Most students use AI like a vending machine. Teach them to use it as a thinking partner.
The Thinking Pendulum gives teachers and schools a practical way to see, and grow, students' judgment, curiosity and reasoning while they work with AI.
Free PDF guide, rubric and planning prompt. Use it in a unit you're already planning.
The pendulum swings with the task
Sometimes a quick answer is exactly right. The trouble starts when that's the only way students use AI. The Pendulum shows the other modes, and gives schools a way to build them one step at a time.
Choosing the right mode for the moment is the skill we're really teaching.
Two ways in
For teachers
Classroom-ready tools for teaching students to think well with AI.
- Free Thinking Pendulum guide and rubric
- The full teacher document (coming soon)
- Online course (coming soon)
For schools
Whole-school and group work on AI and thinking, led by Andrew.
- School licence for the Pendulum resources
- Keynotes and staff workshops
- Work across school groups
- Middle leadership development and coaching
Andrew Mowat, MetaLearn Education
Andrew has spent 42 years in education, in roles from the classroom to school leadership, and is a qualified executive coach. He works with international schools across Asia on how students learn and think, and is co-founder of EduSpark. He is co-author of The Success Zone, a book on the brain, leadership and coaching. He created the Thinking Pendulum to give teachers a practical way to see what's happening in students' heads when they use AI, and to design for the thinking that matters.
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A practical guide, rubric and planning prompt you can use with students this term.
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