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Google’s Tutoring Bet: Why Gemini MUST Learn How to Teach (Not Just Help)
Google’s DeepMind is attempting to build an instructional layer that is always present, increasingly personalized, and (if designed right) supports learning rather than short-circuiting it. It’s a sophisticated balancing act. Google’s model must be designed to recognize that "productive struggle" is the goal of the AI interaction—a major shift in orientation for an LLM.
Gemini 3 vs. ChatGPT for Teachers: The Infrastructure War Teachers Are Ignoring (And Why That's Great)
Lately, the battle for the future of educational technology is being framed as an “Infrastructure War,” a high-stakes competition between Google and OpenAI. Yet, there exists vast, open territory for purpose-built specialist tools to thrive. And they are. Winning the infrastructure war doesn’t automatically win you the workflow war.
AI in Writing Pedagogy: A Process-Rich Approach
After spending the last few weeks digging into commentaries and reports—analyzing over 40 academic sources and reflections from practitioners in the trenches—it has become clear AI hasn’t just introduced a “cheating problem”, it’s posing an identity threat.
To navigate this, we must move past the binary of “ban vs. embrace” and look at how AI is fundamentally changing the texture of intellectual life.
AI Tools & Uses: A Practical Guide for Teachers
If you're willing to learn and join the vanguard of educators shaping the future of education, then this book is for you. AI Tools & Uses: A Practical Guide for Teachers will be your roadmap, providing practical strategies, constructive examples, case studies, and step-by-step guidance to help you harness the power of AI in your classroom.