Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing how work gets done across nearly every industry. As automation accelerates and technology reshapes careers, parents and educators are asking pressing questions. What kinds of jobs will still exist? How should students prepare for an uncertain future? And what kinds of skills will truly endure?

In this episode of BaseCamp Live, host Davies Owens is joined by Tami Peterson, founder and CEO of Life Architects Coaching. Together, they explore how AI is transforming college admissions, career pathways, and workforce expectations, and why human formation matters more than ever.

Davies and Tami discuss how colleges are already responding to AI’s influence, particularly in admissions. With AI-generated essays becoming commonplace, many schools are rethinking how they evaluate applicants and are placing renewed emphasis on in-person writing, oral exams, classroom engagement, and mentorship-driven learning environments. These shifts highlight a growing desire to see how students actually think, reason, and communicate.

The conversation then turns to the workforce and what lies ahead for today’s students. While some technical roles may decline or evolve, employers increasingly value qualities that technology cannot replicate.

🎧 In this episode, you’ll hear about:

• How AI is reshaping college admissions and evaluation
• Why character, work ethic, and critical thinking are becoming more valuable than narrow technical skills
• The growing importance of human-centered abilities like leadership, creativity, and discernment
• Why trades and hands-on work are being rediscovered as meaningful, stable career paths
• How helping students understand who they are prepares them for any future job market

Throughout the discussion, one theme remains clear. Technology will continue to change, but students who know how they are uniquely made and what problems they are called to solve will be best equipped to adapt. Rather than chasing job titles or trends, this episode encourages families and schools to focus on forming resilient, thoughtful, and grounded young people who are ready for whatever the future holds.

Resources Mentioned:

• Check out Wilson Hill Academy's Free Guide

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The Herzog Foundation
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What is a good teacher?

Most of us can name a teacher who made a lasting impact, not just through information, but through formation, awakening curiosity, shaping understanding, and building confidence. In this BaseCamp Live episode, host Davies Owens sits down with classical educator and mentor Carrie Eben, co-author of The Good Teacher: 10 Pedagogical Principles That Will Transform Your Teaching, to explore the often-overlooked piece of classical Christian education, how we teach, not only what we teach.

Carrie has spent more than 25 years serving in classical education across schools and homeschooling. She is a founding board member at Sager Classical Academy in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, and a head mentor for the Searcy Institute Master Teacher Apprenticeship in the Ozark Mountain region. Together, Davies and Carrie discuss why classical schools must often “make” teachers through mentorship and apprenticeship, and why pedagogy matters because the teacher is not merely delivering content, the teacher is shaping the classroom culture and the student’s loves.

The conversation centers on two foundational principles that set the rhythm for great teaching:

Festina Lente, “make haste slowly,” a reminder that learning cannot be rushed. Wonder, contemplation, repetition, and embodied learning take time, and growth happens step by step.

Carrie also turns to the importance of assessment, explaining that it should align with the purpose of education and the nature of the student, not simply a score. She highlights relational approaches like narrative assessment, and practical options like narration, oral work, debates, and live demonstrations of understanding, especially in a world navigating new pressures like AI.

🎧 Tune in to hear:

• Why pedagogy is central to classical Christian formation
• How “make haste slowly” reshapes classrooms and homes
• Why “much, not many” protects depth, wonder, and love of learning
• How assessment can become more relational, meaningful, and aligned with virtue
• Encouragement for teachers who want language and confidence for what they are already doing well

Multum non multa, “much, not many,” a call to prune. Depth matters more than volume, and fewer things done well forms students more effectively than trying to cover everything.

Resources Mentioned:

• The Good Teacher Book
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• Circe Apprenticeship
• Check out Wilson Hill Academy's Free Guide

Special Thanks to our partners who make BaseCamp Live possible:

The Herzog Foundation
The Champion Group
Wisephone by Techless
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Wilson Hill Academy
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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.

Resources Mentioned:

• Check out Wilson Hill Academy's Free Guide

Special Thanks to our partners who make BaseCamp Live possible:

The Herzog Foundation
The Champion Group
Wisephone by Techless
ZipCast
Wilson Hill Academy
Life Architects Coaching

Stay tuned for more enlightening discussions on classical Christian education, and join us next time on BaseCamp Live! Remember to subscribe, leave us a review, and reach out to us at info@basecamplive.com

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