Nathan Haines
@mrnfhaines.bsky.social
HS Social Studies Teacher: Econ, Psych, Gov, Geo, His. International Schools: Ethiopia, Rwanda. Ed.D. Student at UVA, Curriculum & Instruction. Interested in Global Citizenship Ed and Teacher PL. Check out Praxis Education at www.onteachingandlearning.com
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Nathan Haines
@mrnfhaines.bsky.social
· Jun 15
PRAXIS Education
www.onteachingandlearning.com
Secondary Soc Studies and ELA teacher for 18 years: Chicago, Ethiopia, Rwanda. Now in final stretch of EdD in Curriculum & Instruction at UVa. Offering consulting to schools in Rwanda as Praxis Education: www.onteachingandlearning.com
#EduSky I've love to hear from some teachers who have verified with ChatGPT for Teachers and have played around with it. In the meantime, I have some concerns, which is write about here. The Vienna Beef pic is intentionally... just read it. www.onteachingandlearning.com/blog/chatgpt...
ChatGPT for Teaches: The Risk of Off-Loading Pedagogical Reasoning — PRAXIS Education
I have concerns about the accelerating roll-out of generative AI systems in education. Many of these concerns relate to uncritical student use of AI tools, but I’m also skeptical about the implication...
www.onteachingandlearning.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
#EduSky I've love to hear from some teachers who have verified with ChatGPT for Teachers and have played around with it. In the meantime, I have some concerns, which is write about here. The Vienna Beef pic is intentionally... just read it. www.onteachingandlearning.com/blog/chatgpt...
#EduSky When you do a deep dive into curriculum storyboards during the same week you start rewatching Stranger Things on Netflix... you get a bit of a weird mashup. Check out my latest blog post on curriculum units as storytelling: www.onteachingandlearning.com/blog/curricu...
Curriculum Units as Storytelling — PRAXIS Education
My daughter and I were a little late to the Netflix TV phenomenon of Stranger Things . We didn’t join the fan club until the summer of 2019 and the release of season 3. At that point, before we could...
www.onteachingandlearning.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:30 AM
#EduSky When you do a deep dive into curriculum storyboards during the same week you start rewatching Stranger Things on Netflix... you get a bit of a weird mashup. Check out my latest blog post on curriculum units as storytelling: www.onteachingandlearning.com/blog/curricu...
#EduSky I highly recommend that you check out the #EnRoads climate simulator as a climate education teaching and learning tool. Also check out the @climateinteractive.org Climate Ambassador program: www.climateinteractive.org/en-roads-amb...
November 12, 2025 at 8:44 AM
#EduSky I highly recommend that you check out the #EnRoads climate simulator as a climate education teaching and learning tool. Also check out the @climateinteractive.org Climate Ambassador program: www.climateinteractive.org/en-roads-amb...
Great day yesterday with 45 teachers from Kigali area at our Climate Education Teacher Workshop. We used the @climateinteractive.org #Enroads Simulator and collaborated on climate change lessons / units / activities.
November 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Great day yesterday with 45 teachers from Kigali area at our Climate Education Teacher Workshop. We used the @climateinteractive.org #Enroads Simulator and collaborated on climate change lessons / units / activities.
#EduSky #iteachsocialstudies #GCED #service-learning I believe in the value of service-learning and GCED. I've been trying to figure out how to do these things well for many years. However, sometimes it's good to take a open-eyed critical view: www.onteachingandlearning.com/blog/a-criti...
A Critique of Global Citizenship Education in International Schools — PRAXIS Education
I’ve been trying to figure out how to do global citizenship education (GCED) and service-learning — and how to do it well — in two different international schools for about 13 years. Recently, I’ve ha...
www.onteachingandlearning.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:28 AM
#EduSky #iteachsocialstudies #GCED #service-learning I believe in the value of service-learning and GCED. I've been trying to figure out how to do these things well for many years. However, sometimes it's good to take a open-eyed critical view: www.onteachingandlearning.com/blog/a-criti...
#climateeducation #EduSky #iteachsocialstudies I was going through some old files this weekend and came upon this project that I did with students during Covid. I thought I'd write it up and post it. Take a look: www.onteachingandlearning.com/blog/an-exam...
An Example of Climate Education, Project-Based Learning — PRAXIS Education
I distinguish between project-based learning (PBL) and project-based assessment. I have regularly used project-based assessment in my classes, often trying to make them as authentically real-world as ...
www.onteachingandlearning.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:53 AM
#climateeducation #EduSky #iteachsocialstudies I was going through some old files this weekend and came upon this project that I did with students during Covid. I thought I'd write it up and post it. Take a look: www.onteachingandlearning.com/blog/an-exam...
#EduSky #IBDP #TOK If you teach the IBDP TOK course, check out this great resource about Art. Check this out; an interview with Brian Eno. It's fantastic. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/o...
Opinion | A Breath of Fresh Air With Brian Eno
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October 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
#EduSky #IBDP #TOK If you teach the IBDP TOK course, check out this great resource about Art. Check this out; an interview with Brian Eno. It's fantastic. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/o...
#EduSky #iteachsocialstudies podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... Powerful discussion here. Compromise is a necessary part of democracy and we’ve probably lost the value of it. But what about when we compromise our values themselves? Tough conversation.
Ta-Nehisi Coates on Bridging Gaps vs. Drawing Lines
Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 09/28/2025 · 1h 9m
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October 1, 2025 at 5:53 AM
#EduSky #iteachsocialstudies podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... Powerful discussion here. Compromise is a necessary part of democracy and we’ve probably lost the value of it. But what about when we compromise our values themselves? Tough conversation.
#EduSky #iteachsocialstudies #TOK #IBDP Thanks to Religion Matters for giving me the opportunity to write up some thoughts that I've been mulling around for a few years. Check it out: religionmatters.org/2025/09/19/t...
The Case for Incorporating Religion into Theory of Knowledge (TOK) Courses
Guest Post: Nathan Haines, Secondary Social Studies Teacher in the U.S. and East Africa A few years ago, I was one of several teachers teaching the Theory of Knowledge (TOK) course at an Internatio…
religionmatters.org
September 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
#EduSky #iteachsocialstudies #TOK #IBDP Thanks to Religion Matters for giving me the opportunity to write up some thoughts that I've been mulling around for a few years. Check it out: religionmatters.org/2025/09/19/t...
www.economist.com/finance-and-... #EduSky #EconTeachers #iteachsocialstudies Interesting read here. In what way is it helpful to think of human attention economically? Does relative scarcity apply? Should we consider it a factor of production? Can our attention be stolen?
Can you make it to the end of this column?
Understanding the new economics of attention
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September 15, 2025 at 10:56 AM
www.economist.com/finance-and-... #EduSky #EconTeachers #iteachsocialstudies Interesting read here. In what way is it helpful to think of human attention economically? Does relative scarcity apply? Should we consider it a factor of production? Can our attention be stolen?
Would make for an interesting discussion for #APpsych. Personality… but also a critical discussion of data, correlation, causation, psychometric assessment, etc: www.ft.com/content/5cd7... #EduSky #iteachsocialstudies
The troubling decline in conscientiousness
A critical life skill is fading out — and especially fast among young adults
www.ft.com
August 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Would make for an interesting discussion for #APpsych. Personality… but also a critical discussion of data, correlation, causation, psychometric assessment, etc: www.ft.com/content/5cd7... #EduSky #iteachsocialstudies
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A simple (simplistic?) rehashing of what we know and hopefully do, but for some possibly important eye-openers. Don't only read the post but also the science behind it! #EduSky
www.edutopia.org/article/stud...
www.edutopia.org/article/stud...
7 Study Habits to Teach Kids This School Year
Studying is critical to academic success—but many students have never been shown how to do it effectively.
www.edutopia.org
July 26, 2025 at 6:44 AM
A simple (simplistic?) rehashing of what we know and hopefully do, but for some possibly important eye-openers. Don't only read the post but also the science behind it! #EduSky
www.edutopia.org/article/stud...
www.edutopia.org/article/stud...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... Good discussion of where things stand with climate policy. #climateaction #climateeducation
Is Decarbonization Dead?
Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 07/25/2025 · 1h 17m
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July 26, 2025 at 7:26 AM
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... Good discussion of where things stand with climate policy. #climateaction #climateeducation
I cannot recommend this new book from John Green enough: everythingistb.com As Green argues, the fact that TB, in 2025, is still the world deadliest infectious disease, is an example of a great injustice.
Everything Is Tuberculosis
John Green, the #1 bestselling author of The Anthropocene Reviewed and a passionate advocate for global healthcare reform, tells a deeply human story illuminating the fight against the world’s deadlie...
everythingistb.com
July 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I cannot recommend this new book from John Green enough: everythingistb.com As Green argues, the fact that TB, in 2025, is still the world deadliest infectious disease, is an example of a great injustice.
#EduSky This rings true to me: www.forbes.com/sites/danfit...
What’s Really Going On With AI In Schools? A High School Student’s POV
Schools and teachers around the world are trying to figure out what AI means for education. Meanwhile, it's already embedded into the lives of high school students.
www.forbes.com
July 11, 2025 at 4:11 AM
#EduSky This rings true to me: www.forbes.com/sites/danfit...
#EduSky. I'm skeptical... other thoughts? www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/t...
OpenAI and Microsoft Bankroll New A.I. Training for Teachers
www.nytimes.com
July 9, 2025 at 5:32 AM
#EduSky. I'm skeptical... other thoughts? www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/t...
#EduSky #iteachsocialstudies AP exam score release day. How’s everyone feeling? Any thoughts on exams 2025?
July 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
#EduSky #iteachsocialstudies AP exam score release day. How’s everyone feeling? Any thoughts on exams 2025?
This was a worthwhile listen: youtu.be/prF8trTallQ?... #climatechange #climateaction #iteachsocialstudies
The Power of Multisolving for People and Climate | Elizabeth Sawin | TEDxSunValley
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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July 2, 2025 at 9:22 AM
This was a worthwhile listen: youtu.be/prF8trTallQ?... #climatechange #climateaction #iteachsocialstudies
#EruditePedagogy Have not looked at the original research; curious about the thoughts of others. Seems to reinforce importance of responsive teaching / formative assessment... alignment of cognitive processes aided by teacher eliciting information about how the students are conceptualizing topic.
Researchers found that patterns in the brains of students and teachers looked remarkably similar while learning. 🧠 What does that mean for the classroom?
#EduSky #EdutopiaVideos
#EduSky #EdutopiaVideos
July 2, 2025 at 7:29 AM
#EruditePedagogy Have not looked at the original research; curious about the thoughts of others. Seems to reinforce importance of responsive teaching / formative assessment... alignment of cognitive processes aided by teacher eliciting information about how the students are conceptualizing topic.
Just updated my blog post The Authoritative Bias of Maps. Now includes updated examples and Google Geo tools to help students explore how maps shape our understanding of regions and authority. #geography #googlemaps #geosky #EDUSky
geteach.com/blog/2018/08...
geteach.com/blog/2018/08...
Authoritative Bias of Maps (Updated 2025) - geteach.com/blog
In today’s context it is bit of a challenge writing a post about the authoritative bias of maps. After all, how can maps be both accurate and tendentious. Kuby, Harner, and Gober’s book Human Geograph...
geteach.com
July 2, 2025 at 3:59 AM
I’ll definitely be checking out season three with Dylan Wiliam. #EduSky
@dylanwiliam.bsky.social weaves practical tips, strategies, and research into this brilliant podcast on learning. Take a listen!
#PowerfulTeaching #PowerfulClassrooms #EduSky #researchED #NNSTOY #ILSTOY
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#PowerfulTeaching #PowerfulClassrooms #EduSky #researchED #NNSTOY #ILSTOY
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Podcast - Knowledge Matters Campaign
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July 2, 2025 at 3:54 AM
I’ll definitely be checking out season three with Dylan Wiliam. #EduSky
#EduSky #GCE #globalcitizenship #SDGs Continuing with some of my reflections and lessons-learned about global citizenship education: www.onteachingandlearning.com/blog/global-...
Global Citizenship Education and Smokey Responsibility — PRAXIS Education
Smokey Bear has been associated with forest fire prevention since he was first introduced by the US Forest Service in 1944. From 1947 to 2001, Smokey’s well-known tag-line was, “Remember, only you can...
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July 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
#EduSky #GCE #globalcitizenship #SDGs Continuing with some of my reflections and lessons-learned about global citizenship education: www.onteachingandlearning.com/blog/global-...
Reposted by Nathan Haines
🚨 #BreakingNews | Under Pressure From Trump, UVA President Resigns
The move is a “major blow” to the independence of American institutions, one expert said. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4lf2dF2
The move is a “major blow” to the independence of American institutions, one expert said. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4lf2dF2
June 27, 2025 at 9:33 PM
🚨 #BreakingNews | Under Pressure From Trump, UVA President Resigns
The move is a “major blow” to the independence of American institutions, one expert said. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4lf2dF2
The move is a “major blow” to the independence of American institutions, one expert said. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4lf2dF2
Trump Justice Dept. Pressuring University of Virginia President to Resign
www.nytimes.com
June 27, 2025 at 12:01 PM
June 26, 2025 at 8:02 AM