Writing — Patricia Cruz

All Essay Reflection Practice Research

Can AI interaction logs help learners see their own thinking?

The prompts we write, the questions we change, the moments we doubt the answer — all of that forms a trace. What if that trace could teach us something about ourselves?

What does it mean to learn with an AI, not from one?

A reflection on the difference between using AI as a tutor and using it as a thinking partner.

Notes on using generative AI in my own studies — what surprised me

An honest account of how my prompting behaviour changed over one semester, and what I noticed when I looked back at the logs.

Teaching children to think computationally — lessons from a decade in classrooms

What ten years of designing learning experiences for young students taught me about cognition, creativity, and the limits of digital tools.