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Google Apps Scripts and Web Development Tutorials and Resources by Laurence Svekis
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, … Read more
Most people are using AI wrong for learning. They’re treating it like Google—with better grammar. That’s not AI-assisted learning.That’s answer-assisted dependency. AI-assisted learning is not about getting solutions faster.It’s about thinking better, longer, and more deliberately—with feedback. What AI-Assisted Learning Is AI-assisted learning is a partnership. You don’t ask: “What’s the answer?” You ask: “How … Read more
🚀 Vibe Coding — Issue #20 Learning That Compounds: Turning Daily Work into a Growth System Continuous Learning • Reflection Loops • Skill Compounding • AI as a Long-Term Partner Most developers work every day.Far fewer learn deliberately from that work. Issue #20 is about closing that gap. Vibe Coding at this stage isn’t about: … Read more
📘 AI-Assisted Learning Workbook #9 Power, Governance, and Responsibility in AI Systems By Laurence “Lars” Svekis When intelligence scales, power concentrates.The real question is not whether systems work — but who they work for. 🎯 Who This Workbook Is For This workbook is for: 📌 Core Shift:From participating in systems → understanding and shaping them … Read more
📘 AI-Assisted Learning Workbook #8 Community, Culture, and Collective Intelligence in the AI Era By Laurence “Lars” Svekis The most important intelligence is not individual.It’s how humans think, decide, and act together. 🎯 Who This Workbook Is For This workbook is for: 📌 Core Shift:From personal intelligence → collective intelligenceFrom individual optimization → shared sense-making … Read more
🚀 Vibe Coding — Issue #18 Creative Flow Without Chaos: Exploration, Prototyping & Safe Experimentation with AI Creativity • Ideation • Prototypes • Sandboxes • Play Without Debt After incidents, deadlines, and pressure…there’s another side of development that matters just as much: creative exploration. This is where: Issue #18 is about separating “play” from “production” … Read more
Human Creativity, Meaning, and Expression in the AI Era By Laurence “Lars” Svekis AI can generate content.Only humans can create meaning. 🎯 Who This Workbook Is For This workbook is for: 📌 Core Shift:From using AI to produce → using AI to amplify human creativityFrom output → expression, originality, and intent 🧠 Workbook Philosophy Creativity … Read more
🚀 Apps Script + Gemini Mastery — Issue #10 https://github.com/lsvekis/Apps-Script-Code-Snippets AI Knowledge Base Builder for Google Drive Turn a Drive folder of Docs into a searchable “AI knowledge base” using Apps Script + Gemini. ⭐ What You Will Build You’ll build a Google Workspace tool that: 📁 Scans a Drive folder of Google Docs🧠 Uses … Read more
📘 AI-Assisted Learning Workbook #6 Legacy, Meaning, and the Human Future By Laurence “Lars” Svekis The final question is not “What can I do with AI?”It’s “What kind of future am I contributing to?” 🎯 Who This Workbook Is For This workbook is for: 📌 Core Shift:From doing things well → doing the right things … Read more
📘 AI-Assisted Learning Workbook #5 Wisdom, Ethics, and Long-Term Thinking in the Age of AI By Laurence “Lars” Svekis Just because you can think faster doesn’t mean you should act faster.The highest skill is knowing when, why, and whether to act at all. 🎯 Who This Workbook Is For This workbook is for: 📌 Core … Read more