STEM Educator | NBCT | ISTE Capstone | MAT | Gamer | Runner | he/him. Passionate about #edtech, #STEM, #gamification, #GBL, #esports, #AI, & #edreform

Chimacum, WA
The EPA’s Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators 2022. #epa 🤗 What an honor to be among all the recipients of this year's #PIAEE award! educatoral.com/wordpress/202… I’m re-posting this because I used Nano Banana to make the photo look more professional. ☺️
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5 changes you can make to keep teacher morale high "As the new school year hype winds down, districts will soon enter the 'disillusionment phase'—the mid-fall period when teacher morale starts to dip" districtadministration.com/5…
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An Audit Finds Serious Flaws in Research on AI in Education "it appears that the studies synthesizing that evidence are themselves unreliable — and the peer-review process failed to catch the problems. 'This is not trustworthy evidence'" kqed.org/mindshift/66723/an-…
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The keynote for #WSTA26 was Dr. Mary Brunkow, 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner! Her work back in 2001 paved the way for current interventions for autoimmune disease, cancer, & more! isbscience.org/news/press-re…
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Had a great time this weekend at the #WSTA26! I shared a cool combo using Snorkl for students to show their thinking using Page Keeley Uncovering Student Ideas probes! I'll be doing it again online in Jan via WSTA if you're a member. Here are the slides: docs.google.com/presentation…
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One big AI challenge schools aren't solving "The report urges teachers to stop policing misuse and instead coach students through decisions about AI. That doesn't require technical expertise. The skills that matter most are relational" districtadministration.com/o…
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Your Brain on ChatGPT 2.0: Now With More Colourful Scans and the Same Missing Control Group "There was no group of children completing the same task without ChatGPT. Not one." substack.com/inbox/post/2200…
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Tech Could Redefine Learning. Many Schools Settled for Substitution. "Tech’s promise is larger than moving familiar schoolwork onto a screen. It can help students connect across distance, find people who share their interests, & publish work for audiences" linkedin.com/pulse/technolog…
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Without Standardized Tests, How Would We Know Students Are Learning? "Students can document their work in authentic digital portfolios. I don’t mean a collection of grades, letters, or percentages. I mean a body of work" linkedin.com/pulse/without-s…
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A whole new high school experience is taking shape "The strongest pathways are built collaboratively, she added. Leaders must work closely with colleges, local employers & community organizations to establish partnerships" districtadministration.com/a…
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How do I give feedback to 100+ students? FIVE ways to make student feedback more manageable: ✳️Big picture feedback for the whole class ✳️Triaged individual feedback ✳️Student self-provided feedback ✳️Peer feedback ✳️AI-generated feedback ditchthattextbook.com/feedba…
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My simple strategy for dealing with AI slop as a teacher "tools that help with productive struggle like CoPilot, SchoolAI, MagicSchool, Brisk, or Gemini Notebook - instead of just using a product like ChatGPT or Gemini that will answer any questions" ajjuliani.com/blog/my-simple…
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5 Ways the Science of Learning Changed My Practice as a Teacher "learning more about the science of learning means I've 'switched sides' in the choice versus direct instruction debate. No. I think that debate is mostly a false choice." ajjuliani.com/blog/5-ways-th…
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Here's what teachers want instead of technology bans "Teachers don't want to ban technology from the classroom. Instead, they want more input on edtech adoption." districtadministration.com/h…
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The Tech Minutes We’re Getting All Wrong "when a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure. We start with a valid goal, pick an easy measure, turn the measure into the requirement, and eventually the measure replaces the goal entirely" hollyclarkedu.substack.com/p…
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We urgently need to rethink media literacy education--here’s how I did "media literacy curriculum must go beyond evaluating information: We need to teach the foundational critical thinking skills our students need to make high-quality real-world decisions" eschoolnews.com/digital-lear…
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US company announces progress toward resurrecting the extinct dodo "gene-editing to bring dodo traits into the cells of its closest living relative, the Nicobar pigeon. The company said it is in the final stages of its analysis of the dodo genome" reuters.com/science/us-compa…
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