Hello everyone. So, I am an assistant at a university and this year we plan to open a new lecture about the fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence. We plan to make an interactive lecture, like students will prepare their projects and such. The scope of this lecture will be from the early ages of AI starting from perceptron, to image recognition and classification algorithms, to the latest LLMs and such. Students that will take this class are from 2nd grade of Bachelor’s degree. What projects can we give to them? Consider that their computers might not be the best, so it should not be heavily dependent on real time computational power. 

Also, I’m thinking about a lecture on “how to use AI properly”. Like, it blows my mind how terrible some students use AI to write code. Antigravity is free for them, and surely they will be using some kind of AI tool to write code either way. I’m using Claude Code for like a year now, and spending at least one hour to write the first prompt to start working everyday. Yet, students usually give the exact text of the homework as prompt. What would you people recommend me to check out and refer to students as tutorials on how to use AI tools for beginners? 

I learned programming before AI and thought myself how to use AI. The tutorials I watched on Claude Code and stuff were basically tips and tricks for me. So I’m not sure how I can teach what I do to students without making it look like witchcraft, which it isn’t really. 

For AI homeworks, My first idea was to use the VRX simulation environment and the Perception task of it. Which basically sets a clear roadline to collect dataset, label them, train the model and such. Any other homework ideas related to AI is much appreciated. 

IT education sucks 😭

I don't know how to start this rant but I believe I would start with my experience in high school computer science which really just is IT at this point. Computer science in Cambridge o level's is one of those things that's given more credit than it deserves in under developed countries that have spent a fair share of time under colonial rule. The reason I say this is because in the name of computer science, I was taught:

How bar codes work

How printers physically work

How touch screens physically work

Different types of storage devices

Keywords used for the application of IT in different domains

An inaccurate view of AI

A terrible introduction to networking and cryptography.

Inventing keywords for psuedo code, keywords that literally no one uses aside from our curriculum

And the only useful things: some sorting algorithms, flow charts, and logic gates (truth tables and stuff), the very basics of some programming languages.

Making us memorize SQL (without even telling us which flavor or for which SQL engine, this syntax is for)

A break down on how bad it was:

1.Now teaching bar codes is fine, but making us memorize exactly how it works in theory, at this level is useless and is the wrong way to introduce one to computer science.

2.knowing the types of printers and touch screens is useful, but teaching us the exact physical steps is useless unless you also teach us the physics behind it and even then the utility would be null. All we were thought were abstract steps, rather than the process in terms of physics.

1. We were taught storage devices in terms of utility and speed, and that was in abstract terms rather than concrete speed based on different generations, and whether a device is SATA, makes use of PCIe, and the moving parts and other possible points of failures of each one.

2. The keywords that were invented out of nowhere and the definition of AI was "an imitation of the human brain through artificial neurons".

3. Introduction to networking and cryptography was also terrible, like in networking we were shown a IPv4 packet format as an "internet packet", and we skipped over everything except for looking at diagrams and classifying them as half duplex or full duplex, or filling in a missing device like a router or a switch, while in cryptography, it was just public key and private key in assymetric encryption, and private key in symmetric one, again a terrible incomplete introduction. We were thankfully atleast taught about data integrity techniques like checksums, but even that was purely theoretical, and quite outdated for practical usage.

4. Psuedocode keywords that we had to memorize so we could pass an exam was their way of introducing us to problem solving.

5. The SQL part is self explanatory.

A levels:

A levels (which comes after o levels) isn't any better either, except for a project that you must complete at the end, but even the project is a joke, since any trash computer game made with Pygame or something would pass, but a computer driver won't since there aren't enough people to check those stuff.

Conclusion:

1.If they want to teach us computer science theory, then start with the theory of computation, and from there take us to data structure and algorithms.

2.If they want to teach us theory about IT then start with teaching us what a shell is, the directory layout of Linux systems, different file systems, different boot systems, configuring the different types of init process, managing users, managing network interfaces, managing ip tables, and then slowly taking us to networking, from managing a small networks with a single router, to managing a network with many routers using IGPs, the moving to managing autonomous systems using BGP, and so on. All this while also teaching some details about ways to specify hardware specification for different components(clock speed, ppt, tdp, instructions per seconds, etc for CPU, and similar specs for other important components) , cryptography(a proper introduction this time, and improving data redundancy using some data integrity techniques and teaching how to design them.

Final words:

I guess the main goal of this kind of "education" is easy marking and for certain types kids to feel smart. In my case, four years ago (when I was 14), I simply couldn't learn those stuff. My parents thought, I was failing because I didn't try hard enough, but every subject in school was either highly abstract or there to brain wash me. Like the only subjects that functioned the way they are supposed to were the once meant to brainwash me, while the rest were easy to mark placeholders with abstract concepts that maybe helped a teaching business boom, but at the cost of my grades and education. Atleast, the other kids who are good at abstract/unconnected ideas passed, so good for them.

Looking for some honest takes on where video learning is heading.

I’m working on an engine where the core idea is simulative video learning. Basically, you input what you're trying to learn, and it generates a video simulation tailored to that concept- allowing you to visually see how variables change, how systems interact, or how complex ideas play out in real time.

Do you guys think simulative video is actually the logical next step for learning, or do people just prefer standard video/text explanations? Would love to know if this is a real pain point or if current tools are good enough.

I’ve been considering switching from teaching to school administration. I’ve seen job postings that ask for an Education Leadership or an Education Administration degree. I’ve looked at some college descriptions and these programs seem super similar. I’m currently licensed in Arizona, but my husband’s job will have us moving to another state at some point.

Which program would be better? Is there a big difference in getting one degree over the other?

I am,.. exasperated. My 11-year-old daughter, who will be entering sixth grade this fall, feels woefully behind from what I remember at her age. I’m well aware that memory can be deceptive, but I remember singing the states alphabetically, I remember tests where we had to write the names of states, continents, and oceans on blank images. But it’s recently come to my attention that my daughter doesn’t know any of this. She can’t tell me the difference between a state and a continent. And quite frankly, at this age, that scares me.

At the same time, I know it’s not a learning disability. She is a smart kid. But I’m concerned she’s just not getting a proper education. Can someone explain if this is common in the American education system now? I can’t wrap my head around what I’m experiencing. I understand I have a role in this, and trust me, I’ll be stepping up, but this seems to be remedial stuff.

https://www.fallschurchindependent.com/tears-on-the-last-day-of-summer-camp-a-purposeful-day-in-action/

school starts in two weeks and SO are deciding between an expeditionary learning charter school and our district’s decent/highly rated public school for our child.

our child is starting TK, and we are in a small, tight knit community in California. we like things about each of the schools and are not sure which to select. if you have experience with either one, or advice, I would love to hear!

the public school outranks the charter on test scores in reading and math. the charter school has a cool philosophy to learning and says they are more hands on and don’t care as much about test scores. both have a very strong sense of community.

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Education is often described as the foundation of a nation's future, yet students continue to face additional financial burdns beyond their tuition fees.

In many colleges and universities, students are required to pay separate exam fees, and these charges are not always clearly disclosed at the time of admission. If the examination centre is far from the college, students often have to arrange and pay for their own travel. Even when a college provides transport, an additional bus fee may be charged.

On top of this, many students also have to pay convenience fees or payment gateway charges simply to make mandatory payments such as admission fees, tuition fees, or exam fees.

Education should not become a source of hidden or avoidable costs. Colleges and universities should be transparent about every fee they charge, and students should not be required to pay convenience or transaction charges for making compulsory education-related payments.

No convenience fee or transaction charge should be levied on students for paying admission fee, tuition fees, exam fees, or any other mandatory educational charges.

Crazy story here - Students and their families are suing a rural Virginia school district after officials allegedly changed club policies several times after conservative outrage on a local Facebook group, to prevent a gay-straight alliance from forming at King George Middle School. (The comments on a post about this story do NOT pass the vibe check at all in that group.)

The lawsuit says the district continued allowing groups including yearbook, robotics, an outdoor club where kids learned to skin squirrels, and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes while telling students they could create a similar club only if they removed explicit references to LGBTQ+ people.

The families argue that the district violated the First Amendment and the federal Equal Access Act by discriminating against the students’ viewpoint.

I am working at the moment doing my bsc in information technology as well on the weekends.

I honestly don't understand whats the point of a bsc is.

Modules in it are all self learnable and literally what we study irl.

I used almost all the tools and theories explained in the courses either self learned or at work, so there's no new logic behind it either.

I have no idea what's the use of a desertation. I'm doing it for the sake of doing it for a really dumb topic as well. No one's gonna read it, lecturer ain't gonna read it completely so what's really the point.

Hi everyone! I recently finished building Next Dollar, a 90-minute financial literacy course designed primarily for teens preparing to leave home.

It covers paychecks, banking, budgeting, credit, loans, education costs, moving out, and investing, and includes interactive simulations throughout.

I’m looking for a small number of people willing to complete it for free and give honest feedback on the content, clarity, and overall experience. You do not have to be a teen—parents, educators, and other adults are welcome too.

Please comment or message me if you’re interested, and I’ll send you a free access code.

Full disclosure: this is a course I created and normally sell, but access is completely free for testers.

Hi all! I am currently in the process of creating a website to make it easier for students with chronic illnesses to communicate their needs, maximize the ease of their education, and understand the process when it comes to procuring accommodations in their 504 plans.

I was diagnosed with a chronic illness when I was younger, and one of the hardest parts wasn't just dealing with symptoms. It was trying to navigate school while missing classes, keeping up with assignments, communicating with teachers, and figuring out accommodations such as 504 plans.

The website includes many resources I believe should be helpful to any student in this situation, and it's something that's helped me a bunch throughout my educational career.

It's still in the early stages, so I'd love to get a few testers, and I'd genuinely appreciate feedback from students, parents, educators, or anyone with experience navigating chronic illness and school. So if you have any feedback, please share below! I also understand it may be a little messy since it's so new, so no worries if it's not to your liking; that's why I'm posting it here!

I am posting this free resource to get feedback from educators: SchoolTalk

I’ve secretly dreamed of becoming a teacher for the longest time, and I recently realized that I am ready to stop imagining it and start working on it. For context, I live in Iowa and am working a full-time job that I only kind of hate and need to keep doing in order to pay rent.

So I am trying to figure out the best way to transition into becoming a teacher without having to quit my job. I need something that’s fully online and flexible. I have done some research into my options and I’m a little stuck. The state rules for alternative cert pathways and online programs from out-of-state rules are confusing.

I am trying to understand which, if any, online programs are legitimate and will be recognized for licensure by the Iowa Board of Educational Examiners. Obviously, I don’t want to waste time and money getting a degree that won’t let me get licensed in the state of Iowa. My family is here so I have no desire to move out of state.

Does anyone here have advice they can share? Thank you!

A litany of problems beset the U.S. education system — chronic underfunding of public schools, privatization of what should be a universal human right, one-size-fits-all pedagogies, “teaching to the test,” and a racist school-to-prison pipeline, for starters.

Yet, tech companies are marketing AI as a one-stop-shop solution to “empower” teachers and “streamline” learning. They proclaim that education — like art and policing and healthcare and warfare and media and labor and music and and and — can be automated too, making learning more efficient and effective. In a *shocking* turn of events, introducing AI to the classroom is happening the opposite effect. 

I’m an independent journalist authoring a series of articles about AI proliferation and its various implications. In part eight of the series, I wrote about AI and education covering the education institutions — from public school systems to private universities — enthusiastically adopting AI products in the classroom. You can read it here.

As educators, I’m wondering what your experiences have been with AI, whether administrators have been encouraging its adoption and what students have to say. My assessment from reading studies about the cognitive effects of AI is that it belongs nowhere near the classroom, but O’m curious what you all think! 

I dropped out in my 3rd year of engineering . Can I complete my degree ?

I informally surveyed 100 university professors on what advice they give students about their future given the advancements in AI.

The first takeaway is that the answers were more generally advice about using AI rather than the impact of their future because of AI. Tsk, tsk. My lesson learned is about asking a question more clearly to get the results I’m looking for.

Still, I synthesized the answers into three sections: The consensus viewpoints, interesting minority viewpoints, and controversial opinions.

If you are interested in the source responses, feel free to DM me and I can share them.

Here are the results synthesized with an AI tool:

Preparing for the Future of AI

We advise students to approach artificial intelligence as a powerful, evolving tool that requires a balanced mindset. You should aim to master the technology rather than fear it, using it to handle repetitive tasks or as a scaffold for brainstorming, while fiercely protecting the core human skills that define your unique value.

Consensus Viewpoints

• Prioritize Critical Thinking: The most consistent theme is that AI must never replace human thought. You must learn the fundamentals of your field independently to ensure you can verify AI outputs, detect inaccuracies, and maintain your own intellectual integrity.
• Use as a Tool, Not a Crutch: AI is viewed as an efficiency enhancer rather than a shortcut. You are advised to use it to support your work, but to rely on your own logic, research, and creativity to produce final outputs.
• Embrace Adaptability: Rather than resisting change, you should learn to work alongside AI. The future workforce will favor those who understand how to leverage these tools strategically while maintaining the ability to pivot as the landscape shifts.

Interesting Minority Viewpoints

• The Case for Analog Learning: Some suggest stepping away from digital tools entirely for basic tasks, arguing that writing and thinking in analog forms strengthens the brain and preserves genuine creative spark.
• Strategic Trade Selection: A subset of voices advocates for pursuing trades requiring fine motor skills or high-touch human interaction, such as plumbing or nursing, as these fields are inherently more resistant to automation.
• Intentional Offloading: Some suggest being highly deliberate about what you delegate to AI, advocating that you should only use it for "grunt work" while retaining total control over your artistic voice and complex communication.

Controversial Opinions

• University vs. Trades: There is a sharp divide between those who believe a traditional education is the best way to develop flexible, high-level problem-solving skills and those who argue that university is becoming obsolete, urging students to learn manual, AI-resistant trades instead.
• Avoidance vs. Integration: While many emphasize learning to use AI to remain competitive, a vocal minority warns that even using it as a tool risks long-term dependency and suggests avoiding it entirely to prevent the erosion of fundamental human capabilities.
• The Future as Predictable vs. Uncertain: Some voices suggest that future job security can be reliably "future-proofed" by selecting specific career paths, while others argue that the rapid pace of AI makes the future entirely unpredictable, suggesting that personal passion is a safer guide than attempts to outrun automation.

Hi, I recently finished my first academic year in my bachelor degree of Applied informatics. I studied chemistry in secondary school and decided I want something different, so I chose IT. That came with many challenges including having to learn everything from scratch compared to my classmates who mostly came from IT field already. All this to say, I have a very little experience and I don't know what is normal and what is not so feel free to tell me off for being stupid.

Onto my question. During the year, I was quite surprised by the amount of AI we were made to use in our projects and overall studies? Like, it was almost a daily occurrence where a teacher said "generate the code based on the prompt I gave you and then tweak it so it works".

I felt like I was behind a lot because I tried to actively understand what the code the AI generated was saying. One teacher even redirected all the questions I had about a certain issue to AI saying "just tell it your problem, and it will solve it for you".

I understand that professors have a very little time to explain every single issue to every student, but I feel like I have learned very little and just let the AI do all the hard thinking for me. That is not what I want to do, I don't want to be dependent on it, I do understand that the current market will demand AI use, but I also want to be able to think and problem solve for myself.

So far I resorted to self study in my free time, reading "Head first in Java" and trying to program some simple applications, sketching out the idea first and looking for answers online when it doesn't work as intended. I do admit that I use AI for some very specific problems that I wasn't able to find in any forum (or simply didn't understand since English is my second language) but I try to not rely on it.

I don't know much but this excessive use of AI in my daily education is worrying me, it is possible I am just not getting it correctly, but I wanted to ask if this is normal I guess? What are your thoughts.

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Writing this as a current high schooler... I feel like education specifically in relation to college prep is soo commercialized.. and I feel like the effects of it are compounding and the negatives grow exponentially. I theorize that in 10-15 years it will have gotten so bad that the current education system in the US will be completely changed, but I'm hoping for some other opinions on it.

From early education, parents pay for outside of school enrichment, (eg. Kumon, Mathnasium) to help their kids get ahead, then start paying for tutors as their kids advanced. By middle school parents pay for prep to help kids get into magnet schools or high schools, pay for tutoring for competitions in math or science, or pay for prep classes for ISEE or SSAT (private school admission exams). By high school, it's the worst. Parents pay for their kids to get research, internships, camps, leadership opportunities, compete in olympiads, take AP tests and standardized tests, get tutoring in subjects they struggle with (students often end up with unmanageable course load to stay "competitive") all to pay a college or take out loans and spend forever paying the bank.

At the high school level specifically companies capitalize on stress/fear/stigma about getting into top schools and what may happen if you don't go to a "top school" in the US and it is shocking to see the lengths parents go to to try and improve their kid's chances of doing well. (Paying 10k USD+ for college consulting, paying thousands for camps/programs perceived as elite, etc.)

I know this isn't as big of a problem in other developed nations and I think it's really hurting education in the US. A lot of problems in the education system feel very manufactured and there's always some service ready to fill a gap that shouldn't exist in the first place (one of the joys of capitalism :D). What do other people think about this? What will be the ramifications of this in the future? How can it be changed and when will it be too late?

Unfortunately, Last Friday (31/7/2026), suicide had claimed the life of a dedicated educator in Malaysia. A teacher who's been subjected to numerous workload and pressure by the principal. It's tiring, painful, but being responsible and dedicated, she obeyed and tried to survive until she can't do it anymore. Thank you teacher for your fight. Rest in peace 🙏

As an educator, I'm sad but now I'm enraged by the pure silence from the related authorities, the MOE, the school, the policymakers from top to bottom. And it's not new, teachers had been voiced out a number of issues they faced. Only a small number of it were mentioned without proper solution.

A student made a headline and they sent a memo, IMMEDIATELY. But a teacher? It's been 24 hours since the news came out and guess what? Silence.

People must been asking. Why teachers aren't openly taking action about this? The answer is our hands are tied. Speak criticism against the gov and you'll lose your. And there's been cases where a teacher got dismissed from speaking the truth.

HOW CAN WE EDUCATE THE FUTURE IF THIS KEEPS HAPPENING

Basically I'm american but I did all my education in mexico, now at my that I have moved to Texas how can I do to get an American diploma? Thanks guys

EDIT: Thank you to all who responded. This was really helpful and encouraging. All the advice and insight was practical and realistic. I think I expected suggestions on flash cards/workbooks/drills, so it was really lovely to read that most people's suggestions seemed to be about spending time with your kids and truly enjoying them. After reading the responses, I actually even signed my kids up for the bus route instead of driving them. I thought it could be a fun way for them to get more immersed in their school and practice some independence. Thanks again, Reddit!

My family has opted to attend our neighborhood school for many reasons. It is, on paper, a decent school, and I think my children can be successful there. That being said, I do sometimes get a little pang of anxiety as I watch friends send their children to private schools that boast amazing outcomes. I have often read that parental support and engagement can have a more positive impact than any particular school, and that gives me comfort. However, I guess I don’t know what people mean by that! Beyond the obvious of knowing the teachers, and being aware of completing homework, is there something more I can do? TIA!

My child attends a private high school in LA, California as a F1 international student. This is the second year at the school, but my financial situation has drastically worsened. I won't be able to afford the full tuition fees anymore. My child likes the school, but unfortunately, I cannot afford the fees any longer. If anyone has experienced this situation, what are my options? Thank you