2025-08-28T19:57:25Z https://njump.me Leon Furze https://njump.me/npub1f7ekzqk6drjr08960edseudt9wxrrstpeffrwe8u9966ade2glksu69dlm https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/113/479/864/698/930/162/original/c6ee64b8fab5c30b.jpg https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/113/479/864/698/930/162/original/c6ee64b8fab5c30b.jpg https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9te4s8t8svsqshkkp5qdr24748syda095qj6lpm2nju77m50t68qzyp8mxcgzmf5wgduuhfl9kr834v4ccvwpv899ydmyls5htt4h9fr76y8rs2m What is Critical AI Literacy, and how might metaphors be used to teach it? We explore these questions in a new Open Access article in JIME. #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu<br/><br/><a href="https://leonfurze.com/2025/08/28/using-metaphors-to-teach-critical-ai-literacy/">https://leonfurze.com/2025/08/28/using-metaphors-to-teach-critical-ai-literacy/</a> 2025-08-27T21:36:17Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs29wvzjxdzj5l7ntzdd73e2d5zvwslfh8qtd2zlpfzhcadr2f7vrszyp8mxcgzmf5wgduuhfl9kr834v4ccvwpv899ydmyls5htt4h9fr7600sckd The Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector is the ideal place for experimentation with GenAI, both for educators and for small to medium enterprise owners. This post explores why and how. #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu<br/><br/><a href="https://leonfurze.com/2025/08/25/artificial-intelligence-in-vocational-education/">https://leonfurze.com/2025/08/25/artificial-intelligence-in-vocational-education/</a> 2025-08-24T22:00:30Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvmrgugvvfrpsgyqdfrnvyx9f0wxsjqe9rlq35jv90n934axhdm8gzyp8mxcgzmf5wgduuhfl9kr834v4ccvwpv899ydmyls5htt4h9fr76yr73up Leon Furze lays out his practical workflow for POSSE—Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere—so your website remains the hub and platforms are just spokes. He explains how he posts first on WordPress, lets Jetpack push to Bluesky (and occasionally LinkedIn), uses the ActivityPub plugin to make his site part of the fediverse (with comments flowing back to the blog), and then syndicates to Substack and Medium via RSS and import. #artificialintelligence #aieducation<br/><br/><a href="https://leonfurze.com/2025/08/15/publish-on-your-own-site-syndicate-elsewhere-2/">https://leonfurze.com/2025/08/15/publish-on-your-own-site-syndicate-elsewhere-2/</a> 2025-08-15T00:45:32Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvjajse470adv6zl9rfzkpzxzvqxnexlhpcgfum7gekhwfw67wfhqzyp8mxcgzmf5wgduuhfl9kr834v4ccvwpv899ydmyls5htt4h9fr767frvvw A few interesting things are happening around open source artificial intelligence, and even if you haven&#39;t been paying much attention to generative AI beyond the big name brands like ChatGPT, I think this is something that you should take a look at. #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu<br/><br/><a href="https://leonfurze.com/2025/08/11/open-source-ai-is-going-mainstream/">https://leonfurze.com/2025/08/11/open-source-ai-is-going-mainstream/</a> 2025-08-10T22:00:15Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs89r6g0n4wu9v809dmsly2qa0m896xej29phs2l27q7n5ey36d78qzyp8mxcgzmf5wgduuhfl9kr834v4ccvwpv899ydmyls5htt4h9fr768pq67l GPT-5 has been released - but does it live up to the hype? In this article, I&#39;m going to run through some of the key moments from the launch and compare it to my initial experience using the upgraded AI. #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu<br/><br/><a href="https://leonfurze.com/2025/08/08/first-impressions-of-gpt-5/">https://leonfurze.com/2025/08/08/first-impressions-of-gpt-5/</a> 2025-08-08T01:52:39Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswz5466z3czphyltzgdrljcxxf6jaf2m93j24l5kp3s9zfve25v5czyp8mxcgzmf5wgduuhfl9kr834v4ccvwpv899ydmyls5htt4h9fr765mvlpa I&#39;m Leon Furze, and in this free PD video, I walk through the features of both the free and paid versions of ChatGPT. From Study Mode to Deep Research, I explain how educators can get the most from the tool. Subscribe for more videos throughout August. #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #Free<br/><br/><a href="https://leonfurze.com/2025/08/05/free-pd-video-how-to-use-chatgpt/">https://leonfurze.com/2025/08/05/free-pd-video-how-to-use-chatgpt/</a> 2025-08-04T21:00:30Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9kl5xvzcz343xhhjevaa7fxse7h9lwt5k5dcu5eahqah8ys7fujczyp8mxcgzmf5wgduuhfl9kr834v4ccvwpv899ydmyls5htt4h9fr76d8at8u New podcast ep.! Leon Furze contrasts Tim Berners-Lee’s 1989 vision of an open, decentralised World Wide Web with the “Narrow Web” of 2025—an internet funnelled through half-a-dozen corporate platforms. #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu<br/><br/><a href="https://leonfurze.com/2025/08/01/the-narrow-web-2/">https://leonfurze.com/2025/08/01/the-narrow-web-2/</a> 2025-08-01T00:40:30Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsg65wjfudxg5c4ldm97fn8tyj8wyd4wylm0ala5mu987qdefzc9vqzyp8mxcgzmf5wgduuhfl9kr834v4ccvwpv899ydmyls5htt4h9fr76apnygn OpenAI&#39;s recent partnership with Instructure&#39;s Canvas Learning Management System furthers its aggressive entry into education. While claiming to support students and teachers, it&#39;s part of a bigger plan to influence education from policy level down to the clasroom #artificialintelligence #aied<br/><br/><a href="https://leonfurze.com/2025/07/31/openai-has-come-for-education/">https://leonfurze.com/2025/07/31/openai-has-come-for-education/</a> 2025-07-30T22:00:15Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqstw07vtzne65p9a5k3998heqghjfrug6fj96d5a9jltxxl0emnalgzyp8mxcgzmf5wgduuhfl9kr834v4ccvwpv899ydmyls5htt4h9fr76allj2l ChatGPT has released its new &#39;Study Mode&#39;. What is it, and will it actually help students to learn? Or is it simply a way for OpenAI to reclaim territory from third party edtech? #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu<br/><br/><a href="https://leonfurze.com/2025/07/30/first-impressions-of-chatgpts-study-mode/">https://leonfurze.com/2025/07/30/first-impressions-of-chatgpts-study-mode/</a> 2025-07-29T23:23:17Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsp7dy6yl6c4ugmkc0qqsxza3c93xh3f4a4wjhzm2zqatfvl0m4msszyp8mxcgzmf5wgduuhfl9kr834v4ccvwpv899ydmyls5htt4h9fr762d6d03 A recent open letter calling for educators and academics to resist AI has divided the education community. But we should be directing our anger at the right people, and not at one another. #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu<br/><br/><a href="https://leonfurze.com/2025/07/01/the-right-to-resist/">https://leonfurze.com/2025/07/01/the-right-to-resist/</a> 2025-07-28T07:43:45Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsr9q5lkj623anz9d474zmp9eawjqgtqtm0mjzfxsk5hsp9yp8eh9qzyp8mxcgzmf5wgduuhfl9kr834v4ccvwpv899ydmyls5htt4h9fr76chtfj9 This post distills everything I&#39;ve learned so far from testing OpenAI&#39;s Agents, including all available tools and code functions. It includes a 20 minute walkthrough video of a range of tasks. #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu<br/><br/><a href="https://leonfurze.com/2025/07/21/everything-ive-learned-so-far-about-openais-agents/">https://leonfurze.com/2025/07/21/everything-ive-learned-so-far-about-openais-agents/</a> 2025-07-20T21:00:38Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8y3m5nvw9kkdc22c4qptedh00dwlmffafnrssyccpgjqfjgqgmcgzyp8mxcgzmf5wgduuhfl9kr834v4ccvwpv899ydmyls5htt4h9fr76a2yem9 Don&#39;t fall for the hype. Despite what you&#39;ve seen on social media, OpenAI&#39;s Agents don&#39;t work yet. Here are my initial impressions. #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu<br/><br/><a href="https://leonfurze.com/2025/07/19/initial-impressions-of-openais-agents-unfinished-unsuccessful-and-unsafe/">https://leonfurze.com/2025/07/19/initial-impressions-of-openais-agents-unfinished-unsuccessful-and-unsafe/</a> 2025-07-19T00:07:06Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8zss6xcdqrg4eejft7vpsxq0rk8u8n9lg3we2zvu4076sd0t5clczyp8mxcgzmf5wgduuhfl9kr834v4ccvwpv899ydmyls5htt4h9fr76haj5wt Lesson planning is a process, an action, a verb. But technology companies, from big players like Microsoft and Google to new kids on the block like Magic School, insist on treating it as a noun, a thing, a product. #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu<br/><br/><a href="https://leonfurze.com/2025/07/10/lesson-planning-is-a-verb-why-does-tech-keep-treating-it-as-a-noun/">https://leonfurze.com/2025/07/10/lesson-planning-is-a-verb-why-does-tech-keep-treating-it-as-a-noun/</a> 2025-07-10T04:14:11Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs28qkn5n407v43hatn30umzx7qpqzk73xaj0ljqxk3jhrjn3c2xegzyp8mxcgzmf5wgduuhfl9kr834v4ccvwpv899ydmyls5htt4h9fr76sppyu7 In this episode: Leon Furze sets aside the chatbot hype to show how the underlying components of AI—image recognition, speech-to-text, text-to-speech and transformer language models—already power a growing suite of assistive technologies. #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #podcast<br/><br/><a href="https://leonfurze.com/2025/07/09/artificial-intelligence-and-assistive-technologies-a-practical-guide-2/">https://leonfurze.com/2025/07/09/artificial-intelligence-and-assistive-technologies-a-practical-guide-2/</a> 2025-07-09T08:48:35Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9kuk5ltcjeszt6dq2j8wds2s66rn07k7zxfm9f5khzrwjkwdgkeszyp8mxcgzmf5wgduuhfl9kr834v4ccvwpv899ydmyls5htt4h9fr76xeccx0 New resources on AI and deepfakes. On this new page on my site you&#39;ll find examples, a &#39;real or fake&#39; game, and a free 20+ page PDF about deepfakes and AI media <a href="https://leonfurze.com/deepfakes/">https://leonfurze.com/deepfakes/</a> #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #Deepfakes #ImageGen #AIImages 2025-07-07T05:30:23Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszjhfxgk73ctl6juhgmmrw988j9c7lhzpar59wk43m3aamq6yzh8czyp8mxcgzmf5wgduuhfl9kr834v4ccvwpv899ydmyls5htt4h9fr767ulhx7 In this article I suggest some alternative areas we could look for improvements, using AI in ways that support human, relational practices in schools.<br/><br/>#ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #TeacherWorkload #Workload<br/><br/><a href="https://leonfurze.com/2025/07/07/beyond-time-saving-how-genai-might-actually-help-teacher-workload/">https://leonfurze.com/2025/07/07/beyond-time-saving-how-genai-might-actually-help-teacher-workload/</a> 2025-07-06T22:30:18Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9cg4h6rft83e59vvxgf4lw7vsseqmypyydhu39dgql85jfhz5cwszyp8mxcgzmf5wgduuhfl9kr834v4ccvwpv899ydmyls5htt4h9fr76e9ewgn New podcast ep.! Responding to newspaper calls for tighter controls on generative-AI in senior-school “take-home” tasks, Leon Furze argues that the real culprit is the assessment format itself, not ChatGPT. #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu<br/><br/><a href="https://leonfurze.com/2025/07/05/take-home-assessments-ai-is-not-the-problem-2/">https://leonfurze.com/2025/07/05/take-home-assessments-ai-is-not-the-problem-2/</a> 2025-07-05T05:43:35Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqste0t9uxusm8n5sa68m5tqnklhne2p2kuldvkn70xefm0zc3t8yhqzyp8mxcgzmf5wgduuhfl9kr834v4ccvwpv899ydmyls5htt4h9fr76d06hpf Is GenAI a magical, miraculous substance that &#34;democratises creativity&#34;? Or is it just graceless slop? Developing Critical AI Literacy means interrogating the design of AI systems. #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu<br/><br/><a href="https://leonfurze.com/2025/06/27/digital-plastic-miraculous-substance-or-graceless-slop/">https://leonfurze.com/2025/06/27/digital-plastic-miraculous-substance-or-graceless-slop/</a> 2025-06-27T01:16:06Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2k3mgmaere6wftpvuem4gtvt89kk7rt7t60e7pegv283anr3xdqszyp8mxcgzmf5wgduuhfl9kr834v4ccvwpv899ydmyls5htt4h9fr76f4ng3t New blog post: Process &gt; Prompts. A lot has changed with GenAI in the past few years, and we don&#39;t need to be &#34;prompt engineers&#34; to get the most out of the tech. #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu<br/><br/><a href="https://leonfurze.com/2025/06/25/process-prompts/">https://leonfurze.com/2025/06/25/process-prompts/</a> 2025-06-25T02:00:14Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8wh74gmqe679ux54l8he0k8f8p0u5wal0j3qk7jx0n5uny0rhungzyp8mxcgzmf5wgduuhfl9kr834v4ccvwpv899ydmyls5htt4h9fr76zt0j7n The weekly newsletter keeps on growing and improving! Check it out and subscribe here for up to date info on AI in education <a href="https://mailchi.mp/leonfurze.com/genai-and-assistive-technologies">https://mailchi.mp/leonfurze.com/genai-and-assistive-technologies</a> #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #newsletter #mailinglist<br/><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/726/641/204/489/105/original/2f6e1c3c6398e7c4.png"> 2025-06-22T10:54:08Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9tmysg3udvkh2gwjldhrdug468jakeu4ymuuvwkpmfsp40rzm8dgzyp8mxcgzmf5wgduuhfl9kr834v4ccvwpv899ydmyls5htt4h9fr76q2t5zr AI is more than just ChatGPT. Hype around chatbots is distracting us from the really useful technologies which could change lives.<br/><br/>In this article, I explore how LLM-based tech and other AI are being used as assistive technologies.<br/><br/>#artificialintelligence #aieducation<br/><br/><a href="https://leonfurze.com/2025/06/18/artificial-intelligence-and-assistive-technologies-a-practical-guide/">https://leonfurze.com/2025/06/18/artificial-intelligence-and-assistive-technologies-a-practical-guide/</a> 2025-06-17T22:31:10Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspe2q6t89w43ua8wvlncfvtjks9ztq2m867dpzd4u3vwypn2ud6fqzyp8mxcgzmf5wgduuhfl9kr834v4ccvwpv899ydmyls5htt4h9fr76tc8nlr Join the newsletter for weekly updates from the blog. This week: writing, truth, and launching a new podcast: <a href="https://us6.campaign-archive.com/?u=0e4244172472af8210b990aa9&amp;id=28720737a3">https://us6.campaign-archive.com/?u=0e4244172472af8210b990aa9&amp;id=28720737a3</a><br/><br/>#ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #ai 2025-06-07T02:49:12Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsysl5zllh6yknl56nf85n4xxdlrnxprd2guj8t3afylprrjlxxcxqzyp8mxcgzmf5wgduuhfl9kr834v4ccvwpv899ydmyls5htt4h9fr76zmlu7h <a href="https://www.noemamag.com/ai-signals-the-death-of-the-author/?utm_source=noematwitter&amp;utm_medium=noemasocial">https://www.noemamag.com/ai-signals-the-death-of-the-author/?utm_source=noematwitter&amp;utm_medium=noemasocial</a> #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #aiwriting 2025-06-05T09:51:47Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvd30cr24cxs9ym5jkwt4sjyj8dgp788pt58dymepp7adpye0x3jszyp8mxcgzmf5wgduuhfl9kr834v4ccvwpv899ydmyls5htt4h9fr762c2rl6 Teaching AI Ethics 2025: Truth.<br/><br/>The third post in the series reflects on what has changed (and what hasn&#39;t) in two years of AI and &#34;truth&#34;, plus some thoughts on what truth means in education.<br/><br/>The whole series of CC articles includes teaching ideas across disciplines.<br/><br/>#AIEthics #AI #AIEd<br/><br/><a href="https://leonfurze.com/2025/06/04/teaching-ai-ethics-2025-truth/">https://leonfurze.com/2025/06/04/teaching-ai-ethics-2025-truth/</a> 2025-06-04T02:09:48Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswn3k4mkjc5eyr0v02pyew82h2pc8sq6mlmylps0qarnraltptlegzyp8mxcgzmf5wgduuhfl9kr834v4ccvwpv899ydmyls5htt4h9fr762t0v5s &#34;Let the English teachers who love English, teach English. Let the mathematics teachers who love math, teach math. Let the science teachers teach science. And where appropriate, bring these technologies in.&#34; teachinginhighered.com/podcast/myth... #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd 2025-06-01T09:56:48Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqgdzlswp4cfefsukrfqp28xdnwml6z5jfjy2r74pfu74dgs2ttxszyp8mxcgzmf5wgduuhfl9kr834v4ccvwpv899ydmyls5htt4h9fr76mnjr4e Sunday baking. 50/50 wholemeal spelt/rye sourdough ciabatta. No knead, overnight ferment. #baking #sunday #sourdough<br/><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/605/928/487/602/514/original/061c9dce1a5e87a1.png"> 2025-06-01T03:15:02Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspdeacsjkysg5helafq2zvt54l5l2th46ml5aqamk3ruuerzf2syczyp8mxcgzmf5wgduuhfl9kr834v4ccvwpv899ydmyls5htt4h9fr76wdeemh Why do I insist on publishing my own blog?<br/><br/>I&#39;ve had a blog in one form or another for 15 years, and it will always be my central platform for writing.<br/><br/>In this post explore why I like owning my own little plot of land online, and how AI now fits into the mix.<br/><br/>#artificialintelligence #aieducation<br/><br/><a href="https://leonfurze.com/2025/06/01/why-blog/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=jetpack_social">https://leonfurze.com/2025/06/01/why-blog/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=jetpack_social</a> 2025-05-31T23:00:16Z