Diana Laufenberg
@dlaufenberg.bsky.social
Farm kid, long time teacher, exec dir of inquiryschools.org - often found frolicking in nature with the pup, Brin
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Diana Laufenberg
@dlaufenberg.bsky.social
· Nov 11
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Longtime classroom teacher in WI, KS, AZ and PA. Now leading Inquiry Schools as we work to start up and redesign learning environments that are inquiry based, project driven.
I spend most of my free time outside with my pup Brin in rural Wisco.
Longtime classroom teacher in WI, KS, AZ and PA. Now leading Inquiry Schools as we work to start up and redesign learning environments that are inquiry based, project driven.
I spend most of my free time outside with my pup Brin in rural Wisco.
In her final question, KBJ tells the story of Constance Baker Motley and of the work of people like Judge Motley to inspire. blackhistory.news.columbia.edu/people/const... #sschat #ncss2025
Constance Baker Motley | Columbia Celebrates Black History and Culture
blackhistory.news.columbia.edu
December 6, 2025 at 6:52 PM
In her final question, KBJ tells the story of Constance Baker Motley and of the work of people like Judge Motley to inspire. blackhistory.news.columbia.edu/people/const... #sschat #ncss2025
KBJ referenced this Toni Morrison quote in reference to a @drtinaellsworth.bsky.social question about a Harvard classmate prominently displaying a Confederate flag near her apartment. #ncss2025 #sschat
December 6, 2025 at 6:33 PM
KBJ referenced this Toni Morrison quote in reference to a @drtinaellsworth.bsky.social question about a Harvard classmate prominently displaying a Confederate flag near her apartment. #ncss2025 #sschat
Thrilled to be in the audience to hear from KBJ in conversation with @drtinaellsworth.bsky.social #ncss2025 #sschat
December 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Thrilled to be in the audience to hear from KBJ in conversation with @drtinaellsworth.bsky.social #ncss2025 #sschat
Dorking out with the LoC on Sanborn Maps - Didn't ever put together that such small towns would have maps. Here is the nearest incorporated town, to my home. Merrillan, WI - circa 1904 www.loc.gov/resource/g41... #NCSS2025 #sschat
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Merrillan, Jackson County, Wisconsin.
Jun 1904. 1 sheet(s).
www.loc.gov
December 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Dorking out with the LoC on Sanborn Maps - Didn't ever put together that such small towns would have maps. Here is the nearest incorporated town, to my home. Merrillan, WI - circa 1904 www.loc.gov/resource/g41... #NCSS2025 #sschat
The stories being shared by Social Studies methods professors to incorporate inquiry, primary sources and joy into the lives of their pre-service teachers is a delight to hear. Many references to the power of the sources, the discussion, the curiosity. More of this! #NCSS2025 #LOC #TPS #sschat
December 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Lee Ann Potter, Director of Prof Learning & Outreach Initiatives at Library of Congress - reminded us all of how wild this day was in DC - in 1865 - as the 39th Congress convened. I dipped into Chronicling America to see how it was covered - www.loc.gov/resource/sn8... #sschat #NCSS2025
Image 1 of New-York daily tribune (New-York [N.Y.]), December 5, 1865
New-York [N.Y.]
www.loc.gov
December 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Lee Ann Potter, Director of Prof Learning & Outreach Initiatives at Library of Congress - reminded us all of how wild this day was in DC - in 1865 - as the 39th Congress convened. I dipped into Chronicling America to see how it was covered - www.loc.gov/resource/sn8... #sschat #NCSS2025
Being reminded of some important primary source sets that have been developed by the LOC. www.loc.gov/classroom-ma... and www.loc.gov/classroom-ma... #sschat #NCSS2025
Mass Persuasion Campaigns | Classroom Materials at the Library of Congress | Library of Congress
Background At many moments in U.S. history, organizations have sought to win the hearts and minds of the public, and guide their actions, through intentional, sustained mass persuasion campaigns. Such...
www.loc.gov
December 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Being reminded of some important primary source sets that have been developed by the LOC. www.loc.gov/classroom-ma... and www.loc.gov/classroom-ma... #sschat #NCSS2025
Reposted by Diana Laufenberg
Just did this for all my email accounts. Blerg.
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Just did this for all my email accounts. Blerg.
Reposted by Diana Laufenberg
Monday!
My next pay-what-you-can workshop is open for registration! It's on 11/17 and (fittingly for the week before Thanksgiving) we'll be talking about transitions in school: class to class, school to break and back to school, and more!
www.tickettailor.com/events/uncon...
www.tickettailor.com/events/uncon...
November 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Monday!
Simple. Direct. Clear.
Data visualization by the people, for the people
Brother Warnock lays it plain.
November 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Simple. Direct. Clear.
I feel as though I would be remiss of me to not make sure you had seen this - @thejosevilson.com from The Pudding. pudding.cool/2025/07/stre...
NYC’s Urban Textscape
Analyzing All of the Words Found on NYC Streets
pudding.cool
October 17, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I feel as though I would be remiss of me to not make sure you had seen this - @thejosevilson.com from The Pudding. pudding.cool/2025/07/stre...
I spent a summer in China teaching 'American teaching methods' which were often defined by the underpinnings of democracy - I was always curious about that choice. This - this makes more sense to me - www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/w...
Russia’s Ban on I.B. Schools Deepens Its Rupture With the West
www.nytimes.com
September 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I spent a summer in China teaching 'American teaching methods' which were often defined by the underpinnings of democracy - I was always curious about that choice. This - this makes more sense to me - www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/w...
I'm not sure it gets more real world than this... oof. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICHn...
Lithuanian schoolchildren taught to fly drones in order to strengthen defense capabilities
YouTube video by FRANCE 24 English
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September 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I'm not sure it gets more real world than this... oof. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICHn...
"art historian ShiPu Wang felicitously characterizes as “imagery of the Other by the Other”: a counter archive of American Indian representation produced by an eccentric, educated Japanese immigrant, whose motives for relocating to Okanogan remain undetermined." #sschat
Glen Mimura on the groundbreaking work of Frank S. Matsura: “ Unlike his more prestigious white male counterparts, Matsura did not impose any particular interpretive frame onto his subjects...”
How Photographer Frank S. Matsura Challenged White America’s Hegemonic View of the West
This story is well-worn local lore, yet still little known beyond the territories of present-day north-central Washington State. But the story bears significance well beyond the remoteness and seem…
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September 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
"art historian ShiPu Wang felicitously characterizes as “imagery of the Other by the Other”: a counter archive of American Indian representation produced by an eccentric, educated Japanese immigrant, whose motives for relocating to Okanogan remain undetermined." #sschat
This is just some of the most thoughtful, reflective and grounded writing about the challenge inherent in the art and practice of teaching today. Thank you for taking the time to write for us, @mrneibauer.bsky.social. #edusky
To be the best teacher I can, I look for ways to restore balance in my classroom, teach in ways that protest the restrictions I face, and protect my students’ humanity. #TeacherSky #EduSky #SubstackSky
open.substack.com/pub/adrianne...
open.substack.com/pub/adrianne...
The Redress of Teaching
What Teaching is Supposed to Do
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September 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This is just some of the most thoughtful, reflective and grounded writing about the challenge inherent in the art and practice of teaching today. Thank you for taking the time to write for us, @mrneibauer.bsky.social. #edusky
I could totally see this working at SLAMS with Humanities/Tech/Engineering mash up - looking at the historic West Philly neighborhood. @timothymboyle.bsky.social
The Big Map is up in the Kent Free Library! This is a project highlighting the history of our South End, a neighborhood of immigrants, Black southern migrants, and railroad workers. communitygeography.kent.edu/index.php/20...
September 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I could totally see this working at SLAMS with Humanities/Tech/Engineering mash up - looking at the historic West Philly neighborhood. @timothymboyle.bsky.social
No one else is available! That means it's time for the D- farmer... Roughly 40 years ago I put a tractor in the ditch (I was 10). I've never really lived that down. Always amuses me when my Dad lets me be helpful. It's a sign that he's asked everyone else first. #Dminusfarmer
September 1, 2025 at 11:48 PM
No one else is available! That means it's time for the D- farmer... Roughly 40 years ago I put a tractor in the ditch (I was 10). I've never really lived that down. Always amuses me when my Dad lets me be helpful. It's a sign that he's asked everyone else first. #Dminusfarmer
It's tragedies like this that should haunt this nation. Especially in an era where the top 'legal' figures are ignoring procedure and process left, right and center. www.propublica.org/article/loui...
An Unconstitutional “Jim Crow Jury” Sent Him to Prison for Life. A New Law Aims to Keep Him There.
Five years ago, the Supreme Court decided that nonunanimous jury verdicts are unconstitutional. But for this Louisiana prisoner — and hundreds of others — “tough on crime” state leaders have ensured t...
www.propublica.org
August 31, 2025 at 3:27 PM
It's tragedies like this that should haunt this nation. Especially in an era where the top 'legal' figures are ignoring procedure and process left, right and center. www.propublica.org/article/loui...
Justin is asking a really interesting question here - one that many have been asking a version of for a very long time. My take... How do we use learning to learn as the ultimate tool for an unknown future? #edusky
August 27, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Justin is asking a really interesting question here - one that many have been asking a version of for a very long time. My take... How do we use learning to learn as the ultimate tool for an unknown future? #edusky
It was one of the very first things I did with my first class of SLA students ... I was unprepared for the raw honesty. Proud and heartbroken sums it up well.
The great @dlaufenberg.bsky.social mentioned an assignment she did: she asked students to bring in and present on an image that depicted what America means to them and I did it.
I’ve never been more proud and heartbroken in my entire career.
The children are not alright and they shouldn’t be.
I’ve never been more proud and heartbroken in my entire career.
The children are not alright and they shouldn’t be.
August 21, 2025 at 1:33 AM
It was one of the very first things I did with my first class of SLA students ... I was unprepared for the raw honesty. Proud and heartbroken sums it up well.
For those of you diving into middle school this year - this from @puddingviz.bsky.social - pudding.cool/2025/02/midd... - things to think about. If you are admin and have new staff, this might be something to have them scroll through. #edusky
The Middle Ages
Follow hundreds of kids as they navigate their treacherous middle school years.
pudding.cool
August 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
For those of you diving into middle school this year - this from @puddingviz.bsky.social - pudding.cool/2025/02/midd... - things to think about. If you are admin and have new staff, this might be something to have them scroll through. #edusky