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Smita Kolhatkar

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Educator, administrator who loves Edtech, makerspaces, believes in CS for all; enjoys the outdoors and photography, travel, writing, playing board games with her family and working on puzzles.

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Starting a community conversation around AI With simple things such as images

AI or not AI?
open.substack.com/pub/skolhatk...

26.08.2025 01:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Starting with oneself Any tech usage for teachers, as we know with other things, starts with oneself.

Start with oneself. AI in K-12: open.substack.com/pub/skolhatk...

19.08.2025 03:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Culpability culΒ·paΒ·bilΒ·iΒ·ty /ˌkΙ™lpΙ™ΛˆbilΙ™dΔ“/

AI in K-12 Education. Post #2. On Culpability. #aiineducation #k12
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06.08.2025 04:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The first of my AI in Education Posts Need to plunge in...

The corect link. substack.com/home/post/p-...

30.07.2025 03:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you very much, Mike, both for reading and your feedback. I will try to correct the link.

30.07.2025 03:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Finally got around to penning my long standing thoughts: skolhatkar.substack.com/p/the-first-of… #AIinEducation #aiinK8 #EdTech #aiink8 #AIForAll

29.07.2025 21:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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T. V. Raman and his virtual guide dogs Image by PC modifying dog fromΒ Clker-Free-Vector-ImagesΒ fromΒ Pixabay It’s 1989, a year with lots of milestones in Computer Science. In March, Tim Berners-Lee puts down in writing the…

What an amazing story cs4fn.blog/2024/04/27/t...

21.07.2025 20:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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What a fun evening. Thanks @csteachersorg.bsky.social and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Cleveland #CSTA2025 #CSTA-SiliconValley

11.07.2025 04:03 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Well, it's OPEN! πŸ₯³ My vibe-coded learn-about- #LLMs app is in the hands of #CSTA2025 educators.
Y'all are welcome to visit crowd-gpt.com and try the Demo Writing & Reading tasks. Slides & documentation are available too, so you can see where I'm hoping to go.

09.07.2025 14:44 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Great flash talk on collaborative writing with Gen AI by @mdeutschmtl.bsky.social at @csteachersorg.bsky.social #CSTA2025

09.07.2025 13:53 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

We have a CSTA Silicon Valley virtual meetup this evening 6:30 pm PDT with a presentation by Qubits. If any of you is interested, please dm me.
#csk12 #csta #csforall

01.04.2025 12:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Bridging Theory and Practice: Innovative CS Education Strategies. Presented by Dr. Maya Israel, Dr. Yasmin B. Kafai, Dr. Tia C. Madkins. 2025 CSTA Annual Conference. July 8-11, Cleveland.

Bridging Theory and Practice: Innovative CS Education Strategies. Presented by Dr. Maya Israel, Dr. Yasmin B. Kafai, Dr. Tia C. Madkins. 2025 CSTA Annual Conference. July 8-11, Cleveland.

Join us at #CSTA2025 for an illuminating keynote featuring three leading computer science education researchers who will share groundbreaking insights into K-12 CS teaching methodologies.

Register now at conference.csteachers.org/event/3d53ee...

19.03.2025 17:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yay!!

22.03.2025 01:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Great talk by Sal Khan at the @computerhistory.bsky.social tonight. #aiink12

12.03.2025 05:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Educators having fun testing the AI powered garden at The tech Interactive #edtechchat #edchat #stem

31.01.2025 01:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Silicon Valley CSTA in person meet up tomorrow (1/27) in Palo Alto. DM for details.
#csta

27.01.2025 06:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man with a backpack carrying a small animal on his back ALT: a man with a backpack carrying a small animal on his back

It's Friday. And on Friday... DANCE, we must? 😩

17.01.2025 19:57 πŸ‘ 37913 πŸ” 2557 πŸ’¬ 1410 πŸ“Œ 147

@jenabrams.bsky.social

13.01.2025 13:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Great workshop by Jen Abrams for our staff to kickstart 2025! References and lots of learning from her newest book: Stretching your Learning Edges: Growing (up) at work. #k12 #edchat #staffpd

06.01.2025 19:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Parents, Put Down Your Phone Cameras β€” The Atlantic Family In trying to capture so much of our kids’ lives, we risk missing out. January 03, 2025 At a recent holiday assembly, I sat behind a row of parents watching dozens of 9-year-olds in clip-on ties...

Be in the moment…
Our love hate relationship with tech and children
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03.01.2025 23:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Still enjoying the last sunrise of 2024! We will join half the world in about half the day or more.

31.12.2024 18:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Happy #csedweek and #hourofcode ! Enjoy one set of many resources! #csforall

08.12.2024 15:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In education, as in many other areas of life, we won't be finished until we're Finnish

08.12.2024 04:39 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Oxford’s Word of the Year Is β€˜Brain Rot’ A slang term for supposed mental damage done by overconsumption of trivial online content triumphed over a shortlist that also included β€œlore,” β€œdemure” and β€œslop.”

β€œBrain Rot” is the winner. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/a...

02.12.2024 13:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There’s something magical about reading children’s books, esp fantasy taking a break from the usual. Just finished with Impossible Creatures by Katherine Ruddell. Highly recommended. #edusky

01.12.2024 21:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Grateful for all my #edusky folks here. #gratitude

28.11.2024 10:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bluesky Is Turning Into a Strong X Alternative Bluesky has a hint of the old Twitter magic, but the feeling of freedom it offers might be even better.

I wrote about this app! It’s good! (But you know that, you’re here)
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/t...

22.11.2024 16:34 πŸ‘ 1833 πŸ” 299 πŸ’¬ 78 πŸ“Œ 53
What to know if you want to switch over to Bluesky - The Mercury News

From today’s Mercury news!

What to know if you want to switch over to Bluesky
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25.11.2024 13:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Spotted in a local parking lot.

24.11.2024 19:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Physical Computing Guides Discover the exciting world of physical computing with micro:bit! Our comprehensive resources and tutorials empower students and educators to create interactive projects, learn coding, and explore STE...

FREE physical computing guide for #microbit >>
www.teachwithict.com/physicalcomp...
#TeamCompSci

21.11.2024 19:56 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0