“Make school simpler. Give teachers and students room to breathe. Clear out the marginal and focus on the most important things. When people feel a little lighter, then figure out what your schools are missing and what to strategically add to make them stronger.”

Thank you! 🙏🏾

I’m grateful to contribute 🙏🏾

I just wrote an @edutopia.org piece about this. I like to start ELA and social studies units by connecting a theme in the unit to a big question and deep thinking.

www.edutopia.org/article/them...

Ultimately, if you as an educator are using AI to check compliance boxes, you are missing out on key opportunities to leverage a powerful tool to enhance your practice for the benefit of your students and colleagues.

Our discussion came about from this piece I did for @edutopia.bsky.social on thought partnering with AI.

www.edutopia.org/article/ai-t...

Thank you for listening and sharing, Bryon. 🙏🏾

It was my pleasure. Thank you for inviting me on! 🙏🏾🙏🏾

2/2: In my experience, few students arrive in class with conscientiousness. I use relevance to cultivate curiosity and interest in order to dive deep with purpose. Otherwise, the rigor is just compliance attached to a grade.

#EduSky