Thoughts on AI, Cognition, and Human Development

Perspectives on Learning

Perspectives features analysis from thought leaders, researchers, and practicing educators who are committed to defining the future of humanity-centered learning.

Student-Centered Learning, EdTech, 21st-Century Skills, Education & Pedagogy, Assessment & Evaluation, Alternative Education Models Timothy Cook Student-Centered Learning, EdTech, 21st-Century Skills, Education & Pedagogy, Assessment & Evaluation, Alternative Education Models Timothy Cook

The Developmental Portfolio: What a Classroom Should Be Building

A child is building several distinct capacities on different developmental schedules, and a system that measures one of them well will report success while the rest go unobserved. The five holdings of the developmental portfolio, the order to build them in, and why AI fluency comes last.

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EdTech, Education & Pedagogy Timothy Cook EdTech, Education & Pedagogy Timothy Cook

Why AI is Not a Calculator: 3 Flawed Education Analogies

In every conference session and staff meeting, you hear the same three comparisons: AI is like the printing press, the calculator, or Google Search. But these analogies are fundamentally flawed. Comparing tools that externalized mechanical tasks to a technology that externalizes human reasoning is a dangerous permission structure for institutional inaction, especially when it comes to the developing minds of children.

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