The Death of the Essay and the Birth of the Sense-Maker: 6 Shifts for the AI Era

1. Introduction: The Unsettled Classroom For most educators, the arrival of artificial intelligence felt less like a planned reform and more like a quiet, unpermitted intrusion. It didn’t wait for a professional development day; it simply appeared on students’ screens, capable of generating polished arguments and explaining quantum physics in seconds. If you feel unsettled, ...