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Jess Torley (Wilson) [she/her] @shakespearenut.bsky.social · Sep 24

Presumably, whoever voted for this either has nothing to do with education and/or their children attend certain schools who have the minister in their pocket. They appear to mistake zeal for competence.

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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · Sep 19

I just put a long paper definitely 100 per cent written by a human into the first stupid AI detector on Google search and it said it was 97% AI. Absolutely ridiculous situation all of us are in.

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Peter Greene @palan57.bsky.social · Sep 4

The Big Standardized Test Is Still The Worst Thing In Education
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The Big Standardized Test Is Still The Worst Thing In Education

For forty-some years, an array of forces have tried to shape public education in damaging ways, and I have bitched about pretty much all of them in this space.

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David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · Jul 26

The Henley Passport Index (most powerful passport in the world measured by ease of access to other countries) has ranked the Uruwhenua Aotearoa passport in 2024 as rank 5 (UK was in 6), and in 2025 rank 5 (UK was in 6).
Changing the passport title is not about other countries, it's local racists.

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Jess Torley (Wilson) [she/her] @shakespearenut.bsky.social · Jul 19

Nice piece on the NZ Youth Choir's win. My nephew is in the choir, I'm so proud! thespinoff.co.nz/society/19-0... #NZYouthChoir

The New Zealand Youth Choir global award shows there’s soft power in more than just sports

Labour arts spokesperson Rachel Boyack reflects on her experiences touring with the choir over 20 years ago.

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Jon Jackson @iamjonjackson.bsky.social · Jul 18

Despite certain claims of LLMs being able to “reason” and “think” they are – and will always be – fundamentally different to humans, regardless of how much anthropomorphising language and functionality is deployed.

#AIinEducation #AIEdu #GenAI #LLMs

Higher order prompting: Applying Bloom’s revised taxonomy to the use of large language models in higher education

Full paper

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Jess Torley (Wilson) [she/her] @shakespearenut.bsky.social · Jul 8

My notes from Day 2 of the #EdRisingNZ conference in Auckland. Today's key themes were Rethinking Assessment and Leading for Transformational Change. There was also a great panel of students who shared their views. ocjty.edublogs.org/2025/07/08/e... #Education #FutureEducation #FutureSchools

EdRising Conference – Day 2 – Albany Snr HS, Auckland – 8 July 2025 – JTY @ Ōtaki College

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Jess Torley (Wilson) [she/her] @shakespearenut.bsky.social · Jul 7

My last catch-up post - Day 3 of the NZATE conference last week, with the amazing #StephMatuku - author of Migration, Falling into Rarohenga, and more. There was also a great workshop on confessional poets 'From Sylvie to Swifty.' ocjty.edublogs.org/2025/07/06/n... #NZATE #English #EnglishTeaching

NZATE Conference Day 3 – AUT, Auckland – 4 July 2025 – JTY @ Ōtaki College

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Jess Torley (Wilson) [she/her] @shakespearenut.bsky.social · Jul 7

Catching up on posts: I never did post my blog notes from Day 2 of the NZ Association fo Teachers of English Conference last week. Day 2 featured NZ writer #MichaelBennett and Australian author #MarkusZusak and more. ocjty.edublogs.org/2025/07/04/n... #English #EnglishTeaching #NZATE

NZATE Conference – Day 2 – AUT, Auckland – 3 July 2025 – JTY @ Ōtaki College

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Jess Torley (Wilson) [she/her] @shakespearenut.bsky.social · Jul 7

My notes from Day 1 of the #EdRisingNZ Conference in Auckland. Day 1 covers leading for equity and agency, community-led transformation of education, and digital futures. ocjty.edublogs.org/2025/07/08/e... #FutureEducation #FutureSchools #Education

EdRising: New Dawn in Education – Conference Day 1 – Albany Snr HS, Auckland – 7 July 2025 – JTY @ Ōtaki College

ocjty.edublogs.org

Jess Torley (Wilson) [she/her] @shakespearenut.bsky.social · Jul 2

Day 1 of the NZATE conference in Auckland. Storytelling through music and traditional Māori instruments - Dr Ruth Solly; bilingual literature teaching - Cheng Xu, at Auckland Dio. ocjty.edublogs.org/2025/07/02/n... #NZATE #English #EnglishTeaching #ProfessionalDevelopment #BilingualLiterature

NZATE Conference – Auckland 2-4 July 2025 – Day 1 – JTY @ Ōtaki College

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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · May 12

Grading econometrics exams and one student wrote:

"There is a serious abundance of garbage data... and so much of it seems to be accepted and republished by the news media without much critical thought. I think this class has taught me to be a more thoughtful consumer of media."

My job is done!

a cartoon of spongebob giving a thumbs up and the words mission complete below him

ALT: a cartoon of spongebob giving a thumbs up and the words mission complete below him

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Jess Torley (Wilson) [she/her] @shakespearenut.bsky.social · May 11

I haven't read that one, but I just finished 'James' - really liked it.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · May 11

I assume we'll be hearing about this from the New York Times for four weeks straight, right?

Jeremy Bauer-Wolf @jbeowulf.bsky.social · May 11

Princeton University’s student newspaper is reporting Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth plagiarized portions of his senior thesis. www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2025...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ’03 ‘plagiarized’ small portions of his senior thesis, experts say. But how serious is it?

A review of the senior thesis of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ’03 by The Daily Princetonian, in consultation with three plagiarism experts, found eight instances of uncredited material, sham paraphr...

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Alicia Andrzejewski (she/her) @aliciaandrz.bsky.social · May 11

me & @ryantjenkins.bsky.social forty years from now:

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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · May 10

Spotted on 4th Ave. in Brooklyn

A sign on a pole that says:

A RESPONSIBLE CITIZEN
Properly Dispose of Your Dog's Waste
Place It Into The Nearest Cybertruck
IF YOU SEE ELON MUSK. YOU MAY ALSO DEPOSIT IT DIRECTLY INTO HIS MOUTH
CITY CODE ELNZ-A-DKHD
DEPT. OF @FOLAFIA, CITY OF NEW YORK

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Jess Torley (Wilson) [she/her] @shakespearenut.bsky.social · May 11

Morning, Womble. I am reading The Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler.

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Jess Torley (Wilson) [she/her] @shakespearenut.bsky.social · May 11

Yes, doctors sprang to my mind too. The one I saw when I broke my arm a year or two ago looked like he was fresh out of high school! 😂

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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · May 11

Holy crap I only just saw Brooke Van Velden's Facebook post. The comments are ripping her a new one in no uncertain terms www.facebook.com/share/p/1Hir...

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