Paul Allison
@paulallison.bsky.social
Working with National Writing Project teachers and students to create Writing Partners writingpartners.net a social annotation platform that supports AI-guided writing, reading, and discussion. I'll be posting here about what we are learning together.
Reading now: findings show how learners who used GenAI primarily through apps in mobile phones or chatbots embedded in social media platforms, tended to adopt a passive stance towards GenAI, accepting generated output without much critical evaluation. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #eduskyAIv
May 5, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Reading now: findings show how learners who used GenAI primarily through apps in mobile phones or chatbots embedded in social media platforms, tended to adopt a passive stance towards GenAI, accepting generated output without much critical evaluation. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #eduskyAIv
hechingerreport.org/proof-points... Yet another example of researchers not seeming to understand that teachers are building AI assistants or apps that mitigate these biases. We don’t have to accept the trade offs presented in this paper.
AI gives more praise, less criticism to Black students
A Stanford experiment found that AI feedback shifts on identical essays depending upon the identity and characteristics of the student.
hechingerreport.org
May 4, 2026 at 12:25 PM
hechingerreport.org/proof-points... Yet another example of researchers not seeming to understand that teachers are building AI assistants or apps that mitigate these biases. We don’t have to accept the trade offs presented in this paper.
Granting that "Student Reflections on AI Use Doesn’t Work" Patrick Dempsey:
open.substack.com/pub/thepatri...
Here's an image of a revision process by a student on writingpartners.net.
How to avoid Dempsey's closed loop?
Escaping a Reflection Loop via AI - 1 of 4
#AIinEducation #eduskyAI #edusky
open.substack.com/pub/thepatri...
Here's an image of a revision process by a student on writingpartners.net.
How to avoid Dempsey's closed loop?
Escaping a Reflection Loop via AI - 1 of 4
#AIinEducation #eduskyAI #edusky
February 5, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Granting that "Student Reflections on AI Use Doesn’t Work" Patrick Dempsey:
open.substack.com/pub/thepatri...
Here's an image of a revision process by a student on writingpartners.net.
How to avoid Dempsey's closed loop?
Escaping a Reflection Loop via AI - 1 of 4
#AIinEducation #eduskyAI #edusky
open.substack.com/pub/thepatri...
Here's an image of a revision process by a student on writingpartners.net.
How to avoid Dempsey's closed loop?
Escaping a Reflection Loop via AI - 1 of 4
#AIinEducation #eduskyAI #edusky
With breakfast, I read a new post in Psychology Today by John Nosta, "The Curvature of Thought - Personal Perspective: Can AI bend the geometry of human knowing?" www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...
From Blog Post to Peer-Reviewed Article Inquiry via AI 1 of 4
#AIinEducation #eduskyAI #edusky
From Blog Post to Peer-Reviewed Article Inquiry via AI 1 of 4
#AIinEducation #eduskyAI #edusky
February 4, 2026 at 2:02 PM
With breakfast, I read a new post in Psychology Today by John Nosta, "The Curvature of Thought - Personal Perspective: Can AI bend the geometry of human knowing?" www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...
From Blog Post to Peer-Reviewed Article Inquiry via AI 1 of 4
#AIinEducation #eduskyAI #edusky
From Blog Post to Peer-Reviewed Article Inquiry via AI 1 of 4
#AIinEducation #eduskyAI #edusky
Let's start with a paragraph from "Animal Farm," Chapter V, which includes: "Of late the sheep had taken to bleating "Four legs good, two legs bad" both in and out of season, and they often interrupted the Meeting with this."
From Literature to Inquiry via AI 1 of 4
#AIinEducation #eduskyAI #edusky
From Literature to Inquiry via AI 1 of 4
#AIinEducation #eduskyAI #edusky
February 3, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Let's start with a paragraph from "Animal Farm," Chapter V, which includes: "Of late the sheep had taken to bleating "Four legs good, two legs bad" both in and out of season, and they often interrupted the Meeting with this."
From Literature to Inquiry via AI 1 of 4
#AIinEducation #eduskyAI #edusky
From Literature to Inquiry via AI 1 of 4
#AIinEducation #eduskyAI #edusky
This Writing Partner (GPT) is really helping me to think about this Abstract. writingpartners.net/documents/85.... #eduskyAI #AIinEducation #edusky
November 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This Writing Partner (GPT) is really helping me to think about this Abstract. writingpartners.net/documents/85.... #eduskyAI #AIinEducation #edusky
Educators Paul Allison, David Cole, and Sam Reed explore strategies for integrating AI into a reading and writing unit focused on Jackie Robinson and his values.
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#eduskyai #aiineducation
youtu.be/gqUTDEJLvRY?...
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#eduskyai #aiineducation
youtu.be/gqUTDEJLvRY?...
TTT 10.22.2025 Sam Reed Integrating AI into a unit about Jackie Robinson: The Man Who Broke Barriers
YouTube video by Paul Allison
youtu.be
October 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Educators Paul Allison, David Cole, and Sam Reed explore strategies for integrating AI into a reading and writing unit focused on Jackie Robinson and his values.
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#eduskyai #aiineducation
youtu.be/gqUTDEJLvRY?...
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#eduskyai #aiineducation
youtu.be/gqUTDEJLvRY?...
“Generative AI should not be banned outright, nor should it be embraced without thought. What we really need is guidance, resources, and practice in how to utilize it wisely.” This is the most sensible (from experience) nuanced treatment of AI that I have read. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
ChatGPT Has Been My Tutor for the Last Year. I Still Have Concerns. | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
This transition will be messy, and no policy will be perfect. But if we don’t agree on how to talk about AI, when to use it, and when to avoid it, we risk creating fragmented and inequitable experienc...
www.thecrimson.com
October 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
“Generative AI should not be banned outright, nor should it be embraced without thought. What we really need is guidance, resources, and practice in how to utilize it wisely.” This is the most sensible (from experience) nuanced treatment of AI that I have read. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Though it's a stretch for me to understand the metrics in this study, ever since I started reading, I keep returning to these ideas. Their "setup provides explicit estimates of uncertainty and benchmarks AI model by quantifying the synergy they provide to human interaction." doi.org/10.31234/osf...
OSF
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October 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Though it's a stretch for me to understand the metrics in this study, ever since I started reading, I keep returning to these ideas. Their "setup provides explicit estimates of uncertainty and benchmarks AI model by quantifying the synergy they provide to human interaction." doi.org/10.31234/osf...
John Nosta unpacks the AI tool metaphor here: “This is the quiet revolution we’re living through. This is technology moving from external utility to internal participation.” www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-... #eduskyAI
Maybe AI Was Never a Tool
Using artificial intelligence "responsibly" assumes it is just another tool—it isn't.
www.psychologytoday.com
October 1, 2025 at 11:21 PM
John Nosta unpacks the AI tool metaphor here: “This is the quiet revolution we’re living through. This is technology moving from external utility to internal participation.” www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-... #eduskyAI
I want to invite you to a conversation about AI through the lens of fiction. Gideon Dishon, the author of "From Monsters to Mazes" writingpartners.net/documents/85... in the abstract: "...fictional texts, can shape our shared imagination of possible and probable futures." #eduskyAI
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writingpartners.net
October 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I want to invite you to a conversation about AI through the lens of fiction. Gideon Dishon, the author of "From Monsters to Mazes" writingpartners.net/documents/85... in the abstract: "...fictional texts, can shape our shared imagination of possible and probable futures." #eduskyAI
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We are reading and annotating together.
We would love to see your marginalia on
From Monsters to Mazes: Sociotechnical Imaginaries of AI Between Frankenstein and Kafka
writingpartners.net/documents/85...
before we meet on Wednesday evening, October 1, at 8E/7C/6M/5P in Kumospace.com/youthvoices.
We would love to see your marginalia on
From Monsters to Mazes: Sociotechnical Imaginaries of AI Between Frankenstein and Kafka
writingpartners.net/documents/85...
before we meet on Wednesday evening, October 1, at 8E/7C/6M/5P in Kumospace.com/youthvoices.
From Monsters to Mazes: Sociotechnical Imaginaries of AI Between Frankenstein and Kafka - Writing Partners
Writing Partners - Created By and For Teachers and Students
writingpartners.net
September 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
We are reading and annotating together.
We would love to see your marginalia on
From Monsters to Mazes: Sociotechnical Imaginaries of AI Between Frankenstein and Kafka
writingpartners.net/documents/85...
before we meet on Wednesday evening, October 1, at 8E/7C/6M/5P in Kumospace.com/youthvoices.
We would love to see your marginalia on
From Monsters to Mazes: Sociotechnical Imaginaries of AI Between Frankenstein and Kafka
writingpartners.net/documents/85...
before we meet on Wednesday evening, October 1, at 8E/7C/6M/5P in Kumospace.com/youthvoices.
Why social annotation:“Intelligence—whether human or artificial—is inherently interactive, contextual, and collaborative. Sophisticated thinking rarely occurs in isolation; it emerges instead through dialogue, feedback, refinement, and the integration of diverse perspectives.” osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
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September 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Why social annotation:“Intelligence—whether human or artificial—is inherently interactive, contextual, and collaborative. Sophisticated thinking rarely occurs in isolation; it emerges instead through dialogue, feedback, refinement, and the integration of diverse perspectives.” osf.io/preprints/ps...
“What we really need are nuanced approaches that center human agency and experience about how new technologies complicate and alter our habits and skills.” Three cheers for nuance! youtu.be/Fgxf_EJnYEU?...
TTT 09.24.2025 How many educators does it take to create an AI assistant?
YouTube video by Paul Allison
youtu.be
September 26, 2025 at 1:24 PM
“What we really need are nuanced approaches that center human agency and experience about how new technologies complicate and alter our habits and skills.” Three cheers for nuance! youtu.be/Fgxf_EJnYEU?...
“AI can… be the ultimate training partner, a sparring partner for the mind that forces us to level up. The essential challenge is to keep agency at the center of the interaction and to make sure we are directing the conversation rather than outsourcing it.” www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...
Human Agency in the Age of AI
When AI stands at the ready to do our work—and our thinking—for us, human agency is what keeps us drivers, not passengers, of the mind.
www.psychologytoday.com
September 20, 2025 at 11:06 AM
“AI can… be the ultimate training partner, a sparring partner for the mind that forces us to level up. The essential challenge is to keep agency at the center of the interaction and to make sure we are directing the conversation rather than outsourcing it.” www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...
We invite you to meet Dr. Rachel Horst www.rachelhorst.ca with us on Wed. evening, September 17 at 8E/7C/6M/5P. We'll be meeting in Kumospace.com/youthvoices. www.kumospace.com/youthvoices?...
Join us to engage in a collaborative inquiry that seeks to move beyond binary thinking about AI.
#eduskyAI
Join us to engage in a collaborative inquiry that seeks to move beyond binary thinking about AI.
#eduskyAI
September 16, 2025 at 11:52 PM
We invite you to meet Dr. Rachel Horst www.rachelhorst.ca with us on Wed. evening, September 17 at 8E/7C/6M/5P. We'll be meeting in Kumospace.com/youthvoices. www.kumospace.com/youthvoices?...
Join us to engage in a collaborative inquiry that seeks to move beyond binary thinking about AI.
#eduskyAI
Join us to engage in a collaborative inquiry that seeks to move beyond binary thinking about AI.
#eduskyAI
In this conversation Chris Sloan shares insights on how students in his AP English classes interact with AI-generated feedback, emphasizing the importance of students maintaining agency over their writing. youtu.be/JT9wH-Z5ChY #eduskyAI
TTT 09.10.2025 We explore the use of AI in aiding students with writing college admissions essays
YouTube video by Paul Allison
youtu.be
September 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
In this conversation Chris Sloan shares insights on how students in his AP English classes interact with AI-generated feedback, emphasizing the importance of students maintaining agency over their writing. youtu.be/JT9wH-Z5ChY #eduskyAI
Demanding that we take a side:
“Importantly, critical washing — encouraging AI use while being ‘aware of the risks’ — must be avoided: [R]eflecting on the harms of AI is not itself harm reduction. It may even contribute to rationalizing, normalizing, and enabling harm.”
zenodo.org/records/1706...
“Importantly, critical washing — encouraging AI use while being ‘aware of the risks’ — must be avoided: [R]eflecting on the harms of AI is not itself harm reduction. It may even contribute to rationalizing, normalizing, and enabling harm.”
zenodo.org/records/1706...
Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia
Under the banner of progress, products have been uncritically adopted or even imposed on users — in past centuries with tobacco and combustion engines, and in the 21st with social media. For these col...
zenodo.org
September 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Demanding that we take a side:
“Importantly, critical washing — encouraging AI use while being ‘aware of the risks’ — must be avoided: [R]eflecting on the harms of AI is not itself harm reduction. It may even contribute to rationalizing, normalizing, and enabling harm.”
zenodo.org/records/1706...
“Importantly, critical washing — encouraging AI use while being ‘aware of the risks’ — must be avoided: [R]eflecting on the harms of AI is not itself harm reduction. It may even contribute to rationalizing, normalizing, and enabling harm.”
zenodo.org/records/1706...
Here’s another angle to consider: Will limiting access to “virtual interactions” while in school lead youth who are more prone to loneliness to “exert faster decisions to seek rewards”—behaviors that may bring more alcohol and drug use and sexual activity? www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#eduskyAI
#eduskyAI
September 7, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Here’s another angle to consider: Will limiting access to “virtual interactions” while in school lead youth who are more prone to loneliness to “exert faster decisions to seek rewards”—behaviors that may bring more alcohol and drug use and sexual activity? www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#eduskyAI
#eduskyAI
More AI metaphors
“AI can extend our perception, but it must never become our compass. A lens clarifies what we see. A compass tells us where to go. The first enhances thought. The second replaces it, and true north may be a curiously human-centric direction.”
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...
“AI can extend our perception, but it must never become our compass. A lens clarifies what we see. A compass tells us where to go. The first enhances thought. The second replaces it, and true north may be a curiously human-centric direction.”
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...
September 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
More AI metaphors
“AI can extend our perception, but it must never become our compass. A lens clarifies what we see. A compass tells us where to go. The first enhances thought. The second replaces it, and true north may be a curiously human-centric direction.”
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...
“AI can extend our perception, but it must never become our compass. A lens clarifies what we see. A compass tells us where to go. The first enhances thought. The second replaces it, and true north may be a curiously human-centric direction.”
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...
Just getting up to speed with Dr. Rachel Horst: open.spotify.com/episode/48ym...
www.linkedin.com/posts/rachel...
www.linkedin.com/posts/rachel...
September 5, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Just getting up to speed with Dr. Rachel Horst: open.spotify.com/episode/48ym...
www.linkedin.com/posts/rachel...
www.linkedin.com/posts/rachel...
