AI Resources and Tools

8.12.2025. A quote from this post to spark your interest: "Instead of viewing AI guidance as a point of drudgery, what if we could reframe AI policies as invitations for students to understand their own emerging responsibilities related to AI and discuss what they value about learning and how this technology might help them or hinder their goals?" A timely read from Dr. Marc Watkins as we prepare to deal with the advent of GPT5.

8.5.2025. This post from a professor and teaching assistant at Purdue discusses an innovative way to use blue books. The authors share how they used blue books as a space for reflection and process based learning that gave students the chance to focus on their thoughts rather than "outsource self-discovery" to genAI tools.

Added 7.23.2025. This OER booklet contains materials created by a faculty-fellowship project at CUNY that aimed to create ways to help students consider and use AI tools ethically, responsibly, and efectively.

7.18.2025. Noting that faculty members have limited time to engage with AI in an already full course schedule, Marc Watkins provides some tips for implementing AI awareness (please note this does NOT say adopting AI!) in just 15 minute chunks.

7.15.2025. This reflection from writing professors at San Franciso State University reveals that as part of the OpenAI-CSU partnership, OpenAI openly suggested moving writing back into the classroom in order to ensure students engage in critical thinking via writing. An interesting piece from faculty members who are bringing writing back to the classroom to rebuild communities, not catch cheaters.

Added 7.9.2025. This exhibit is a research project undertaken by 6 educators to model and demonstrate the type of AI use that they may or may not want to see from students.

6.15.2025. This article provides a great overview of current capabilities amongst the various leading AI tools.

Added 5.27.2025. This article from New York Times provides insight into how AI has added an additional burden on students who do their own work, sharing stories from students who have been or fear being falsely accused of generative AI usage for assignments.

5.14.2025. This blog post from Mike Kentz offers a look at one of the more subtle differences between Claude.ai and ChatGPT. He shows the ways in which Claude.ai allows more space for human reflection and action, while ChatGPT urges users towards additional AI assisstance.

4.26.2025. This essay from D. Graham Burnett, who teaches history of science at Princeton, is a fascinating read on his experience teaching and discussing AI with his students, and his thoughts on returning to the nature of the humanities - asking questions.

Updated 6.23.2025. An updated look at the capabilities of the major AI models with information on the various features that can help you decide which AI tools could be beneficial to your personal workflows.