning’s beach read. Catching up on some back issues. 000
Bud Hunt @budtheteacher.com · 16/07/2025“We ought to think about A.I. as an entertainment system before anything else.” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Why People Can’t Quit ChatGPTPerhaps the biggest effect A.I. will have on our lives is in giving us a new way to entertain ourselves. 100
Bud Hunt @budtheteacher.com · 16/07/2025“Poetry and art in general can be this amazing connective tool. . . . It engenders empathy. And sometimes I can forget this, but adding beauty to the world is a thing unto itself. We were born astonished. We should never grow out of our astonishment.” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/a...nytimes.comAndrea Gibson, a Poet of Love, Hope and Gender Identity, Dies at 49A master of spoken-word performance, Gibson insisted that poetry, especially when read aloud to an audience, was a political act. 000
Bud Hunt @budtheteacher.com · 06/07/2025This book is well worth your time. And the time of anyone suggesting to you that “this time, it’s different” when they tell you to believe everything about the future of “AI.” thecon.ai 120
Bud Hunt @budtheteacher.com · 03/07/2025Writing is hard work. Especially for scientists. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/h...nytimes.com454 Hints That a Chatbot Wrote Part of a Biomedical Researcher’s PaperScientists show that the frequency of a set of words seems to have increased in published study abstracts since ChatGPT was released into the world. 100
Bud Hunt @budtheteacher.com · 02/07/2025Building customized LLM agents in a Microsoft tool on iPadOS via the Chrome web browser. The future is weird. #istelive25 000
Bud Hunt @budtheteacher.com · 30/06/2025As usual, @hickstro is doing good work on how to teach writing with technology. These resources on AI and writing instruction are well worth your time. docs.google.com/presentation...docs.google.comHicks - Lenovo - ISTE 2025Teaching Writing with AI Problems, Potentials, and Possible Futures Dr. Troy Hicks | hickstro@gmail.com June 30, 2025 | ISTE Live 25 bit.ly/Hicks-Lenovo-ISTE-2025 000
Bud Hunt @budtheteacher.com · 30/06/2025Writing in a chair in a common space at ISTE. Did I Bloggers Cafe? 210
Bud Hunt @budtheteacher.com · 29/06/2025Instagram announces improvements in reporting issues with posts and accounts for schools today at ISTE-ASCD25. Good step forward - but requires the school to be on the platform. Thanks, Richard Culatta, for moving this forward. about.instagram.com/community/ed...about.instagram.comPartner With Instagram to Keep Your Students Safe | About InstagramHelp keep your students safe online with Instagram’s School Partnership Program. Join our waitlist and receive program updates & access to valuable resources 000
Bud Hunt @budtheteacher.com · 29/06/2025I did NOT have Colin Kaepernick advocating for the power of AI and storytelling as a part of my #istelx experience. 000
Bud Hunt @budtheteacher.com · 27/06/2025So today’s take out the trash day at the Supreme Court, then? 000
Reposted by Bud HuntChris Lehmann @clehmann.bsky.social · 27/06/2025The point of teaching literature is simply this: Every story we read is a new lens on the world. When we read diverse books, we grow as people. We become wiser and more empathetic - more able see other people. SCOTUS’ ruling allows intolerance to continue and makes us a weaker nation. 096
![Argument: “AI won’t replace teachers, but it will save them time and improve their
effectiveness.”
● Adding edtech does not necessarily save teachers time. A recent study found that learning
management systems sold to schools over the past decade-plus as time-savers aren’t
delivering on making teaching easier. Instead, they found this tech (e.g. Google Classroom,
Canvas) is often burdensome and contributes to burnout. As one teacher put it, it “just adds
layers to tasks.”
● “Extra time” is rarely returned to teachers. AI proponents argue that if teachers use AI tools
to grade, prepare lessons, or differentiate materials, they’ll have more time to work with
students. But there are always new initiatives, duties, or committee assignments—the unpaid
work districts rely on—to suck up that time. In a culture of austerity and with a USDOE that is
cutting spending, teachers are likely to be assigned more students. When class sizes grow,
students get less attention, and positions can be cut.
● AI can’t replace what teachers do, but that doesn’t mean teachers won’t be replaced.
Schools are already doing it: Arizona approved a charter school in which students spend
mornings working with AI and the role of teacher is reduced to “guide.” Ed tech expert Neil
Selwyn argues those in “industry and policy circles...hostile to the idea of expensively trained
expert professional educators who have [tenure], pension rights and union protection...
[welcome] AI replacement as a way of undermining the status of the professional teacher.”
● Tech firms have been selling schools on untested products for years. Technophilia has led
to students being on screens for hours in school each week even when their phones are
banned. Writer Jess Grose explains, “Companies never had to prove that devices or software,
broadly speaking, helped students learn before those devices had wormed their way into
America’s public schools.” AI products appear to be no different.
● Efficiency is not effectiveness. “…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jpjyorpadryoa6vnwwsnnyq5/bafkreihrxw6b7l5nd2nm5xn63goepj67tfvkd6m7gjmhaci6kxime2at6q)
