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Learn about AI, to shape learning with AI.

Learn about AI, to shape learning with AI.

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Why Flint

AI Role in Education

AI News

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Guest Article

Kinkaid School Logo plus Flint logo overlaid on top of purple picture of Kinkaid school building.

Why Flint

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Case Study

How The Kinkaid School’s long standing interest in AI has led them to partner with Flint

A case study of how Kinkaid’s partnership with Flint is supporting access, visibility, and creative exploration for educators and students.

November 22, 2024

Kinkaid School Logo plus Flint logo overlaid on top of purple picture of Kinkaid school building.
Wesleyan School and Flint logos

AI Role in Education

|

Case Study

How Wesleyan School formed their AI position and expanded learning possibilities with Flint

A case study of Wesleyan’s formation of an extensive AI policy and how Flint has enabled teachers there to personalize learning.

October 21, 2024

Wesleyan School and Flint logos
Flinterview cover image with Jon Bergmann about Flipped Classrooms

AI Role in Education

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Why Flint

From Video Lectures to AI Tutors: Jon Bergmann Talks Flipped Learning's Evolution

Jon Bergmann shares his thoughts on how AI can reshape flipped classrooms and what's next for the future of learning.

October 1, 2024

Flinterview cover image with Jon Bergmann about Flipped Classrooms
Durham and Flint logos on red-tinted campus image from Durham

Why Flint

|

Case Study

How Durham Academy used Flint to embrace AI for students and teachers

A case study of Durham Academy’s partnership with Flint, an AI platform for personalized learning.

September 18, 2024

Durham and Flint logos on red-tinted campus image from Durham
NJIS plus Flint logos on top of picture of students interacting in a group with Flint

How To

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Guest Article

Exploring Endangered Animals with AI Flint: A Fun Adventure for Kids!

Early years educator Meliana from North Jakarta Intercultural School explains how her Kindergarten students used Flint for a project on endangered animals.

August 30, 2024

NJIS plus Flint logos on top of picture of students interacting in a group with Flint
Woodward and Flint logos on red-tinted campus image from Woodward

Why Flint

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Case Study

Why Woodward Academy chose Flint to personalize learning for students with AI

A case study of how Woodward Academy has used Flint to differentiate learning for students while protecting their data.

August 21, 2024

Woodward and Flint logos on red-tinted campus image from Woodward
Teacher standing next to grioup of students using AI on a computer.

AI Role in Education

|

Guest Article

From Panic to Possibility: How AI Could Revolutionize the Teaching of Critical Thinking

A humanities teacher's journey in dealing with the panic and promise of AI for personalizing learning and deepening critical thinking skills.

August 15, 2024

Teacher standing next to grioup of students using AI on a computer.
McDonogh and Flint logos on picture of McDonogh School building with orange overlay.

Why Flint

|

Case Study

How McDonogh School used Flint to embrace AI across subjects and grade levels

A case study of Flint’s partnership with McDonogh School, where Flint has been widely adopted with students as young as 1st grade.

July 16, 2024

McDonogh and Flint logos on picture of McDonogh School building with orange overlay.
A relaxed school administrator lounging on a beach chair, wearing a casual shirt labeled 'AI Committee'. The setting is a sunny beach with clear blue skies, soft white sand, and calm sea waves in the background. The administrator is depicted as a middle-aged Caucasian woman with shoulder-length blonde hair, wearing sunglasses, a sun hat, shorts, and flip-flops, holding a refreshing tropical drink in one hand and a book in the other. The beach scene includes a few seagulls flying overhead and a palm tree providing shade.

How To

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AI News

Summer preparedness: AI for the 2024-25 school year

Are you an administrator navigating the path forward in terms of AI for your school? Here’s a roadmap to get you prepared over the summer.

July 2, 2024

A relaxed school administrator lounging on a beach chair, wearing a casual shirt labeled 'AI Committee'. The setting is a sunny beach with clear blue skies, soft white sand, and calm sea waves in the background. The administrator is depicted as a middle-aged Caucasian woman with shoulder-length blonde hair, wearing sunglasses, a sun hat, shorts, and flip-flops, holding a refreshing tropical drink in one hand and a book in the other. The beach scene includes a few seagulls flying overhead and a palm tree providing shade.
Image generated by Dalle 3 of a student shaking hands with an ai and surrounded by icons symbolizing different school subjects

AI Role in Education

|

Guest Article

Using AI to Facilitate Self-Regulated Learning (Kevin Gregorio)

Studies have shown when students test themselves, they retain information better. Gregorio explores how AI might be an accessible and user-friendly way for students to drive their own learning.

June 24, 2024

Image generated by Dalle 3 of a student shaking hands with an ai and surrounded by icons symbolizing different school subjects
AI integration into a warm and joyful classroom at a Chrisitan school

AI Role in Education

|

Guest Article

The Question of Artificial Intelligence and the Christian School (CESA)

Discover how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is impacting Christian education, exploring its benefits and challenges for faith-based schools like The Stony Brook School.

June 18, 2024

AI integration into a warm and joyful classroom at a Chrisitan school
GPT-4o text on top of a collection of pictures and notes representing the multimodality of this AI's input and output.

AI Role in Education

|

AI News

What is GPT-4o and what does it mean for education?

With OpenAI's release of their new multimodal AI model, GPT-4o, how does our prediction of the future of education with AI change and what does this all mean for Flint?

May 29, 2024

GPT-4o text on top of a collection of pictures and notes representing the multimodality of this AI's input and output.
Merion Mercy Academy logo plus Flint logo on Merion Mercy building with blue overlay

Why Flint

|

Case Study

How Merion Mercy provided students with trustworthy AI writing feedback through Flint

A case study of Flint’s partnership with Merion Mercy Academy in Pennsylvania, a school that has fully leaned into using AI to give feedback on student writing.

May 8, 2024

Merion Mercy Academy logo plus Flint logo on Merion Mercy building with blue overlay
Teacher reaching out to support student who has reached the top of a pyramid reminiscent of Maslow's hierarchy.

AI Role in Education

|

Guest Article

Human Connection in an AI-Enhanced World: Through the Lens of Maslow’s (Amy Choi)

What does self-actualization look like for a student's education? How can educators use AI to emphasize human connection?

April 18, 2024

Teacher reaching out to support student who has reached the top of a pyramid reminiscent of Maslow's hierarchy.
Room full of teachers with questions

AI Role in Education

|

Guest Article

What Schools Are Asking About AI — Part 2 (Eric Hudson)

Responses to common questions anout AI that Eric Hudson has come across in his consulting work with independent schools.

March 27, 2024

Room full of teachers with questions
Diagram with rainbow connections between teacher, AI, and student overlaid on top of illustration of a man by Bruno Schultz

AI Role in Education

|

Guest Article

Heart-ificial Intelligence: Emphasizing emotion while introducing AI in the classroom (Erika Gettig)

Countless studies have proven emotion to be critical to young scholars’ learning and development. Gettig emphasizes the need for teachers to embrace emotional learning just as much as we embrace learning with AI.

March 18, 2024

Diagram with rainbow connections between teacher, AI, and student overlaid on top of illustration of a man by Bruno Schultz
Brophy Prep logo plus Flint logo on Brophy Prep sign with red overlay

Why Flint

|

Case Study

How Brophy Prep democratized creative and personalized AI for the classroom

A case study of Flint’s partnership with Brophy College Preparatory in Phoenix, where Flint has inspired “explosive” interest in and productive use of AI for learning.

March 13, 2024

Brophy Prep logo plus Flint logo on Brophy Prep sign with red overlay
Class in library with King Lear AI robot

Why Flint

|

Guest Article

King Lear and the Flint AI (Paul Erb)

English teacher Paul Erb recounts his and his students' experience using Flint's AI in the classroom to understand Shakespeare

March 7, 2024

Class in library with King Lear AI robot
The York School logo plus Flint logo on York School building with green overlay

Why Flint

|

Case Study

How The York School used Flint to embrace student-centered AI use

How Flint is enabling teachers and students at TYS to learn using AI in a safe and controlled environment. “Flint was one of the few tools that I felt had put the student in the center.”

February 27, 2024

The York School logo plus Flint logo on York School building with green overlay
Teachers gathered in a lounge with laptops brainstorming curricula improvements.

AI Role in Education

|

Guest Article

AI in Education: Crafting Curricula for Tomorrow's Innovators (Kelly Schuster-Paredes)

Schuster-Paredes explains how AI will redefine curricula development, gives resources to try out, and shares her process for generating curricula.

February 23, 2024

Teachers gathered in a lounge with laptops brainstorming curricula improvements.
Robot with a glowing heart and children sitting in a circle.

AI Role in Education

|

Guest Article

Empathy and AI: A Bridge to Deeper Understanding (Nathan Kraai)

Does technology have the potential to teach skills so human as empathy?

February 15, 2024

Robot with a glowing heart and children sitting in a circle.
Student looking up to AI hologram robot that is acting as an effective personalized tutor

Why Flint

|

AI News

The results are in: AI tutoring works

Two studies from Harvard and the IJETHE prove that AI can both act as an effective 1:1 tutor and provide valuable feedback on student writing.

February 2, 2024

Student looking up to AI hologram robot that is acting as an effective personalized tutor
Visual Interpretation of clarity within ones knowledge bubble and the blurred but infinite possiblities outside the bubble.

AI Role in Education

|

Guest Article

Whispers in the Algorithm: Unraveling AI's Impact on Language and the Limits of our World (Pascal Vallet)

Does AI shape us, or do we shape AI? What does this all mean for education? Pascal Vallet explores what AI development means for the future of teaching.

January 17, 2024

Visual Interpretation of clarity within ones knowledge bubble and the blurred but infinite possiblities outside the bubble.
AI's unsuccessful attempts to generate an image of a sky with no clouds and a tree with no branches.

AI Role in Education

|

Guest Article

Rethinking Academic Excellence in the Age of AI (Peter Nilsson)

Nilsson explains how AI will help achieve a standard level of competency, but true academic excellence should focus on creativity, originality, and innovation.

January 9, 2024

AI's unsuccessful attempts to generate an image of a sky with no clouds and a tree with no branches.
Excited teacher at laptop creating and AI bot

How To

|

Why Flint

4 tips for creating a successful AI assignment

Some advice for getting started with creating impactful AI learning experiences.

January 5, 2024

Excited teacher at laptop creating and AI bot
Number 2023 surrounded by education- and AI-related icons

AI Role in Education

|

AI News

AI's changing role in education: Monthly highlights of 2023

2023’s evolution of AI attitudes in education and predictions for what’s to come in 2024.

December 28, 2023

Number 2023 surrounded by education- and AI-related icons
Juxtaposition of warm classroom with redefined teaching embracing AI and cold boring classroom without technology.

AI Role in Education

|

Opinion

SAMR and AI: Don’t get stuck on substitution

Using AI for lesson planning is low-hanging fruit. Here’s how educators are going further by using AI to redefine teaching and learning.

December 21, 2023

Juxtaposition of warm classroom with redefined teaching embracing AI and cold boring classroom without technology.
Sinister AI detection company overseeing a classroom

AI Role in Education

|

Opinion

Why companies lie about detecting AI writing

We know that AI cheating detectors don’t work, but what should educators do next?

December 13, 2023

Sinister AI detection company overseeing a classroom
Students in a classroom using AI, shown via sci-fi like glowing devices

AI Role in Education

|

How To

Unlocking the potential of AI for schools: A guide for educators

Recommendations for implementing AI in schools, based on thousands of hours of chats with school leaders.

December 6, 2023

Students in a classroom using AI, shown via sci-fi like glowing devices

All

Case Study

Why Flint

AI Role in Education

AI News

How To

Opinion

Guest Article

Kinkaid School Logo plus Flint logo overlaid on top of purple picture of Kinkaid school building.

Why Flint

|

Case Study

How The Kinkaid School’s long standing interest in AI has led them to partner with Flint

A case study of how Kinkaid’s partnership with Flint is supporting access, visibility, and creative exploration for educators and students.

November 22, 2024

Kinkaid School Logo plus Flint logo overlaid on top of purple picture of Kinkaid school building.
Wesleyan School and Flint logos

AI Role in Education

|

Case Study

How Wesleyan School formed their AI position and expanded learning possibilities with Flint

A case study of Wesleyan’s formation of an extensive AI policy and how Flint has enabled teachers there to personalize learning.

October 21, 2024

Wesleyan School and Flint logos
Flinterview cover image with Jon Bergmann about Flipped Classrooms

AI Role in Education

|

Why Flint

From Video Lectures to AI Tutors: Jon Bergmann Talks Flipped Learning's Evolution

Jon Bergmann shares his thoughts on how AI can reshape flipped classrooms and what's next for the future of learning.

October 1, 2024

Flinterview cover image with Jon Bergmann about Flipped Classrooms
Durham and Flint logos on red-tinted campus image from Durham

Why Flint

|

Case Study

How Durham Academy used Flint to embrace AI for students and teachers

A case study of Durham Academy’s partnership with Flint, an AI platform for personalized learning.

September 18, 2024

Durham and Flint logos on red-tinted campus image from Durham
NJIS plus Flint logos on top of picture of students interacting in a group with Flint

How To

|

Guest Article

Exploring Endangered Animals with AI Flint: A Fun Adventure for Kids!

Early years educator Meliana from North Jakarta Intercultural School explains how her Kindergarten students used Flint for a project on endangered animals.

August 30, 2024

NJIS plus Flint logos on top of picture of students interacting in a group with Flint
Woodward and Flint logos on red-tinted campus image from Woodward

Why Flint

|

Case Study

Why Woodward Academy chose Flint to personalize learning for students with AI

A case study of how Woodward Academy has used Flint to differentiate learning for students while protecting their data.

August 21, 2024

Woodward and Flint logos on red-tinted campus image from Woodward
Teacher standing next to grioup of students using AI on a computer.

AI Role in Education

|

Guest Article

From Panic to Possibility: How AI Could Revolutionize the Teaching of Critical Thinking

A humanities teacher's journey in dealing with the panic and promise of AI for personalizing learning and deepening critical thinking skills.

August 15, 2024

Teacher standing next to grioup of students using AI on a computer.
McDonogh and Flint logos on picture of McDonogh School building with orange overlay.

Why Flint

|

Case Study

How McDonogh School used Flint to embrace AI across subjects and grade levels

A case study of Flint’s partnership with McDonogh School, where Flint has been widely adopted with students as young as 1st grade.

July 16, 2024

McDonogh and Flint logos on picture of McDonogh School building with orange overlay.
A relaxed school administrator lounging on a beach chair, wearing a casual shirt labeled 'AI Committee'. The setting is a sunny beach with clear blue skies, soft white sand, and calm sea waves in the background. The administrator is depicted as a middle-aged Caucasian woman with shoulder-length blonde hair, wearing sunglasses, a sun hat, shorts, and flip-flops, holding a refreshing tropical drink in one hand and a book in the other. The beach scene includes a few seagulls flying overhead and a palm tree providing shade.

How To

|

AI News

Summer preparedness: AI for the 2024-25 school year

Are you an administrator navigating the path forward in terms of AI for your school? Here’s a roadmap to get you prepared over the summer.

July 2, 2024

A relaxed school administrator lounging on a beach chair, wearing a casual shirt labeled 'AI Committee'. The setting is a sunny beach with clear blue skies, soft white sand, and calm sea waves in the background. The administrator is depicted as a middle-aged Caucasian woman with shoulder-length blonde hair, wearing sunglasses, a sun hat, shorts, and flip-flops, holding a refreshing tropical drink in one hand and a book in the other. The beach scene includes a few seagulls flying overhead and a palm tree providing shade.
Image generated by Dalle 3 of a student shaking hands with an ai and surrounded by icons symbolizing different school subjects

AI Role in Education

|

Guest Article

Using AI to Facilitate Self-Regulated Learning (Kevin Gregorio)

Studies have shown when students test themselves, they retain information better. Gregorio explores how AI might be an accessible and user-friendly way for students to drive their own learning.

June 24, 2024

Image generated by Dalle 3 of a student shaking hands with an ai and surrounded by icons symbolizing different school subjects
AI integration into a warm and joyful classroom at a Chrisitan school

AI Role in Education

|

Guest Article

The Question of Artificial Intelligence and the Christian School (CESA)

Discover how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is impacting Christian education, exploring its benefits and challenges for faith-based schools like The Stony Brook School.

June 18, 2024

AI integration into a warm and joyful classroom at a Chrisitan school
GPT-4o text on top of a collection of pictures and notes representing the multimodality of this AI's input and output.

AI Role in Education

|

AI News

What is GPT-4o and what does it mean for education?

With OpenAI's release of their new multimodal AI model, GPT-4o, how does our prediction of the future of education with AI change and what does this all mean for Flint?

May 29, 2024

GPT-4o text on top of a collection of pictures and notes representing the multimodality of this AI's input and output.
Merion Mercy Academy logo plus Flint logo on Merion Mercy building with blue overlay

Why Flint

|

Case Study

How Merion Mercy provided students with trustworthy AI writing feedback through Flint

A case study of Flint’s partnership with Merion Mercy Academy in Pennsylvania, a school that has fully leaned into using AI to give feedback on student writing.

May 8, 2024

Merion Mercy Academy logo plus Flint logo on Merion Mercy building with blue overlay
Teacher reaching out to support student who has reached the top of a pyramid reminiscent of Maslow's hierarchy.

AI Role in Education

|

Guest Article

Human Connection in an AI-Enhanced World: Through the Lens of Maslow’s (Amy Choi)

What does self-actualization look like for a student's education? How can educators use AI to emphasize human connection?

April 18, 2024

Teacher reaching out to support student who has reached the top of a pyramid reminiscent of Maslow's hierarchy.
Room full of teachers with questions

AI Role in Education

|

Guest Article

What Schools Are Asking About AI — Part 2 (Eric Hudson)

Responses to common questions anout AI that Eric Hudson has come across in his consulting work with independent schools.

March 27, 2024

Room full of teachers with questions
Diagram with rainbow connections between teacher, AI, and student overlaid on top of illustration of a man by Bruno Schultz

AI Role in Education

|

Guest Article

Heart-ificial Intelligence: Emphasizing emotion while introducing AI in the classroom (Erika Gettig)

Countless studies have proven emotion to be critical to young scholars’ learning and development. Gettig emphasizes the need for teachers to embrace emotional learning just as much as we embrace learning with AI.

March 18, 2024

Diagram with rainbow connections between teacher, AI, and student overlaid on top of illustration of a man by Bruno Schultz
Brophy Prep logo plus Flint logo on Brophy Prep sign with red overlay

Why Flint

|

Case Study

How Brophy Prep democratized creative and personalized AI for the classroom

A case study of Flint’s partnership with Brophy College Preparatory in Phoenix, where Flint has inspired “explosive” interest in and productive use of AI for learning.

March 13, 2024

Brophy Prep logo plus Flint logo on Brophy Prep sign with red overlay
Class in library with King Lear AI robot

Why Flint

|

Guest Article

King Lear and the Flint AI (Paul Erb)

English teacher Paul Erb recounts his and his students' experience using Flint's AI in the classroom to understand Shakespeare

March 7, 2024

Class in library with King Lear AI robot
The York School logo plus Flint logo on York School building with green overlay

Why Flint

|

Case Study

How The York School used Flint to embrace student-centered AI use

How Flint is enabling teachers and students at TYS to learn using AI in a safe and controlled environment. “Flint was one of the few tools that I felt had put the student in the center.”

February 27, 2024

The York School logo plus Flint logo on York School building with green overlay
Teachers gathered in a lounge with laptops brainstorming curricula improvements.

AI Role in Education

|

Guest Article

AI in Education: Crafting Curricula for Tomorrow's Innovators (Kelly Schuster-Paredes)

Schuster-Paredes explains how AI will redefine curricula development, gives resources to try out, and shares her process for generating curricula.

February 23, 2024

Teachers gathered in a lounge with laptops brainstorming curricula improvements.
Robot with a glowing heart and children sitting in a circle.

AI Role in Education

|

Guest Article

Empathy and AI: A Bridge to Deeper Understanding (Nathan Kraai)

Does technology have the potential to teach skills so human as empathy?

February 15, 2024

Robot with a glowing heart and children sitting in a circle.
Student looking up to AI hologram robot that is acting as an effective personalized tutor

Why Flint

|

AI News

The results are in: AI tutoring works

Two studies from Harvard and the IJETHE prove that AI can both act as an effective 1:1 tutor and provide valuable feedback on student writing.

February 2, 2024

Student looking up to AI hologram robot that is acting as an effective personalized tutor
Visual Interpretation of clarity within ones knowledge bubble and the blurred but infinite possiblities outside the bubble.

AI Role in Education

|

Guest Article

Whispers in the Algorithm: Unraveling AI's Impact on Language and the Limits of our World (Pascal Vallet)

Does AI shape us, or do we shape AI? What does this all mean for education? Pascal Vallet explores what AI development means for the future of teaching.

January 17, 2024

Visual Interpretation of clarity within ones knowledge bubble and the blurred but infinite possiblities outside the bubble.
AI's unsuccessful attempts to generate an image of a sky with no clouds and a tree with no branches.

AI Role in Education

|

Guest Article

Rethinking Academic Excellence in the Age of AI (Peter Nilsson)

Nilsson explains how AI will help achieve a standard level of competency, but true academic excellence should focus on creativity, originality, and innovation.

January 9, 2024

AI's unsuccessful attempts to generate an image of a sky with no clouds and a tree with no branches.
Excited teacher at laptop creating and AI bot

How To

|

Why Flint

4 tips for creating a successful AI assignment

Some advice for getting started with creating impactful AI learning experiences.

January 5, 2024

Excited teacher at laptop creating and AI bot
Number 2023 surrounded by education- and AI-related icons

AI Role in Education

|

AI News

AI's changing role in education: Monthly highlights of 2023

2023’s evolution of AI attitudes in education and predictions for what’s to come in 2024.

December 28, 2023

Number 2023 surrounded by education- and AI-related icons
Juxtaposition of warm classroom with redefined teaching embracing AI and cold boring classroom without technology.

AI Role in Education

|

Opinion

SAMR and AI: Don’t get stuck on substitution

Using AI for lesson planning is low-hanging fruit. Here’s how educators are going further by using AI to redefine teaching and learning.

December 21, 2023

Juxtaposition of warm classroom with redefined teaching embracing AI and cold boring classroom without technology.
Sinister AI detection company overseeing a classroom

AI Role in Education

|

Opinion

Why companies lie about detecting AI writing

We know that AI cheating detectors don’t work, but what should educators do next?

December 13, 2023

Sinister AI detection company overseeing a classroom
Students in a classroom using AI, shown via sci-fi like glowing devices

AI Role in Education

|

How To

Unlocking the potential of AI for schools: A guide for educators

Recommendations for implementing AI in schools, based on thousands of hours of chats with school leaders.

December 6, 2023

Students in a classroom using AI, shown via sci-fi like glowing devices

All

Case Study

Why Flint

AI Role in Education

AI News

How To

Opinion

Guest Article

Kinkaid School Logo plus Flint logo overlaid on top of purple picture of Kinkaid school building.

Why Flint

|

Case Study

How The Kinkaid School’s long standing interest in AI has led them to partner with Flint

A case study of how Kinkaid’s partnership with Flint is supporting access, visibility, and creative exploration for educators and students.

November 22, 2024

Kinkaid School Logo plus Flint logo overlaid on top of purple picture of Kinkaid school building.
Wesleyan School and Flint logos

AI Role in Education

|

Case Study

How Wesleyan School formed their AI position and expanded learning possibilities with Flint

A case study of Wesleyan’s formation of an extensive AI policy and how Flint has enabled teachers there to personalize learning.

October 21, 2024

Wesleyan School and Flint logos
Flinterview cover image with Jon Bergmann about Flipped Classrooms

AI Role in Education

|

Why Flint

From Video Lectures to AI Tutors: Jon Bergmann Talks Flipped Learning's Evolution

Jon Bergmann shares his thoughts on how AI can reshape flipped classrooms and what's next for the future of learning.

October 1, 2024

Flinterview cover image with Jon Bergmann about Flipped Classrooms
Durham and Flint logos on red-tinted campus image from Durham

Why Flint

|

Case Study

How Durham Academy used Flint to embrace AI for students and teachers

A case study of Durham Academy’s partnership with Flint, an AI platform for personalized learning.

September 18, 2024

Durham and Flint logos on red-tinted campus image from Durham
NJIS plus Flint logos on top of picture of students interacting in a group with Flint

How To

|

Guest Article

Exploring Endangered Animals with AI Flint: A Fun Adventure for Kids!

Early years educator Meliana from North Jakarta Intercultural School explains how her Kindergarten students used Flint for a project on endangered animals.

August 30, 2024

NJIS plus Flint logos on top of picture of students interacting in a group with Flint
Woodward and Flint logos on red-tinted campus image from Woodward

Why Flint

|

Case Study

Why Woodward Academy chose Flint to personalize learning for students with AI

A case study of how Woodward Academy has used Flint to differentiate learning for students while protecting their data.

August 21, 2024

Woodward and Flint logos on red-tinted campus image from Woodward
Teacher standing next to grioup of students using AI on a computer.

AI Role in Education

|

Guest Article

From Panic to Possibility: How AI Could Revolutionize the Teaching of Critical Thinking

A humanities teacher's journey in dealing with the panic and promise of AI for personalizing learning and deepening critical thinking skills.

August 15, 2024

Teacher standing next to grioup of students using AI on a computer.
McDonogh and Flint logos on picture of McDonogh School building with orange overlay.

Why Flint

|

Case Study

How McDonogh School used Flint to embrace AI across subjects and grade levels

A case study of Flint’s partnership with McDonogh School, where Flint has been widely adopted with students as young as 1st grade.

July 16, 2024

McDonogh and Flint logos on picture of McDonogh School building with orange overlay.
A relaxed school administrator lounging on a beach chair, wearing a casual shirt labeled 'AI Committee'. The setting is a sunny beach with clear blue skies, soft white sand, and calm sea waves in the background. The administrator is depicted as a middle-aged Caucasian woman with shoulder-length blonde hair, wearing sunglasses, a sun hat, shorts, and flip-flops, holding a refreshing tropical drink in one hand and a book in the other. The beach scene includes a few seagulls flying overhead and a palm tree providing shade.

How To

|

AI News

Summer preparedness: AI for the 2024-25 school year

Are you an administrator navigating the path forward in terms of AI for your school? Here’s a roadmap to get you prepared over the summer.

July 2, 2024

A relaxed school administrator lounging on a beach chair, wearing a casual shirt labeled 'AI Committee'. The setting is a sunny beach with clear blue skies, soft white sand, and calm sea waves in the background. The administrator is depicted as a middle-aged Caucasian woman with shoulder-length blonde hair, wearing sunglasses, a sun hat, shorts, and flip-flops, holding a refreshing tropical drink in one hand and a book in the other. The beach scene includes a few seagulls flying overhead and a palm tree providing shade.
Image generated by Dalle 3 of a student shaking hands with an ai and surrounded by icons symbolizing different school subjects

AI Role in Education

|

Guest Article

Using AI to Facilitate Self-Regulated Learning (Kevin Gregorio)

Studies have shown when students test themselves, they retain information better. Gregorio explores how AI might be an accessible and user-friendly way for students to drive their own learning.

June 24, 2024

Image generated by Dalle 3 of a student shaking hands with an ai and surrounded by icons symbolizing different school subjects
AI integration into a warm and joyful classroom at a Chrisitan school

AI Role in Education

|

Guest Article

The Question of Artificial Intelligence and the Christian School (CESA)

Discover how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is impacting Christian education, exploring its benefits and challenges for faith-based schools like The Stony Brook School.

June 18, 2024

AI integration into a warm and joyful classroom at a Chrisitan school
GPT-4o text on top of a collection of pictures and notes representing the multimodality of this AI's input and output.

AI Role in Education

|

AI News

What is GPT-4o and what does it mean for education?

With OpenAI's release of their new multimodal AI model, GPT-4o, how does our prediction of the future of education with AI change and what does this all mean for Flint?

May 29, 2024

GPT-4o text on top of a collection of pictures and notes representing the multimodality of this AI's input and output.
Merion Mercy Academy logo plus Flint logo on Merion Mercy building with blue overlay

Why Flint

|

Case Study

How Merion Mercy provided students with trustworthy AI writing feedback through Flint

A case study of Flint’s partnership with Merion Mercy Academy in Pennsylvania, a school that has fully leaned into using AI to give feedback on student writing.

May 8, 2024

Merion Mercy Academy logo plus Flint logo on Merion Mercy building with blue overlay
Teacher reaching out to support student who has reached the top of a pyramid reminiscent of Maslow's hierarchy.

AI Role in Education

|

Guest Article

Human Connection in an AI-Enhanced World: Through the Lens of Maslow’s (Amy Choi)

What does self-actualization look like for a student's education? How can educators use AI to emphasize human connection?

April 18, 2024

Teacher reaching out to support student who has reached the top of a pyramid reminiscent of Maslow's hierarchy.
Room full of teachers with questions

AI Role in Education

|

Guest Article

What Schools Are Asking About AI — Part 2 (Eric Hudson)

Responses to common questions anout AI that Eric Hudson has come across in his consulting work with independent schools.

March 27, 2024

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Diagram with rainbow connections between teacher, AI, and student overlaid on top of illustration of a man by Bruno Schultz

AI Role in Education

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Guest Article

Heart-ificial Intelligence: Emphasizing emotion while introducing AI in the classroom (Erika Gettig)

Countless studies have proven emotion to be critical to young scholars’ learning and development. Gettig emphasizes the need for teachers to embrace emotional learning just as much as we embrace learning with AI.

March 18, 2024

Diagram with rainbow connections between teacher, AI, and student overlaid on top of illustration of a man by Bruno Schultz
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Why Flint

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Case Study

How Brophy Prep democratized creative and personalized AI for the classroom

A case study of Flint’s partnership with Brophy College Preparatory in Phoenix, where Flint has inspired “explosive” interest in and productive use of AI for learning.

March 13, 2024

Brophy Prep logo plus Flint logo on Brophy Prep sign with red overlay
Class in library with King Lear AI robot

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Guest Article

King Lear and the Flint AI (Paul Erb)

English teacher Paul Erb recounts his and his students' experience using Flint's AI in the classroom to understand Shakespeare

March 7, 2024

Class in library with King Lear AI robot
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Why Flint

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Case Study

How The York School used Flint to embrace student-centered AI use

How Flint is enabling teachers and students at TYS to learn using AI in a safe and controlled environment. “Flint was one of the few tools that I felt had put the student in the center.”

February 27, 2024

The York School logo plus Flint logo on York School building with green overlay
Teachers gathered in a lounge with laptops brainstorming curricula improvements.

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Guest Article

AI in Education: Crafting Curricula for Tomorrow's Innovators (Kelly Schuster-Paredes)

Schuster-Paredes explains how AI will redefine curricula development, gives resources to try out, and shares her process for generating curricula.

February 23, 2024

Teachers gathered in a lounge with laptops brainstorming curricula improvements.
Robot with a glowing heart and children sitting in a circle.

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Guest Article

Empathy and AI: A Bridge to Deeper Understanding (Nathan Kraai)

Does technology have the potential to teach skills so human as empathy?

February 15, 2024

Robot with a glowing heart and children sitting in a circle.
Student looking up to AI hologram robot that is acting as an effective personalized tutor

Why Flint

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AI News

The results are in: AI tutoring works

Two studies from Harvard and the IJETHE prove that AI can both act as an effective 1:1 tutor and provide valuable feedback on student writing.

February 2, 2024

Student looking up to AI hologram robot that is acting as an effective personalized tutor
Visual Interpretation of clarity within ones knowledge bubble and the blurred but infinite possiblities outside the bubble.

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Guest Article

Whispers in the Algorithm: Unraveling AI's Impact on Language and the Limits of our World (Pascal Vallet)

Does AI shape us, or do we shape AI? What does this all mean for education? Pascal Vallet explores what AI development means for the future of teaching.

January 17, 2024

Visual Interpretation of clarity within ones knowledge bubble and the blurred but infinite possiblities outside the bubble.
AI's unsuccessful attempts to generate an image of a sky with no clouds and a tree with no branches.

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Guest Article

Rethinking Academic Excellence in the Age of AI (Peter Nilsson)

Nilsson explains how AI will help achieve a standard level of competency, but true academic excellence should focus on creativity, originality, and innovation.

January 9, 2024

AI's unsuccessful attempts to generate an image of a sky with no clouds and a tree with no branches.
Excited teacher at laptop creating and AI bot

How To

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Why Flint

4 tips for creating a successful AI assignment

Some advice for getting started with creating impactful AI learning experiences.

January 5, 2024

Excited teacher at laptop creating and AI bot
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AI Role in Education

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AI News

AI's changing role in education: Monthly highlights of 2023

2023’s evolution of AI attitudes in education and predictions for what’s to come in 2024.

December 28, 2023

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Juxtaposition of warm classroom with redefined teaching embracing AI and cold boring classroom without technology.

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Opinion

SAMR and AI: Don’t get stuck on substitution

Using AI for lesson planning is low-hanging fruit. Here’s how educators are going further by using AI to redefine teaching and learning.

December 21, 2023

Juxtaposition of warm classroom with redefined teaching embracing AI and cold boring classroom without technology.
Sinister AI detection company overseeing a classroom

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Opinion

Why companies lie about detecting AI writing

We know that AI cheating detectors don’t work, but what should educators do next?

December 13, 2023

Sinister AI detection company overseeing a classroom
Students in a classroom using AI, shown via sci-fi like glowing devices

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How To

Unlocking the potential of AI for schools: A guide for educators

Recommendations for implementing AI in schools, based on thousands of hours of chats with school leaders.

December 6, 2023

Students in a classroom using AI, shown via sci-fi like glowing devices

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Spark AI-powered learning at your school.

Sign up to start using Flint, free for up to 80 users.

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Spark AI-powered learning at your school.

Sign up to start using Flint, free for up to 80 users.

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