Friends! I wanted to make sure you saw that @writinglit.bsky.social is having a #Literacies Chat Homecoming on 10/28 at 7PM ET. I hope you can come! *Black tie optional @dontworryteach.bsky.social @remikalir.bsky.social @srtoliver.bsky.social @anterobot.bsky.social @sarahlw.bsky.social

Leaving on a jet…bus? At least there will be good in-flight snacks!

Gonna miss that satisfying feeling you get when you check in to a Southwest flight exactly 24 hours in advance and see that glorious A group appear next to your name.

When you turn to your latest read, Murderland - a non-fiction tale of the rise of serial killers in Pacific Northwest in the 1960s - to avoid doomscrolling, you know things are grim. (It is well-written and fascinating, to be fair.)

learningpolicyinstitute.org/blog/states-... From the Learning Policy Institute, showing the impact of the administration's reckless decision to withhold billions of critical education dollars. Vermont and DC are set to see over 20% of their federal school funding yanked. Over 10% in every state.

Terrible trash news day at the end of a hard week in a string of terrible trash news…days, weeks - months - losing count. Took a few minutes to pause, breathe, and move my body a little. Small wins.

Here's the joint statement re: Mahmoud v Taylor from the authors and illustrators of the LGBTQ+ picture books involved. I appreciate you reading and sharing this. It was the decision we expected, but are devastated to read nonetheless. pen.org/press-releas...

Now’s our chance to let them know how we feel (right to their faces!) Go to regulations.gov Search ED-2025-OS-0020 Click “Comment” and make your voice heard!

Good morning, y'all! I am thrilled to share the 4th @civicsoftech.bsky.social online conference and our keynote speakers @audreywatters.bsky.social and @hypervisible.bsky.social. This year's theme is especially urgent: communal resistance to artificial systems. Read more about the free event at:

One good thing: these cheerful tulips from a local farm!

Oh hey! The last time I was on here was almost exactly a year ago. Welcome back, I guess? Good to see you again!

this Valentine's Day, revisit DLINQ's first Demystifying AI activity to check out the poems (and reflections) that folks wrote using various AI tools. Learn more about prompt engineering & contribute your own poem and reflection! dlinq.middcreate.net/detox-2024/a...

I had a wonderful experience collaborating w/ DJN Instructional Design Working Group colleagues on this new article for The Journal of Applied Instructional Design. It was a pleasure & a privilege to have the time & space for this intentional thinking & reflection. edtechbooks.org/jaid_13_1/co...

A wonderful reflection on the first DLINQ Digital Detox activity activity centered around using generative AI to write a poem. Anne-Marie's characterization of ChatGPT's writing style made me giggle - "Whilst holding on to the rhyming couplets for grim death"

One of my fav things about January is the start of winter term at Midd. This year I'm co-teaching w/ @amycollier.bsky.social a class called Questioning Technology, where we critically approach the ways in which we shape, & are shaped, by digital technologies. So timely! Will share key texts below.

If you're looking for a low-stakes & hands-on way to engage with learning about generative AI, consider signing up for DLINQ's Digital Detox! The Detox will go live on Jan. 3, with new activities every week through mid-February. Register: signup.e2ma.net/signup/19618...

Sign up now for the 2024 DLINQ digital detox on gen AI! Instead of writing articles like in past years, we'll be guiding you through activities that help you explore & understand the tools. Try the activities, (critically) reflect on them, & share what you learned. signup.e2ma.net/signup/19618...

rolling into Monday like

Cognitive load refers to how much working memory or short-term memory someone is using at a time. Minimizing the cognitive load it takes to use your site makes it more accessible for people with cognitive disabilities. Limit what you're asking users to remember to use your site.

my reward for getting up very very early for a flight was to stand next to Donna from West Wing while waiting for our orders from H&H Bagel at JFK

good morning Burlington

losing track lately of how many times I've said "well ideally we'd xyz... but in reality, it's abc..."

Okay this is a) a hot nonsense nightmare of truly egregious proportions and b) exactly the kind of shit we warned you amazon and other were going to start doing, as soon as they had voice modeling tech. "Amazon will use real user conversations to train Alexa's AI model"

Hey, all. Julie Rehmeyer has made it easy to donate Blue Sky invite codes to folks in the disability community for whom Twitter was a crucial support. If you have extras you can drop them here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Interested in finding out more about the Instructional Design Working Group of the Design Justice Network? Join us this Friday, Sept. 29 at 10 am ET for our monthly open meeting! Check out the planned agenda, & register for Zoom link: docs.google.com/document/d/1... We hope to see you there!

A new episode of Gettin' Air: The Open Pedagogy Podcast is out now! @charleswlogan.bsky.social joins the show to chat about resistance and refusal of educational technologies, Luddite pedagogies, and how Audrey Watters is the GOAT. www.spreaker.com/user/voicedr...

Help me share? TY! Next up in the Education Now Lab speaker series: Can Cyborgs Teach Us: Speculative Pedagogies & the Sociopolitical Imagination w/ Dr. Arturo Cortez & Dr. José R. Lizzárraga on 10/4 at 7:30pm CT. Register to imagine possible futures through video game-play! tinyurl.com/EduNowLab

required workplace injury training is defining slips for me: a loss of friction between your foot and the floor. thanks, required workplace injury training. the more you know, etc.

Today, you can order four free COVID tests. Go here: www.covid.gov/tests Pass it on.

So here’s a funny story. My student loans were forgiven thanks to the limited PSLF waiver (life changing!). I had paid more than the qualifying number of payments, so they gave me money back (also amazing!). Here’s the funny part: I was sent two checks for an identical amount of money... 1/x

Came across Equity-Oriented Learning Design today, still thinking about it. The range of orientations to the practice of learning design resonated w/ me b/c they encapsulate the pxs & the conditions of doing equity-oriented LD today - the tensions & the hopes. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

so one thing I wonder about being here (instead of there), is whether this space will actually be more useful, since starting from scratch in a way = cutting out some of the noise that had crept into my feed in the other place. not all of it bad noise (tho some), but 1/2

I feel like this is a real "hello world" moment... hello, blue sky!