If you’ve been reading along this summer, thank you.
Over the past several weeks, we’ve worked our way through AI Summer School, exploring the skills educators need to teach in a world where artificial intelligence is becoming part of everyday learning. Together we’ve discussed prompt writing, verification, bias, critical thinking, information literacy, research, and the importance of asking better questions.
More importantly, we’ve had conversations that reminded me why I started this newsletter in the first place.
This community has grown far beyond anything I imagined. Every week I hear from school librarians, classroom teachers, instructional coaches, administrators, professors, technology leaders, and educators from around the world. You have challenged my thinking, shared your experiences, and reminded me that none of us is trying to navigate this rapidly changing landscape alone.
As much as I love writing this newsletter, I also know the importance of stepping away from the keyboard every once in a while. After another busy school year, I’m taking a few weeks to recharge, spend time with family, read, reflect, and gather new ideas before we begin another exciting school year together.
That doesn’t mean the newsletter is disappearing.
While I’m away, I’ll be sharing several Editor’s Revisited editions featuring some of the articles that have had the greatest impact over the past year. Some became the most-read pieces in the history of The AI School Librarian. Others are personal favorites that continue to shape how I think about AI, education, information literacy, and the future of school libraries.
If you’re a newer subscriber, this will be an opportunity to discover some of the essays that helped define this newsletter. If you’ve been reading for a while, I hope you’ll enjoy revisiting them with fresh perspective. Each revisited edition will include a new introduction reflecting on why the article still matters and how my thinking has evolved since it was first published.
Then, on Monday, August 31, we’ll begin an entirely new series.
This fall we’ll explore what it truly means to build an AI-literate school. We’ll move beyond tools and prompts to examine research, information literacy, critical thinking, verification, and the changing role of educators in an AI-powered world. I believe it will be one of the most important series I’ve written because these are the conversations schools need to be having as we begin another academic year.
Until then, I hope you find time to recharge as well.
Read a great book. - May I shamelessly plug my AI For Educators Book Series, which you can get by clicking on the link.
Visit your local library.
Learn something new.
Spend time with the people who matter most.
Most importantly, stay curious. In a world increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence, curiosity, thoughtful questions, and a commitment to evidence remain some of our greatest strengths.
Thank you for being part of this community. Whether you’ve been here from the beginning or joined during AI Summer School, I appreciate every comment, every email, every recommendation, and every conversation we’ve shared.
Have a wonderful rest of your summer.
I’ll see you back here on Monday, August 31 with a brand-new series.
Happy reading,
Elissa
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