This, again and again.

Teachers using AI for feedback--it's another side of the AI ethics debate. But SHOULD WE? What does the research say? I dug into some studies and this is what I found. (tl;dr: human is better, but not by much) #edusky #iteachEnglish #Edtech medium.com/educreation/...

I feel this in my soul.

TONIGHT!! #EduSky #iTeachEnglish

Hi all. The school year is nigh. It's time to face AI dilemmas again. Should you integrate AI or ban it? I can't answer that for you. But here are thoughts I shared with our adjuncts about it. #iteachEnglish #edusky #edchat #HigherEdSky medium.com/educreation/...

I've spent several weeks researching the different journaling approaches writers use. Here's what I found out, and maybe one of them is one you'd like to try! #writing #authors #WritingCommunity #Writersky #WritingResources medium.com/never-stop-w...

A long and depressing piece, but the answers are all in there: high school and college writing are not going to be destroyed by AI unless teachers and professors let it or help. They will only be revived by structuring classes around process and paper.

Half-Drafts were the BIGGEST change I made last year while teaching writing. 1) They decreased anxiety 2) Improved my feedbk 3) Resulted in better quality of writing I wrote about my and my students' experiences here medium.com/educreation/... #iteachEnglish #EduSky #ISTE #ISTELIVE #iste25

Teachers don't need more tech. They need smaller classes and more (paid) time for prep and instruction. But alas, the tech option means more profit for billionaires, while the latter would cost billionaires more in taxes. And so, in our current kleptocracy, tech is what teachers are going to get...

Educator @rdene915.bsky.social shares a few ways teachers can use AI-enhanced tools *and* prepare to talk about the technology with students. 🖥️ #EduAI #EduSkyAI #EduSky

Last week, researchers released a fascinating study about AI 🖥️, writing ✏️, & the brain 🧠 The gist: Make students use their brains first--the learning will be longer lasting. I condensed it all here. #iteachEnglish #ELA #EduSky medium.com/p/abe4633ca4a8

Last week, researchers released a fascinating study about AI 🖥️, writing ✏️, & the brain 🧠 The gist: Make students use their brains first--the learning will be longer lasting. I condensed it all here. #iteachEnglish #ELA #EduSky medium.com/p/abe4633ca4a8

Check out my conversation with @marcusluther.bsky.social on @thebrokencopier.bsky.social podcast about #ArtfulAI in the #writing classroom. This is a fraught topic, but one that deserves our attention, and thinking things through with Marcus is always a joy 🙂

I've given up on my WIP. At least for now. Maybe you have, too, and you can relate. If you want to commiserate with me, you can read more about it here. #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writesky medium.com/@mpilakow_17...

Half-Drafts were the BIGGEST change I made last year while teaching writing. 1) They decreased anxiety 2) Improved my feedbk 3) Resulted in better quality of writing I wrote about my and my students' experiences here medium.com/educreation/... #iteachEnglish #EduSky #teachwriting

Yesterday: Cool! Two R&R requests! Yippee! Today: Ugh. I've got two things I've got to revise this weekend. #writingcommunity #WriterSky #wordsarehard #grateful

I'd also rather be evaluated by a colleague than an admin who has never taught writing a day in their life. Those who have taught writing know the nuances and can share ideas. (Just as I wouldn't want to evaluate a science lab. Because I don't know the nuances of teaching it.) #iteachenglish

I took a fun approach to thinking about my favorite May reads! medium.com/p/47b65c77e09c If this book were shoes: Waterproof Muck Boots If this book were a coffee beverage: Black, no sugar or cream The ending: Not the way I wanted, but satisfying and right. #booksky #amreading

Good read. I'm rather impressed that the 7th and 8th graders are as intellectual about AI as the results show. #edusky #AI

My top books this month, and their shoe counterparts. 📔Wild Dark Shore 📕The Bombshell 📗The Unmaking of June Farrow 📘Come and Get It 📙The Three Lives of Cate Kay #booksky #books #amreading #bookish medium.com/@mpilakow_17...

My top books this month, and their shoe counterparts. 📔Wild Dark Shore 📕The Bombshell 📗The Unmaking of June Farrow 📘Come and Get It 📙The Three Lives of Cate Kay #booksky #books #amreading #bookish medium.com/@mpilakow_17...

Attic Notebooks--A cool playful writing strategy by novelist Laini Taylor. (And you're not allowed to read the notebook until the end!) Off to buy a new notebook for my first attic notebook! #writersky #writingcommunity #writersofbluesky medium.com/@laini.taylo...

We also have to explicitly model what we mean by "reading." @liznorell.bsky.social makes this point in the article. I've been writing about this for years. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blog...

The other significant takeaway is that if we want to help students better read and write, we need smaller classes that allow for personal contact and closer student cohorts. These are communicative acts and we that requires working from a place of community.

Strongly support this! When I go to conferences, I almost always choose sessions led by teachers. They're the ones doing the work, not theorizing or ideating about it.

We are 2️⃣ weeks away from the first session of the #MoreThanWords virtual book club on June 3rd (5-6 p.m. EST)! Join 7️⃣3️⃣ folks exploring how to center authentic writing/thinking in the age of AI. Author @biblioracle.bsky.social will be joining us! Register for FREE: forms.gle/AMUKNQc5egaf...

"What students learn now will become the bedrock that forms any emerging social contract about how we function with generative technology." "We have to stop grieving about what we’ve lost and start taking action to preserve what we value most." Read more: marcwatkins.substack.com/p/the-storie...

I've never read a poem by Matt Mason that I didn't like. And today, "I Owe You a Poem" is the feature at Rattle.com. You won't be disappointed. rattle.com #writingcommunity #iteachEnglish

Appreciate this, Mickie. I've got to present to adjuncts in a couple of weeks, and this is a great resource I can use

This makes me so happy...a replacement for Tweet Deck!!

An important read about AI, our relationships with students, and our own ethical behaviors as educators. #edusky #iteachenglish

Love yourself, love the world enough to think and learn 2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/ai-slop-educ...

That feeling when you finish grades for the semester and you walk into the hallway, not sure what to do next. That's me.

Great tips here!! In my own conversations w/ students, my starter line is "Tell me about your process here." I've learned a lot about AI and student writing this year with that question. #ela #iteachEnglish

Edupeeps--found this damn good reading assignment with AI integration. I'm envious and inspired simultaneously. higherai.substack.com/p/goodbye-pa... #iteachEnglish #EduSky

Great book! Their NCTE presentation last fall was a gateway for me to using AI in composition classes #iteachEnglish

HOW I'M USING AI BOTS WITH MY WRITING CLASSES To give students more detailed feedback on a writing assignment than she could provide herself, Katie Durkin tried AI. She's happy with the results. #iteachEnglish #edusky #edtech #AiEDU @sharemylesson.bsky.social www.middleweb.com/52204/how-im...

Read. Read books. Reading books is resistance. Buy. Buy books. Buying books is resistance. Share. Share books. Sharing books is resistance. Celebrate Celebrate books. Celebrating books is resistance.

🤖 My latest @Edutopia.org article explores why AI writing detectors aren't the answer. As an ELA teacher, I share practical strategies for encouraging authentic student writing. 📝 www.edutopia.org/article/ai-d... #EduSky #EduSkyAI

I'm very excited to read this book next spring! #iTeachEnglish

Here you go, sorry it took me a few days to get it out. Just published. www.litandtech.com/2024/12/can-...

Sign up time for The Stafford Challenge. Write one poem every day. Yeah, yeah, I hear you. That's a lot. Every day?? But there are poems of 2 lines. 3 lines. We can do it fellow writers and ELA teachers (and non ELA teachers!) staffordchallenge.com #iteachEnglish #writing

Ss should be exploring AI ethics in a variety of contexts. To help, I’m offering this inquiry project as a FREE DOWNLOAD. It’s perfect for HS civics classrooms. “Can AI Improve the Criminal Justice System?” #sschat #AIEdu #TlSky #EduSky #iteachsocialstudies www.teachdigcit.com/product-page...

We need to keep talking about how weird it is for people to think they should have a say in reading choices for anyone's kids but their own. You're not in charge of what other people's children eat or wear or when they go to bed. Why on earth would you get to choose what they read?

✍️ The ultimate text evidence game-changer: Students co-create a quote bank BEFORE writing their essay. Watch engagement & analysis skills skyrocket! Here's how one simple Google Form does the magic ✨ Link: https://buff.ly/2Nilt4R #EduSky

At #NETA #NETA24, I learned about how to set up a helper AI for my writing students using School AI. Several of my students have been using it for immediate feedback and then making revisions. It doesn't eliminate my own or peer feedback, but another tool for their toolbox #iteachEnglish

I've used AI to produce examples of weak texts (to use for peer response practice, for example). But AI can't come close to the amazing mentor pieces out there with ingenuity and voice.

I've had good luck with this activity, and others have as well. Think-Pair-ChatGPT-Share. #edusky #eduai docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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