http://www.kiang.net/blog/ Thoughts on education, technology, and learning en-us Tue, 28 Apr 2026 22:39:21 +0000 http://www.kiang.net/blog/design-thinking-plus-ai.html Empowering students to focus on human-centered design while AI handles the code Fri, 02 Apr 2027 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kiang.net/blog/design-thinking-plus-ai.html http://www.kiang.net/blog/eyes-in-the-back.html Stop treating AI like a mystery and start treating it like your most brilliant, erratic student. Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kiang.net/blog/eyes-in-the-back.html http://www.kiang.net/blog/the-unseen-unseen.html Why professional intuition beats algorithmic accuracy every single time. Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kiang.net/blog/the-unseen-unseen.html http://www.kiang.net/blog/i-recorded-every-word.html How a wearable AI pendant exposed my unconscious communication habits and professional anxieties. Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kiang.net/blog/i-recorded-every-word.html http://www.kiang.net/blog/this-sounds-like-ai.html Authorship in 2026 isn't about who held the pen; it's about who can defend the page. Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kiang.net/blog/this-sounds-like-ai.html http://www.kiang.net/blog/ai-class-7-ai-ethics.html 9th graders debate whether AI-generated art should compete in competitions and whether AI should evaluate college applications—with surprising results. Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kiang.net/blog/ai-class-7-ai-ethics.html http://www.kiang.net/blog/we-hosted-a-hackathon.html Our vibe coding hackathon had one simple rule: all code had to be generated by AI through natural language. Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kiang.net/blog/we-hosted-a-hackathon.html http://www.kiang.net/blog/ai-class-6-scavenger-hunt.html Teams of students compete to accomplish increasingly creative and difficult tasks using AI—from style switching to constraint poetry. Sat, 07 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kiang.net/blog/ai-class-6-scavenger-hunt.html http://www.kiang.net/blog/ai-failed-this-critical.html Their powerful journey reveals a profound truth about purpose, mastery, and why human skill remains irreplaceable. Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kiang.net/blog/ai-failed-this-critical.html http://www.kiang.net/blog/ai-class-5-ai-and-art.html How we explore AI bias through creative prompts and teach students to create original AI-generated art by designing movie posters. Sat, 21 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kiang.net/blog/ai-class-5-ai-and-art.html http://www.kiang.net/blog/branching-is-thinking.html We spend so much time looking at the final essay. We should be looking at the branches the student decided NOT to take. Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kiang.net/blog/branching-is-thinking.html http://www.kiang.net/blog/ai-class-4-ai-and-writing.html How we teach students to use AI for creative writing while maintaining their creative control and authentic voice using Pixar's Story Spine. Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kiang.net/blog/ai-class-4-ai-and-writing.html http://www.kiang.net/blog/theres-a-social-network.html From Essays to Agents: How We Turned Ishiguro's Klara into a Living AI Bot Sat, 14 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kiang.net/blog/theres-a-social-network.html http://www.kiang.net/blog/cs-is-the-new-english-major.html What can you do with a CS degree? Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kiang.net/blog/cs-is-the-new-english-major.html http://www.kiang.net/blog/ai-class-3-how-ai-works.html From CAPTCHAs to deepfakes: teaching 9th graders the fundamentals of how AI actually works, including the biases it inherits. Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kiang.net/blog/ai-class-3-how-ai-works.html http://www.kiang.net/blog/ai-class-2-design-thinking.html Why empathy and listening are essential skills in the age of AI, and how we practice them through design thinking activities. Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kiang.net/blog/ai-class-2-design-thinking.html http://www.kiang.net/blog/we-didnt-ask-for-this.html But we've done this before. Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kiang.net/blog/we-didnt-ask-for-this.html http://www.kiang.net/blog/ai-class-1-vibe-coding.html How we introduce 9th graders to AI-assisted coding by building their first web apps through conversation with LLMs. Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kiang.net/blog/ai-class-1-vibe-coding.html http://www.kiang.net/blog/teachers-prompt-engineers.html Prompt Engineering? Just call it good teaching. Sat, 13 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kiang.net/blog/teachers-prompt-engineers.html http://www.kiang.net/blog/accuracy-breeds-complacency.html The more accurate something is, the less we question it. This can lead to problems. Thu, 13 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kiang.net/blog/accuracy-breeds-complacency.html