Mike Sylofski

Thank you to #HFMBOCES for partnering with our E-Learning team to host today’s Building Strategic Capacity in Generative #AI Workshop! Truly appreciate investment of time & expertise participants brought to this important work! @cosnweb.bsky.social @aaronbochniak.bsky.social @dziskin.bsky.social

Excited to get going at #NYSCATE25 with @techlearning.bsky.social Summit & Carl Hooker!

Tremendous work out of NERIC’s Instructional Team to create & lead the Empower Every Learner event in partnership with NYSCATE PNW BOCES! Great day of sharing about this important & underserved topic of #AI & #assitivetechnology. @mikedoughty.bsky.social

Excited to be back at #GartnerSYM. Already some great takeaways about the state of #AI and how ready our workforce is for it.

Thrilled to see & connect with so many #edtech leaders from our region & beyond at NYSCATE @cosnweb.bsky.social CTO Clinic. @adelcorvo.bsky.social

Kicking off first cohort of Building Strategic Capacity for Generative #AI with district teams in our region. Excited to see leaders engaged in this important work led by Jen Bloomingdale & Melissa Boucher in partnership with @cosnweb.bsky.social & AESA!

12 Education Leaders Selected as Lead Trainers for National AI Readiness Initiative in K-12 Schools | CoSN CoSN and AESA Program Supports Districts With Mission-aligned Strategies for Generative AI Implementation   Washington, D.C. (May 1, 2025) — CoSN, in partnership with the Association of Educational Se...

So thrilled that Jen Bloomingdale from our E-Learning team at NERIC/Capital Region BOCES was selected as a national #GenerativeAI trainer for K-12 schools through @cosnweb.bsky.social & AESA! Congratulations Jen! www.cosn.org/cosn-news/12...

Think Bigger I am just finishing the book Not Impossible: Do What Can’t Be Done by Mick Ebeling about dreaming big and realizing that no problem is unsolvable.  Mick provides anecdotes about how he b…

Thinking that as educators we need to Think Bigger - please see my latest blog about why we can do something rather than can’t. #ThinkBigger #NotImpossible mikesylofski.com/2025/03/12/t...

Excited to be at NYSCATE Mid-Hudson Tech Fest! Learning about state of #AI and leveraging it through integrations to inform decisions.

Engaging dialogue about how Millennial & Gen Z professionals collaborate on Day 3 #CWNY25 #UCWeek. Sally Meli described number of strategies for connecting with younger workers & audiences. @paceuniversity.bsky.social @njdavidd.bsky.social

Great discussions about #AI impact on #AV & collaboration on Day 2 of #CWNY25 #UCWeek. So appreciated Kevin Kieller's recommended strategies for effective use of #AI for professionals & businesses. @njdavidd.bsky.social

Space design, work/learning activities, collaboration technologies & gathering multiple data points to inform decision making - the linkage in all of this was the notable takeaway from Day 1 of #CWNY25 #UCWeek @njdavidd.bsky.social

Great sharing amongst classroom practitioners about successes & challenges teaching in a #distancelearning environment. So appreciate all of the work these instructors & TAs do on a daily basis to provide learning opportunities for students who wouldn’t have them otherwise!

Enjoyed conversations with colleagues to improve #virtuallearning opportunities & supports at this week’s NYS #DistanceLearning Consortium meeting.

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Discussing how districts can transform communications through convergence of voice, video, collaboration, & security at NERIC’s #TechADay

Great display of latest innovations & practices in the Instructional Technology Playground & #AI Arcade at NERIC’s Technology Awareness Day #TechADay

Thanks @alexackerman13.bsky.social , glad you enjoyed it! Likewise enjoyed your presentation with the Binghamton team at #NYSCATE24, great insights!

Thankful for My “Human Network” I have been wanting to re-initiate blogging for some time and attending the recent New York State Association for Computers and Technologies in Education annual conference (#NYSCATE24) was the catalyst for doing so.  And while there were great conversations and learning opportunities about important topics like generative AI, student wellness and mental health, and New York State’s new “Portrait of a Graduate” initiative for our students, my passion from the conference stems out of something else: connecting with my “human network.”  With the Thanksgiving season upon us, it helped reinforce how thankful I am to be connected with this network.

I have been wanting to re-initiate blogging for some time. Attending the #NYSCATE24 conference was the catalysts for doing so. @NYSCATE

Appreciated opportunity to present w/my colleague Melissa Boucher about goal setting in strategic technology planning #NYSCATE24. Loved feedback from participants on how to optimally leverage both human brainstorming & #AI assisted support to develop meaningful goals!

Appreciate thoughtful design & implementation of a manageable #AI pilot for Binghamton HS students @kevinjrichman.bsky.social @alexackerman13.bsky.social @verspoor.bsky.social #NYSCATE24

Excellent discussion about student wellness with Securly @ #NYSCATE24 Corporate Council focus group

“You can have 100% student engagement with students learning absolutely nothing” (when using edtech) @thomascmurray.bsky.social #NYSCATE24

Looking at data and app management practices and supports in schools in the #NYSCATE24 focus group with Linewize

Thoughtful discussions about the use of #AI in our schools and broader philosophies about student learning in districts. #NYSCATE24 focus group with Harris Education Solutions

Focus group panelists @ #NYSCATE24 discussing with @wakelet.bsky.social new graduation pathways and how those pathways could/will change teaching & learning in NYS @ryanmcginnis.bsky.social @jbdbiz.bsky.social

Great conversations about data dashboards & automation to help schools in Learn21 Corporate Council focus group @ #NYSCATE24

Calm before the storm @ #NYSCATE24 . Excited for tomorrow and to be back with colleagues & friends!