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Google Apps Scripts and Web Development Tutorials and Resources by Laurence Svekis
Vibe Teaching — Issue #3 The AI Copy-Paste Trap (And Why Students Are Learning Less) AI is one of the most powerful learning tools ever created. But something surprising is happening. In some classrooms, students are actually learning less. Not because AI is bad. Because it’s being used poorly. This is the AI Copy-Paste Trap. … Read more
Vibe Learning Framework A Visual System for Learning Faster in the Age of AI Executive Overview Learning is undergoing one of the most significant transformations in human history. For centuries, education focused on transferring knowledge from experts to students. This system worked when information was limited and difficult to access. However, the modern world operates … Read more
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
Apps Script + Gemini Mastery — Issue #12 AI Meeting Notes → Action Plan for Google Docs Turn raw meeting notes into structured decisions, action items, and follow-up emails using Apps Script + Gemini. https://github.com/lsvekis/Apps-Script-Code-Snippets ⭐ What You Will Build You’ll build an AI-powered tool that: 📝 Takes messy meeting notes (copied or written in … 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
https://github.com/lsvekis/Apps-Script-Code-Snippets 🚀 Apps Script + Gemini Mastery — Issue #11 AI Email Draft Assistant for Gmail Generate reply drafts from a Gmail thread using Apps Script + Gemini (tone + action items + subject options). ⭐ What You Will Build You’ll build an AI assistant that: 📥 Pulls the most recent email thread from Gmail … 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