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Adam Watson
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Digital Learning Consultant. KY Educator since 2005. Pop culture nerd. Posts & opinions are my own. My book will be published late 2025! For more, visit adamwatson.org & my blog at watsonedtech.blogspot.com. #edtechelixirs #KYDLC #AllinKY #EduSky he/him
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Today my OVEC ECS colleagues and I led learning about goal writing, SDI, and how #AI can be a collaborative partner (with a healthy dollop of discernment!). Thank you to our attendees! #AllinKY #UnitedWeLearnKY #KYDLC #KYILN #EduSky #artificialintelligence
PD on AI and ECS best practices.
November 14, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Spent the day in Henry County, sharing #AI tools with the principal cadre of OVEC Leadership Success, as well as learning from Dr. Masters, Laura Adams, and teachers and students of Henry County Middle School using #artificialintelligence in their instruction! #KYDLC #AllinKY #EduSky
Leadership cadre meeting in Henry County. Leadership cadre meeting in Henry County. Dr. Jim Masters, superintendent. Laura Adams, district instructional coach.
November 13, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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A visit to Bullitt County's Bullitt Central High School, where the students of Mrs. Gilley's AP Euro class customized their own #AI "Enlightenment Advisor" chatbot and evaluated its output! #MovingForward #ArtificialIntelligence #KYDLC #KYILN #UnitedWeLearnKY #AllinKY #EduSky
Mrs. Gilley's AP Euro class. Mrs. Gilley's standards, including Bullitt's Grad Profile! Mrs. Gilley. A student working on ChatGPT.
November 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Next week on November 13, we have a FREE OVEC PD on ECS best practices: SDI, Goal Writing, and how #AI can be a collaborative tool for both. Come join us!

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#KYDLC #AllinKY #UnitedWeLearnKY #KYILN #blendedlearning #artificialintelligence #EduSky
Flier for "AI Empowered Instruction: Transforming SDI & Goal Writing."
November 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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I rode the PLC train full of awesome educators at Bullitt County's Lebanon Junction Elementary today! Listened, learned, and offered ideas on #AI, blended learning, and authentic, vibrant learning experiences. #MovingForward #AllinKY #KYDLC #KYILN #UnitedWeLearnKY #EduSky
Lebanon Junction Elementary.
November 5, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Today at our OVEC Digital Learners Network meeting, we discussed KDE guiding questions, worked on Problems of Practice, and Keith Barnes bravely volunteered to demo TransfrVR (our special guest) in front of our group! #KYDLC #VirtualReality #AllinKY #UnitedWeLearnKY
Keith Barnes on TransfrVR.
November 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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OVEC is hosting a regional @kasl.us meeting, and we are celebrating booooooooks. Good to talk to longtime friends like @tljamesa.com, hear the hard work of #librarians, and see fun costumes like 5th Region president Rachel Burgin's "Book Fairy"! #KyLchat #AllinKY #library #EduSky #readwhatyouwant
KASL, 5th Region. KASL, 5th Region. KASL, 5th Region.
October 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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On Monday, I gave a guest lecture on #AI to the undergrad students of Dr. Rains at U of L College of Education & Human Development. The students were phenomenal! Thanks to Dr. Rains for the kind words in the CEHD newsletter.

mail.uofl.me/t/r-e-tktlmt...

#artificialintelligence #gocards #EduSky
CEHD newsletter excerpt. Students of Dr. Rains ("The Art of Instruction").
October 30, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Special thanks to Sohan and Xander from @flintk12.bsky.social sharing about their #AI platform at our OVEC board meeting! #ArtificialIntelligence #blendedlearning #KYDLC #EduSky
Demonstration of Flint. Demonstration of Flint.
October 29, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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I'm excited to share that I'm presenting at 2 sessions at IDEAcon 2026, in Schaumburg, Illinois! Both involve #artificialintelligence. For registration to the @ideaillinois.bsky.social conference, use this link:
web.cvent.com/event/7eae65...

#blendedlearning #KYDLC #AllinKY #UnitedWeLearnKY #KYILN
IDEAcon 2026 session on February 10: "AI to Amplify Feedback." IDEAcon 2026 session "AI to Amplify PLCs."
October 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Join me and my OVEC ECS colleagues on November 13 as we discuss how #artificialintelligence can empower you to build on best practices for goal writing and specially designed instruction. Registration link here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#KYDLC #AI #UnitedWeLearnKY #AllinKY #EduSky
Flier for "AI-Empowered Instruction: Transforming SDI & Goal Writing" PD.
October 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Here today in JCPS talking to the PLCs of Carrithers Middle School about blended learning and #AI. Love the floral headband on the cobra in the library for #HispanicHeritageMonth! #KYDLC #AllinKY #UnitedWeLearnKY #ArtificialIntelligence #EduSky
Carrithers Middle School logo on wall.
October 8, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Our first OVEC Social Studies network meeting! Amy James and I were grateful for the participation and turnout. Special thanks to Megan Schanie from the Frazier History Museum for sharing resources and stories. #EduSky
OVEC Social Studies Network meeting. Megan Schanie, Frazier History Museum.
October 1, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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You can sign up for our final session on February 19 here (2/2):
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#AI #artificialintelligence #AllinKY #UnitedWeLearnKY #KYDLC #EduSky
Flier for "AI for Kentucky Educators" on February 19, 2026.
September 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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A lot of #MovingForward in Bullitt County the past few days! Yesterday, helped Mrs. Bewley-Gilley at BCHS make an #AI bot for students. This morning, more instructional #ttrpg support at Bernheim Middle. This afternoon, at the ribbon cutting for Zoneton's new Paxton Patterson lab! #EduSky
Zoneton Middle School Zoneton Middle School Zoneton Middle School. Zoneton Middle School.
September 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Today, I was blessed to work with school psychologists across several districts talking #artificialintelligence at their first OVEC network meeting of the school year! #AllinKY #UnitedWeLearnKY
School psychologists in the OVEC region.
September 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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The September 2025 "Bits and Bytes" is out! A clickable version, along with past issues, is available here:
sites.google.com/ovec.org/dig...
How can I help YOU? Please reach out!
#artificialintelligence #blendedlearning #gamebasedlearning #ai #KYDLC #AllinKY #UnitedWeLearnKY #aiforkyed
#EduSky
September 2025 issue of "Bits and Bytes."
September 18, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Our second series of breakout sessions for today's #aiforkyed! Becky Wright (Henry County), Keith Barnes (Bullitt County), and Jen Roederer and Amy James from OVEC sharing their #AI learning and expertise! #ArtificialIntelligence #KYDLC #AllinKY #UnitedWeLearnKY
Becky Wright. Keith Barnes. Jennifer Roederer and Amy James.
September 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Our first breakout sessions are under way! Dr. John Nash, Laura Adams (Henry County), and Danita Cobble (Bullitt County) leading discussion and exploration. #aiforkyed #AI #artificialintelligence #KYDLC #AllinKY #UnitedWeLearnKY
Dr. Nash (on the left). Laura Adams. Danita Cobble.
September 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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The second session of our FREE OVEC #aiforkyed series kicks off with a keynote from Dr. John Nash! #AI #artificialintelligence #KYDLC #UnitedWeLearnKY #AllinKY
Dr. John Nash. Dr. John Nash.
September 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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CHANGE OF VENUE ANNOUNCEMENT!
Our second OVEC "AI for Kentucky Educators" professional learning day on September 17 (with John Nash as the morning keynote!) will now be at the Blair Center on the Southside Elementary campus. Can't wait to see you Wednesday! #aiforkyed #KYDLC #AI #EduSky
Revised flier for the "AI for Kentucky Educators" session on 9/17/25.
September 15, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Look what came in the mail today! A just published @corwinpress.bsky.social book co-written by our OVEC friend, Bullitt County Public Schools CAO Dr. Brandy Howard!

#MovingForward #AllinKY #KYDLC #KYILN #UnitedWeLearnKY #STEM #EduSky @jesse-bacon.bsky.social
"Sparking Innovation in Children Through STEM Exploration" book.
September 9, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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Spent the morning at Kammerer Middle School, ideating an upcoming #AI student project with a teacher, and planning a future staff PD with the Pathway Coach! #ArtificialIntelligence #blendedlearning #KYDLC #AllinKY #UnitedWeLearnKY
Kammerer Middle School. Kammerer Middle School.
September 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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#ArtificialIntelligence can be a powerful collaborative tool when providing SDI & ECE goals -- if used ethically and with discernment. OVEC members can join us FREE on November 13 as we guide participants through best practices!
forms.gle/G4XjgfqGgUp2...

#AI #KYDLC #AllinKY #EduSky #edtech
A flier for the PD "AI-Empowered Instruction: Transforming SDI & Goal Writing."
September 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Our next session from our FREE OVEC "AI for Kentucky Educators" series is happening Sept. 17! Links for presentation proposals and registration are here. (Come even if you missed June!)
sites.google.com/ovec.org/dig...

#aiforkyed #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #KYDLC #KYILN #AllinKY #KyLchat #EduSky
Flier for "AI for Kentucky Educators" PD series.
August 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM