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Stevie P @hmsp70.bsky.social · 4h

#EduSky #edtech #ai #blueskyai A good read/podcast/website - a very good resource!
Students Need to Explore the Nature of AI
By John Spencer October 14, 2025
spencereducation.com/nature-of-ai/

Students Need to Explore the Nature of AI

In 2014, Microsoft launched a hugely successful AI bot named Xiaoice in China. With over forty million conversations, users often described feeling as though they were interacting with a real human. M...

spencereducation.com

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Matt Miller @ditchthattextbook.com · 6h

📣 Announcing: The Ditch Summit speaker lineup!

It's our 10th year for this free online conference for teachers.

Dates: Dec. 15, 2025, to Jan. 11, 2026.

FREE PD certificates, too!

Register for free: DitchSummit.com

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Stevie P @hmsp70.bsky.social · 1d

#EduSky #edu #ai #edtech #blueskyai Always informative✔️
This year's findings center on students' authentic voices—their attitudes, aspirations, and concerns about how AI is shaping their educational experiences and their futures. Register even if you can't attend👇
www.tomorrow.org/speak-up-con...

Stevie P @hmsp70.bsky.social · Jul 15

#edu #ai #edtech #bluesjkyai
"In addition to just knowing about AI, students need to practice using AI to think deeper, create better, and solve problems more efficiently than they could on their own".
ascd.org/blogs/profil...

Profile of an AI-Ready Graduate

Schools need to focus on AI life skills in teaching and learning.

ascd.org

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Stevie P @hmsp70.bsky.social · Jul 14

#edtech #accessibility #disability #AI ✔️Creatability👇
Exploring how creative tools can be made more accessible for everyone. 👉Creatability is a set of experiments made in collaboration with creators and allies in the accessibility community.
experiments.withgoogle.com/collection/c...

Creatability - Experiments with Google

Since 2009, coders have created thousands of amazing experiments using Chrome, Android, AI, WebVR, AR and more. We're showcasing projects here, along with helpful tools and resources, to inspire other...

experiments.withgoogle.com

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Teaching_teaching @teachingteaching.bsky.social · Jun 27

This is definitely something to talk about. Many kids that have access to AI and even just Google struggle to put in the right things to get a good answer. How you ask a question is super important and has drastic effects on the result you get. We need to teach prompting if we continue to use it

Helen Sikavitsa @elenischool.bsky.social · Jun 27

As AI continues to reshape education, students must develop the skills necessary to engage with it in meaningful ways www.facultyfocus.com/articles/tea... #AI #Teaching #Learning #CriticalThinkingSkills #DigitalLiteracy #HigherEd #EduMatters with @viktsam.bsky.social 🎓@vickyloras.bsky.social 👩‍🏫

Helping Students Develop AI Prompting Skills for Critical Thinking

Learn how AI prompting can foster critical thinking in students. Discover strategies for teaching prompt engineering, evaluating AI-generated content, and integrating AI ethically into coursework.

www.facultyfocus.com

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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · Jun 23

#MondayMotivation
#MondayThoughts
writingforwellbeing.co.uk

A child
A book
A read
A chat.
This is the way
the mind grows.
Not with a test
but a tale.

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Stevie P @hmsp70.bsky.social · Jun 21

#ai #blueskyai #edtech 4 Ways To Keep Kids at the Steering Wheel When I Comes To AI
www.cybercivics.com/single-post/...

4 Ways to Keep Kids at the Steering Wheel When It Comes to AI

Ensuring that the next generation of humans stays central to the creation of content online will make the internet better for all of us in the long run.

www.cybercivics.com

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Black Women In Artificial Intelligence @blackwomeninai.com · Jun 3

I don't want a seat at the table... NVIDIA GTC 2025 #GTC #NVIDIA #BWIAI Black Women In Artificial Intelligence #AI

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Stevie P @hmsp70.bsky.social · Jun 13

#ai #eduskyai #edtech Some interesting thoughts
The Real Way to Stop Cheating in an AI World
ascd.org/blogs/the-re...

The Real Way to Stop Cheating in an AI World

As AI use in schools grows, educators may need to reassess their presumptions on what causes cheating and how it can be addressed.

ascd.org

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Stevie P @hmsp70.bsky.social · Jun 13

#ai #eduskyai #edtech
Gemini provides integrated AI tools for educators
www.smartbrief.com/original/gem...

Gemini offers free learning and research tools for educators - SmartBrief

Gemini offers free AI tools for educators, writes Michael Gaskell, who tests out the tools in real-life scenarios.

www.smartbrief.com

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Stevie P @hmsp70.bsky.social · May 12

#ai #blueskyai #edutech Door A, B or C? Using AI for Interactive Choose Your Own Adventure Stories,(AI, in case you run out of ideas😊)
www.controlaltachieve.com/2025/04/ai-c...

Door A, B or C? Using AI for Interactive Choose Your Own Adventure Stories

When I was a kid growing up in the 80’s I loved to read " Choose Your Own Adventure " books. They were fun, and a little scary, and you died...

www.controlaltachieve.com

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Stevie P @hmsp70.bsky.social · May 6

#edtech Some interesting resources open.substack.com/pub/drkmatts...

Teach DigCit ... Differently

Digital citizenship education has always been important to me, but I'm usually out there challenging folks to think just a little differently about the topic.

open.substack.com

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Stevie P @hmsp70.bsky.social · May 6

#ai #blueskyai #edtech #math Explore how to leverage the power of generative AI to enhance, not replace, the cognitive lift and meaningful learning in K-12 math classrooms
www.aiforeducation.io/integrating-...

Integrating AI for Deeper Math Learning — AI for Education

Discover how to harness the power of AI to enhance, not replace, the cognitive lift and meaningful learning in math classrooms. We'll explore practical strategies for using generative AI to support pr...

www.aiforeducation.io

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Stevie P @hmsp70.bsky.social · Apr 27

#blueskyai #edtech Thinking of using #AI to lesson plan?
Check this out by @ditchthattextbook.com Very useful
ditchthattextbook.com/learning-gen...

10 factors to consider when lesson planning with AI

Lesson planning can be a chore.But unit planning? That can be an even bigger headache, with so many standards to integrate, big-picture goals to achieve,

ditchthattextbook.com

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Stevie P @hmsp70.bsky.social · Apr 24

#ai #blueskyai #tech #nerds Talk about the AI Singularity
ai.gopubby.com/the-ai-singu...

The AI Singularity Is Already Here — Just Not in the Way You Think

Keep your programming skills sharp — you’re going to need them.

ai.gopubby.com

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Kat Paz 🐾 @kmetzpaz.bsky.social · Apr 22

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Stevie P @hmsp70.bsky.social · Apr 22

#ai #Blueskyai #earthday Using AI For Good Earth Day 2025
How Science Is Using AI to Translate the Nonstop Chatter of the Earth
www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/04...

www.nationalacademies.org

Stevie P @hmsp70.bsky.social · Apr 19

#ai #eduskyai #edtech #teachers Be Curious, Not Judgmental..
Once again, some good advice

Edutopia @edutopia.org · Apr 19

Some students will continue to claim the work is their own, insisting they did not use AI at all.

For Roberts’s advice on how to handle that scenario and others, read the full article here: edut.to/4jipwfY

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When Students Use AI in Ways They Shouldn’t

Here are some ways teachers can respond when students don’t follow classroom guidelines for using AI.

edut.to

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Stevie P @hmsp70.bsky.social · Apr 19

#edtech #edu #moms Free Webinar
Tuesday, April 22, 2025 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT
Children are accessing and using technology more than ever. It’s hard enough to parent a teenager with tech, but what about a young child?
home.edweb.net/webinar/prek...

Technology for Littles: Internet Safety Essentials for Young Children - edWeb

Join this edWebinar to learn about the effects of technology on young children as well as healthy digital habits and routines.

home.edweb.net

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Stevie P @hmsp70.bsky.social · Apr 17

#ai #blueskyai #edu AI has rapidly evolved from a futuristic concept to an integral part of education #edtechhttps://home.edweb.net/webinar/tutoring20250423/

The State of AI in Education: A Journey from Resistance to Transformation - edWeb

Explore how schools and districts are navigating the four stages of AI adoption—Resistance, Concern, Adoption, and Embed—and what that journey looks like in practice.

home.edweb.net

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Stevie P @hmsp70.bsky.social · Apr 17

#ai #blueskyai #edu #edtech #research
Findings from the American School District Panel
www.rand.org/pubs/researc...

More Districts Are Training Teachers on Artificial Intelligence

As of fall 2024, roughly half of U.S. school districts reported that they provided training to their teachers about generative AI–powered tools, such as ChatGPT. That's twice as many districts that re...

www.rand.org

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Stevie P @hmsp70.bsky.social · Apr 17

#ai #blueskyai #edu #edtech
Voices of Gen Z: How American Youth View and Use Artificial Intelligence
www.gallup.com/analytics/65...

Walton Family Foundation-Gallup Gen Z Research Hub

Explore Gen Z's perceptions of their lives, school and their outlook for the future.

www.gallup.com

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Stevie P @hmsp70.bsky.social · Apr 16

#edu #edtech #community #moms
news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/g...

Google Hit With Lawsuit Over Data Collection on School Kids (1)

Google LLC is unlawfully using its products—ubiquitous in K-12 education—to secretly gather information about school age children, substituting the consent of the school for that of parents, a propose...

news.bloomberglaw.com

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Stevie P @hmsp70.bsky.social · Apr 10

#ai #blueskyai #blacksky Series: The First AI Social Network,
finding professional connections using AI, founded by 2 Yale students, Nathaneo Johnson and Sean Hargrow. The platform aims to create networks based on meaningful relationships.. 👇Just checking this out...
www.forbes.com/sites/davidp...

How Two Yale Juniors Just Raised $3.1 Million For Their Social Network

Series is an AI-powered social network that aims to help members to make mutually valuable connections rather than to just rack up followers

www.forbes.com

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