Jon Fila is a pioneering educational leader and author specializing in AI integration and digital innovation in education. As creator of inclusiveaistrategies.com and author of four books on AI in education, he champions equitable access to cutting-edge educational technologies. His expertise and leadership led to one of the nation’s largest K12 Open Educational Resources initiatives. A 2022 Minnesota Teacher of the Year finalist, Jon combines 25 years of educational experience with expertise in AI implementation, digital accessibility, and strategic planning. He consults nationwide, helping educational institutions navigate the intersection of technology and equity through workshops, presentations, and strategic guidance. His work spans K-12, higher education, and educational technology sectors, focusing on creating sustainable, inclusive frameworks for educational innovation.
Grades survived COVID. Don’t let them survive AI. In May of 2021, mid-pandemic, I published a post on my personal blog called “Why Grades are… Read More »We Blew Our Last Chance to Kill Grades and We’re Doing it Again
Whenever I give a keynote about generative AI, the same question shows up: when should we use it, and when should we leave it alone? After years in this work, I have a working answer. I also have a growing sense that the answer is becoming blurred.
Teachers are expected to learn AI, police AI, redesign around AI, and manage the fallout—all without additional time, training, or compensation. This is unsustainable.
Adding AI tools to an IEP without training, guidance, or thoughtful implementation is not an accommodation. It is abandonment dressed up as innovation.
AI companies have disrupted education, profited enormously, and left educators to clean up the mess. It is time to demand accountability.
I’m just going to go ahead and answer that right away. The answer is yes. I probably am as well. I was just at a… Read More »Are You Thinking Too Small?
AI feedback can be instant, judgment-free, and technically accurate. It can also overwhelm students and repeat the mistakes that took human teachers years to unlearn.
Are you important enough for good AI responses? (Lie and find out)
I have spent the last three years helping educators understand AI—its biases, its possibilities, its risks. I have written about how we need to approach… Read More »When the Teacher Becomes the Parent: My Kids Cannot Use AI at School
Above all, what I want from LLM is not to replace teachers’ thinking and expertise, but to assist us in tasks. I understand the reality of the classroom teacher, especially Special Education teachers who have too many students on their case load and not enough time to provide the kind of detailed support that might be needed while working with the general education teachers serving those learners.