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Two years ago I wrote about OpenAI and argued that AI tools are commercial products, not neutral platforms. I came back to revisit that argument recently, because the evidence has continued to build: OpenAI's shift to a fully for-profit company at a $500 billion valuation, Meta's acknowledged scraping of every Australian adult user's data, the Character.AI lawsuit connected to the death of a teenager. These examples have accumulated, and the pattern they reveal is consistent.

And yet most professional development around AI still focuses on how to use the tool in front of us. I think we can do better than that, and I think Teacher Librarians and learning professionals are well placed to lead the way.

What does AI professional development look like in your school or organisation? I'd love to know.

Read the full post at linkinglearning.com.au

The 2025 NAP–ICT Literacy results are out, and they are not good reading.

Based on the sample, only 37% of Year 10 students across Australia can be considered proficient in digital literacy — the lowest figure since the assessment began twenty years ago. Among Year 6 students, just half made the standard.

These are not students who avoid technology. Most Year 10 students use internet search every single day at school. More than half use AI tools to generate written content regularly. They are immersed in digital environments. But digital and doesn't come through immersion; it must be specifically taught.

And the specialist who is trained to do exactly that? Their numbers are dwindling in our schools, and they are rarely mentioned when we talk about what to do next.
I have written about why that needs to change. Read the full post here: https://www.linkinglearning.com.au/the-answer-is-in-the-library-we-keep-looking-elsewhere/

The Answer Is in the Library. We Keep Looking Elsewhere. – Linking Learning Advisory Photo by Austin Chan on Unsplash The shocking results of the 2025 National Assessment Program – ICT Literacy (NAP‑ICTL) report are right to attract media attention. In 2025, only 37% of Year 10 students across Australia met or exceeded the proficient standard for ICT literacy. That is the lowest...