Small victory. (I'm in MN - rough time for everyone right now.) My MS students couldn't access Speaker Notes in Slides. Appears to be an issue this week. Work around: Tools > Dictate Speaker Notes (or Ctr Shift S) and you'll see the Speaker Notes option at the bottom of the screen. #GoogleEDU

AI Detection - If only it was easy. #EduSky #EdTech www.npr.org/2025/12/16/n...

Want to see resources and tips I'm sharing with my colleagues? Would love to hear suggestions for more! #edtech #GoogleEDU #EduSky padlet.com/spa/spa-inst...

Purdue just released their Engineering Gift Guide. What else would you add to the list? I'd add traditional Legos (not the fancy kits), a graph paper notebook with ruler and good mechanical pencils (and colored pencils), and a Microbit. engineering.purdue.edu/INSPIRE/Engi... #EduSky

Love this strategy - great for tracking all sorts of things!

I love using Padlet to share resources with our faculty. Here's what we're sharing recently: padlet.com/spa/spa-inst... #EduSky #Edtech #GoogleEDU

Apparently prompts written poetic verse can be used to bypass safety features in common LLMs. Does this mean that AI appreciates poetry or is confused by it? #EduSky newsletter.smartbrief.com/sharedSummar...

Educator friends - Here's how I'm sharing useful tips and resources with my faculty. Have something worth a share for other PK12 educators? (Note: The board is moderated, so all posts need to be approved before everyone can see them). Go ahead. #Edusky #EdTech padlet.com/spa/spa-inst...

Love the new Chrome Reading Mode feature that reads the content for you. Looks like it's just starting to push. I have Chrome Version 142.0.7444.52 (Official Build) (64-bit) on Windows. #GoogleEDU #EduSky youtu.be/lL-xWtmWFvQ?...

Google rolled out a new feature for Meet just in time for our fall conferences. #edtech #EduSky #GoogleEDU workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2025/10/ai-p...

🤖 How do we teach students to think critically & create responsibly in the age of AI? Join us, ISTE & ASCD for a 2-part webinar series on AI, media literacy & digital citizenship. Starts Oct 30 at 5pm ET! 🔗 Register: https://futureready.link/AI_Era_Web_Series #AIinEdu #EDUSky

Watching a segment of www.enemiesproject.org - where a pro life man and a pro choice woman have a sit down. Tough to watch, but seeing the human side of people whose ideas are so against what you believe in (at least initially), is powerful. Curious about how students would respond. #EduSky

Love slow-reveal graphs!

Check out Quick Reads - accessible methods and ideas for teaching CS in a K12 environment www.raspberrypi.org/teach/pedago... #Edusky #CSK8

Checking out and liking www.shufflebuddy.com for making seating charts. It allows you to have "keep together" and "keep apart", custom room arrangements, and tagging seats (like front or near teacher) and students for preferential seating. Also imports from CSV. #edtech #EduSky

My Monday morning read really reminds me of growing up in rural Wisconsin- stefanbauschard.substack.com/p/you-cant-b...

I debated writing this. It can feel tempting, upon encountering yet another instance of this administration’s racism, to let it be. How many ways can you say the same thing over and over again? And yet we have to write it down, if for nothing else, so those who come after us know we were against it.

First day back for most of my coworkers (most teachers, anyway). Met new folks Monday/Tuesday. So glad to have the gang back together, even if some really awesome folks have moved on! #EduSky

Prepping for work with faculty starting next week. My school uses Namecoach and a tool in our SIS with names/flashcards. I'm curious what other schools do to make sure students feel known from day 1. #EduSky www.kqed.org/mindshift/52...

As we prepare for the 2025-26 school year, some things to consider and keep perspective. Beloit used to do a list of things to know about incoming freshmen. Anyone have something similar for their students? #EduSky

Anyone using Google's Looker Studio lookerstudio.google.com with students? One of my mathematics teachers is looking at it as a tool for a data science course. If you've used it, resources/suggestions/starting points would be appreciated. #GoogleEDU #EduSky #Edtech

Check out this week's #TechTips411 with #edtech tools, apps, & ideas. www.techtips411.com/tips/tech-ti...

We've been using Flippity www.flippity.net for years at my school, and now I see this message. Any idea what's up? Alternatives? #GoogleEDU #edtech #EduSky

First day back at school for the 2025-26 school year (and my 20th at my school). I brought a pan of brownies - pretty much gone. Most of the folks here today are year-around, so a bribe for all of them to put up with me seemed like a good way to start.

Each month, just for fun, I create "reading challenges" that focus on authentic reasons for #reading (instead of having kids log page numbers, etc), AND that couple reading w/coloring b/c BOTH are proven stress relievers. Here's this month's offering! Enjoy!#TLSkyChat #TLSky #EduSky #Skybrarian

Has anyone made a feed for #NotAtISTE yet?

In preparation for some PD and classroom work around AI, I'm looking for specific numbers from authoritative sources around energy used in various AI applications. Suggestions for starting points? #EduSky #aiineducation

I spent last week at the SPA Equity Institute with a focus on Grading for Equity. The training was both powerful and practical, and I appreciated the time to discuss and better understand the range of equitable instructional and assessment strategies. #gradingforequity #EduSky

Heading to a Grading for Equity PD and saw this in my email: www.cultofpedagogy.com/edutips/edut... Great starting point to consider classroom practices. Sometimes we just need to shift perspective. #Edusky

Exploring AI with NotebookLM? Try this: Pull in all of the resources found here into a single NotebookLM notebook. Then I generated a podcast and started asking questions about what teachers of elem/mid/high school students should keep in mind. www.aap.org/en/patient-c... #EduSky #edtech

I did this course last week and passes certification. Unlike most courses provided by vendors, this was platform agnostic. If you're looking for a solid, free AI course for teachers, definitely worth checking out! #edtech #ISED #EDUSky

Morning reading. Key points aren't new, just worth sharing as reminders for folks doing curriculum work, esp in upper grades, over the summer. www.techlearning.com/news/i-asked... #EduSky #EdTech

Video you can watch and interact with is coming to Notebook LM but is already here with this free tool now. Worth a look. Odyssey - https://odyssey.world/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=Vicki%20Davis #edusky

I lean a lot on the work of Catherine D'Ignazio and Lauren F. Klein's "Data Feminism," which is a great book that is also freely accessible: direct.mit.edu/books/book/4...

Last week I was lasercutting fins for rockets (science 6). One of the teachers I helped (I did about 20 sets total) just sent me pics of how they look when attached. These were the 2nd iteration students built. Looking forward to the launches this week! #Glowforge #makered #EDUSky

Wouldn't diplomacy and global stewardship be a lot less expensive?

A US judge just ruled that AI chatbots don’t have free speech rights after a tragic case involving Character.AI. Big implications for tech & law! Watch the CBS News report for details: youtu.be/NgQyflR1Tmc #AI #TechLaw #bloop_mu #OnlineSafety #DigitalParenting

Spending two blocks in Math 7 lasering cardstock with 3D nets of candy boxes. See photo for process. @glowforge.bsky.social #edusky

Lasercut fins for rockets. They will be covered in duct tape when attached to 2 liter water rockets for launching. @glowforge.bsky.social makes it easy! Other designs were done in Tinkercad. Love giving kids choice. #Edusky

Day in the life of an #edtech teacher: - Testing styli on IWB with math teachers - Teach a section of CS6 (AI unit) - Meet w/student&parent for GIS project - Lasercut rocket parts in two sections of science - Meeting w/CSE dept chair - MS Assembly - AI Webinar What's your #edtech day like? #EduSky

Math doesn’t have to be a struggle—for students or teachers. This self-paced course shares UDL-based strategies to support all learners in math, PreK–12. Runs online July 1–Aug 1 Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/practical-...

Using a @glowforge.bsky.social laser cutter to run rocket designs (fins, nose cone bases) for Science 6. Some kids are choosing to design in #Tinkercad for SVGs and others hand-drawn. Love the flexibility and creative options! Wish we had time to #3dprint nosecones! #EDUsky #edtech #makered

Mind blown. Caution - If you're prone to anxiety with AI, don't watch. www.ted.com/talks/eric_s... Definitely cautions to consider.

I had a "bonus student" in my CS6 class today (prospective student shadowing for a day). I have to wonder what kids from other schools think of my class. Controlled chaos of kids, computers, cardboard, wire, foil & hot glue. Energetic but engaged, even on a Friday afternoon in May! #CSK8 #EDUsky

Consultation with Math 7 teacher - planning to lasercut 3D nets from cardstock next week (task: candy boxes for a specific volume). Showed her Tinkercad - love watching a colleague have their mind blown! #EDUsky #edtech

Working on my end of the year AI mini-unit for CS6. Love this article/video about how to differentiate between human and AI generated video - #CSK8 #EDUsky thekidshouldseethis.com/post/openai-...

Excited to be part of this work at my school. Our inaugural institute last summer was powerful for my teaching practice, and I look forward to an even better training in June! If you're interested and able to get to Minnesota in a few weeks, consider joining us! #EDUSky www.spa.edu/about/divers...

I "live" in a middle school on the same campus as our high school. Since teaching my AM CS6 class, I've had a 10th gr in my office for help with an ArcGIS data science project & a 9th gr who needed me to 3D print a design he made. I'm privileged to be able to stay part of their journey. #EDUsky

I'd love to connect w/K-12 folks using ESRI ArcGIS. Free (in the US at least) for K12, are immensely powerful & used widely across research, government, and business, so great for kids to learn. Student project - Plan To Reduce Urban Heat in Minneapolis arcg.is/1mvyHv2 #edtech #EDUsky

Oooooh! Has anyone played with polypad.amplify.com and lasercut the designs? Designs output to SVG and pull into Glowforge well. Thinking 3D nets, tangrams, polyominos, etc. Could be cool for student projects or classroom manipulatives. #CSK8 #Edtech #EDUsky