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@doriec.bsky.social

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Currently teaching: elementary Spanish, k-6 world lang methods, and qual research methods PhD in Applied Linguistics & Discourse Studies. Interested in how Spanish language education can perpetuate racism against Spanish speakers. Pronouns: any 🇵🇷 🏳️‍🌈

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Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · Sep 24

All school lunches should be free. And it’s a complete societal failure that they’re not.

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Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · 1d

#langchat 😂

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

this marc jacobs suit looks like a spanish textbook

The cover of a Spanish textbook. The colors are purple, red, teal, black, and brown. Two people are talking to each other on the cover. The book is titled "En español!"

Zendaya in a Marc Jacobs double-breasted suit. The colors are purple, red, teal, black, and brown.

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Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · 5d

Your friendly reminder going into the weekend.

two still frames from the show The Good Place. In the first frame Janet is talking to Chidi and says “fun fact: Columbus is in the Bad Place”. The second frame Janet continues, saying “because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide.”

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Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · 3d

My 11 year old agrees 😂

Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · 3d

The key to befriending crows. Feed them a breakfast that’s better than what you make for yourself:

A plate of food for the crows that includes scrambled egg, dog treats, salmon skin, birdseed, dog kibble and peanuts in the shell

Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · 3d

Weekly recap of befriending the crows: they’re starting to trust me and are letting me get closer

Two crows eating nuts and seeds off of a stump with fall foliage in the background

A silhouette of a crow perched on a branch with an overcast sky

A crow perched on a bare branch with its beak slightly open

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Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · 3d

🦭 🦭

Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · 3d

It honestly might be a better plan to get kids to study languages than all our other advocacy efforts combined

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Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · 3d

The poor kid has been learning both Spanish and Russian in hopes of getting two seals! 😅

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Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · 3d

I bet more kids would work to earn it if it were

Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · 3d

Mom, you never told me it’s just a stamp! I thought it was gonna be a real seal!!! 🦭

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Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · 3d

Language teacher friends, I’m dead. My very own son thought that if he earns the “Seal of Biliteracy” they print a little tiny image of a seal on his diploma

A seal popping its head out of the water with a satisfied smile

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Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · 4d

Genuine question: for those enthusiastically pushing AI tools into every part of our education system—what checks/guardrails are there around algorithmic biases like this?

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 4d

The administration “is currently pressuring OpenAI and other AI companies to make their models more conservative-friendly.”

OpenAI is trying to clamp down on ‘bias’ in ChatGPT

GPT-5 is better at resisting liberal ‘pressure,’ the company says.

www.theverge.com

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Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · 5d

Your friendly reminder going into the weekend.

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Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · 8d

The past few days have been a bummer, but this little one is still making me smile

Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · 9d

I love the way Dr. Uju Anya frames her social media presence as public scholarship.

The insights you have shared on social media are valuable and have helped influence countless teachers