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Leon Furze @leonfurze.com · 07/09/2026

Probably the best question to ask about the computer using capabilities of AI models like ChatGPT is… “but why?” And the answer isn’t necessarily as straightforward as it looks.

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Leon Furze @leonfurze.com · 14/08/2026

Oh hey check it out [DRAMATIC MUSIC]: Practical AI Strategies 2 is out September 9th and it’s about as yellow as they come. subscribe.leonfurze.com/pais2 for more info #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #EduSky 🧽👏🤯🐤🐱✍️🍋🤩🙀🌕🎫

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Leon Furze @leonfurze.com · 25/07/2026

Heads up. Practical AI Strategies 2 has just gone off to the typesetters 🎉 It’s the colour of a perfectly ripe banana so you know how to find it when it comes out in a few months. Join the mailing list for updates: subscribe.leonfurze.com #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu

Front colour of Practical AI Strategies 2: The Critical Guide to GenAI in Education. Yellow book on a light purple background.

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Leon Furze @leonfurze.com · 20/04/2026

How do we bring shadow AI use in schools out of the dark? This post explores the toolkit and recommendations of the new VINE guidelines for GenAI #ArtificialIntelligence… leonfurze.com/2026/04/20/shadow-ai-…

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Leon Furze @leonfurze.com · 28/03/2026

So. What are you waiting for? Go and join the list already and stay up to date. Clicky linky: leon-furze.kit.com/pais2 #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #EduSky #artificialintelligence #practicalaistrategies

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Leon Furze @leonfurze.com · 22/03/2026

Oi, so I made a thing. It's a simple close reading annotation tool that works by encoding all the data into the URL. No cloud, no logins, no permissions. Just copy/paste/annotate/share. Give it a whirl @ readcloser.com and lmk what you think #english #writing #education

screenshot of the read/closer app showing annotated text fro the novel pride and prejudice

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Leon Furze @leonfurze.com · 22/01/2026

Lava lamps real and imaginary. Everybody just calm the f—- down. #thursday #earlyweekend #homeoffice #lavalamp

A home office desk with multicoloured led lights and lava lamp videos playing on multiple screens

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Leon Furze @leonfurze.com · 18/01/2026

Ready to crank up for 2026. Been telling myself I’m #BackToWork for a week or two so I guess I’ll open the laptop and stop arranging the lights. #Desk #WFH

Photograph of a desk with ambient blue and green lighting. A MacBook covered in stickers on a laptop stand with a keyboard, microphone, trackpad and open notebook on the desk.

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Leon Furze @leonfurze.com · 08/12/2025

Climbed into an Uber. Had a hunch about the music. Used Shazam. Identified AI generated blues. Reached peak algorithm. 🫠 #Uber #Algorithm #Music #Algorithm #AIGenerated #SlopBlues

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Leon Furze @leonfurze.com · 20/09/2025

In this week’s newsletter: a new publication about the metaphor of GenAI as digital plastic. Plus, last chance to sign up for free resources including a 45-min free webinar on assessment released to the list on Monday Sign up here: mailchi.mp/leonfurze.co... #artificialintelligence #aied

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Leon Furze @leonfurze.com · 30/08/2025

Time for the weekly. Sign up for updates from the blog, articles on GenAI in education, and a series of free resources published throughout July-August. Linky: mailchi.mp/leonfurze/me... #artificialintelligence #aieducation

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Leon Furze @leonfurze.com · 12/08/2025

Throughout July and August I'm publishing free resources including 5 eBooks & a series of mini-PD: 1. 👇How to use ChatGPT 2. How to use Google Gemini 3. How to use Claude 4. How to use Copilot mailchi.mp/leonfurze.co... #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #EduSky

screenshot of an email showing the details of free resources and mini-PD videos

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Leon Furze @leonfurze.com · 02/08/2025

Time for the weekly! Join over 10,000 educators for a weekly digest from the blog, plus articles and resources to support balanced conversations about the practical and ethical concerns of genAI in education #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #EduSky mailchi.mp/leonfurze/op...

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Leon Furze @leonfurze.com · 26/07/2025

Google veo3 is just… really weird. Maybe don’t put in a selfie and the prompt: Delete frame one. Jump cut on every second frame starting with frame one. Hylerlapse through increasingly cyberpunk scenario as the man starts to scream into the void. #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #EduSky

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Leon Furze @leonfurze.com · 20/07/2025

Recently I’ve been sharing lots of free resources as I gear up for my 2025 courses. Tomorrow’s is the Teaching AI Ethics ebook. You can sign up here and grab them all: mailchi.mp/leonfurze.co... #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #EduSky

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Leon Furze @leonfurze.com · 14/07/2025

Free resource number three: Rethinking Assessment for GenAI 2025. A 200 page ebook curated from my 2023-2025 posts on GenAI and assessment. Get it here: mailchi.mp/leonfurze/as... #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #EduSky

From cover of ebook Rethinking Assessment for Generative Artificial Intelligence 2025 by Leon Furze. Abstract shapes as artwork.

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Leon Furze @leonfurze.com · 13/07/2025

Did I learn that Milligram was doing a make your own Kaweco pen thing and drag my kids half way across town just to make me a pen? Yes. Yes I did. No regrets. 🖊️ #FP #kaweco #writer #FPSunday

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Leon Furze @leonfurze.com · 06/07/2025

Resource number 2: How to spot a deepfake mailchi.mp/leonfurze/de...

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Leon Furze @leonfurze.com · 06/07/2025

New resource: How to spot a deepfake. Free 20+ page guide for educators with examples. Hot tip: it’s harder than you think. mailchi.mp/leonfurze/de... #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #EduSky

Screenshots of the PDF guide “how to spot a deepfake” showing front cover, a real or fake comparison, and an AI generated image of a plane crash

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Leon Furze @leonfurze.com · 04/07/2025

Khai’s rust-red ute rattles past a sign melted in last summer’s blaze: “Dubbo 311 km.” The riverbeds are chalk. Smoke from an inland burn mixes with dust. The sky tastes like ground pepper... Full piece in the image 👇 #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #EduSky #FlashFicFriday

Screenshot of flashfic. text reads: Khai’s rust-red ute rattles past a sign melted in last summer’s blaze: “Dubbo 311 km.” The riverbeds are chalk. Smoke from an inland burn mixes with dust. The sky tastes like ground pepper.

The university sent coordinates for an invigilated exam centre. No online option since SynthID breaches spiked and the online proctoring system fell to pieces. “Presence ensures integrity.”

Integrity, Khai thinks, doesn’t pay for diesel or filters for his inhaler.

Two days later, eyes gritty, he reaches the prefab hall. An invigilator scans his irises as Khai grips the silver ball that confirms his humanity in a 256-bit encrypted hash. The proctor checks his bag and pats him down for AI wearables, gestures toward a plastic booth.

Ten other students sit hunched, each with a bottle of rationed water and a silent dread that the algorithmic detector will still cast its doubt.

Khai writes fast. Outside, wind thumps the wall with ash. He finishes early, signs the honour declaration, and begins the long drive home, where the fires keep moving and the degree he’s chasing may arrive too late to matter.

hashtag#artificialintelligence hashtag#aieducation hashtag#flashfic

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Leon Furze @leonfurze.com · 02/07/2025

New course coming soon! Sign up here to stay up to date, receive free resources, and get a discount on launch in Term 3 #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #EduSky mailchi.mp/leonfurze.co...

Overlapping pages from the free PDF resource 'getting the most out of multimodal genAI'

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Leon Furze @leonfurze.com · 28/06/2025

Be more like a bee 🐝. LLMs aren’t creative, but we are. #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #EduSky

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Leon Furze @leonfurze.com · 28/06/2025

Check out this week's newsletter for advice on moving beyond "prompt engineering", the threat of Digital Plastic, and an exclusive new community for school principals. mailchi.mp/leonfurze.co... #artificialintelligence #aieducation

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Leon Furze @leonfurze.com · 22/06/2025

The weekly newsletter keeps on growing and improving! Check it out and subscribe here for up to date info on AI in education mailchi.mp/leonfurze.co... #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #EduSky #newsletter #mailinglist

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Leon Furze @leonfurze.com · 17/06/2025

Google Veo3 is amazing for breaking online oral assessments about Jane Austen 🎉 #deepfake #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #EduSky

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Leon Furze @leonfurze.com · 16/06/2025

RSS is 💯 still a thing. Check out this new feed of articles related to #AI and #education. Updated regualrly with whatever catches my 👁️ leonfurze.com/ai-reads/ #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #EduSky

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Leon Furze @leonfurze.com · 15/06/2025

About once every 12 months I update my website (I like to pretend that I still know how to write HTML and stuff, like when I was 14...). Check out the latest zingy freshness at leonfurze.com #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #EduSky #Website leonfurze.com

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Leon Furze @leonfurze.com · 15/06/2025

In Meta’s privacy shitfest of an AI app, you have to use this kinda-double-negative to opt OUT of all your prompts being available to the public feed. Don’t not share my not prompts please. #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #EduSky

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Leon Furze @leonfurze.com · 14/06/2025

Come and chuck us a follow on the newsletter! Almost at 10,000 subs for the weekly update: mailchi.mp/leonfurze.co... #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #EduSky

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Leon Furze @leonfurze.com · 13/06/2025

I've written before about the need to balance domain and technological expertise to work with AI but something has been missing. In this post, I explore situated expertise: the reflexive, contextual capacity to apply and… leonfurze.com/2025/06/13/three-dime…

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Leon Furze @leonfurze.com · 08/06/2025

Teaching AI Ethics is getting a new site. CC BY NC SA resources for educators talking about AI. #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #EduSky #AIEthics

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Leon Furze @leonfurze.com · 04/06/2025

Teaching AI Ethics 2025: Truth. The third post in the series reflects on what has changed (and what hasn't) in two years of AI and "truth", plus some thoughts on what truth means in education. The whole series of CC articles… leonfurze.com/2025/06/04/teaching-a…

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Leon Furze @leonfurze.com · 02/06/2025

Been building a rando little RSS feed reader that lives on my WP blog. Has to be minimal to work with custom HTML block constraints. Fun tho. #RSS #Feed #Reader #Writer

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Leon Furze @leonfurze.com · 01/06/2025

Sunday baking. 50/50 wholemeal spelt/rye sourdough ciabatta. No knead, overnight ferment. #baking #sunday #sourdough

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Leon Furze @leonfurze.com · 01/06/2025

Why do I insist on publishing my own blog? I've had a blog in one form or another for 15 years, and it will always be my central platform for writing. In this post explore why I like owning my own little plot… leonfurze.com/2025/06/01/why-blog/?…

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Leon Furze @leonfurze.com · 17/05/2025

New blog post: Artificial Intelligence Has Changed the Way I Write Forever #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #EduSky #AIWriting leonfurze.com/2025/05/17/a...

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Leon Furze @leonfurze.com · 12/05/2025

Teaching AI Ethics 2025: Environment. In this updated article I look at recent research about the environmental impact of AI, including large language models and image generation. #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #EduSky leonfurze.com/2025/05/12/t...

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Leon Furze @leonfurze.com · 05/05/2025

Teaching AI Ethics 2025: Bias. This new article kicks off my 2025 refresh of the very popular TAIE series with teaching ideas and resources for bias in GenAI #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #EduSky #AIEthics leonfurze.com/2025/05/05/t...

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Leon Furze @leonfurze.com · 28/03/2025

Who benefits from "more offensive" AI? Just follow the $$$ #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #EduSky leonfurze.com/2025/03/28/o...

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Leon Furze @leonfurze.com · 17/02/2025

Welcome to Perth 🌅 Here for four days working with St Hilda’s Anglican Girls School staff, students, and parents #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #EduSky

Photo of sunset from Scarborough beach, Perth

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Leon Furze @leonfurze.com · 01/02/2025

Excellent paper from Dr Sasha Luccioni on the paradoxical conversations about AI and the environment arxiv.org/pdf/2501.16548 #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #EduSky

Table describing examples of indirect environmental impacts of AI from the paper linked in the post

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Leon Furze @leonfurze.com · 27/01/2025

Here’s DeepSeek casually nailing question 6 of the 2024 VCE Specialist Mathematics exam. Just ‘cos. #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #EduSky

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Leon Furze @leonfurze.com · 19/01/2025

Returning from a long break with a LONG post: (Re)Introduction to GenAI for Schools 2025. Everything from AI ethics to recent features and updates, and recommendations for policy and assessment responses. #artificialintelligence #aieducation #aiedu #aiined #aiinedu leonfurze.com/2025/01/20/r...

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Leon Furze @leonfurze.com · 13/12/2024

Version 2 of the AI Assessment Scale is now available as a new preprint! We explain all of the choices behind our updates, as well as detailing the theoretical grounding for the AIAS #artificialintelligence #aieducation #aiedu arxiv.org/pdf/2412.09029

Front page of the AI Assessment Scale preprint featuring the article title and a full colour version of the scale

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Leon Furze @leonfurze.com · 06/12/2024

@drisaac.bsky.social I can confirm that dragons do not have opposable thumbs

Close up of an illustration by Charles Vess of a dragon in the front inside cover of a special edition of Ursula K Le Guin’s ‘The Books of Earthsea’. The dragon clearly has four clawed fingers on each hand.

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Leon Furze @leonfurze.com · 06/12/2024

When a pile of books arrives in the mail and exactly one of them isn’t PhD related #booksky

Closeup photo of a copy of The Books of Earthsea by URSULA K. LE GUIN ILLUSTRATED BY CHARLES VESS, standing upright on a desk

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Leon Furze @leonfurze.com · 05/12/2024

My office is a desk in the hallway, but damn it’s a versatile desk. (And yes, I take a lot of photos of it.) Indeed the last photo, the writing desk has been freed of its technological shackles and moved to a quieter spot.

Photo of a cedar writing desk holding a few leather bound books and a closed MacBook

Photo of a desk in the corner of a room with a standup desk on top of it. The standup desk is equipped with various technology including a laptop, keyboard, lamp and a podcast microphone

Photo of a writing desk with a standup desk on top of it. Various art materials are scattered across the desk including paint palettes and brushes, and an easel with watercolours stands off to the side

Photo of a desk in the corner of a room. There is an office chair. A standup desk on top of the desk holds a MacBook and an iMac

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