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Sarah Rankin @techrankin.bsky.social · Mar 22

#Canadian and international vendors, presenters and attendees: are you still planning to attend conferences like #ISTE? Warnings are being issued about travel to the states, with incidents of people being detained or denied entry. #EDUSky #Canada

www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...

These countries have issued advisories about travelling to the U.S.

Several countries have added travel warnings for their citizens travelling to the United States in light of concerns they could face problems at the border because of the Trump administration’s polici...

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Jen Roberts, NBCT @jen.litandtech.com · Mar 7

🦋 Please join me for our #EduSkyAI chat in 20 minutes at 5PT/8ET
Tonight we are talking about Student Voice & AI.
@thenerdyteacher.bsky.social @mikelawrence.me

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Sarah Rankin @techrankin.bsky.social · Mar 6

Watching from Canada 😥🫣

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Sarah Rankin @techrankin.bsky.social · Mar 6

An interesting lens for thinking about AI integration. How do we support educators with crossing into “The Dual Expertise Challenge,” where deep domain knowledge and AI literacy combine to unlock truly innovative, ethical, and impactful uses of AI? #education #MIEE #EduAI #AIedu

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Sarah Rankin @techrankin.bsky.social · Mar 6

Happiness is brand new #micro:bit V2s to be delivered to #NewBrunswick teachers engaged in upskilling on digital + experiential learning, computational thinking, AI/machine learning, and career education! Looking forward to getting these into schools! @microbit.org #MIEE #AIedu #digitallearning

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Katie Fielding @katiefielding.com · Feb 28

Are you going to #ISTELive?

Were you too scared to submit a proposal but have something to share? Playgrounds are the perfect way to dip your toe into the ISTE community!

We made this list to help you find the perfect one !

Stephanie Howell @mrshowell24.com · Feb 28

Working on an ISTE Playground proposal spreadsheet! 📊 If you've submitted or have details on missing info, please share! Let's make this process smoother. #ISTE25 @thenerdyteacher @ISTEofficial @KatieF @MrsBongiornoEdu @gret @ISTEcommunity

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Sarah Rankin @techrankin.bsky.social · Feb 17

So many are still dragging their feet on updating academic integrity for #AIedu integration. Stop creating unclear and unrealistic blanket #academicintegrity statements that don’t address the nuances of AI use in education. www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/we-ha...

We have to rethink academic integrity in a ‘post-plagiarism era’

What is the future of plagiarism as a concept in the AI age and what are the implications for assessment? This resource seeks to answer these questions, among others

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Sarah Rankin @techrankin.bsky.social · Feb 17

I sadly can’t remember where I found this, but as someone currently organizing a #Canadian #edtech conference, I think I’ll slide this into the folders for our event support staff.

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CodeJoy @codejoyedu.bsky.social · Feb 9

#PETEandC🌿 Join our session with Arin IU 28 on Tuesday 2:10-3 PM Starlight Room Hershey Hotel “Tech in the Wild: STEELS with micro:bit” We're exploring the #PASTEELS 🍃 with #microbit 🤖 as a tool to entry into #edtech + #Elit See you there! #peteandc25 #CodeJoy go.codejoy.org/petec25program

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Katie Fielding @katiefielding.com · Feb 6

Register and submit a session proposal today!
bit.ly/2025-Global-Impact

#GlobalImpact

Global Impact: Virtual COnference Saturday April 5th

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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · Feb 2

We are back to the start on prompting. Reasoners break the value of chain-of-thought as a prompting technique and lower the value of giving AI a persona

No new approaches to prompting reasoners have been tested in any sort of rigorous way (though folks share their best practices, they may not work)

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Sarah Rankin @techrankin.bsky.social · Feb 1

They even put Karoline Levitt on the cover!

Sarah Rankin @techrankin.bsky.social · Feb 1

In light of today’s news that #tariffs on #Canadian and Mexican goods have come into effect, I’ve put together this @schoolai.com space for students to learn more about and investigate examples of trade wars. app.schoolai.com/share/space/...

SchoolAI

AI-Powered Tutors and Learning Activities

app.schoolai.com

Sarah Rankin @techrankin.bsky.social · Jan 6

It’s that time of year again! Apply to become a @microbit.org Champion! Learn and share with the top #CompSci and innovative educators around the world! Apply at microbit.org/champions/?f...! #micro:bit #educhat #edusky #edtech #PLN

micro:bit Champions

Micro:bit Champion applications will be open from January 1 - January 29, 2024.

microbit.org

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Sarah Rankin @techrankin.bsky.social · Dec 8

Interesting…but it’s also sending red flags

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Becky Keene 🦋 @beckykeene.com · Dec 5

Sinead Bovell bringing mic drop moments to the keynote this morning at Reimagine Education! #EduSkyAI
#EduSky #AIEdu

@sineadbovell.bsky.social it was great to hear you speak again.

we can't prepare kids for everything. we must prepare them for anything.

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Sarah Rankin @techrankin.bsky.social · Dec 5

@microbit.org has entered the chat!

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Sarah Rankin @techrankin.bsky.social · Dec 5

In a recent discussion with students, many raised concerns about teacher's use of #AiEDU detectors. One asked how detectors work. Using NapkinAI, I made this doc that dives into how they work, the challenges they present, and what else can be done. #EduSky app.napkin.ai/page/CgoiCHB...

App - Napkin AI

Join Napkin.ai and start creating visuals for your ideas today. Napkin turns text content into engaging visuals for presentations, social media, docs and more.

app.napkin.ai

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Sarah Rankin @techrankin.bsky.social · Dec 5

One of the many skills learners need now is how to engage in meaningful use of AI. To support this, I made this Prompt-a-thon space in @schoolai.com that guides learners through prompt engineering and how to use it for problem-based -learning #IuseSchoolAI app.schoolai.com/share/space/...

SchoolAI

AI-Powered Tutors and Learning Activities

app.schoolai.com

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Dianne Krause @diannekrause.bsky.social · Nov 15

Space practicing reading strategies. Remix for your specific needs & change the menu. Students pick a skill & share a topic of interest. AI creates a passage & asks students questions based on the skill they chose. We've used it with success! #AI #AIedu #edtech app.schoolai.com/share/space/...

SchoolAI

AI-Powered Tutors and Learning Activities

app.schoolai.com

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Chris Lovell @mrlovellcomp.bsky.social · Dec 4

Here is microbit alien 👽sheep 🐏 abduction 🕹️ Control the farmer 👨‍🌾by tilting the microbit and gather the sheep in before the aliens beam them up! How many 🐑 can you save? Download the worksheet pdf here with links to example code 👉 drive.google.com/file/d/1pmEK...

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Judith Cooper @judithcoop.bsky.social · Dec 4

Using @microbit.org , another 4/5 class started working on their Christmas songs. They had to identify the notes (name/duration) then headed over to #MicrosoftMakeCode to start bringing their songs to life!! #mvsd_mb #MIEExpert

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Sarah Rankin @techrankin.bsky.social · Nov 26

Why is it only now that I discovered @schoolai.com lets you add videos to your spaces prompt? Love that we can add multimedia to an AI space for students to consider during their interaction! #EduSky #AiEDU #UDL

a man with his hands folded and the words oh my god yes behind him

ALT: a man with his hands folded and the words oh my god yes behind him

media.tenor.com

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Sarah Rankin @techrankin.bsky.social · Nov 26

1) Accessibility features like TtS, StT, and translation
2) Grouping students after using a space to get intervention or flexible grouping data

I’d also show them the graphic that was shared on their feed recently showing different ideas for spaces

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Leon Furze @leonfurze.com · Nov 25

Funhouse mirror or echo chamber? Check out our latest preprint about the power of conceptual metaphors for Critical AI Literacy #artificialintelligence #aieducation #aiedu #aiined #aiinedu arxiv.org/abs/2411.14730

Funhouse Mirror or Echo Chamber? A Methodological Approach to Teaching Critical AI Literacy Through Metaphors

As educational institutions grapple with teaching students about increasingly complex Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems, finding effective methods for explaining these technologies and their societ...

arxiv.org

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