Vineeth K KolarathWriting
Essays
What I teach, what I build, and what I learn along the way.
Learning
Marks or Understanding?
Marks matter. But a mark is a summary, not the learning itself. A reflection on the difference between scoring and understanding, and how a student can work on both.
Learning
Mistakes Are Data
A wrong answer can feel like a verdict. But it can also tell us where our understanding needs work. An engineer's way of looking at mistakes, and how students can learn from them.
Digital Wellness
Healthy Screens, Safe Minds
Our phones help us learn, connect and explore. But they can also take more of our attention than we intend. A reflection on using screens thoughtfully, protecting our privacy and staying safe online.
Learning
Good Questions Matter More Now
Answers are easier to find than ever. But knowing what to ask, and asking it well, still takes thought. Here is why good questions matter, and how we can learn to ask better ones.
Thinking Machines
Questions Students Asked Me About AI
After a talk in Kannur, students gathered around with questions. How will AI change our lives? What does it cost the climate? Is our privacy safe? Could AI copy itself? Here are my answers, with more time than a crowded hall allowed.
Learning
A Teacher's Role When AI Is in the Room
AI can help prepare a lesson, explain an idea or draft a worksheet. But teaching is about more than delivering information. It is about understanding students, guiding their learning and taking responsibility for their progress.
Learning
Use AI as a Mentor, Not an Answer Machine
AI can hand you an answer, or help you find it yourself. The tool may be the same. The difference is how you use it, and what you are trying to learn.
Learning
Why Your First Project Should Be Small
Big first projects are exciting to announce and hard to finish. A small one that works teaches more. Here is why starting small is not thinking small.
Thinking Machines
How a Machine Learns from Examples
A learning machine uses examples to find patterns. Here is how that works, in plain words, and why a pattern that works today can still fail tomorrow.
Learning
Learn the Basics Before the Tools
Tools change every few years. The basics underneath them do not. Here is why the basics matter more than ever, and how to learn them without giving up the tools.
Automation
Automate a Process, Not a Job
A job is not one thing. It is a bundle of tasks. Some repeat, some need a person. Here is how to tell them apart, and where a machine can help.
Thinking Machines
What Is a Thinking Machine?
A thinking machine is not a robot with a brain. It is a machine that notices, decides and learns. Here is the idea in plain words.
Mentorship
Bring a Rough Idea
Every meaningful project starts somewhere. Often, it begins with a simple thought, a quick sketch, or a few lines written on a phone.
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