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Valerie Thomas
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Wife | Mother | Educator | Instructional Technology Coach #EduSky #AIEdu | Photographer
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πŸ’‘ Struggling to craft effective prompts for AI tools? During my recent professional learning session, The Power of Precise Prompts, I unveiled a game-changing flowchart that takes the guesswork out of AI-assisted teaching.

Our teachers loved how simple and effective this resource is.
#EduSky #AIEdu
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Edutopia @edutopia.org Β· Jan 29
How does teacher @jenroberts.bsky.social persuade students not to use AI in academically dishonest ways?

β€œOnce my students know that I am knowledgeable, that AI is fallible, and that AI writing is easy to spot, the temptation to use it seems to drop a lot.” Here are her strategies. πŸ’»

#EduSkyAI
Proactively Limiting the Use of AI in the Classroom
By modeling AI, teachers can demonstrate to students the benefits and shortcomings of the technology.
buff.ly
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❓ Have you tried using Mirror Talk with your students?

πŸ—£οΈ Bozz from Boone shares how they have used it and why it worked well with their students.

βœ… If there is a tool that has worked really well for you, please share and tag us!

#itecia
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So much to see in Issue 23! #EduSky #EdTech

πŸ—‘οΈ Free online edu conference
πŸ“„ Cover images in Docs
πŸ“— The AI Assist
πŸš€ NASA yule log
πŸ§˜β€β™€οΈ 60-sec de-stresser
πŸ€– BrainPOP coding
βšͺ️ iPhone photo burst
πŸ“Ί Thumbnail techniques

https://learninginhand.com/issue23
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What will Sora mean for our news cycles and fake news? I went with a cute example first.
My prompt: A Shih Tzu playing catch with its owner.
Time to make : Thirty-three seconds.
Time to download : instant
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Yes. This experiment will work if you make it your own. Customize your experience, build new ones, make a social network that can be controlled by the people who use it an idea we do not go back on.
The deep goal of bluesky is to decentralize the social internet so that every individual controls their experience of it rather than having it be controlled by 5 random billionaires. Everyone thinks they signed up for a demuskified twitter...we actually signed an exciting and bizarre experiment.
How are you addressing critical thinking in the age of AI?

My colleague & I created this quick 15min PL for teachers on the need of shifting instruction to process over product. Students can use AI as a thought partner and teachers don't have to see it as the enemy.
#EduSky #AiEdu

bit.ly/3Vzi8U9
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Here's my attempt to get educators who were used to Twitter up to speed with Bluesky. #EduSky

πŸ’¬ Character and media limits
#️⃣ Edu hashtags
πŸ“ Customizable feeds
πŸ•‘ Realtime chats
🚫 Ads, bookmarking, scheduling
πŸ‘₯ Starter Packs
🧩 Sky Follower extension

learninginhand.com/blog/2024/11...
The Butterfly Effect: Bluesky Basics for Teachers β€” Learning in Hand with Tony Vincent
Curious about the buzz on Bluesky? Discover how this decentralized platform is bringing educators together with familiar features, fresh possibilities, and hashtags like #EduSky that are sparking vibr...
learninginhand.com
❗Union Friends: Someone in my #AI FB group built a 'ChatGPTeam' for organizational consulting. Define roles & interact like a team! See her demo of the AI team here✨: youtu.be/epfSQvLefxU?...
Organizational assessment session
YouTube video by Five Minute AI
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Glad to see someone exploring this space! My vision is to craft a podcast entirely in @notebooklm.bsky.social lm.bsky.social & clone my voice with @elevenlabsio.bsky.social evenlabsio.bsky.social to export a humanized podcast on Critical Thinking in the Age of AI that captures personality & emotion.
Thanks for asking! This flowchart was inspired in part by @wferriter.bsky.social Deconstructing an Essential Standard. I used five of his questions as a foundation. From there, I expanded & customized the prompts to create a comprehensive flowchart for leveraging AI.
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I am loving NotebookLM so much! Geesh, these "podcasts" it generates are mind-blowing! I just uploaded a 3-slide Google slide about some PD I've been tinkering with creating, and it generated THIS unbelievable 4:28-minute little podcast! Take a listen: drive.google.com/file/d/1rkl4... #edusky
I haven't tried NotebookLM yet, but you have just pushed it to the top of my to-try list. I just joined an AI fb group for entrepreneurs and the things I've learned in this group have blown my mind and people have mentioned NotebookLM a few times as well.
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Bluesky is a social site with familiar features and fresh possibilities for educators. #EduSky

The Butterfly Effect: Bluesky Basics for Teachers:
https://learninginhand.com/bluesky
πŸ’‘ Struggling to craft effective prompts for AI tools? During my recent professional learning session, The Power of Precise Prompts, I unveiled a game-changing flowchart that takes the guesswork out of AI-assisted teaching.

Our teachers loved how simple and effective this resource is.
#EduSky #AIEdu
πŸŽ„ This holiday season, I’m gifting my #EdTech network a 24-day Interactive AI Advent Calendar!

🎁 Each day, unwrap a new tip, prompt, or activity to explore creative ways to use AI in education. #EduSky #AIEdu

www.canva.com/design/DAGXc...
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Love this. Thanks for creating and sharing, @debbiecampbell.bsky.social.
Save time, connect to authentic uses of math, and add critical thinking! Use AI to make those things happen fast.
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AI in Education is here. Take a peek at this graphic from EdTech Insiders.
#ai #education #edtech #teachers #k12
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New to Bluesky? Check out my post on "Bluesky Starter Tips for Educators" including connecting with the EduSky community, following people, using Starter Packs, joining EduChats, adding custom feeds, refollowing Twitter friends, and more!
www.controlaltachieve.com/2024/11/blue...

#EduSky #EdTech
Bluesky Starter Tips for Educators
Social media always seems to be changing. Many tools have come and gone (I still remember with fondness my Google+ account) but many more ...
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