3-Read Friday #97

Offloading, AI Tutors, and mini-whiteboards

Before we begin, you may want to check out my brand-new 16-part book series, The Tips for Teachers guide to… here. Book 15 on Low-Stakes Quizzes is now available.

Here are three blog posts that I found interesting this week.

1. Offloading? No Outsourcing! by Paul Kirschner

I have definitely used the phrase “cognitive offloading” to describe what students (or teachers!) do when they give a complex task to AI and do not engage in the thinking themselves. It turns out that is not the phrase I should be using, and the distinction matters!

2. Maybe LLM tutors might be able to work... by Daisy Christodoulou

Warning: I have more than a vested interest in this post by Daisy, as it discusses a study my company, Eedi, did with Google. It was fascinating to get Daisy’s take on it, which was largely positive, and also consider her challenges.

3. You Should Use Mini Whiteboards by Dylan Kane

It’s been a while (too long?) since we had a mini-whiteboard post, so here you go. Dylan takes a deep dive into exactly what he uses mini-whiteboards for and how he makes it work.

Have a great weekend!

Craig