Assessments Assessments in the Age of AI For at least a century, the take-home essay, the term paper, and the lab report have been mainstays of measuring student progress. Alongside tests, oral reports, and worksheets, they have served as the traditional cornerstones of student grading. However, generative AI has made these classic methods much less credible tools for standalone assessment. In the Age of AI, it is becoming increasingly clear that teachers need to pivot towar

Lesson Planinng Lesson Planning in the Age of AI Whether or not you choose to redesign your curriculum with the Generative Thinking Model™, artificial intelligence requires educators to rethink traditional lesson planning and re-imagine how we assess student progress. Both AI skeptics and AI enthusiasts agree that this technology introduces serious concerns regarding academic integrity, assessment, and lesson design. As a result, some older lessons are becoming less viable,

Professional Development Training AI Basics AI Core Concepts and Basic Tool Every educator needs a clear understanding of artificial intelligence, regardless of whether they use it in their classroom or not. Even skeptical teachers must understand how AI functions, including its capabilities and its limitations. Addressing issues of academic integrity, student assessment, and lesson planning require basic AI literacy. Course Curriculum The Mountainside training program cover

Keeping Education Human: Why AI Outside the Classroom Demands New Metrics While schools grapple with declining demographic trends, a massive technological opportunity has quietly arrived to help institutions stay strong. The role of artificial intelligence plays in the classroom has been hotly debated, but a massive piece of the puzzle is how we use AI outside the classroom. Instead of being a cold, dehumanizing force, properly deployed AI can take over the heavy, repetitive

Mountainside Curriculum Development At Mountainside, we partner with independent, international, and charter schools to develop a custom Generative Thinking Curriculum™. This forward-thinking framework features age-appropriate, spiraled lessons that teach students both the incredible power and the very real dangers of AI. By using different lesson types at different ages, we greatly minimize concerns about cognitive off-loading. In lower grades when students are learning abo