Analog-First Teaching, Screen Limits, and Practical AI Use: A Conversation with David Cutler

Host Kane welcomes David, a Boston-based high school history, government, and journalism teacher, to discuss balancing analog learning with technology and AI in the classroom. David says he is pro-learning rather than anti-tech, preferring discussions, gallery walks, printed materials, and group work, introducing tools like Kahoot or supervised chatbots only after students show mastery, and he is cautious about students using AI without teacher oversight. He describes limited, monitored student use via Flint AI for writing support, while noting it can increase teacher workload, and supports teacher use of AI for tasks like generating questions or helping with feedback if outputs are checked and teachers are transparent. They discuss research and policy concerns about screens and phones, differences between US and Australian school systems and PD, and David raises grade inflation and pressure to pass students in the US.

00:00 Welcome to AI Cafe

00:23 Meet David from Boston

01:11 Comparing School Structures

02:57 Tech Mindset in Teaching

04:38 Analog First Digital Second

06:42 Using AI with Students

09:00 AI Feedback and Rubrics

11:45 Screens Phones and Learning

15:25 Policy Differences US vs Australia

16:20 How Teachers Use AI

16:38 AI for Teachers vs Students

18:18 AI for Feedback and Formatting

20:10 Tools Rubrics and Transparency

20:59 Human Element and Buy In

22:18 Teacher Made Resources Debate

24:36 AI Training and PD Politics

26:44 Teacher Led Sharing Culture

29:31 Private vs Public Constraints

30:53 Grade Inflation and Passing

32:09 Wrap Up and Takeaways

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