Love this article @mraleosays.bsky.social! It's not just the English teacher's job to choose (if they're lucky) and present the book, but to show students what it looks like to be in a really cool, thoughtful, smart, fun, critical, and joyful relationship with it.

Kids give the weirdest compliments. After helping a 9th grade student work on his essay today, he looked at me earnestly and said, "Mr. Connell, you smell like the flower section at Safeway."

Great and thoughtful discussion about teaching writing in the challenging age of AI.

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Rictavius is writing about how neighborhood violence impacts children's sense of safety. He was on a roll, and I love that he wanted to keep going even after the bell rang.

YAWP! student Xavier (9th) developed a thesis today: "Religious indoctrination of young people that justifies harmful ideologies such as racism, sexism, and discrimination can limit independent thought and development into adulthood and perpetuate hateful beliefs in society."

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just gonna keep licking toads until i find the one that makes me see god

Nikola friggin' Jokic, man. A 66-footer to give him a 22-21-15 triple double at the end of the third quarter. Sure. Why not.

I'm a little worried by how truly elated I feel when a Skyrizi commercial comes on

It looks like AI images are becoming widely accepted as part of the landscape so I guess I'll just barf until I die.

Hey Admin: No matter what EdTech tells you, reading full novels in middle/high school is the easiest, cheapest solution to problems of student achievement. Be courageous, launch a quality reading program. #EduSky

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN!!!! I loved this movie. I only wish that, ala Lord of the Rings, they'd gone ahead and shot two sequels at the same time covering the subsequent 10 years! #bobdylan

nothing separates quality teachers from the bad like a good old fashioned internet outage #EduSky #iteachenglish

When students first see their work published, I think they feel like they're being lifted up, visible in a new and positive way. #EduSky #iteachenglish #YAWP

Book Launch Day for these published student writers from Birmingham City Schools! [Mychael gets interviewed; A'Mera feeling proud; students sign the Superintendent's copy of SCREENED; group shot] #EduSky #iteachenglish #YAWP

👏 @marcusluther.bsky.social #EduSky #iteachenglish

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One year in my 10th grade English class I included "Like a Rolling Stone" as an example of rhyme scheme maybe(?) and the students liked it so much that it turned into an entire unit on Bob Dylan that lasted over 3 weeks, so don't ever accuse me of not doing my American duty #EduSky #bobdylan

"So if someone in your organization is hollering that you need to pull in this AI large language model Right Now, keep asking that question--What problem will it help solve?" #EduSky

How to teach Animal Farm like a diabolical genius #EduSky #iteachenglish #GeorgeOrwell

The first time I ever taught Romeo and Juliet, a mentor teacher gave me this advice: "One of your main jobs is to simply show them what it looks like to love Shakespeare." You can plug any subject into this premise to increase student interest/engagement/joy. #EduSky #iteachenglish

Staring at the rain while eating a giant bag of Sun Chips

Y'all should check out The Signed First Editions Club over at @thankyoubooks. Great gift for yourself and any reader in your life. Each month they mail you a newly published book signed by the author with a thoughtful letter by the bookseller who chose it. Ships anywhere! 🙌 📚📚 #iteachenglish

I've watched so much Law & Order that I genuinely feel overqualified for all jobs.

I was AP at this one school and I really did my best to do all the good things that we talk about, but at some point I realized the only thing the teachers got genuinely excited about was donuts so I was like OK I guess I'm the f***in' donut guy now 🤪 🍩 😭 #EduSky #thisschoolrunsondunkin

chipotle commercials : b'ham 20th st. chipotle :: the shire : mines of moria

From the mouths of babes: "The school system's emphasis on testing has resulted in objective approaches to education and has removed the imagination and creativity vital to child development from the learning process." - Jamarcus, YAWP! student in Birmingham, Alabama #EduSky #iteachenglish

Shout out to teachers who cheer on their students at games, plays, performances, and after school events and who know that this is the best form of classroom management #EduSky #iteachenglish

Next time you're around someone you despise, imagine they're a big, delicious cheesesteak and tell me that doesn't help

Great to actually hear from students, and not just rely on assumptions about how (or if) they’re using AI #artificialintelligence #aieducation #aiedu #aiined #aiinedu futurecampus.com.au/2024/12/03/a...

people who watch videos on their phone — no headphones, full volume — should be turned into dortios

This makes me feel more alive than the air I breathe #bobdylan

The way that sipping my coffee loudly drowns out the sound of a student asking me if we're doing anything today is like a small vacation #EduSky #iteachenglish #coffee

I love every student essay we publish, but this excerpt from "Guardian Angels" by Courtlynn (7th grade) gives me chills in a Faulkner kinda way #EduSky #iteachenglish #iteachwriting #YAWP

At the end of the YAWP! Writing Program, our students become published writers. In this book, students wrote critical essays in response to the prompt "What do you care about? What matters to you?" #EduSky #iteachenglish #iteachwriting #writingedu

22 days ‘til the Dylan movie is wrapped in swaddling cloth at an AMC near you #bobdylan #acompleteunknown

The way AI is being pushed on educators is enough to make me suspicious alone. I don't trust techbros & corporations that try to aggressively dictate what goes on in classrooms. I trust teachers. It's that simple. #EduSky

The modern age overwhelms me into thinking that kids need to be taught everything everywhere all at once, but then I have these moments when I realize that they just need to understand the one thing today, which makes us all feel better and more capable. #EduSky #iteachenglish

Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Dylan fans #bobdylan

In case someone challenges you to a rap-battle at your Thanksgiving, here are some words that rhyme with "turkey" : perky mirky lurky quirky Captain Kirky back to worky Berkley beef jerky #thanksgiving #poetry #iteachenglish

"[Jim Henson] knew that television shows do not bring peace to the world, but he was not so cynical as to say we can't think about it. There was a kind of idealism there that could seem naïve and childlike, but that didn't mean that it couldn't come true." —Jerry Juhl

I would step into the octagon and just give em the ol’ soft shoe routine

Thanksgiving with the in-laws, aka The Day When All Things are Revealed About Why Your Spouse is the Way They Are #thanksgiving #grateful

AI tutor fully schooled in content and pedagogy but prompted to deliver all instruction in the style of Sam Kinison #AIEduSky #aieducation

I dare anyone to ask "are you ok, do you need a hug?" at the end of the faculty meeting when admin says "any questions?" #EduSky #iteachenglish

our experiment with giving kids access to all the knowledge in the world has proved that they need good teachers to actually learn, so let's stop getting conned by any edtech that removes T's from the process #EduSky #AiEdu

This whole thread is 🤌 #publishing #bros #exploitation