Big news this week! We are so excited to welcome @edtechwells.bsky.social to the Phygital Labs team as Director. Nathan has been an amazing leader, relationship builder, and coordinator of all things professional development.

We can't believe it's almost here! #FETC is just around the corner, and CEO @beckykeene.com is a Featured Speaker, Author, and Expo Hall Tour Guide this year. Be sure to check her schedule and say hello! View at bit.ly/FETCBecky #FETC#EduSky

Today I discovered that my book is “Frequently purchased together” with Ethan Mollick’s book, Co-Intelligence, according to Amazon. That makes my author heart so happy, because I really respect Ethan and his NYT bestselling work! #AIOptimism

As promised! My vision image is ready to share. Learn more about how I created this image and create your own for sharing at bit.ly/FutureMeBlog. Try it out yourself - and welcome the new year with a vision of what's to come!

My New Year’s wish is to be a guest on Simon Sinek’s podcast because doesn’t this seem like an awesome fit for me?! #AIOptimism

We have more January events than can be included in this post! Check out our upcoming FREE webinars on topics like AI, coding for littles, and Canva basics - then sign up to join us at phygitallabs.com/events. #Canva #aiforeducators #CSforAll

New blog post, and a new year challenge! Ring in 2025 by visualizing your future self! This quick chat will ask about your goals, then help you create a custom "Future Me" image. Whether it's career success, wellness, or creative dreams - see yourself achieving it.

A huge thank you to everyone who nominated #AIOptimism to appear in today’s article on Forbes: “8 AI Books Published in 2025 That Every Educator Needs on Their Shelf,” curated by Dan Fitzpatrick. #AI #EduSky

It was great to get the news last week that I'll be presenting at #ISTELive again in 2026. I'll be there representing @phygitallabs.com, and I'm looking forward to another trip to Orlando. (But first, #FETC!)

My daughter let me know that my books are on Goodreads and I don’t know how I’d missed that! It was so fun to have her stumble upon this glowing review of #AIOptimism from Brian, who read it right after its release in June.

After having a great conversation about my book and framework with Crystal at #TETC earlier this month, I asked her to send me a few thoughts about #AIOptimism. She plans intentional professional learning for the teachers she supports, using this and other models. I'm proud to have her support!

It was a pleasure to chat with Andrew from The Good Life EDU podcast a few weeks ago. We had a conversation around #AIOptimism and the AI Optimism Framework. 🎙️Give it a listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

I'm excited to offer a Meet-the-Author experience next month at #FETC! Buy a book, sign a book, take a photo, and let's chat about #AIOptimism. Find me in booth 3007 on Monday, Jan 12 from 2:45-3:15 pm.

Good morning Andrew & Becky! #NewToMePodcast #TheGoodLifeEDUPodcast E226 @andreweaston has guest @beckykeene.com “Beyond The Hype: What AI Can Really Do for Teaching and Learning”. So good to find two new people to follow today! youtube.com/shorts/jwowo... @freshairatfive.bsky.social

I cannot believe #FETC is less than a month away! I’m beyond excited to be a Featured Speaker in Orlando! 🎤✨ Join me as we explore fresh ideas, bold strategies, and game-changing innovations shaping the future of K–12 education.Grab a discount with my code FETC26SPEAKER. Join us: invt.io/1exbogneo5b

✨ I’m excited to share that I recently joined the conversation for Exploring the Role of AI in Education and the Workplace—and the episode is now live! #AIOptimism #EduSkyAI 🔗If you’re curious about how AI can support your instructional practices, I hope you’ll watch the episode.

I spent some time in Southern California this week, filming my fourth course for LinkedIn Learning! It's always a pleasure to work with the LinkedIn team. This time, we used a brand new course format that I'm excited to see published. I'll be sharing links to this new course when it goes live.

Ever notice how the more expertise you have, the more you see where AI falls short while a novice often sees pure magic? In my newest blog post, “The Expertise Paradox,” I unpack why this gap exists and what it means for teaching, learning, and using AI with purpose. #EduSky

I love this! @ericcurts.bsky.social thanks for creating an EduGem for “AI Optimism,” guiding teachers through safe and effective ideas for AI following the SAMR trajectory. www.edugems.ai/gem/ai-samr-... #AIOptimism #AIEdu

I had a great time surviving the night (and teaching my Agent some valuable AI-powered skills) in this year's Hour of AI activities for Minecraft Education... just in time for Computer Science Week! Learn more about getting started with your students at aka.ms/HourofAI.

This #Thanksgiving, I'm grateful for fresh starts and the trust that comes with them. Launching @phygitalllabs.com this year has been incredible thanks to this community. To everyone who reached out, referred colleagues, or sent encouragement—thank you. Here's to building capacity together. #EduSky

#PhygitalLearning alert! Stop spending your evenings and weekends creating individualized materials one by one! Join us to discover Canva Bulk Create – the time-saving feature that transforms hours of repetitive design work into minutes of automated efficiency.

Spotted at #NYSCATE: a “vintage” Phygital Labs shirt circa 2019! Shout out to Mark Henkels for representing with brand attire at the conference today. What a fun surprise!

We were pleased to be invited to support Microsoft Education with 8 sessions on AI for education at this week’s #NYSCATE conference for educators and IT staff in Syracuse, New York. What a great way to wrap up the month! #Copilot #AIEdu #MicrosoftEdu

From the pages of #AIOptimism - another reminder that innovation is a mindset, not a tech tool! Learn more about this framework and how it can help shift us from focus on tools to focus on pedagogy. Grab a copy, invite me to a book study, or ask me to speak. We can be AI Optimists together! #EduSky

Thank you, @mrssmoke.bsky.social, for the amazing endorsement of #AIOptimism! Learn more about the AI Optimism Framework and how to build your own vision for artificial intelligence in education through my core principles. Check it out: bit.ly/AIOptimism.

What a privilege to spend a day with NBCTs from around Arizona discussing #AIOptimism and how to implement artificial intelligence in their classrooms, focusing on praxis, privacy, and prompting. It was an absolute joy to teach, support, laugh, and learn together. #EduSky

We had a wonderful time attending the Microsoft Education Reimagine Learning partner summit last week. As a Global Training Partner, we are committed to helping K-12 and higher education staff build skills to use AI safely and effectively- and their students. #MicrosoftEdu #AI #k12 #HED

What a night! Energetic networking, fresh seafood, gorgeous venue, and amazing community. The #Seattle edition of Canva Connect was a vibe! We're always glad to see our creator friends, and look forward to supporting more businesses and universities with #Canva training.

Phygital Labs was pleased to partner with Microsoft Education in sponsoring the University of Texas at Austin's AI in a Day event yesterday. Working with innovative schools and systems to provide engaging learning experiences is exactly what we are here to do! #PhygitalLearning #AI #MicrosoftEdu

Will we see you at #NYSCATE? We're excited to attend and present on behalf of #MicrosoftEdu next week in New York. Becky will be sharing Copilot as an AI assistant, specifically focused on educator and student use cases.

New podcast alert! Live from #ISTE2025 so it feels a little like a throwback but the content is still completely relevant. Join Georgia Terlaje, Matt Winters, and me as we talk #AIOptimism from the ISTE Playgrounds. istetheedge.buzzsprout.com/1983109/epis...

I am so excited to be sharing #AIOptimism with Arizona #NBCT teachers today!

Each time I share the personalities of AI and give the survey, these are the results. In general, this means that your department or work group likely brings a variety of perspectives. Listen, validate, and learn from one another. We can all be AI Optimists while honoring our lenses. #AIOptimism

One of the principles of the #AIOptimism Framework is prompting. For creating activities with Canva Code, I encourage educators to first imagine what they'd like to create, then write a descriptive prompt to match. In this example, I show 3 steps to write a great prompt and model my results. #EduSky

How am I just now seeing this? AI Literacy: A Framework to Understand, Evaluate, and Use Emerging Technology was published in June 2024. I really recommend the sections on Core Values, the Ethics Matrix, and the student use trajectory. A great resource! Link > files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED6...

Checking in at the hotel here in Austin, the staff member confirmed my email for the receipt without saying the whole thing aloud for the entire lobby to hear. I complimented her and she said “just protecting your privacy.” Nicely done! #DigCit

I set my Lyft account to automatically round up and donate to my local YMCA. Today it is costing me ONE PENNY. But can you imagine what would happen if everyone on Lyft did this?! If you think it takes a village, be a villager. 👏🏽

With 15 flights in the next 6 weeks, winter weather, and government chaos, I finally installed the Flighty app. I’ve seen it highly recommended by so many other travelers and I am already impressed with the notifications! #travel

I'm setting a personal goal to finally set aside time to explore Affinity before the end of the year. I'm familiar with Adobe Photoshop (a fun fact: I taught digital photography as an elective!) and use Lightroom daily. It will be great to learn a new tool and see how the two compare. #EduSky

Are you registered? Sign up for this week's free webinar from #PhygitalLearning showcasing the all-new Hour of AI activities from #MinecraftEdu.

I'm honored to have been invited to keynote the "AI in a Day" event at the University of Texas at Austin this week. I'll be speaking about The Power of Partnerships in higher education to a combined audience of staff and faculty, as well as spreading some #AIOptimism along the way. #HED #AIEducation

When you’re a teacher so writing the months of the year out in order automatically starts with September.

Normally I’d be pointing people to webinars by @phygitallabs.com… but this recent one from Canva is worth sharing. This hits the #AIOptimism Framework in four of the six categories! #EduSky #EduSkyAI #Canva

I love being able to skip to a topic to review content from a recorded Teams call. Check out all those talking points from yesterday's #PhygitalLearning webinar! #Copilot #AI

New blog post is out! "Building Community "67" Ways - a reflection on building unity in our classrooms around joyful, inclusive, and potentially meaningless unifiers.

Oh my goodness, I am so excited to be sharing next week as part of the Brisk Innovators webinar series! Join me and @elisabostwick.bsky.social as we discuss the #AIOptimism Framework and how it can help schools make informed decisions about #AI. Sign up with the link! #EduSkyAI

Eeek! Can't wait for the @canva keynote tomorrow, and the #Seattle world tour stop next week. Anyone else going to the Seattle event?

I'm excited to be included as a panelist at the upcoming Seattle Games and Education Industry Collider! Come join us as we hear from Portal 2 lead designer Kim Swift and explore the expo hall to experience games together. @PhygitalLabs will have a table too! #EduSky #GBL

As #Windows10 sunsets, I thought it would be fun to resurrect a video from a series I did for education with my friend Brett... ah, the memories! #MicrosoftEdu youtu.be/ReXiqu-QEDI?...