{"podcast":{"title":"10 Minute Teacher Podcast with Cool Cat Teacher","slug":"10-minute-teacher-podcast-with-cool-cat-teacher-835450","podcast_index_feed_id":835450,"rss_url":"https://10minuteteacher.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.coolcatteacher.com/podcast","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/2/4/5/9/24599f089ecd479216c3140a3186d450/April_2025_logo-final_-comp.png","author":"Vicki Davis","episode_count":950,"summary":"A teacher podcast for busy educators—about 10 minutes, every week. Stay current on artificial intelligence in education (plain English), edtech, and what matters in the classroom: culture, instruction, assessment, digital health and wellness, and more. Simple ideas you can use right away. Hosted by AP Computer Science teacher Vicki Davis (Cool Cat Teacher)—author and longtime edtech blogger—this teaching podcast features best-selling teachers, researchers, and in-the-classroom administrators sharing practical strategies that connect with today's students. Follow the 10 Minute Teacher—the podcast for teachers and school leaders—for weekly, classroom-ready tips. Show notes & resources: https://coolcatteacher.com/podcast","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T06:21:58.928172+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/10-minute-teacher-podcast-with-cool-cat-teacher-835450"},"episode":{"title":"Brain First, AI Second: Teaching Writing in the AI Era","slug":"brain-first-ai-second-teaching-writing-in-the-ai-era","published_at":"2026-05-06T00:55:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/10-minute-teacher-podcast-with-cool-cat-teacher-835450/brain-first-ai-second-teaching-writing-in-the-ai-era","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/10-minute-teacher-podcast-with-cool-cat-teacher-835450","url":"https://www.coolcatteacher.com/e934","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/10minuteteacher/final_e934_philip_seyfried_10_minute_teacher_poptimized.mp3?dest-id=472433","summary":"Brain first AI teaching: a new MIT Media Lab study shows students who think before they use AI have a clear advantage over those who start with AI. Philip Seyfried — Teachers College, Columbia doctoral student and co-author of AI-Enhanced Literacy — shares the brain-first framework, why AI detectors don't work, how to monitor AI use in the classroom transparently, and how to build the kind of trust that lets students tell you the truth about how they actually used the tools. In this episode, you'll learn: • Why MIT's research shows brain-first / AI-second produces stronger writers • Why AI detectors fail — and what to do instead for academic integrity (with danah boyd's em-dash story) • Why you should push AI to your students instead of grading WITH AI yourself — Vicki's classroom approach • The \"Beautiful Sentence\" moment: why human teacher feedback still beats anything an algorithm can give • Why we shouldn't anthropomorphize AI — and where beginning teachers should actually start (Phil cites Ethan Mollick's \"Co-Intelligence\" + \"three sleepless nights\" with AI) Show notes and full transcript: https://www.coolcatteacher.com/e934 Today's show is sponsored by EF Explore America and their STEM Tours. Lead your students on a STEM tour to places on the cutting edge of innovation — coding robots with MassRobotics at MIT, exploring marine ecosystems in Florida's coral reefs, or sitting down to talk with a former spy in Washington, D.C. Visit efexploreamerica.com/STEM. If this episode helped you, please leave a rating or review on this site. It helps others find the show! Thank you for your help!","meta_description":"Brain first AI teaching: a new MIT Media Lab study shows students who think before they use AI have a clear advantage over those who start with AI. Philip…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1004,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/10-minute-teacher-podcast-with-cool-cat-teacher-835450/episodes/brain-first-ai-second-teaching-writing-in-the-ai-era/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/10-minute-teacher-podcast-with-cool-cat-teacher-835450/brain-first-ai-second-teaching-writing-in-the-ai-era.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}