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Dan Anderson @dandersod.recursiveprocess.com · 17h

Iterative design! It def. helped and I think the review bot both makes less errors and is more helpful after claude "hardened" it a bit. Am I tempting fate? Will these AI tools conspire against me? Maybe!

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Dan Anderson @dandersod.recursiveprocess.com · 17h

Then you can have claude create the detailed tool info and descriptors. But to harden this and improve the tool you can have claude "act as a student" and live test the magicschool bot with questions and requests. Claude will test the bot and will improve it's tool info based on those tests.

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Dan Anderson @dandersod.recursiveprocess.com · 17h

One small hack that might be useful. If you have access to magicschool (or some other student facing AI tool) and want to give them (fully optional) review bots for them to get review for tests etc, and you have claude pro (for educators it's free this year!).

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Dan Anderson @dandersod.recursiveprocess.com · 30/08/2026

Hot dog is too cold, 30° off ideal.

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Dan Anderson @dandersod.recursiveprocess.com · 02/08/2026

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

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Dan Anderson @dandersod.recursiveprocess.com · 20/07/2026

Related, here's a book that I thoroughly enjoyed: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eud...

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The Eudaemonic Pie - Wikipedia

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Christian Wolf @chriswolfvision.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Linus Torvalds on LLM usage (in the Linux kernel project). TL;DR: it is useful so let' use it where it helps and let's not make this a religious question.

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Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

No shit, I have been laughing at this image for the past 5 minutes. Actual tears streaming down my face. Sure man, put one of these in my kid's classroom. See how that goes.

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Dan Anderson @dandersod.recursiveprocess.com · 30/06/2026

Nine years ago I wrote a series on my classroom "top four." What has changed in my teaching since then? (Spoiler: Still using vertical whiteboards, still using anonymous feedback, still got love for the streets). Classroom Top Four, Revisited: blog.recursiveprocess.com/blog/classro...

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Classroom Top Four, Revisited | A Recursive Process

A blog investigating different math or CS teaching fancies.

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Dan Anderson @dandersod.recursiveprocess.com · 29/06/2026

Hey yo math people, really cool video here. Trig, maxima, minima, fractals etc. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EP1m...

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The Anti Trampoline Effect

YouTube video by Steve Mould

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Dan Anderson @dandersod.recursiveprocess.com · 24/06/2026

Students aren't just using AI to cheat; they're using it to unblock themselves, debug, and explain concepts when they're stuck. The future of teaching is helping them use it as a learning tool, not just an answer machine. Does this all actually lead to better learning??? NO IDEA.

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Dan Anderson @dandersod.recursiveprocess.com · 24/06/2026

"I used it to tell me where the error was and what caused it, then I would fix it myself—no copy & paste ever." Students stressed code ownership: "Using AI for debugging made sense because having it explain errors is easy and helps you learn."

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Dan Anderson @dandersod.recursiveprocess.com · 24/06/2026

In AP Computer Science Principles, AI adoption was much higher: ~85% of students used it. Average helpfulness: 4.13/5. How they used it: • ~85% Explaining concepts • ~70% Studying / test prep • ~50% Debugging code And ~80% said they understood the code the AI helped debug.

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Dan Anderson @dandersod.recursiveprocess.com · 24/06/2026

"AI can answer questions quickly and conveniently when doing homework at home and students aren't able to ask their teacher." But they warned about passive learning: "I can see AI being helpful, but it's too much of a temptation to just get the right answer."

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Dan Anderson @dandersod.recursiveprocess.com · 24/06/2026

In College Precalculus, ~55% of students used AI. Average helpfulness: 4.0/5. How they used it: • ~90% Explaining concepts • ~65% Checking homework answers • ~35% Studying for tests It served as a key "at-home TA" when stuck on tough DeltaMath homework.

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Dan Anderson @dandersod.recursiveprocess.com · 24/06/2026

How are high school students using Generative AI? I analyzed anonymous feedback from my Precalculus and AP Computer Science classes this year. Here’s what I found about how students are integrating AI tools into their learning workflows:

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Dan Anderson @dandersod.recursiveprocess.com · 15/06/2026

Union College grad! Saw him play live many times, quite a player. Won the national championship at Union and then signed with the flyers who fumbled and lost him.

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Dan Anderson @dandersod.recursiveprocess.com · 12/06/2026

Right now, I'm 80% pessimistic about the impact LLMs will have on CS education, and 20% optimistic that maybe, just maybe, we’ll figure out a way to figure it out and the kids will learn CS.

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Dan Anderson @dandersod.recursiveprocess.com · 12/06/2026

What info are apps taking in? How do we, as the humans behind the prompt, take responsibility for that data? The shift from "syntax writer" to "system overseer" is massive, and our educational frameworks aren't ready.

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Dan Anderson @dandersod.recursiveprocess.com · 12/06/2026

Is the question now: how do we teach the foundations? Students still need to understand how data structures work, what databases can do, and where the dangers lie. Even if we aren't writing lines of code, we are still the architects.

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Dan Anderson @dandersod.recursiveprocess.com · 12/06/2026

More and more I think we're at a crossroads with teaching CS and AI. Working with agentic AI lately, I’ve noticed I barely touch code anymore. But knowing the mechanics of how the program works in the background? Irreplaceable.

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Dan Anderson @dandersod.recursiveprocess.com · 11/06/2026

with enough control points, might as well just be a sine curve!

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dailydesmos.bsky.social @dailydesmos.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Daily Desmos #50 Hue dailydesmos.com/home/daily-d...

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Dan Anderson @dandersod.recursiveprocess.com · 04/06/2026

Sometimes you think that the progress that computers have made in the past 25 years is TRULY astounding. And then you go to install windows .NET.

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dailydesmos.bsky.social @dailydesmos.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Daily Desmos #49 Transparent dailydesmos.com/home/daily-d...

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dailydesmos.bsky.social @dailydesmos.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Daily Desmos #48 Circle Stroke dailydesmos.com/home/daily-d...

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Dan Anderson @dandersod.recursiveprocess.com · 03/06/2026

It's sentences like these that show that @fawnnguyen.substack.com is (was 😭) a true teacher, not some saccharine social media personality. substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Dan Anderson @dandersod.recursiveprocess.com · 02/06/2026

Everything can spline if you try hard enough.

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dailydesmos.bsky.social @dailydesmos.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

New Puzzle: Daily Desmos #47 Stroke Can you recreate this? -> dailydesmos.com/home/daily-desmos-4…

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Dan Anderson @dandersod.recursiveprocess.com · 30/05/2026

Really satisfying when students get your jokes and repeat them a week later on the assessment...

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Badibulgator @badibulgator.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Nice! Here’s my version, which is essentially equivalent: www.desmos.com/calculator/j...

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Daily Desmos #46 Onesy-Twosy Envelope

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Tim Guindon @tguindon.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Well that was satisfying! Figured this could be a fun one to work out in Desmos Notebook: www.desmos.com/notebook/hiu...

A geometric pattern of criss-crossing lines connecting between two circles, displayed in Desmos Notebook with slider controls for "N" and "Show Points".

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dailydesmos.bsky.social @dailydesmos.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

New Puzzle: Daily Desmos #46 Onesy-Twosy Envelope Can you recreate this? -> dailydesmos.com/home/daily-desmos-4…

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dailydesmos.bsky.social @dailydesmos.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

New Puzzle: Daily Desmos #44 Circle Envelope Can you recreate this? -> dailydesmos.com/home/daily-desmos-4…

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Dan Anderson @dandersod.recursiveprocess.com · 26/05/2026

at least he didn't say "not a vehicle" because then that would have gotten you involved in a 10 min conversation where conveyor belts were mentioned.

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dailydesmos.bsky.social @dailydesmos.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

New Puzzle: Daily Desmos #43 Envelope Can you recreate this? -> dailydesmos.com/home/daily-desmos-4…

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Dan Anderson @dandersod.recursiveprocess.com · 24/05/2026

Correct me if I'm wrong, but rockets that are accelerating upward don't follow the path of a parabola....

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Dan Anderson @dandersod.recursiveprocess.com · 24/05/2026

lolz. doesn't need to be any type of curve but having the function output include decimals is a real choice.

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Dan Anderson @dandersod.recursiveprocess.com · 23/05/2026

Hey yo teachers who teach trig: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTBLfXbkT/

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Desmos Studio @desmos.com · 22/05/2026

Introducing Desmos Notebook (beta), our newest tool that combines text, expressions, sliders, and graphs all in one place. As you get to know Notebook, we’d love to hear your feedback, feature requests, and any bugs you find. We can’t wait to see what you create! #iteachmath #mathsky #iteachphysics

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dailydesmos.bsky.social @dailydesmos.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

New Puzzle: Daily Desmos #42 Banana Eating Animal's Horse Seat Can you recreate this? -> dailydesmos.com/home/daily-desmos-4…

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