Archive - Passionately Rational Prose

What Can AI Really Do for Learning?

The Stanford Framework in Action

Jun 23 •

Paul Wilkinson 🧢

February 2025

Paper, Pixels, and AI: Finding the Right Balance in Education

I asked GPT4o to write an 800-word op-ed based on its feedback on my comment on a post today on After Bable. Here’s its response, which looks to be…

Feb 27 •

Paul Wilkinson 🧢

From Factory Floors to Digital Frontiers: Reclaiming Critical Thinking in the AI Age

Tracking the o3-mini-high thinking process reveals how lessons from Industrial Revolution reformers can empower us to resist the lure of instant…

Feb 1 •

Paul Wilkinson 🧢

January 2025

When AI Meets ELA: A Lesson in Teaching Beyond the Rules

How Claude helped craft an assignment that bridges technical standards and artistic expression — just like the compound dash itself

Jan 12 •

Paul Wilkinson 🧢

Embracing Change: How Students and AI Are Shaping the Future of Learning in My Classroom

Mid-Year Update: Amazing Learning Opportunities

Jan 11 •

Paul Wilkinson 🧢

April 2023

A Conversation with GPT-4 about UBI

Not perfect, but progress

Apr 19, 2023 •

Paul Wilkinson 🧢

February 2023

AI Idea for Forward Party Grassroots Solution

Using AI to Mitigate the Effects of AI

Feb 25, 2023 •

Paul Wilkinson 🧢

ChatGPT Wrote About My 5 Most Valuable Apps

"We hope this analysis will inspire others to explore the potential of mobile technology to promote health and well-being." ("We" is ChatGPT and me.)

Feb 5, 2023 •

Paul Wilkinson 🧢

July 2020

Thinking, Learning, Doing

Welcome to Passionately Rational Prose by me, Paul Wilkinson 🧢.

Jul 20, 2020

September 2018

Fear: 0, 10, 17, 31, 85 Years On

Three events stand out for their drama during my DC career: the October 1987 market crash, when I remember being grateful for having a…

Sep 12, 2018 •

Paul Wilkinson 🧢

Help High School Seniors Design Their Lives

My San Diego County high school seniors are prototyping a new type of senior project based on Stanford University research. You can help…

Sep 6, 2018 •

Paul Wilkinson 🧢

June 2018

San Diego County Board of Education to Act Wednesday on Petition to Keep Julian Charter School’s…

The staff recommendation was published minutes before Tuesday’s 6 p.m. open-meeting law deadline. It’s here.

Jun 20, 2018 •

Paul Wilkinson 🧢

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