“What educators, parents and policy officials really needed was high quality data and evidence to help guide them. What they have had to deal with instead is some substandard research.”

Nature has retracted the meta-analysis that purported to show massive student learning gains from ChatGPT. That study came out on May 6 last year, and a mere two weeks later I explicitly identified it as hot garbage. Just sayin’. buildcognitiveresonance.substack.com/p/something-...

Guest host @simplyrain.bsky.social asks @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social about "DIY Librarianship" in Ep. 78 of the #SLLNPodcast! Get it on your favorite podcatcher (search SLLN), or here: sllnpodcast.libsyn.com/078-diy-libr... #TLSky #SchoolLibrary #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians #TLSkyChat

A must-read essay by Will Ellis exploring the cognitive implications of erasing friction. Friction provides the space for judgment. It creates opportunities for silence & for inspiration. It allows for the intervention of consent & the exercise of agency. So kinda important? @noupside.bsky.social

Check out the artwork for #FreedomToRead Week #BannedBooks Week October 4-10, 2026. The theme is “Let Books Be. Protect the Freedom to Read.” #TLSky #EduSky Three illustrations show how libraries & access to information enrich lives. #kidlit #mglit #yalit Check it out www.oif.ala.org/banned-books...

“…even as they utilize these tools, vast swaths of young people are deeply acrimonious and even resentful of the AI-centric future that many feel is being forced on them.”

The great @lemanskyrachel.bsky.social does SO much to benefit students. Give this a read & share!

“Take a moment to think before you dive in. That’s the best advice for Google Photos users, as the company confirms its latest update can scan all your photos to “use actual images of you and your loved ones” in AI image generation.” www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...

What if professional reading actually led to real change in your practice? The AASL Page to Practice Book Club is a space to connect, reflect, and grow—together. Weekly prompts Flexible participation Supportive community https://bit.ly/48OAuH4

Er, why is there even a 'SXSW London'? Do we need another culture-slathered overdose of tech-washing? This kind of glammed up accelerationism has had its day, and we're inhabiting its sorry aftermath. Enough already 🤮☣️

𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗞𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗰𝗸𝘆 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱! Thank you to our students for reading & voting. TY to KASL & the KBA committees for all of their hard work. AND congratulations to the authors & illustrators who created these works of art and shared them with all of us! www.kasl.us/kba/kba-winn...

Beware the ai grifters... Ai is not the answer for everything. Read all the terms or lack of. Trust in your own knowledge and skills #tlsky #tlchat #schoollibrary #librarians

Remember when Apple forced a U2 Album on us all…& how violent the reaction was to it? Well, now tech companies do that to us daily…& not only on our Apple devices but on Everything, Everywhere, All At Once. And AI companies & their evangelists wonder why the public reaction is so negative!

🤔 How can we help grandparents build news literacy & set strong examples for their grandchildren? 👆🏾 A great question from a reader featured in the April edition of Scroll Smarter! We dive into bridging generational divides, the impact of AI slop on kids' videos feeds + bonus reads ⤵️

“Memphis is now being asked to believe that becoming a hub for artificial intelligence will secure its economic future. But economic development that does not center environmental protection, public health, and equitable access to opportunity is not development. It is extraction.”

Consideration... sign.moveon.org/petitions/bl...

“Cease normalising AI hype (…) The technologies do not have the advertised capacities & their adoption puts students and academics at risk of violating ethical, legal, scholarly, and scientific standards of reliability, sustainability, & safety.” openletter.earth/open-letter-... cc @olivia.science

Alexa Dumas @alexadoom.bsky.social shares how she Teaches teachers about the "POWer of Graphic Novels" in ep. 75 of the #SLLNPodcast! Get it on your favorite podcatcher (search SLLN), or here: sllnpodcast.libsyn.com/075-the-powe... #TLSky #SchoolLibrary #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians #TLSkyChat

“…legal pressure is now colliding directly with OpenAI’s legislative strategy: the company is backing an Illinois bill that would shield AI labs from liability even in cases involving mass deaths or catastrophic financial harm.”

I've updated the Against AI and Its Environmental Harms Library with a new section for data center toolkits created for community organizations and collective education and action. Visit the library - and add your resources - at: pad.riseup.net/p/Against_AI...

The AI bubble is extremely weird, the way we talk about AI is weird, the way the media lies about AI is weird, and all of it is dangerously bizarre. When this all blows up, we’ll need to ask difficult questions about why nobody called bullshit sooner. www.wheresyoured.at/ai-is-really-weird/

if you offload your thinking to a machine, you get worse at thinking without the machine

Scientists having a hard time kicking that habit called 'eugenics'

The proposed legislation would be the first of its kind passed in the country, but there are similar bills popping up everywhere this year.

Share: A dozen picturebooks that can touch the hearts and minds of young people (and their educators and parents): "Picturebooks to Build Empathy for the Experiences of Immigrant and Refugee Children." #TLSky #EduSky #kidlit @worldsofwords.bsky.social WOW Dozen page: wowlit.org/blog/wow-doz...

Today is National School Librarian Day. THANK YOU, school librarians & school library workers. We celebrate you. For so many library kids, the school library is the only place they have access to books. It is where they learn to believe that stories are for them. Thank you for your library joy 💛📚🥹🤟🏽

School librarians are vital Support them Fund them Thank them #NationalSchoolLibrarianDay

Happy National School Librarian Day! I've had many different roles during my 30+ years as an educator, but I can definitely say that being a librarian is the very best one, even with the current challenging circumstances. #SchoolLibrary #TLSky #EduSky

Top 10 Reasons Every School Needs a Librarian: #9: Information and Media Literacy Skills School Librarians help students develop information and media literacy skills critical for analyzing content for credibility and accuracy, especially in today's world. #TLSky #SchoolLibrarians #TLChat

I just made the call - will you? One of the most effective ways to influence this debate is by calling your elected officials directly. Your voice matters, and together we can help protect the freedom to read. share.nwmd.social/s/5OxjQNR1 #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians #TLChat

Shoutout to GLMA member Sarah Sansbury for being featured on the Can’t Shelve This podcast! 🎧📚 In Episode 2.7, “If We Build It, They Will Read,” Sarah joins hosts Janette Derucki and Leah Gregory, along with special guest Pernille Ripp — 1/2 ⬇️

Keep pushing, everyone in academia and beyond... This was only out in September and things have already changed and this is becoming a mainstream view. Keep moving the needle. Keep being strong. Taking breaks. Resting. Crying. Coming back. We can do it. ☺️

On a related point, see: youtu.be/T7Lc6QNxolQ?...

How LLMs Distort Our Written Language “LLMs [AI] not only alter the voice and tone of human writing, but also consistently alter the intended meaning”

𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵! School libraries and the certified teacher librarians who make them vibrant places of learning are worth all the celebrating! Fun way to celebrate your own work (or a friend's) Use this template and share it. There are prizes!! www.kasl.us/advocacy/sch...

Happy School Library Month! 🎉 Was working on this Adobe Express template for @kasl.us and decided to make one without the branding. If you are, were, or want to be.. a school librarian, thank you for everything you do! (added Canva & Slides) readwhatyouwant.com/april #TLsky #SchoolLibrary

I thought this was an April 1 joke... nope. It's right there in the terms... "Copilot is for entertainment purposes only. It can make mistakes, and it may not work as intended. Don’t rely on Copilot for important advice. Use Copilot at your own risk." www.microsoft.com/en-us/micros... #tlsky

Pay close attention to this. Just the beginning... #librarians #library #TLsky #edusky

Today’s the last day to vote in the ALA Elections | Thanks so much for your consideration!

www.microsoft.com/en-us/micros... is it good to build an entire economy and software infrastructure on this

Happy almost April. School Library Month! 🎉 Was working on this Adobe Express template for @kasl.us and decided to make one without the branding. If you are, were, or want to be.. a school librarian, thank you for everything you do! readwhatyouwant.com/april #TLsky #SchoolLibrary #SchoolLibrarian

"Chats with sycophantic AI make you less kind to others" www.nature.com/articles/d41... So we spent years encouraging students to engage in SEL, and now we're bringing in tools that directly undercut that (in addition to undercutting cognition). #AiIsTheProblem #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians

"ChatGPT acts as a “cognitive crutch” that weakens memory, research suggests" "[AI] can speed up initial learning, but might actually weaken the deep mental processing required to store knowledge over the long term." www.psypost.org/chatgpt-acts... #AiIsTheProblem #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians

Positive post alert. Won’t be on the news, but my oldest taught his first grade buddy to tie his shoes. 💙

Short but important post on Reddit: "When AI looks grounded but isn’t: another NotebookLM evaluation" www.reddit.com/r/edtech/com... /1 #AiIsTheProblemNotTheSolution #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians

This week, @monishablair.bsky.social & Deborah Sran share their “Travelling Museum of Service” in ep. 73 of the #SLLNPodcast! Get it on your favorite podcatcher (search SLLN), or here: sllnpodcast.libsyn.com/073-lewis-le... #TLSky #SchoolLibrary #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians #TLSkyChat

If you see this post a concert photo you took

Working on digitizing some older journals from @joinkla.bsky.social. Fascinating looking through this conference program. #TLsky #KentuckyLibraries

What is effective communication? How do we know we did it? @aaslala.bsky.social #TLSky #EduSky #communication ticklingtech.com/2026/03/28/s...

The Miller Test and "government speech" doctrine have become tools used by book banners to manipulate the law and steal your rights: bookriot.com/manipulating...