Tag: education
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Calliope mini 3 and Servoboard Box: built for curious children
A family-focused review of Calliope mini 3 and the Servoboard Box: creative projects, school use, block coding, servo control and a €69.40 starting price.
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SEGGER J-Link EDU Mini review: made for the school workbench
Why the SEGGER J-Link EDU Mini belongs in embedded systems classes, with practical lesson ideas, V1/V2 differences, euro pricing and licence limits.
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Calliope mini 3 and the Servoboard Box: a classroom computer judged by current and timing
A practical review of the Calliope mini 3 and the Calliope Servoboard Box, focused on power draw, LED brightness and current, sensor accuracy, servo power, and how MicroPython and the block editor compare on the same classroom task.
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The School That Got AI Right
Some schools are getting AI right. Their approach is neither banning it nor uncritically embracing it. It's something more precise and more demanding.
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Standardized Tests' Last Stand
Standardized tests survived every previous technology threat. AI is different because it doesn't just help students prepare — it changes what preparation means.
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The STEM Mismatch
The STEM pipeline was built for a labor market that AI is restructuring in real time. Schools are producing workers for jobs that will not exist at scale.
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Critical Thinking
Critical thinking is the most-cited educational goal of the AI era and the least clearly defined. Precision matters because the vague version is unteachable.
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The Homework Industrial Complex
Harris Cooper's homework research has been clear since 1989: most homework doesn't work. AI just made the inconvenient evidence impossible to ignore any longer.
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The Personalization Trap
EdTech has promised personalized learning since the 1990s. AI brings this closer, but the concept itself may be built on a flawed theory of how learning works.
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What the Calculator Wars Actually Teach Us
The calculator debate is the closest historical parallel to AI in education. Getting that history right matters for understanding what comes next.
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The Teacher in the Age of AI
The teacher's role is changing, but not disappearing. AI makes some of what teachers do obsolete and amplifies the rest. Most schools have it backwards.
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Every Student Has an AI. Now What Actually Changes?
Universal AI access doesn't only change what students can cheat with. It changes what's worth learning, what a grade certifies, and which students pull ahead.
