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@dswilliams

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Used @quizizz.bsky.social’s AI tools to build a quiz today and it saved me enough time I got to grade a whole other assignment. Friday wins.

28.02.2025 16:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."

Arthur C. Clarke

21.12.2024 13:05 πŸ‘ 20477 πŸ” 4711 πŸ’¬ 457 πŸ“Œ 271

I think if it WERE legal to assassinate CEOs of large companies … that would totally justify their enormous salaries.

09.12.2024 23:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Blue Eyed Samurai.

27.11.2024 17:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is a fantastic resource.

26.11.2024 15:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I have 2 interests... teaching and code development. I can have different views here in Bluesky

#EduSky #BlueskyTips

26.11.2024 15:00 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
Alt text: A promotional graphic for #EduSkyChat with a light blue and white theme. It features an illustration of a laptop with a BlueSky logo in the center of the screen. Around the logo, there are illustrated faces of five diverse individuals connected by red lines, symbolizing connection and conversation. The text reads: "Please join us for #EduSkyChat! TONIGHT Monday 11/25/24, 6pmPT/8pmCT/9pmET. Join us for a discussion about Self-Care for EducatorsπŸ’™ with moderator Cate Tolnai here on BlueSky! Follow the hashtag #EduSkyChat on BlueSky to join the conversation!"

Alt text: A promotional graphic for #EduSkyChat with a light blue and white theme. It features an illustration of a laptop with a BlueSky logo in the center of the screen. Around the logo, there are illustrated faces of five diverse individuals connected by red lines, symbolizing connection and conversation. The text reads: "Please join us for #EduSkyChat! TONIGHT Monday 11/25/24, 6pmPT/8pmCT/9pmET. Join us for a discussion about Self-Care for EducatorsπŸ’™ with moderator Cate Tolnai here on BlueSky! Follow the hashtag #EduSkyChat on BlueSky to join the conversation!"

TONIGHT! Join #EduSkyChat with moderator @catetolnai.bsky.social

Topic: Self Care for Educators

6pm PST click on the hashtag and use the RECENT tab
or use deck.blue to create columns for the chat.

See you tonight!

25.11.2024 17:17 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My 8-year old niece: (joking) β€œYou traveled the world!”

Me: (joking back) β€œI did! Timbuktu is nice this time of year!”

(Pause)

My 8-year old niece: (serious) β€œIs there a Timbuk-one?”

25.11.2024 18:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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IXL | Math, Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, and Spanish IXL is the world's most popular subscription-based learning site for K–12. Used by over 16 million students, IXL provides personalized learning in more than 17,000 topics, covering math, language arts...

IXL.com, one of my favourite class resources, has released an AI-powered workspace: Spark Studio. I’m going to spend the next few weeks and months exploring what Spark Studio can, and cannot do for us in the classroom.

19.11.2024 13:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The answer: a much much better day!!
(A caveat: my two most disruptive students were absent today, I will need to repeat when they are here.)

15.11.2024 21:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yesterday I set a task that was too challenging for my students. It went so, so poorly. By the end we were all frustrated with each other.

Today, we’re going to reset, take a step back, and try something more simple.

Let’s see how it goes.

15.11.2024 16:26 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Every party needs a horny bard.

14.11.2024 02:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Where are the active tectonic zones on your world? Is there a structure analogues to the β€œRing of Fire” where earthquakes and volcanoes are more common?

13.11.2024 15:52 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, the real learning opportunity in this tech is for highly knowledgeable students to critique what the AI presents.

Of course: it’s an easy thing and I could see myself - exhausted at the end of a long week - just letting my 5th graders have these chats because it LOOKS like learning.

13.11.2024 13:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Should Students Chat With AI Versions of Historical Figures? - EdSurge News Can a filmmaker’s AI chatbot version of Sacagawea bring the historical figure who guided the Lewis and Clark expedition alive for students, or are ...

www.edsurge.com/news/2024-11...

The only value in this exercise would be if students who already know about these figures were having these chats to learn about the failings and pitfalls of AI.

Of course, this is easy and there is money to be made here, so these chats will replace research soon.

13.11.2024 13:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I strongly dislike being the tank.

I get very little satisfaction from being the main damage-dealer in a combat situation and I like facing the problem of being squishy.

12.11.2024 13:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! This helped!

11.11.2024 22:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I am on the hunt for resources to teach the Native history of the US (Illinois, ideally) at a 4th / 5th grade level… any ideas? #edusky

11.11.2024 13:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I see a lot of UK focused accounts on #EduSky. Where are the US-based educators hanging out?

10.11.2024 15:13 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, published in β€˜78. Three years before Empire came out.

10.11.2024 04:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Splinter of the Mind’s Eye is such a wild ride of a book.

10.11.2024 04:34 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, it’s so very good.

10.11.2024 01:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a man who reads the term β€œAtomic Priesthood,” must include one in the TTRPG adventure he is writing.

09.11.2024 21:50 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2

Let’s do it.

09.11.2024 14:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I have no idea how it knew I have a beard, but I, for one, welcome our new robotic overlords.

09.11.2024 14:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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As a teacher I use ChatGPT all the time to help prepare lessons. Today I asked it to create an image of me based on what it knows about me: #edusky #ai #chatgpt #edubs

09.11.2024 14:50 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Using Technology Responsibly & Tuition Fees: Education Tonight Podcast Episode Β· Teachers Talk Radio Β· 08/11/2024 Β· 1h 2m

Education Tonight
Brent Poland & Adam Spence explore the responsible use of technology in the classroom and take a focused look at the rise in student fees.

Podcast > tinyurl.com/csrk5twz 🎧
Video > tinyurl.com/bde3k23z πŸ“Ί

09.11.2024 11:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Open-ended prompts. I always run pre-written adventures and I also always homebrew elements of them.

There’s no chance a full script will fit my campaign and I’d hate the writer to have wasted their time and energy creating stuff I’m not going to use.

09.11.2024 14:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thing I did not know I would need to teach when I moved from 7th grade to 5th grade:

How to use a paper clip.

08.11.2024 18:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0