What is AI doing for our students—and what is it doing to them?
In this episode of Teach Biblically, Dr. Roger Erdvig and Dr. Maggie Pope welcome Paul Matthews, Christian school teacher and author of Wise AI: Using Powerful Technology in a Deeply Human Way. Together, they explore how Christian schools can approach artificial intelligence with wisdom, confidence, and a clear commitment to biblical worldview formation.
The conversation moves from classroom decisions to the deeper worldview questions surrounding AI: What does it mean to be human? Where do we place our hope? And how can technology serve the formation of our students?
In this episode, you’ll discover:
*Two questions that help teachers and students evaluate any technology.
*Why producing an assignment with AI can bypass the learning the assignment was designed to cultivate.
*How to identify the essential thinking students need to do themselves—and where technological support may help.
*Why Christian educators need to teach students when, why, and how to use AI.
*How technological promises can carry competing visions of human flourishing.
*Why Christ’s lordship provides a foundation for responding to AI without fear or idolatry.
*How AI can help teachers offer “pedagogical hospitality,” creating resources that give more learners a seat at the table.
With practical examples and an optimistic vision for Christian education, Paul encourages teachers to keep asking how their use of technology serves the people their students are becoming.