Not Your Granny's Approach to AI Literacy

School's Out Saturdays on the AGI Podcast - Because our job is to prepare students for their future not our past. (Season 2, Episode 2)

Episode Summary:

Educational consultant Patty McGee brings 31 years of classroom experience to a conversation about AI tools, writing instruction, and why grammar matters more than you think. She's testing AI with students, pushing back on detection tools, and figuring out what actually works.

About My Guest

Patty McGee is an educational consultant and author based in New Jersey with 31 years of teaching experience. She wrote Not Your Granny's Grammar and calls herself a "traveling teacher" because she works directly with teachers and students in classrooms across the country, doing live demos and figuring out what actually makes teachers' jobs easier.

Guest Links

Patty on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patty-mcgee-36507926/Patty's Website: https://pattymcgee.org/

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Key Timestamps:

08:45 - Why grammar instruction matters for AI tool use

15:30 - Testing AI writing tools with middle school students

22:15 - The problem with AI detection tools in schools28:40 - Using Claude for brainstorming blog post topics from manuscripts

35:20 - Teaching citation and sourcing in the AI era43:10 - Real concerns about unknown AI developments in education

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