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Minding the Gap

Natalie Wexler · 13 Sept 2026

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  1. Our reading

    Technology and AI can be helpful in the classroom when used wisely.

    Their wordsWhen used wisely, technology, including AI, can be helpful in the classroom.

  2. Our reading

    Some cognitive effort is essential to learning, and subcontracting that effort to a device will also subcontract out the learning.

    Their wordsIt helps to understand, as I've argued before, that some cognitive effort is essential to learning-and that subcontracting out that effort to a device will also subcontract out the learning.

  3. Our reading

    Bans on technology or AI that fail to distinguish between helpful and harmful uses can hold students back.

    Their wordsBut bans of tech or AI that fail to distinguish between helpful and harmful uses can end up holding students back.

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