Smita Kolhatkar
@skolhatkar.bsky.social
Educator, administrator who loves Edtech, makerspaces, believes in CS for all; enjoys the outdoors and photography, travel, writing, playing board games with her family and working on puzzles.
AI or not AI?
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Starting a community conversation around AI
With simple things such as images
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August 26, 2025 at 1:11 AM
AI or not AI?
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Start with oneself. AI in K-12: open.substack.com/pub/skolhatk...
Starting with oneself
Any tech usage for teachers, as we know with other things, starts with oneself.
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August 19, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Start with oneself. AI in K-12: open.substack.com/pub/skolhatk...
Finally got around to penning my long standing thoughts: skolhatkar.substack.com/p/the-first-of…#AIinEducationo#aiinK8K#EdTechc#aiink8k8#AIForAllll
https://skolhatkar.substack.com/p/the-first-of…
July 29, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Finally got around to penning my long standing thoughts: skolhatkar.substack.com/p/the-first-of…#AIinEducationo#aiinK8K#EdTechc#aiink8k8#AIForAllll
What an amazing story cs4fn.blog/2024/04/27/t...
T. V. Raman and his virtual guide dogs
Image by PC modifying dog from Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay It’s 1989, a year with lots of milestones in Computer Science. In March, Tim Berners-Lee puts down in writing the…
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July 21, 2025 at 8:36 PM
What an amazing story cs4fn.blog/2024/04/27/t...
What a fun evening. Thanks @csteachersorg.bsky.social and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Cleveland #CSTA2025 #CSTA-SiliconValley
July 11, 2025 at 4:04 AM
What a fun evening. Thanks @csteachersorg.bsky.social and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Cleveland #CSTA2025 #CSTA-SiliconValley
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Well, it's OPEN! 🥳 My vibe-coded learn-about- #LLMs app is in the hands of #CSTA2025 educators.
Y'all are welcome to visit crowd-gpt.com and try the Demo Writing & Reading tasks. Slides & documentation are available too, so you can see where I'm hoping to go.
Y'all are welcome to visit crowd-gpt.com and try the Demo Writing & Reading tasks. Slides & documentation are available too, so you can see where I'm hoping to go.
July 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Well, it's OPEN! 🥳 My vibe-coded learn-about- #LLMs app is in the hands of #CSTA2025 educators.
Y'all are welcome to visit crowd-gpt.com and try the Demo Writing & Reading tasks. Slides & documentation are available too, so you can see where I'm hoping to go.
Y'all are welcome to visit crowd-gpt.com and try the Demo Writing & Reading tasks. Slides & documentation are available too, so you can see where I'm hoping to go.
Great flash talk on collaborative writing with Gen AI by @mdeutschmtl.bsky.social at @csteachersorg.bsky.social #CSTA2025
July 9, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Great flash talk on collaborative writing with Gen AI by @mdeutschmtl.bsky.social at @csteachersorg.bsky.social #CSTA2025
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Join us at #CSTA2025 for an illuminating keynote featuring three leading computer science education researchers who will share groundbreaking insights into K-12 CS teaching methodologies.
Register now at conference.csteachers.org/event/3d53ee...
Register now at conference.csteachers.org/event/3d53ee...
March 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Join us at #CSTA2025 for an illuminating keynote featuring three leading computer science education researchers who will share groundbreaking insights into K-12 CS teaching methodologies.
Register now at conference.csteachers.org/event/3d53ee...
Register now at conference.csteachers.org/event/3d53ee...
Yay!!
Nate Vince, Yosemite National Park’s former locksmith, has been reinstated to his position following a federal court ruling mandating the immediate return of thousands of workers fired under the guidance of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.
‘I got my job back’: Yosemite locksmith fired by DOGE has been reinstated
Nate Vince, Yosemite National Park’s former locksmith, regains his job after a court ruling mandates the return of workers fired under federal cuts.
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March 22, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Yay!!
Great talk by Sal Khan at the @computerhistory.bsky.social tonight. #aiink12
March 12, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Great talk by Sal Khan at the @computerhistory.bsky.social tonight. #aiink12
Educators having fun testing the AI powered garden at The tech Interactive #edtechchat #edchat #stem
January 31, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Educators having fun testing the AI powered garden at The tech Interactive #edtechchat #edchat #stem
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It's Friday. And on Friday... DANCE, we must? 😩
a man with a backpack carrying a small animal on his back
ALT: a man with a backpack carrying a small animal on his back
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January 17, 2025 at 7:57 PM
It's Friday. And on Friday... DANCE, we must? 😩
Still enjoying the last sunrise of 2024! We will join half the world in about half the day or more.
December 31, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Still enjoying the last sunrise of 2024! We will join half the world in about half the day or more.
Just in time for #hourofcode, we curated the best free—and fun—resources for #coding and #computerscience. Check 'em out!
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Best Free Hour of Code Lessons and Activities
These Hour of Code lessons and activities are free and easy to use since most don’t require an account or login
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December 8, 2024 at 3:23 PM
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In education, as in many other areas of life, we won't be finished until we're Finnish
December 8, 2024 at 4:39 AM
In education, as in many other areas of life, we won't be finished until we're Finnish
“Brain Rot” is the winner. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/a...
Oxford’s Word of the Year Is ‘Brain Rot’
A slang term for supposed mental damage done by overconsumption of trivial online content triumphed over a shortlist that also included “lore,” “demure” and “slop.”
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December 2, 2024 at 1:15 PM
“Brain Rot” is the winner. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/a...
There’s something magical about reading children’s books, esp fantasy taking a break from the usual. Just finished with Impossible Creatures by Katherine Ruddell. Highly recommended. #edusky
December 1, 2024 at 9:09 PM
There’s something magical about reading children’s books, esp fantasy taking a break from the usual. Just finished with Impossible Creatures by Katherine Ruddell. Highly recommended. #edusky
Grateful for all my #edusky folks here. #gratitude
November 28, 2024 at 10:15 AM
Grateful for all my #edusky folks here. #gratitude
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I wrote about this app! It’s good! (But you know that, you’re here)
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Bluesky Is Turning Into a Strong X Alternative
Bluesky has a hint of the old Twitter magic, but the feeling of freedom it offers might be even better.
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November 22, 2024 at 4:34 PM
I wrote about this app! It’s good! (But you know that, you’re here)
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/t...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/t...
From today’s Mercury news!
What to know if you want to switch over to Bluesky
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What to know if you want to switch over to Bluesky
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What to know if you want to switch over to Bluesky - The Mercury News
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November 25, 2024 at 1:47 PM
From today’s Mercury news!
What to know if you want to switch over to Bluesky
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What to know if you want to switch over to Bluesky
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