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 Cafe00:23 Meet David from Boston01:11 Comparing School Structures02:57 Tech Mindset in Teaching04:38 Analog First Digital Second06:42 Using AI with Students09:00 AI Feedback and Rubrics11:45 Screens Phones and Learning15:25 Policy Differences US vs Australia16:20 How Teachers Use AI16:38 AI for Teachers vs Students18:18 AI for Feedback and Formatting20:10 Tools Rubrics and Transparency20:59 Human Element and Buy In22:18 Teacher Made Resources Debate24:36 AI Training and PD Politics26:44 Teacher Led Sharing Culture29:31 Private vs Public Constraints30:53 Grade Inflation and Passing32:09 Wrap Up and TakeawaysSubscribe the the newsletter for podcast cheatsheetsFind the YouTube version of this hereGo to this Facebook group to access the cheatsheethttps://www.facebook.com/groups/learnaiforteachers/Email: [email protected] to you by: https://learnaiquickly.com/