As an Irish citizen and daughter of Irish immigrants, well done @mayor.nyc.gov ! Go raibh maith agat! bsky.app/profile/mayo...

Go raibh maith agat!

Mary Burns: “«Prosper, Prepare, Protect». We need a new compass for Tech Education in the AI Era” - Educational Evidence It is a privilege to welcome Mary Burns, a leading global authority on teacher professional development and educational technology. In 2021, Mary authored the foundational framework for UNESCO’s 2023 ...

I sat down for a wide ranging interview on #AIED with the Spanish site, Educaional Evidence: educationalevidence.com/en/mary-burn...

‘I wish I could push ChatGPT off a cliff’: professors scramble to save critical thinking in an age of AI As AI has upended the way students learn, academics worry about the future of the humanities – and society at large

Universities everywhere are struggling with #AI. Not as simple as changing how they teach. www.theguardian.com/technology/n...

Opinion | The Aftermath of Feeding America’s Credibility Into the Woodchipper

One year on- the impacts of USAID's elimination: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/o...

Young people in China have a new alternative to marriage and babies: AI pets Cute fluffy AI-powered “pets” are providing emotional companionship to an increasing number of lonely, tired Chinese — and a digital ear for tech giants.

wapo.st/4qZxRt3
And now .. #AI pets!

Inside Musk’s bet to hook users that turned Grok into a porn generator Under pressure to boost its popularity, Elon Musk’s xAI loosened guardrails and relaxed controls on sexual content, setting off internal concern.

This says it all about what #ech promises and what it often becomes:
(Grok) launched “to accelerate human scientific discovery,” ...now willing to produce whatever content might attract and keep users. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Brookings warns AI risks to students outweigh benefits | ETIH EdTech News — EdTech Innovation Hub A new Brookings Institution report covered by ETIH EdTech News finds that generative AI risks in education currently outweigh benefits for students. Based on global research across 50 countries, the s...

Heartening to see how many orgs have picked up our @Brookings
report on #AIED. But beyond dissemination, we need to act! www.edtechinnovationhub.com/news/brookin...

Preparing Students for an AI World: Key Takeaways from Brookings’ New… Brookings’ latest report reinforces the importance of AI literacy in preparing students to navigate AI responsibly and thoughtfully.

Thanks to Day of AI for profiling our report dayofai.org/news/prepari.... I would add that #AIED's success also depends on its design.

Videos Show Moments in Which Agents Killed a Man in Minneapolis

The current US govt and the Republican party are murderous regimes. ICE agents, again, at point blank range murder an unarmed civilian. Can't 8 guys control one person without killing him? www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...

Minneapolis National Guard activated after a man is killed by federal agent. Follow live updates. - The Boston Globe The man who was shot and killed was identified by his parents as Alex Pretti, an intensive care unit nurse.

We need to be very clear about what is happening in the United States. This president has let loose a paramilitary force to kill Americans who disagree with him. It really just comes down to this: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/24/n...

Distance Education for Teacher Training: Modes, Models, and Methods - edc.org

#Greenland is more than a Trump fever dream. The world's largest island offers insights into #onlinelearning with a compelling #distancelearning story. I examined some of these initiatives in 2023. (P. 135 showcases Greenland). The rest of the guide examines distance ed generally: go.edc.org/07xd

AI in education: why the risks currently outweigh the promises New Brookings report argues that AI’s risks for students currently outweigh its benefits. What this means for learning, policy and practice.

AI in education: why the risks currently outweigh the promises. One of the best summaries of our AIED report so far: theeconomyofmeaning.com/2026/01/16/a...

The risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits, report says A new report warns that AI poses a serious threat to children's cognitive development and emotional well-being.

Thanks to @npr.org for profiling our @brookings.edu study on #AIED: www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n.... Find the report here:www.brookings.edu/articles/a-new-direction...

End Trump's militarized occupation in Minnesota! Minnesota is the Trump administration’s testing ground to see how far he can abuse his power and authority against the American people. That is why we need every person—in Minnesota and across the cou...

Add your name to the petition NOW and demand an END to Trump's militarized occupation in Minnesota. sign.moveon.org/petitions/mi...

Delighted to announce the publication of our @brookings.edu study on #AI in education - benefits, risks and the actions we can take to mitigate these risks. Read here: www.brookings.edu/wp-content/u...

HP Futures 2025 - Leading Education in the AI Experience Era Discover HP Futures 2025, exploring how AI is transforming global education through expert insights, policy guidance, and tools for equitable implementation.

An honor to contribute to HP Futures 2025 - AI and the Future of Learning: A strategic blueprint from global education experts. hpfutures.com

Thanks T4 Ed & HP for the opportunity to learn from so many. Congrats @carlaaerts.bsky.social for inviting me.
#HPFutures #AIinEducation #HP

EduTrends Ep. 74 - What AI Really Means for Teachers and Students with Mary Burns YouTube video by Tec Sounds Podcasts

How is #AI impacting #teachers and #students? Listen in to my conversation with Pepe Escamilla of Monterrey Tech for Edutrends @itesm.bsky.social music.youtube.com/watch?v=LxZe... #AIED #GAIED #AIinEducation

I thought #Republicans were opposed to cancel culture. Shame on @abcnetwork.bsky.social and on the @Federal Communications Commission.

‘People Are Going to Die’: A Malnutrition Crisis Looms in the Wake of USAID Cuts Warehouses in the US are full of foods that fight malnutrition, while kids go hungry in places like South Sudan.

Tragic: Food rots in US warehouses while children in Africa go hungry. Musk, Trump and Rubio's cruelty: www.wired.com/story/usaid-...

Senator Blackburn Pulls Support for AI Moratorium in Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Amid Backlash After critics called the bill a “get-out-of-jail-free card” for Big Tech that could make it nearly impossible to rein in social media platforms, Senator Marsha Blackburn killed her own compromise.

Looks like the 10 year proposed moratorium on #AI regulation is gone from #OBBA-- the result of a lot of push back. Last month, 40 Republican and Democratic attorneys general sent a letter to members of Congress calling for them to kill the ban on AI state laws.

www.wired.com/story/ai-mor...

Opinion | The Education Department is paying us millions not to work Education staff are eager to serve the public. The Trump administration’s layoffs put us in a legal limbo that helps nobody.

So much for the " waste" part of WF&A: wapo.st/4ehb7zt

#NoKings in #Boston. Since today was also the #Pride parade, it was more #NoKings only Queens!

Opinion | Elon Musk’s Legacy Is Disease, Starvation and Death

As Elon Musk leaves US government work ( good riddance) his legacy is the death of 300,000 people ( so far) -- and a savings that is less than @USAID's total budget www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

Inside the Big Story: Reporting on the U.S. Agency for International Development Join us for Inside the Big Story, a quarterly event series that delves into recent investigations and gives ProPublica members an exclusive look at our newsroom’s unique approach to reporting and stor...

If you're interested in/affected by the elimination of US #foreignaid, particularly #USAIS 's gutting, check out this @propublica.org webinar tomorrow, April 23 #MillenniumChallengeCorporation
www.propublica.org/events/insid...

The City On The Hills Trail — Walking City Trail Find maps, directions, and transit connections for your adventure on Boston's City On The Hills Trail.

Today—Earth Day 2025—a new urban trail across Boston green spaces is born. The City On The Hills Trail, which runs 31.1 miles from Millennium Park in West Roxbury to Castle Island is officially open to the walking public!
www.bostontrails.org/cityonthehil...

Snapchat is Harming Children at an Industrial Scale In their own words, we see that Snap Inc’s design choices expose millions of kids to harm

Snapchat’s #AI isn’t just a chatbot—it’s a vector for industrial-scale adolescent exploitation. Jonathan Haidt unpacks how it monetizes teen vulnerability at scale. A must for those who care about youth, #tech & ill effects of # #socialmedia
open.substack.com/pub/jonathan... #Snapchat #EdTech

Pt 4- In God, Human, Animal, Machine, Meghan O’Gieblyn traces how #AI has inherited the metaphysical longings of religion, encoding spiritual hopes into this tech.

Interesting perspectives. For these authors, we reify technology in our own images to attain consciousness, eternal life, omniscience.

Pt 3- Ann Foerst calls this a dehumanizing turn: if we assume we can build intelligent machines in our image, we risk reducing ourselves to mere mechanisms—“bags of skin that can be rebuilt.”

Pt 2-Jaron Lanier writes that the dream of uploading ourselves into machines is a kind of new religion—one that treats information as real and alive. In this worldview, humans become fleeting fragments while digital bits are granted vitality.Ann Foerst calls out this dehumanization...