AI Literacy Advances with Genie 3 and Microsoft Integration -

A new week of tech news, AI literacy, and more insights:

🧠 Genie 3 generates real-time 3D worlds from text with memory and physics-based reasoning—highlighting the growing importance of AI literacy in understanding advanced models.

📊 Lesson of the Week: Learn how to spot misleading visuals and make smarter data decisions—a fundamental part of AI literacy.

💻 Microsoft adds OpenAI’s lightweight AI model to Windows 11 for efficient, local agentic tasks—broadening access to tools that promote AI literacy.

📱 Weekly Tech Tip: Screen spam calls with iOS 26—reminding us that digital habits are deeply tied to AI literacy.

🚀 What’s New: A refreshed sidebar, integrated AI chat in activities, and enhanced LTI and Schoology support—all aimed at making AI literacy more engaging and accessible for learners.

📖 Book of the Week: The Smartest Kids in the World by Amanda Ripley—an exploration of education systems that excel at fostering critical thinking and AI literacy skills.

Get a Quick Lesson In AI Literacy

DeepMind Pushes Toward AGI

Google DeepMind has launched Genie 3, a new world model that creates real-time, interactive 3D environments from simple text prompts. With memory-based consistency and physics reasoning, Genie 3 signals a shift toward dynamic learning—raising the bar for what AI literacy will require in the future.

Lesson of the Week

This week’s lesson comes from our skill, “Introduction to Visual Literacy,” and explores how to interpret, question, and evaluate data visualizations to avoid being misled and make more informed decisions.

Question of the Week:

Why is it important to think critically when reading charts?

Select one

A) To create new visual designs for data

B) To memorize data presented in visual form

C) To evaluate the validity, reliability, and relevance of visual information

See if you’re right–the answer is at the bottom!

Microsoft Adds GPT-OSS-20B to Windows 11

Microsoft has integrated OpenAI’s new lightweight model into Windows 11 through the AI Foundry platform. Optimized for local use and agentic tasks like code execution, this update enhances everyday workflows while expanding real-world applications of AI literacy.

Weekly Tech Tip

Screen Spam Calls with iOS 26

Go to Settings > Apps > Phone > Screen Unknown Callers, then select Ask Reason for Calling for the best balance of filtering and notifications.

What's New

Updates include a cleaner admin sidebar, integrated AI chat in learning activities, and better LTI 1.3 and Schoology syncing—all tools designed to streamline learning and support AI literacy across platforms.