Drew Williams
@dswilliams.bsky.social
Teacher, Dungeon Master, Cat-dad, Hockey Fan🇨🇦🇺🇸
Used @quizizz.bsky.social’s AI tools to build a quiz today and it saved me enough time I got to grade a whole other assignment. Friday wins.
February 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Used @quizizz.bsky.social’s AI tools to build a quiz today and it saved me enough time I got to grade a whole other assignment. Friday wins.
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"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."
Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke
December 21, 2024 at 1:05 PM
"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."
Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke
I think if it WERE legal to assassinate CEOs of large companies … that would totally justify their enormous salaries.
December 9, 2024 at 11:29 PM
I think if it WERE legal to assassinate CEOs of large companies … that would totally justify their enormous salaries.
This is a fantastic resource.
This Friday is Native American Heritage Day.
A great resource is the "Native Land Digital" site - native-land.ca
Put in any address (such as where you live) to see which indigenous peoples lived in that location.
Then click on the links for those nations to learn more about them.
#EduSky
A great resource is the "Native Land Digital" site - native-land.ca
Put in any address (such as where you live) to see which indigenous peoples lived in that location.
Then click on the links for those nations to learn more about them.
#EduSky
November 26, 2024 at 3:22 PM
This is a fantastic resource.
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I have 2 interests... teaching and code development. I can have different views here in Bluesky
#EduSky #BlueskyTips
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Create a list to organize accounts you want to learn from
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I have 2 interests... teaching and code development. I can have different views here in Bluesky
#EduSky #BlueskyTips
a clipboard with a pencil on top of it and the word list below it
Alt: a clipboard with a pencil on top of it and the word list below it
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November 26, 2024 at 3:00 PM
On the left side
Find LISTS
Create a list to organize accounts you want to learn from
PIN THE LIST
On anyones profile, click the 3 dots to add them to a list.
I have 2 interests... teaching and code development. I can have different views here in Bluesky
#EduSky #BlueskyTips
Find LISTS
Create a list to organize accounts you want to learn from
PIN THE LIST
On anyones profile, click the 3 dots to add them to a list.
I have 2 interests... teaching and code development. I can have different views here in Bluesky
#EduSky #BlueskyTips
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TONIGHT! Join #EduSkyChat with moderator @catetolnai.bsky.social
Topic: Self Care for Educators
6pm PST click on the hashtag and use the RECENT tab
or use deck.blue to create columns for the chat.
See you tonight!
Topic: Self Care for Educators
6pm PST click on the hashtag and use the RECENT tab
or use deck.blue to create columns for the chat.
See you tonight!
November 25, 2024 at 5:17 PM
TONIGHT! Join #EduSkyChat with moderator @catetolnai.bsky.social
Topic: Self Care for Educators
6pm PST click on the hashtag and use the RECENT tab
or use deck.blue to create columns for the chat.
See you tonight!
Topic: Self Care for Educators
6pm PST click on the hashtag and use the RECENT tab
or use deck.blue to create columns for the chat.
See you tonight!
My 8-year old niece: (joking) “You traveled the world!”
Me: (joking back) “I did! Timbuktu is nice this time of year!”
(Pause)
My 8-year old niece: (serious) “Is there a Timbuk-one?”
Me: (joking back) “I did! Timbuktu is nice this time of year!”
(Pause)
My 8-year old niece: (serious) “Is there a Timbuk-one?”
November 25, 2024 at 6:21 PM
My 8-year old niece: (joking) “You traveled the world!”
Me: (joking back) “I did! Timbuktu is nice this time of year!”
(Pause)
My 8-year old niece: (serious) “Is there a Timbuk-one?”
Me: (joking back) “I did! Timbuktu is nice this time of year!”
(Pause)
My 8-year old niece: (serious) “Is there a Timbuk-one?”
IXL.com, one of my favourite class resources, has released an AI-powered workspace: Spark Studio. I’m going to spend the next few weeks and months exploring what Spark Studio can, and cannot do for us in the classroom.
IXL | Math, Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, and Spanish
IXL is the world's most popular subscription-based learning site for K–12. Used by over 16 million students, IXL provides personalized learning in more than 17,000 topics, covering math, language arts...
IXL.com
November 19, 2024 at 1:23 PM
IXL.com, one of my favourite class resources, has released an AI-powered workspace: Spark Studio. I’m going to spend the next few weeks and months exploring what Spark Studio can, and cannot do for us in the classroom.
Yesterday I set a task that was too challenging for my students. It went so, so poorly. By the end we were all frustrated with each other.
Today, we’re going to reset, take a step back, and try something more simple.
Let’s see how it goes.
Today, we’re going to reset, take a step back, and try something more simple.
Let’s see how it goes.
November 15, 2024 at 4:26 PM
Yesterday I set a task that was too challenging for my students. It went so, so poorly. By the end we were all frustrated with each other.
Today, we’re going to reset, take a step back, and try something more simple.
Let’s see how it goes.
Today, we’re going to reset, take a step back, and try something more simple.
Let’s see how it goes.
www.edsurge.com/news/2024-11...
The only value in this exercise would be if students who already know about these figures were having these chats to learn about the failings and pitfalls of AI.
Of course, this is easy and there is money to be made here, so these chats will replace research soon.
The only value in this exercise would be if students who already know about these figures were having these chats to learn about the failings and pitfalls of AI.
Of course, this is easy and there is money to be made here, so these chats will replace research soon.
Should Students Chat With AI Versions of Historical Figures? - EdSurge News
Can a filmmaker’s AI chatbot version of Sacagawea bring the historical figure who guided the Lewis and Clark expedition alive for students, or are ...
www.edsurge.com
November 13, 2024 at 1:47 PM
www.edsurge.com/news/2024-11...
The only value in this exercise would be if students who already know about these figures were having these chats to learn about the failings and pitfalls of AI.
Of course, this is easy and there is money to be made here, so these chats will replace research soon.
The only value in this exercise would be if students who already know about these figures were having these chats to learn about the failings and pitfalls of AI.
Of course, this is easy and there is money to be made here, so these chats will replace research soon.
I am on the hunt for resources to teach the Native history of the US (Illinois, ideally) at a 4th / 5th grade level… any ideas? #edusky
November 11, 2024 at 1:01 PM
I am on the hunt for resources to teach the Native history of the US (Illinois, ideally) at a 4th / 5th grade level… any ideas? #edusky
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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a man who reads the term “Atomic Priesthood,” must include one in the TTRPG adventure he is writing.
November 9, 2024 at 9:50 PM
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a man who reads the term “Atomic Priesthood,” must include one in the TTRPG adventure he is writing.
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Education Tonight
Brent Poland & Adam Spence explore the responsible use of technology in the classroom and take a focused look at the rise in student fees.
Podcast > tinyurl.com/csrk5twz 🎧
Video > tinyurl.com/bde3k23z 📺
Brent Poland & Adam Spence explore the responsible use of technology in the classroom and take a focused look at the rise in student fees.
Podcast > tinyurl.com/csrk5twz 🎧
Video > tinyurl.com/bde3k23z 📺
Using Technology Responsibly & Tuition Fees: Education Tonight
Podcast Episode · Teachers Talk Radio · 08/11/2024 · 1h 2m
tinyurl.com
November 9, 2024 at 11:04 AM
Education Tonight
Brent Poland & Adam Spence explore the responsible use of technology in the classroom and take a focused look at the rise in student fees.
Podcast > tinyurl.com/csrk5twz 🎧
Video > tinyurl.com/bde3k23z 📺
Brent Poland & Adam Spence explore the responsible use of technology in the classroom and take a focused look at the rise in student fees.
Podcast > tinyurl.com/csrk5twz 🎧
Video > tinyurl.com/bde3k23z 📺
Thing I did not know I would need to teach when I moved from 7th grade to 5th grade:
How to use a paper clip.
How to use a paper clip.
November 8, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Thing I did not know I would need to teach when I moved from 7th grade to 5th grade:
How to use a paper clip.
How to use a paper clip.
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I understand we’re having another spike of new arrivals from That Other Place, so welcome, here’s a celebratory fruit basket, please be aware that orcas are our national mammal here, they embody the “fuck it, we wreckin’ yachts” revolutionary proletariat spirit we prize so highly
November 7, 2024 at 9:55 PM
I understand we’re having another spike of new arrivals from That Other Place, so welcome, here’s a celebratory fruit basket, please be aware that orcas are our national mammal here, they embody the “fuck it, we wreckin’ yachts” revolutionary proletariat spirit we prize so highly
Forget astrology, the tagline of the #1 movie at the box office the day you were born determines your fate.
Mine:
“They’ll never get caught. They’re on a mission from God.”
Mine:
“They’ll never get caught. They’re on a mission from God.”
November 7, 2024 at 1:36 PM
Forget astrology, the tagline of the #1 movie at the box office the day you were born determines your fate.
Mine:
“They’ll never get caught. They’re on a mission from God.”
Mine:
“They’ll never get caught. They’re on a mission from God.”
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Every morning between 7.00-7.15am I’ll post a low effort high impact idea for you to Try or Refine…
In lesson today;
Try signalling2allow4processing time.
So, you say…
“In a moment I’m going to ask.”
“Shortly I will be telling you to do…”
“Have a think about before..”
In lesson today;
Try signalling2allow4processing time.
So, you say…
“In a moment I’m going to ask.”
“Shortly I will be telling you to do…”
“Have a think about before..”
November 7, 2024 at 7:12 AM
Every morning between 7.00-7.15am I’ll post a low effort high impact idea for you to Try or Refine…
In lesson today;
Try signalling2allow4processing time.
So, you say…
“In a moment I’m going to ask.”
“Shortly I will be telling you to do…”
“Have a think about before..”
In lesson today;
Try signalling2allow4processing time.
So, you say…
“In a moment I’m going to ask.”
“Shortly I will be telling you to do…”
“Have a think about before..”
In this time of strife and worry, listen to Aurora:
November 7, 2024 at 1:04 AM
In this time of strife and worry, listen to Aurora:
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The Warm in the Strict.
Some ideas.
A thread.
1. Look at every child, smile properly and say good morning when you say their name in the register.
(If you do this they'll probably start saying good morning back without you asking them to.)
Some ideas.
A thread.
1. Look at every child, smile properly and say good morning when you say their name in the register.
(If you do this they'll probably start saying good morning back without you asking them to.)
November 5, 2024 at 12:13 PM
The Warm in the Strict.
Some ideas.
A thread.
1. Look at every child, smile properly and say good morning when you say their name in the register.
(If you do this they'll probably start saying good morning back without you asking them to.)
Some ideas.
A thread.
1. Look at every child, smile properly and say good morning when you say their name in the register.
(If you do this they'll probably start saying good morning back without you asking them to.)