Jason Lay

Educator #identityaffirmation #studentvoice #choice #pbl #inquirybasedlearning #crrp #onlinelearning #edtech

[The Mentoree @TheMentoree]

This month, we have a few offerings to check out. Terie Nocera is leading a Circle Conversation on the new kindergarten curriculum Ontario and @jlay02 is leading Prompting for Differentiation to help teachers streamline their planning using AI. Learn more: https://t.co/0krRgZQlAN

[The Mentoree @TheMentoree]

You're in luck!🍀
We have two great Conversations to Build Capacity coming up:
@pebbleandpond is leading a Circle on the New #Kindergarten Curriculum in #ONTed.
@jlay02 is leading a Responsive Presentation on #Prompting for #Differentiation.
Learn more: https://t.co/0krRgZQlAN

[The Mentoree @TheMentoree]

Join @jlay02's session designed to help teachers harness AI in meaningful, practical ways. Teachers will learn how to create prompts that save time & support differentiation for diverse learners w/built-in time to practice, so you leave with strategies to use right away. #AI #EDU

[The Mentoree @TheMentoree]

🙏 @jlay02, for an informative, supportive, & responsive learning experience on AI Prompting for Differentiation.
“It was a really interesting session.” — and that felt true at every level.
Jason guided participants refine prompts w/ intention, improve outputs, & build thinking.

[Jason Lay @jlay02]

Meet the Americans dismissing AI hype and using it with ingenuity: 'The efficiencies gained out of it have been tremendous' | Fortune https://t.co/xXBM5afRps

[Jason Lay @jlay02]

It can save time, translate languages in real time, turn curricula into podcasts, and let a special education teacher build a music app for a student who communicates through blinks. What it cannot do is make a student feel like they matter.  https://t.co/QgheHsYQcK

[Jason Lay @jlay02]

The Career Ladder Is Fading As AI Reshapes Work: Workers should use those tools to do something different and take on the grunt work, freeing up more time to collaborate with teams, work more closely with customers, or advocate for new ideas in meetings. https://t.co/OtzLsoBYKa

[Jason Lay @jlay02]

AI models tend to reproduce what researchers call “WEIRD” viewpoints — Western, educated, industrialized, rich and democratic — even when explicitly prompted to represent other identities. https://t.co/0Cgc7x9NL6

[Jason Lay @jlay02]

Math Needs Its 'Science of Reading' Moment. When ss no longer need to devote working memory to basic steps, they have greater capacity for reasoning and application. Protecting time for consolidation is what makes rigor sustainable. https://t.co/FwKsHyDvGt

[Jason Lay @jlay02]

"Some ss can flourish with very little teacher contact. Other ss need far more intensive ongoing support and, while [AI] tech can quickly adapt to the child, it can't encourage, it can't support, it can't do those things in the same way that humans can."
https://t.co/P3BG1RkTjC

[Jason Lay @jlay02]

Most people use NotebookLM like a chatbot, and that's why they miss what it's actually good at. Ask about conflicting viewpoints in your sources, and you can save that comparison table to your Notebook. https://t.co/AqqE9DOKE3

[Jason Lay @jlay02]

A writing professor’s new task in the age of AI: Teaching students when to struggle https://t.co/ktsmiHz82Y

[Jason Lay @jlay02]

OpenAI said the new model was 33% less likely to make errors in individual claims when compared to GPT 5.2, and overall responses were 18% less likely to contain errors.
https://t.co/csOHgLhEap

[Jason Lay @jlay02]

The team behind ChatGPT admits the standard version can be used as an ‘answer machine.’ Is the new Study Mode feature any better?
https://t.co/6jvIJFw0dz

[Jason Lay @jlay02]

Is A.I. Changing the Way You Teach Writing? Some are requiring students to write by hand during class. Others are leaning more on first-person, personal writing, or requiring oral presentations or videos instead of traditional papers. https://t.co/GLAuucmLig

[The Mentoree @TheMentoree]

We are looking forward to next week's Motivators: Working Smarter with AI- Sustainable Productivity Workflows for Educators and Mentors. This is the beginning of the work @jlay02 will be leading, so please respond or dm us with your questions. #AIinEDU #AI https://t.co/4n0r3SpM15

[Jason Lay @jlay02]

‘A.I. Literacy’ Is Trending in Schools. Here’s Why. - The New York Times. Artificial intelligence companies are urging teachers to prepare students for an “A.I.-driven future.” What that means varies from school to school. https://t.co/QQIEIeU0Oj

[Jason Lay @jlay02]

“Part of the challenge for us as educators is to take that step back and say ‘Is what I'm asking them to do ... the important thing or is it how they got [there] that's important?'"
https://t.co/YRzwBL2Vkq

[Jason Lay @jlay02]

As Ontario high school grades keep rising, graduating students worry about their university future. Latest COU data shows typical entry averages for high school students between 85.4-92.9%
https://t.co/crvhyZ3BTq

[Jason Lay @jlay02]

AI’s impact on jobs is set to become more pronounced. can be found here.
“If you ask workers in a company [about their use of generative AI] they are in general very happy with it — it does the boring part of their work,” says Sir Christopher Pissaride https://t.co/ugZU72B4Ue