Diana Laufenberg
@dlaufenberg.bsky.social
Farm kid, long time teacher, exec dir of inquiryschools.org - often found frolicking in nature with the pup, Brin
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Diana Laufenberg
@dlaufenberg.bsky.social
· Nov 11
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Longtime classroom teacher in WI, KS, AZ and PA. Now leading Inquiry Schools as we work to start up and redesign learning environments that are inquiry based, project driven.
I spend most of my free time outside with my pup Brin in rural Wisco.
Longtime classroom teacher in WI, KS, AZ and PA. Now leading Inquiry Schools as we work to start up and redesign learning environments that are inquiry based, project driven.
I spend most of my free time outside with my pup Brin in rural Wisco.
For folks needing a frame to process information in this absolute hellscape of propaganda/AI generated slop - the SIFT method is close to what I did when I was in the classroom. I love the first direction - STOP. For more guides.lib.uchicago.edu/c.php?g=1241... #sschat #edusky
January 11, 2026 at 4:59 PM
For folks needing a frame to process information in this absolute hellscape of propaganda/AI generated slop - the SIFT method is close to what I did when I was in the classroom. I love the first direction - STOP. For more guides.lib.uchicago.edu/c.php?g=1241... #sschat #edusky
For you and your fascination with writing utensils... @budtheteacher.com blogs.loc.gov/preservation...
Clues from the Past: Closely Examining Historic Documents | Guardians of Memory
When preparing items for conservation, identifying how an object was created is the first step in understanding its context and manufacture. By looking carefully at certain characteristics, like ink c...
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January 6, 2026 at 5:31 PM
For you and your fascination with writing utensils... @budtheteacher.com blogs.loc.gov/preservation...
I spend more time than is probably healthy poking around Chronicling America (www.loc.gov/collections/...) - Stumbled on this one yesterday... guess the year? #sschat #edusky
December 30, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I spend more time than is probably healthy poking around Chronicling America (www.loc.gov/collections/...) - Stumbled on this one yesterday... guess the year? #sschat #edusky
Midnight in Wisconsin... I *should* have been in bed but then I would have missed this! Moonlight, stars, sparkly snow... Taking the dog out one last time for bed worked out well last night!
December 30, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Midnight in Wisconsin... I *should* have been in bed but then I would have missed this! Moonlight, stars, sparkly snow... Taking the dog out one last time for bed worked out well last night!
Just finished Kashana Cauley's The Payback. A book of its time in a way that is playful and so relevant. Loved it. I've got The Survivalists on hold at the library! #booksky
The Payback is out today, and you can buy it wherever books are sold. It comes highly recommended by Publishers Weekly, Booklist, The Boston Globe, Vanity Fair, the LA Times, the NYT, and dozens of people who hang out on this very website.
December 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Just finished Kashana Cauley's The Payback. A book of its time in a way that is playful and so relevant. Loved it. I've got The Survivalists on hold at the library! #booksky
I read a book yrs ago with 'lesser' superheroes. One of them was Professor Well Actually. The book was absurd but I find myself thinking about Professor Well Actually frequently while on social media. Nuance, difference, preference, choice... All valid but apparently not to the Well Actually crowd.
December 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I read a book yrs ago with 'lesser' superheroes. One of them was Professor Well Actually. The book was absurd but I find myself thinking about Professor Well Actually frequently while on social media. Nuance, difference, preference, choice... All valid but apparently not to the Well Actually crowd.
Finding ways to bring knowledge to learners is tough these days. It needs to be accurate, relevant, engaging and accessible. I cast about looking for things like this all the time, explainers that use visuals to tell a story. This is gorgeous. www.abc.net.au/news/deeptime/ #sschat #edusky
Explore an epic story 65,000 years in the making
Dive into Deep Time, an immersive story of the knowledge, art and ingenuity of Australia’s First Nations peoples — told like never before.
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December 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Finding ways to bring knowledge to learners is tough these days. It needs to be accurate, relevant, engaging and accessible. I cast about looking for things like this all the time, explainers that use visuals to tell a story. This is gorgeous. www.abc.net.au/news/deeptime/ #sschat #edusky
In her final question, KBJ tells the story of Constance Baker Motley and of the work of people like Judge Motley to inspire. blackhistory.news.columbia.edu/people/const... #sschat #ncss2025
Constance Baker Motley | Columbia Celebrates Black History and Culture
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December 6, 2025 at 6:52 PM
In her final question, KBJ tells the story of Constance Baker Motley and of the work of people like Judge Motley to inspire. blackhistory.news.columbia.edu/people/const... #sschat #ncss2025
KBJ referenced this Toni Morrison quote in reference to a @drtinaellsworth.bsky.social question about a Harvard classmate prominently displaying a Confederate flag near her apartment. #ncss2025 #sschat
December 6, 2025 at 6:33 PM
KBJ referenced this Toni Morrison quote in reference to a @drtinaellsworth.bsky.social question about a Harvard classmate prominently displaying a Confederate flag near her apartment. #ncss2025 #sschat
Thrilled to be in the audience to hear from KBJ in conversation with @drtinaellsworth.bsky.social #ncss2025 #sschat
December 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Thrilled to be in the audience to hear from KBJ in conversation with @drtinaellsworth.bsky.social #ncss2025 #sschat
Dorking out with the LoC on Sanborn Maps - Didn't ever put together that such small towns would have maps. Here is the nearest incorporated town, to my home. Merrillan, WI - circa 1904 www.loc.gov/resource/g41... #NCSS2025 #sschat
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Merrillan, Jackson County, Wisconsin.
Jun 1904. 1 sheet(s).
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December 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Dorking out with the LoC on Sanborn Maps - Didn't ever put together that such small towns would have maps. Here is the nearest incorporated town, to my home. Merrillan, WI - circa 1904 www.loc.gov/resource/g41... #NCSS2025 #sschat
The stories being shared by Social Studies methods professors to incorporate inquiry, primary sources and joy into the lives of their pre-service teachers is a delight to hear. Many references to the power of the sources, the discussion, the curiosity. More of this! #NCSS2025 #LOC #TPS #sschat
December 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Lee Ann Potter, Director of Prof Learning & Outreach Initiatives at Library of Congress - reminded us all of how wild this day was in DC - in 1865 - as the 39th Congress convened. I dipped into Chronicling America to see how it was covered - www.loc.gov/resource/sn8... #sschat #NCSS2025
Image 1 of New-York daily tribune (New-York [N.Y.]), December 5, 1865
New-York [N.Y.]
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December 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Lee Ann Potter, Director of Prof Learning & Outreach Initiatives at Library of Congress - reminded us all of how wild this day was in DC - in 1865 - as the 39th Congress convened. I dipped into Chronicling America to see how it was covered - www.loc.gov/resource/sn8... #sschat #NCSS2025
Being reminded of some important primary source sets that have been developed by the LOC. www.loc.gov/classroom-ma... and www.loc.gov/classroom-ma... #sschat #NCSS2025
Mass Persuasion Campaigns | Classroom Materials at the Library of Congress | Library of Congress
Background At many moments in U.S. history, organizations have sought to win the hearts and minds of the public, and guide their actions, through intentional, sustained mass persuasion campaigns. Such...
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December 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Being reminded of some important primary source sets that have been developed by the LOC. www.loc.gov/classroom-ma... and www.loc.gov/classroom-ma... #sschat #NCSS2025
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Just did this for all my email accounts. Blerg.
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Just did this for all my email accounts. Blerg.
Reposted by Diana Laufenberg
Monday!
My next pay-what-you-can workshop is open for registration! It's on 11/17 and (fittingly for the week before Thanksgiving) we'll be talking about transitions in school: class to class, school to break and back to school, and more!
www.tickettailor.com/events/uncon...
www.tickettailor.com/events/uncon...
November 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Monday!
Simple. Direct. Clear.
Data visualization by the people, for the people
Brother Warnock lays it plain.
November 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Simple. Direct. Clear.
I feel as though I would be remiss of me to not make sure you had seen this - @thejosevilson.com from The Pudding. pudding.cool/2025/07/stre...
NYC’s Urban Textscape
Analyzing All of the Words Found on NYC Streets
pudding.cool
October 17, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I feel as though I would be remiss of me to not make sure you had seen this - @thejosevilson.com from The Pudding. pudding.cool/2025/07/stre...
I spent a summer in China teaching 'American teaching methods' which were often defined by the underpinnings of democracy - I was always curious about that choice. This - this makes more sense to me - www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/w...
Russia’s Ban on I.B. Schools Deepens Its Rupture With the West
www.nytimes.com
September 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I spent a summer in China teaching 'American teaching methods' which were often defined by the underpinnings of democracy - I was always curious about that choice. This - this makes more sense to me - www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/w...
I'm not sure it gets more real world than this... oof. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICHn...
Lithuanian schoolchildren taught to fly drones in order to strengthen defense capabilities
YouTube video by FRANCE 24 English
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September 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I'm not sure it gets more real world than this... oof. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICHn...
"art historian ShiPu Wang felicitously characterizes as “imagery of the Other by the Other”: a counter archive of American Indian representation produced by an eccentric, educated Japanese immigrant, whose motives for relocating to Okanogan remain undetermined." #sschat
Glen Mimura on the groundbreaking work of Frank S. Matsura: “ Unlike his more prestigious white male counterparts, Matsura did not impose any particular interpretive frame onto his subjects...”
How Photographer Frank S. Matsura Challenged White America’s Hegemonic View of the West
This story is well-worn local lore, yet still little known beyond the territories of present-day north-central Washington State. But the story bears significance well beyond the remoteness and seem…
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September 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
"art historian ShiPu Wang felicitously characterizes as “imagery of the Other by the Other”: a counter archive of American Indian representation produced by an eccentric, educated Japanese immigrant, whose motives for relocating to Okanogan remain undetermined." #sschat