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Paul Allison @paulallison.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

In contrast, learners with access to a laptop and multiple GenAI platforms, demonstrated a more critical disposition towards this technology, comparing outputs across platforms, questioning their reliability, and verifying information through lateral reading. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Critical digital literacies, generative AI, and the negotiation of agency in human-AI interactions

Drawing on the notion of critical digital literacies (CDL), this qualitative case study investigates the extent to which multilingual secondary school…

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Paul Allison @paulallison.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Reading now: findings show how learners who used GenAI primarily through apps in mobile phones or chatbots embedded in social media platforms, tended to adopt a passive stance towards GenAI, accepting generated output without much critical evaluation. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #eduskyAIv

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Paul Allison @paulallison.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

hechingerreport.org/proof-points... Yet another example of researchers not seeming to understand that teachers are building AI assistants or apps that mitigate these biases. We don’t have to accept the trade offs presented in this paper.

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AI gives more praise, less criticism to Black students

A Stanford experiment found that AI feedback shifts on identical essays depending upon the identity and characteristics of the student.

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Paul Allison @paulallison.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Teachers have been guiding students to co-create rubrics based on students own goals for as long as we have been doing portfolios and self-assessment.

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Paul Allison @paulallison.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

What do you think about Jasmine Sun’s co-created rubric that builds categories of response from her previous writing and reflections? open.spotify.com/episode/4qAa...

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‘A.I.-Washing’ Layoffs? + Why L.L.M.s Can’t Write Well + Tokenmaxxing

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Paul Allison @paulallison.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Perhaps by asking an AI Thinking Partner to engage with artifacts that show revision, writers can begin to see and name what they have done, and not be "limited by the very cognitive patterns [they're] trying to examine." Escaping a Reflection Loop via AI - 4 of 4 #AIinEducation #eduskyAI #edusky

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Paul Allison @paulallison.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

I ask for more, and after providing 4 more points, the Thinking Partner asks the writer "to name the 'rule' of your own revision style—like 'always cut repeats' or 'always add a why after a quote'—what would you call it? Escaping a Reflection Loop via AI - 3 of 4 #AIinEducation #eduskyAI #edusky

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Paul Allison @paulallison.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Acting as this writer, I asked the writingpartners.net Thinking Partner: What patterns do you see in this revision process? Perhaps the Thinking Partner can help the writer see their work through another perspective. Escaping a Reflection Loop via AI - 2 of 4 #AIinEducation #eduskyAI #edusky

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Paul Allison @paulallison.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Granting that "Student Reflections on AI Use Doesn’t Work" Patrick Dempsey: open.substack.com/pub/thepatri... Here's an image of a revision process by a student on writingpartners.net. How to avoid Dempsey's closed loop? Escaping a Reflection Loop via AI - 1 of 4 #AIinEducation #eduskyAI #edusky

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Paul Allison @paulallison.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

I’m just here to grow and learn. Thanks.

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Paul Allison @paulallison.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Who is doing the instruction now?

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Paul Allison @paulallison.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

I apologize if my responses were upsetting. I’m genuinely interested in learning more with you.

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Paul Allison @paulallison.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

From here you might ask how your experiences with Google and w/ other ways of moving from broad research to more targeted inquiries created mental habits that limited your use of the LLM AND helped you to understand how to use it. My point is to move beyond the either/or stance in your earlier post.

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Paul Allison @paulallison.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

You might start by describing your most “productive, expert use of these tools.”

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Paul Allison @paulallison.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

How about this question: Describe your most “productive, expert use of these tools” and identify how the “learning [you have done] “in the absence of those tools” both limits your use of them and/or helps you to use them more effectively.

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Paul Allison @paulallison.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

What questions do you have lurking behind your assertion that you understand a literacy by not using it better than people who do engage with it?

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Paul Allison @paulallison.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

How is this assertion a stance seeking to create knowledge?

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Paul Allison @paulallison.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

I wrote that I was interested to hear more about how friction works in these different descriptions. The Thinking Partner paraphrased key ideas from each article related to AI and cognitive friction. From Blog Post to Peer-Reviewed Article Inquiry via AI 4 of 4 #AIinEducation #eduskyAI #edusky

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Paul Allison @paulallison.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

I asked the Thinking Partner to point me to peer reviewed articles that also describe the themes in this blog post. In seconds, I had a list of themes from the post and links to 4 peer-reviewed articles. From Blog Post to Peer-Reviewed Article Inquiry via AI 3 of 4 #AIinEducation #eduskyAI #edusky

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Paul Allison @paulallison.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

I asked the writingpartners.net Thinking Partner to check this post. It noted that Nosta's posts appear to be heavily AI‑generated, then suggested that I pair it with at least one peer‑reviewed article. From Blog Post to Peer-Reviewed Article Inquiry via AI 2 of 4 #AIinEducation #eduskyAI #edusky

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Paul Allison @paulallison.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

With breakfast, I read a new post in Psychology Today by John Nosta, "The Curvature of Thought - Personal Perspective: Can AI bend the geometry of human knowing?" www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-... From Blog Post to Peer-Reviewed Article Inquiry via AI 1 of 4 #AIinEducation #eduskyAI #edusky

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Paul Allison @paulallison.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

I ask the Thinking Partner for sources that document Trump and his admin lying abour ICE. I get 6 new sources and comments like: "this is very close to Squealer..." My inquiry leaps ahead with a collection of 10+ resources. From Literature to Inquiry via AI 4 of 4 #AIinEducation #eduskyAI #edusky

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Paul Allison @paulallison.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

When I meander about "how the Trump administration tries to control the narrative about ICE and their Immigration policy using social media, what they call 'memes'... ", the Thinking Partner connects my issues w/ Animal Farm. From Literature to Inquiry via AI 3 of 4 #AIinEducation #eduskyAI #edusky

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Paul Allison @paulallison.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

I tell an AI Thinking Partner (writingpartners.net) to connect me to sources that compare this paragraph to current events, politics, and culture in America. It provides four summaries w/ links & asks me to narrow my inquiry. From Literature to Inquiry via AI 2 of 4 #AIinEducation #eduskyAI #edusky

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Paul Allison @paulallison.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Let's start with a paragraph from "Animal Farm," Chapter V, which includes: "Of late the sheep had taken to bleating "Four legs good, two legs bad" both in and out of season, and they often interrupted the Meeting with this." From Literature to Inquiry via AI 1 of 4 #AIinEducation #eduskyAI #edusky

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Paul Allison @paulallison.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Is it really that hard to imagine a teacher designing an inquiry that engages students in deep inquiry by using AI thought partners? I would suggest learning more about what students are being asked to do, and avoid making assumptions about what being forced to use AI means.

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Paul Allison @paulallison.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

This Writing Partner (GPT) is really helping me to think about this Abstract. writingpartners.net/documents/85.... #eduskyAI #AIinEducation #edusky

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Paul Allison @paulallison.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Sam also brings his desire to show students a way of using AI for challenging themselves that goes beyond their use of AI on frontier, commercial products such as ChatGPT that he worries often undermines learning. 5/5 #eduskyai #aiineducation

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Paul Allison @paulallison.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Where might the ease with generating images be used to motivate or deepen understanding? We frame all of this with a realpolitik focus on the logistics of using different platforms for different assignments in this unit of study. 4/5 #eduskyai #aiineducation

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Paul Allison @paulallison.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

We consider where social annotation might be just what's needed and where we could design AI "mini-Coach Reeds" to provide additional support. Could these AI partners be use to help with vocabulary or to lead to understanding difficult concepts? 3/5 #eduskyai #aiineducation

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Paul Allison @paulallison.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Our conversation explores how using Writing Partners (with both the tools for social annotion and AI connections) might help students understand and engage with the material and with each other, especially those struggling with reading and comprehension. 2/5 #eduskyai #aiineducation

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Paul Allison @paulallison.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Educators Paul Allison, David Cole, and Sam Reed explore strategies for integrating AI into a reading and writing unit focused on Jackie Robinson and his values. 1/5 #eduskyai #aiineducation youtu.be/gqUTDEJLvRY?...

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TTT 10.22.2025 Sam Reed Integrating AI into a unit about Jackie Robinson: The Man Who Broke Barriers

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Paul Allison @paulallison.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

“What we’re missing in most classes isn’t rules; it’s education about how AI can enhance our learning rather than replace it.” Let’s listen.

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Paul Allison @paulallison.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

“Generative AI should not be banned outright, nor should it be embraced without thought. What we really need is guidance, resources, and practice in how to utilize it wisely.” This is the most sensible (from experience) nuanced treatment of AI that I have read. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

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ChatGPT Has Been My Tutor for the Last Year. I Still Have Concerns. | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson

This transition will be messy, and no policy will be perfect. But if we don’t agree on how to talk about AI, when to use it, and when to avoid it, we risk creating fragmented and inequitable experienc...

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Paul Allison @paulallison.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Though it's a stretch for me to understand the metrics in this study, ever since I started reading, I keep returning to these ideas. Their "setup provides explicit estimates of uncertainty and benchmarks AI model by quantifying the synergy they provide to human interaction." doi.org/10.31234/osf...

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Paul Allison @paulallison.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

John Nosta unpacks the AI tool metaphor here: “This is the quiet revolution we’re living through. This is technology moving from external utility to internal participation.” www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-... #eduskyAI

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Maybe AI Was Never a Tool

Using artificial intelligence "responsibly" assumes it is just another tool—it isn't.

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Paul Allison @paulallison.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Even if you can't read ahead of time: Join us on TTT: Let's read and annotate "From Monsters to Mazes" together on Wednesday evening, October 1st at 8E/7C/6M/5P in Kumospace.com/youthvoices #eduskyAI 3/3

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Paul Allison @paulallison.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Two Ways to join the conversation: Anytime, anywhere: Read and annotate the paper with us here: From Monsters to Mazes: Sociotechnical Imaginaries of AI Between Frankenstein and Kafka writingpartners.net/documents/85... #eduskyAI 2/3

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Paul Allison @paulallison.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

I want to invite you to a conversation about AI through the lens of fiction. Gideon Dishon, the author of "From Monsters to Mazes" writingpartners.net/documents/85... in the abstract: "...fictional texts, can shape our shared imagination of possible and probable futures." #eduskyAI 1/3

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Paul Allison @paulallison.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

We are reading and annotating together. We would love to see your marginalia on From Monsters to Mazes: Sociotechnical Imaginaries of AI Between Frankenstein and Kafka writingpartners.net/documents/85... before we meet on Wednesday evening, October 1, at 8E/7C/6M/5P in Kumospace.com/youthvoices.

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From Monsters to Mazes: Sociotechnical Imaginaries of AI Between Frankenstein and Kafka - Writing Partners

Writing Partners - Created By and For Teachers and Students

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Paul Allison @paulallison.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Why social annotation:“Intelligence—whether human or artificial—is inherently interactive, contextual, and collaborative. Sophisticated thinking rarely occurs in isolation; it emerges instead through dialogue, feedback, refinement, and the integration of diverse perspectives.” osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Paul Allison @paulallison.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

“What we really need are nuanced approaches that center human agency and experience about how new technologies complicate and alter our habits and skills.” Three cheers for nuance! youtu.be/Fgxf_EJnYEU?...

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TTT 09.24.2025 How many educators does it take to create an AI assistant?

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Paul Allison @paulallison.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

“AI can… be the ultimate training partner, a sparring partner for the mind that forces us to level up. The essential challenge is to keep agency at the center of the interaction and to make sure we are directing the conversation rather than outsourcing it.” www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...

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Human Agency in the Age of AI

When AI stands at the ready to do our work—and our thinking—for us, human agency is what keeps us drivers, not passengers, of the mind.

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Paul Allison @paulallison.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

We invite you to meet Dr. Rachel Horst www.rachelhorst.ca with us on Wed. evening, September 17 at 8E/7C/6M/5P. We'll be meeting in Kumospace.com/youthvoices. www.kumospace.com/youthvoices?... Join us to engage in a collaborative inquiry that seeks to move beyond binary thinking about AI. #eduskyAI

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Paul Allison @paulallison.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

In this conversation Chris Sloan shares insights on how students in his AP English classes interact with AI-generated feedback, emphasizing the importance of students maintaining agency over their writing. youtu.be/JT9wH-Z5ChY #eduskyAI

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TTT 09.10.2025 We explore the use of AI in aiding students with writing college admissions essays

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Paul Allison @paulallison.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

I don’t think our values are so different. I think we are finding ways to use AI that are consistent with the values you are clear about in your writing. The AI can be used to amplify those values about the power of meaningful communication in real world interactions.

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Paul Allison @paulallison.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Great. Please listen to the students. That is how we are learning the power of AI to enhance their learning.

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