Brood parasitism is not a perfect metaphor, by any means, for AI, for the offloading of ed-tech development onto teachers and students, for the vampiric practices of VCs ... but it's the bird I went with to head this week's news round-up... 2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/brood-parasi...

“Why focus on how to improve when the verdict has already been delivered?” 📫 High school senior, Subhiksha Sreeram, describes the way grades cut off real learning. Her essay A Letter to Letters is the first of three winners in our Growth, Not Grades contest. growbeyondgrades.org/blog/a-lette...

Cultivating Learning Sanctuaries w/ Mays Imad: Explore neuroscience, theory & practices of trauma-informed teaching to build classrooms of resilience & care. 📅Aug28| 3–4:15pm GMT 🔗Register: bit.ly/MYFest25regi... Fee waiver: [email protected] #LearningSanctuaries #TraumaInformedTeaching #HigherEd

The Dream That Creates With Me: Reclaiming Creativity & Imagination w/ Angela Gunder: Explore creative AI literacies through stories, reflection & a co-written manifesto. 📅Aug 18 | 3 PM GMT 🔗Register: bit.ly/MYFest25regi... Fee waiver: [email protected] #AILiteracies #Imagination #Pedagogy

Knowledge Justice in Digital Spaces: Navigating Algorithmic Bias w/ @danid.bsky.social & Lea Sansom: Explore how bias shapes online voices & strategies for amplifying diversity. 📅Aug13| 3:30–5pm GMT 🔗Register: bit.ly/MYFest25regi... Fee waiver: [email protected] #AlgorithmicBias #KnowledgeJustice

Poetic Practices for Living Creatively w/ @miazamoraphd.bsky.social & Kefah Ayesh: Explore mindfulness & practices that spark creativity, leading to shared open resources. 🗓Aug11| 4–5pm GMT 🔗Register: bit.ly/MYFest25regi... 💸Fee waiver: [email protected] #Mindfulness #Poetry #Creativity #MYFest25

The Stories We Teach By: Shifting the Pedagogy of the Distressed w/ Rebekah J. Bennetch: Reflect on pressures in higher ed & imagine teaching rooted in authenticity & care. 🗓Aug11| 3–4pm GMT 🔗Register: bit.ly/MYFest25regi... 💸 Fee waiver: [email protected] #MYFest25 #Pedagogy #HigherEd #Academia

Learning From Students' Stories Using Narrative and Voice-Centred Approaches w/ Kathy Chandler: Explore what student stories reveal, conceal & ask of us as educators. 🗓Thu, Aug7 | 2–3pm GMT 🔗Register: bit.ly/MYFest25regi... 💸Fee waiver: [email protected] #NarrativeInquiry #StudentStories #Pedagogy

Body Mapping to Reflect on Wellbeing Join Kathy Chandler for a quiet, creative session using body mapping to reflect on wellbeing in education. 🗓Wed, Aug 6 | 5–6pm GMT 🔗Register for MYFest25: bit.ly/MYFest25regi... 💸 Fee waiver: Email [email protected] #MYFest25 #BodyMapping #Wellbeing #Education

How Teaching Philosophies Inform (and Explain?) AI Adoption Join Maya Bialik & Peter Nilsson to explore how our philosophies shape AI adoption in education. 📅Wed, Aug 6 | 4–5pm GMT 🔗Register: bit.ly/MYFest25regi... 💸 Fee waiver: [email protected] #MYFest25 #AIinEducation #Teaching #HigherEd

“Hospicing Modernity” book club w/ Theresa Destrebecq: Join a reflective book club session on harm, responsibility & transformation. 📅Wed, Aug 6 | 2–3:30pm GMT 🔗Register for MYFest25: bit.ly/MYFest25regi... 💸 Fee waiver: [email protected] #MYFest25 #HospicingModernity #BookClub

Educating & Empowering GenZ w/Laila ElSerty& Rania Jabr: What motivates Gen Z learners, and how should we teach them? Join this session on mindset, AI, integrity & passion in language learning. 📅Aug 5 | 1pm GMT 🔗Register: bit.ly/MYFest25regi... Fee waiver: [email protected] #GenZ #LanguageLearning

“The Human Nature of Writing” w/ @miazamoraphd.bsky.social & Kefah Ayesh: what makes writing human? Join us for a poetry-based session on expression, connection & creative value. 📅Mon, Aug 4 | 4–5pm GMT 🔗Register: bit.ly/MYFest25regi... 💸 Fee waiver: [email protected] #HumanWriting #PoetryAndAI

A Peak into Classrooms that Heal and Inspire w/ Oumaima Elghazali: Explore mental health strategies you can use in any classroom. Expect reflection, practice & care. 📅Aug4| 2–3pm GMT 🔗 Register: bit.ly/MYFest25regi... 💸 Fee waiver: [email protected] #MYFest25 #MentalHealth #Healing #HigherEd

With Uncertainty w/ @davecormier.bsky.social & @sokate.bsky.social : How do we work well in an uncertain world? Join this session on navigating uncertainty in teaching, care & collaboration. 📅Aug 4 | 12–1pm GMT 🔗Register: bit.ly/MYFest25regi... Fee waiver: [email protected] #Uncertainty #pedagogy

Bridging Polarization: Join Katherine Yngve for Part II: share what worked, what didn’t & how we keep showing up across difference 📅Thu, Jul 31 | 3–4pm GMT 🔗 Register for MYFest25: bit.ly/MYFest25regi... 💸 Fee waiver: Email [email protected] #MYFest25 #BridgingPolarization #Dialogue #HigherEd

Rethinking DEI w/ Jamiella Brooks: What happens when the words we lean on (diversity, equity, inclusion) start to blur? Explore how to stay intentional in equity work. 📅Thu, Jul 31 | 1–2:15pm GMT 🔗 Register for MYFest25: bit.ly/MYFest25regi... 💸 Fee waiver: [email protected] #MYFest25 #DEI #Equity

Join Delphine Dall'Agata to reflect on slow learning, inclusion & intention in digital spaces. Explore metaphors & practices that center care & connection. 📅Wed, Jul30 | 2–3pm GMT 🔗Register for MYFest25: bit.ly/MYFest25regi... 💸Fee waiver: [email protected] #MYFest25 #SlowLearning #InclusiveDesign

Join Daniela Gachago & Shanali Govender to rethink learning design through radical flexibility & participatory parity. 📅 Today | 5–6pm GMT 🔗 Register for MYFest25: bit.ly/MYFest25regi... 💸 Fee waiver: email [email protected] #PostGraduateEducation #SocialJustice #PostgradAccess

Preservation as resistance w/ @unabridgedopinions.com & Chris Millson: how power shapes what’s remembered & erased. Explore digital practices rooted in care& community. 📅Today| 2–3pm GMT 🔗Register: bit.ly/MYFest25regi... 💸 Fee waiver:[email protected] #PreservationAsResistance #Education #HigherEd

@hypervisible.bsky.social we can't wait!!!! #MYFest25

Join Chris Gilliard to discuss themes from his upcoming book Luxury Surveillance. Explore how AI-driven tech blurs lines between control & convenience. 📅Tue, July 29 | 🕔 5–6pm Cairo | 2–3pm GMT 🔗Register for MYFest25: bit.ly/MYFest25regi... Fee Waiver: [email protected] #Surveillance #AI #HigherEd

Hospicing and Outgrowing Modernity Vanessa & Giovanna de Oliveira Andreotti explore meta-relationality, AI & world endings. 📅July 29 | 🕗 8–10pm Cairo | 5–7pm GMT 🔗Register for MYFest25: bit.ly/MYFest25regi... 💸 Fee waiver available 📩 Email: [email protected] #MYFest25 #AI #Relationality #HigherEd

AI Feedback in a Human-Centered Writing Process: The Peer and AI Review + Reflection (PAIRR) Approach – @annamillsoer.bsky.social & Julie Gamberg Explore free tools for blending AI and peer feedback. 📅July24 🕒3:00 PM GMT Register: bit.ly/MYFest25regi... 💸Fee waiver: [email protected] #AI #HigherEd

Let’s Prompt Together: Educators Sharing and Refining AI Prompts @annamillsoer.bsky.social facilitates a session on AI prompt design in education, featuring different prompting strategies. 📅Today, 🕒3PM GMT 🔗Register for MYFest25: bit.ly/MYFest25regi... 💸Fee waiver: [email protected] #HigherEd #AI

Come play and write with Rob Wittig and me in Commedia dell' Netprov, part of the 2025 MYFest. If you register, you'll have acess to the rest of the summer's sessions! myfest.equityunbound.org/events/joy-i... Meanwhile Netprov Studio #netprov

Joy in Comic Play: Commedia dell' Netprov with @markcmarino.bsky.social & Rob Wittig. This session invites you to co-create comic scenes through farce & improvisation. 📅 Mon, July 21 🕒 3:00–5:00pm GMT 🔗 Register: bit.ly/MYFest25regi... 📩 Fee waiver: [email protected] #writing #Netprov #HigherEd

Join @miazamoraphd.bsky.social for “Linking Wellness and Justice”—an interactive space to explore care, healing, and resistance. 📅 Mon, July 21 | 2–3pm GMT 🔗Register for MYFest25: bit.ly/MYFest25regi... 💸 Fee waiver | [email protected] #MYFest25 #Wellbeing #Justice #CriticalPedagogy

🛠️📖A Practical Guide to Accessibility & UDL with @danid.bsky.social & @yasser-tamer.bsky.social Explore how learning can be designed for access from the start. 📅July 17 | 🕓 4–6pm GMT 🔗 Register for MYFest25: bit.ly/MYFest25regi... 💸 Fee waiver: email [email protected] #HigherEd #UDL #accessibility

🤖🧠 The Battle for Alt: Bots vs Brains Who writes better alt text—humans or AI? Join Mark Marino & @yasser-tamer.bsky.social for a fun, thoughtful face-off. 📅 July 16 | 🕗 8pm Cairo | 5pm GMT 🔗 Register for MYFest25: bit.ly/MYFest25regi... #MYFest25 #AltText #accessibility #AIandAccess #HigherEd

Bridging Polarization Part I: What Works & What Doesn’t with Katherine Yngve Join us in a practical session for anyone navigating difficult conversations. 📅Wednesday, July 16 3:00PM GMT Register for MYFest25: bit.ly/MYFest25regi... 💸fee waiver available: email [email protected] #Dialogue #HigherEd

Join Shyam Sharma for ✍️Researchers Writing With(out) AI 📅Tuesday, July 15 4:00 PM GMT Academic writing isn’t just about reporting knowledge—it makes knowledge. 🔗Register for MYFest25 : bit.ly/MYFest25regi... 💸Fee waiver available 📩email [email protected] #HigherEd#AcademicWriting #AIInEducation

Join Soha El Zalabany for “Redesigning Education for Real Inclusion: Leadership that Listens” 🗓️July8| 🕐1– 2PM GMT Reflect on inclusive, values-driven leadership in higher ed. 📝Register for MYFest25: bit.ly/MYFest25regi... ✉️Fee waiver? Email [email protected] #HigherEd #DisabilityInclusion #Access

🎙️Join Mariah Fairley & Heba Fathelbab for “Keeping It Real: Centering Creativity, Voice & Choice in AI-Enhanced Learning” 🗓️Mon, July7| 5 PM GMT/ 8 PM Cairo 🔗Register for MYFest: bit.ly/MYFest25regi... ✉️Need a fee waiver? Email: [email protected] #MYFest25 #AIinEducation #StudentVoice #Teaching #AI

🎙️Join @virnarossi.bsky.social in a panel + reflection on rethinking tasks, briefs, and feedback to make assessment more meaningful. 🗓️Monday, July 7 1:00–2:00 PM GMT 📝Register for MYFest25: bit.ly/MYFest25regi... Fee Waiver: email us on [email protected] #HigherEd #Teaching #Assessment #MYFEST25

Join us for “Teaching AI Ethics: Environment and Sustainability” 🗓️Monday, July7 10–11AM GMT 🎙️With @LeonFurze.com Explore the environmental impacts of AI. 📝Register for MYFest to attend: bit.ly/MYFest25regi... 💬Need a fee waiver? Email: [email protected] #AIinEducation #HigherEd #MYFest25 #AIEthics

🤝Join Raghda El Essawi to explore AI in peer teaching—plus a hands-on Arabic activity. 🗓️Thu, July 3 🕟 4:30–5:15 PM GMT Register for MYFest25: bit.ly/MYFest25regi... Fee waiver: please email [email protected] #PeerTeaching #AIinEducation #StudentAgency #Arabic #HigherEd

🧶Join Dalal Aboelseoud to explore translanguaging, tech tools, and the blend of formal and everyday Arabic. 🗓️Thu, July 3 🕞 3:30–4:15 PM GMT Register for MYFest25: bit.ly/MYFest25regi... Fee waiver: please email [email protected] #Language#TeachingArabic#Translanguaging #HigherEd #MYFest25

🎙️Remix lyrics in "Lyrics Remix studio" Join Irene Maweu, Alan Levine & Heather Kretschmer to co-create multilingual song lyrics in a playful, studio-style session. 🗓️Wed July 2 🕓4:00–5:00 PM GMT Register for MYFest25: bit.ly/MYFest25regi... Fee waiver: Email [email protected] #Music#lyrics#HigherEd

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🔍Join @danid.bsky.social‬& @yasser-tamer.bsky.social for “Intro to Access, Accessibility, & Disability Justice” 🗓️ Wed, July 2 🕔 5:00–6:30 PM GMT Register for MYFest25: bit.ly/MYFest25regi... 💌Fee waiver: email [email protected] #MYFest2025 #DisabilityJustice #accessibility #HigherEd

🚨Reimagining student-staff collaboration in the contemporary university Join Tim Herrick & Mengzi Li to reimagine the foundation of a just university. 🗓️ Wed, July 2 🕑 2:00–3:30 PM GMT 📌 Register for MYFest25: bit.ly/MYFest25regi... 💌 Fee waiver: [email protected] #MYFest25 #HigherEd #SocialJustice

🌱Sizing Up AI’s Environmental Footprint with Tai Munro & Jon Ippolito 🕒 Today at 3 PM GMT Beyond denial or doom—explore AI’s energy, water & justice impact. Reflect, calculate, draft use guidelines. Register for MYFest: bit.ly/MYFest25regi... 💌 Fee waiver: [email protected] #TechJustice #AIEcology

Play Go Somewhere: A Card Game of AI Metaphors, Meaning & Movement | Wed Jun 25, 4:00 PM GMT with @bonni208.bsky.social & Naomi Kasa What we call AI matters: mirror, map, tool? Language shapes action. Register for MYFest: bit.ly/MYFest25regi... Fee waiver? [email protected] #AI #Values #AIMetaphor

🌍Transnational Identity & Collaborative Autoethnography with Mariah Fairley& Heba Fathelbab| today Jun24, 4:30 GMT Explore how your lived experiences across borders shape who you are. 🔗 Register for MYFest: bit.ly/MYFest25regi... 💌 Fee waiver? [email protected] #MYFest25 #Identity #Autoethnography

Play Go Somewhere: A Card Game of AI Metaphors, Meaning & Movement | Wed Jun 25, 4:00 PM GMT with @bonni208.bsky.social & Naomi Kasa What we call AI matters: mirror, map, tool? Language shapes action. Register for MYFest: bit.ly/MYFest25regi... Fee waiver? [email protected] #AI #Values #AIMetaphor

📣Join us for AI-Powered Arabic: Opportunities, Obstacles, and Innovations today at 3:00 PM GMT to explore how AI supports Arabic learning, content-based courses & student reflection. 🧠📚💬 🔗 Register for MYFest: bit.ly/MYFest25regi... 💌Fee waiver: [email protected] #MYFest25 #AIInEducation #ArabicEd

Looking for suggestions as I plan for my next semester of synchronous online classes! (Please do not say “blue books” because this is a totally online class.) #EduSky #BlackEduSky #HigherEdSky #teaching #AI futurism.com/ai-destroyin...

Join us for #MYFest25 for 3 months of community, care & co-created learning! 📅 June, July and August 2025 ✨ Themes: Imagination, critical AI, social justice, wellbeing 🔗 Register: bit.ly/register-myf... AUC & Kean register: bit.ly/register-myfest25-free #OpenEd #CriticalPedagogy #AI #ciritalAI

Join us for #MYFest25 for 3 months of community, care & co-created learning! 📅 June, July and August 2025 ✨ Themes: Imagination, critical AI, social justice, wellbeing 🔗 Register: bit.ly/register-myf... AUC & Kean register: bit.ly/register-myfest25-free #OpenEd #CriticalPedagogy #AI #ciritalAI