Here are some quick takeaways from Why Content Knowledge is Crucial to Effective Critical Thinkingby Jill Barshay. My Notes To help student see analogies, “show students two solved problems with different surface structures but the same deep structure and ask them to compare them,” Williingham …
Photo by Ben White on Unsplash Quoting Greg Olear and Benjamin Cremer, William Lindsey shares the following via two Mastodon posts I couldn’t pass up: “The Christian Nationalists’ God is petty, insecure, cruel, authoritarian. Their God, like their favored presidential candidate, demands …
How do you survive the AI Job Apocalypse that’s coming? For many of us in education or related fields, it’s clear that there’s a shift coming. I have often heard about how AI is going to change everything, impact every aspect of our lives, and leave many of us unemployed. I seldom …
Photo by Emily Pottiger on Unsplash This was quite succinct explanation of the Scientific Method’s use and the obstacles human brains encounter when attempting to do so: The scientific method is how humans figure out how our universe works. Done correctly, it controls for the all-too-human …
Note: This is another book that really shifted my thinking and opened my eyes to the history of the United States. As an American citizen born abroad (Panama), I absorbed America’s FALSE histories in private, Catholic school education. When the author of Lies My Teacher Told Me discusses the …
“Sure, have a bite, Adam, it’s OK to eat,” said the fantastical character, Eve, in that book all of us have read at some point or another. Of course, it was the book of Genesis, an origin story that in one fell swoop, painted women as creatures of temptation and consorting with …
These days, I’m more apt to reach for Perplexity.ai Pro app over Siri or Alexa to answer questions. This video above is what I’m looking for Alexa and Siri…Not So Awesome I don’t want to call them “dumb,” I only find myself wishing for a more knowledgeable …
Note: This is one of my most cherished MyNotes on a book. It really shifted my perspective on this topic. Image Credit: Good News Planet While reading my twitter feed one evening (or was it early morning), I stumbled upon a book reference for Elizabeth Lesser’s Cassandra Speaks. I was …
Source: MS CoPilot generated As powerful, useful, and helpful as AI is, my thoughts are divided as to introducing it to K-12 students. It may be hypocritical to say teachers should use it, but withhold it from students. Nearly 9 in 10 educators feel that students should be taught how AI works in a …
Crowding my feeds and digital magazines are these pernicious, worthless articles that are entitled, “Three words emotionally intelligent people use…” Or, “A list of phrases you can avoid and show your emotional intelligence.” There must be dozens of these articles …
Earlier this year (2024), I found myself looking at my print notebooks, aghast. How ugly my print writing is! If you’ve ever had to read my print, you’ll find it nigh illegible. Of course, chances are, if you saw my cursive, you’d think I was a doctor. At that moment, I made a …
Publishing your own work can be difficult, not that I’d know. I’ve read the story from others going through the ordeal several times. Jonathan Moeller, one of my favorite authors (I own all his books, so yeah, favorite), has detailed the process and the benefits. He writes: …end …
This was an eye opener… Firms in the tech sector and beyond went on a hiring spree after the onset of the pandemic before pivoting to a focus on efficiency through layoffs and other cost-cutting measures. New listings of AI-related jobs are rising, year-over-year, while tech job listings are …
Every few years, I revisit or reshare the list article. The reason why is simple. I don’t want to lose a reminder of how I got my start in publishing my writing. But there are other formulas for writing. Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash The Power of a Formula If you start out with a blank …
As much as I loved my graduate level professors, I have found their approach to teaching reading…problematic. I remember beginning my year teaching third grade bilingual, working with children who needed to learn to read in English. At the time, as I was prepping my classroom in the portable …
Given the resource I shared about writing outside earlier, I wondered if students might find writing outside more meaningful. Also, given how easy AI makes it to generate text, I can see how this Jacobson quote below might resonate strongly with educators and others who think, “Ya, para …
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My favorite approach to writing? It’s pretty easy to follow. When I walked into the bookstore–which was attached to the conference building I was presenting–in Dallas, I had no idea what book I’d find that would have a lasting influence on my writing. The 1990’s book, …
Looking for writing prompts for nature? These YpsiWrites folks have put together a series of prompts or writing resources you can get as a book. YpsiWrites The website offers a lot of nifty resources: Are you looking for writing activities, tips, or ideas on how to start writing? Our wide-array of …
Wanting to explore ChatGPT Plus and have even more fun with AI? Wait, before you say, “No, AI is destroying everything!” take a moment to learn how to use it in ways that can be useful to your workflow. Sure, it’s a quick how-to article that could assist you in boosting your …
“Should your PreK-5 student be using that technology?” It’s a question that pops up in my head every time I’m out eating and see a device babysitting a child. Since I had a different point of view many years ago, it’s clear I had another think coming. Arguing with Your …
While chatting with a colleague, they made the following observation about my work as a K-12 educator in educational technology. I found it a fascinating perspective and insight. So, I wrote it down, waited a few years before sharing it online. ;-) At the end, I share the results of The Orwell Test …
Blog rolls. They seem a thing of the past, an archaic habit consecrated by time long past. It’s a very old fashioned way of keeping track of, and linking your blog to other blogs of note. Troy Patterson and Ben Werd share their respective opinions about this old practice. Photo by Ron Lach : …
A few thoughts about speaking and writing with the magic formula. Transcript
Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius are two people I hadn’t heard much about except the occasional mention of Emperor Aurelius. But Epictetus' Enchiridion or Aurelius' Meditations? Not so much. That I was ignorant was probably as much my fault as that of anyone, but I’m grateful that I …