The Smart Parent’s Guide to Parental Controls YouTube video by Children and Screens

Definitely worth sharing with parents considering parental control apps. Relationships > software, but the software can help!
www.youtube.com/live/lA92WxZ...
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I use a Padlet to share resources with teachers at my school. Check out the latest here:
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Reclaiming the Human Element: Why We Should Listen to the "Digital Delusion" In a world that often feels like it’s sprinting toward a fully digitized future, neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath’s latest work, The Digital Delusion, serves as a vital and grounded wake-up call. W...

Is "frictionless" learning a mistake?

Neuroscience suggests we need "cognitive friction" to truly learn, yet a total tech blackout ignores the reality of 2026. The goal: use analog foundations to stay the master of the machine, not its servant #edtech #neuroscience

‎Google Gemini Meet Gemini, Google’s AI assistant. Get help with writing, planning, brainstorming, and more. Experience the power of generative AI.

I created a Gem to help me vet #edtech tools. It references ISTE and CoSN documentation to do pre-evaluation. Thanks to @ericcurts.bsky.social for some VERY helpful feedback! Let me know your thoughts once you test it.
#EduSky #GoogleEDU
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Check out my NotebookLM for Black History Month!
Chat your grade level, topic you are teaching, and lesson plan if you have one. Ask NotebookLM to integrate Black history into the lesson.

👉https://birdsend.page/549/U79YCEnRq0

#BlackHistoryMonth #GoogleEDU #TeacherTech #EduSky

Small victory. (I'm in MN - rough time for everyone right now.) My MS students couldn't access Speaker Notes in Slides. Appears to be an issue this week. Work around: Tools > Dictate Speaker Notes (or Ctr Shift S) and you'll see the Speaker Notes option at the bottom of the screen. #GoogleEDU

If teachers do a couple of in class pieces for comparison, they’ll at least have a reference point.

Teachers are using software to see if students used AI. What happens when it's wrong? School districts from Utah to Ohio to Alabama are spending thousands of dollars on these tools, despite research showing the technology is far from reliable.

AI Detection - If only it was easy.
#EduSky #EdTech
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Want to see resources and tips I'm sharing with my colleagues? Would love to hear suggestions for more!
#edtech #GoogleEDU #EduSky
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Overview

Purdue just released their Engineering Gift Guide.
What else would you add to the list?
I'd add traditional Legos (not the fancy kits), a graph paper notebook with ruler and good mechanical pencils (and colored pencils), and a Microbit.
engineering.purdue.edu/INSPIRE/Engi...
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Love this strategy - great for tracking all sorts of things!

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I love using Padlet to share resources with our faculty. Here's what we're sharing recently:
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#EduSky #Edtech #GoogleEDU

In the AI realm, words can hurt you Curated by <b>Smartbrief</b>. My Thanksgiving limericks from <a href="https://www2.smartbrief.com/servlet/encodeServlet?issueid=A6BC827E-1C8A-4D67-B8B0-191EE87324F3&lmid=archives" target="_blank" rel=...

Apparently prompts written poetic verse can be used to bypass safety features in common LLMs. Does this mean that AI appreciates poetry or is confused by it? #EduSky

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Educator friends - Here's how I'm sharing useful tips and resources with my faculty. Have something worth a share for other PK12 educators? (Note: The board is moderated, so all posts need to be approved before everyone can see them). Go ahead. #Edusky #EdTech padlet.com/spa/spa-inst...

Text to Speech in Reading Mode YouTube video by Tami Brass

Love the new Chrome Reading Mode feature that reads the content for you. Looks like it's just starting to push. I have Chrome Version 142.0.7444.52 (Official Build) (64-bit) on Windows. #GoogleEDU #EduSky
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Side note - I wish they'd show male or less binary examples in their documentation. Just sayin'...

Google Workspace Updates: AI-powered makeup in Google Meet

Google rolled out a new feature for Meet just in time for our fall conferences. #edtech #EduSky #GoogleEDU workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2025/10/ai-p...

🤖 How do we teach students to think critically & create responsibly in the age of AI?
Join us, ISTE & ASCD for a 2-part webinar series on AI, media literacy & digital citizenship.
Starts Oct 30 at 5pm ET!
🔗 Register: https://futureready.link/AI_Era_Web_Series

#AIinEdu #EDUSky

Enemies Project When our viewing audience witnesses "enemies" connecting as human beings, their own enemy trances can be broken. The Enemies Project brings together individuals from opposing sides to share their sto...

Watching a segment of www.enemiesproject.org - where a pro life man and a pro choice woman have a sit down. Tough to watch, but seeing the human side of people whose ideas are so against what you believe in (at least initially), is powerful. Curious about how students would respond. #EduSky

Love slow-reveal graphs!

Pedagogy resources We've developed 12 pedagogy principles based on up-to-date evidence of the best ways to teach and learn computing. Find out what they are and read accessible summaries of the research.

Check out Quick Reads - accessible methods and ideas for teaching CS in a K12 environment www.raspberrypi.org/teach/pedago...
#Edusky #CSK8

Checking out and liking www.shufflebuddy.com for making seating charts. It allows you to have "keep together" and "keep apart", custom room arrangements, and tagging seats (like front or near teacher) and students for preferential seating. Also imports from CSV. #edtech #EduSky

You Can’t Ban the Air: Why “No AI” Rules Don’t Work Some schools are still put red-light warnings on assignments: No AI use allowed.

My Monday morning read really reminds me of growing up in rural Wisconsin- stefanbauschard.substack.com/p/you-cant-b...

Actually, Slavery Was Very Bad The president’s latest criticism of museums is a thinly veiled attempt to erase Black history.

I debated writing this. It can feel tempting, upon encountering yet another instance of this administration’s racism, to let it be. How many ways can you say the same thing over and over again? And yet we have to write it down, if for nothing else, so those who come after us know we were against it.

First day back for most of my coworkers (most teachers, anyway). Met new folks Monday/Tuesday. So glad to have the gang back together, even if some really awesome folks have moved on! #EduSky

Teachers' Strategies for Pronouncing and Remembering Students' Names Correctly | KQED A mispronounced or forgotten name can have a lasting impact on students on how they feel about school. Teachers provide tips on how to make those names stick.

Prepping for work with faculty starting next week. My school uses Namecoach and a tool in our SIS with names/flashcards. I'm curious what other schools do to make sure students feel known from day 1.
#EduSky

www.kqed.org/mindshift/52...

spreadsheet listing grad years 2026-2039 (current PK-12th grade), average birth years, ages, Presidents, and cultural info.

As we prepare for the 2025-26 school year, some things to consider and keep perspective.

Beloit used to do a list of things to know about incoming freshmen. Anyone have something similar for their students?
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Anyone using Google's Looker Studio lookerstudio.google.com with students? One of my mathematics teachers is looking at it as a tool for a data science course. If you've used it, resources/suggestions/starting points would be appreciated. #GoogleEDU #EduSky #Edtech

Check out this week's #TechTips411 with #edtech tools, apps, & ideas.
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I know teachers with Gemini can create flashcards in Canvas now, but they're not shareable (yet).