How Classical Students Thrive in an AI World with Emily Harrison
AI is reshaping education faster than most schools can track. In this episode of BaseCamp Live, Davies Owens welcomes back digital media consultant Emily Harrison to explore how classical Christian students can thrive in an AI world without becoming dependent on it. They discuss academic integrity, why AI can help experts but harm amateurs, what colleges are changing in response, and the practical skills students still need, like typing and basic productivity tools. Emily also raises urgent concerns about student digital privacy and how schools use student images online. A clear-eyed, hopeful conversation for parents and school leaders who want wise, biblical discernment in a rapidly changing tech landscape.
BaseCamp Live · Emily Harrison, Davies Owens
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Show Notes
AI is moving faster than any technology humanity has ever created. For Christian schools and families committed to timeless, unchanging truth, that speed raises urgent questions. How should schools rethink testing, writing, and academic integrity? Where is the line between being informed and becoming dependent?
In this episode of BaseCamp Live, host Davies Owens welcomes back Emily Harrison, a writer, speaker, and consultant who helps schools and churches think wisely about digital media. Emily works closely with Christian and classical Christian communities and equips families to engage technology through a biblical worldview.
Together, they explore why AI can be helpful for experts but often harmful for amateurs, especially students who are still forming knowledge, discernment, and intellectual habits. They address student pressure to outsource thinking, the limits of filters and detection tools, and why true formation cannot be automated.
Emily raises a growing concern schools can no longer ignore: student digital privacy. With the rise of AI-generated deepfakes and image misuse, she urges schools to rethink how student photos are shared online and to clearly communicate risk, consent, and protection with families.
🎧 Tune in to hear:
- Why AI can be “good for experts” but “bad for amateurs”
- How schools and colleges are rethinking writing, testing, and assessment
- Why typing and basic productivity tools still matter
- How to talk with students about integrity, plagiarism, and truth
- What schools need to consider about student images and digital privacy
This episode is not a call to fear or retreat. It is a call to wisdom, formation, and clarity. Technology will continue to change, but truth does not. When students are formed to love what is true, good, and beautiful, they are equipped not just to navigate an AI world, but to thrive within it.
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