Lincoln S. Smith
@edjunto.bsky.social
Teacher | Researcher | EdTech Coach | Teacher Educator
President CAARE-ACRAÉ (caare-acrae.ca)
President CAARE-ACRAÉ (caare-acrae.ca)
“Who made the world?” asked @theaieducator.io's son. ChatGPT can't answer (yet?) But it makes me wonder - what questions do we not WANT AI to answer, whether it can or not? That is, what questions are sacred to our own becoming, as individuals and as a species?
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My Son Asked A Question ChatGPT Couldn’t Answer
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September 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
“Who made the world?” asked @theaieducator.io's son. ChatGPT can't answer (yet?) But it makes me wonder - what questions do we not WANT AI to answer, whether it can or not? That is, what questions are sacred to our own becoming, as individuals and as a species?
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Exciting and profound things happen when we create hashtag#neurodiversity-affirming spaces! Always love presenting with @drkaradymond.bsky.social and Kathy Broad at #CSSE on our ongoing work exploring and experimenting with accessible pedagogy.
Small changes can make a big difference!
Small changes can make a big difference!
June 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Exciting and profound things happen when we create hashtag#neurodiversity-affirming spaces! Always love presenting with @drkaradymond.bsky.social and Kathy Broad at #CSSE on our ongoing work exploring and experimenting with accessible pedagogy.
Small changes can make a big difference!
Small changes can make a big difference!
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CSSE is only one week away! So much to be excited about!
Example: our Sunday keynote from Jim Cummins, "Language, Literacies, and Action Research: Reconceptualizing the Relationships between Theory, Research, Policy, and Educational Implementation!"
Full schedule: sites.google.com/view/caare-a...
Example: our Sunday keynote from Jim Cummins, "Language, Literacies, and Action Research: Reconceptualizing the Relationships between Theory, Research, Policy, and Educational Implementation!"
Full schedule: sites.google.com/view/caare-a...
May 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
CSSE is only one week away! So much to be excited about!
Example: our Sunday keynote from Jim Cummins, "Language, Literacies, and Action Research: Reconceptualizing the Relationships between Theory, Research, Policy, and Educational Implementation!"
Full schedule: sites.google.com/view/caare-a...
Example: our Sunday keynote from Jim Cummins, "Language, Literacies, and Action Research: Reconceptualizing the Relationships between Theory, Research, Policy, and Educational Implementation!"
Full schedule: sites.google.com/view/caare-a...
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Coming to CSSE? Dr. Jim Cummins is delivering our keynote this Sunday at 12:15 PM!
Language, Literacies, and Action Research: Reconceptualizing the Relationships between Theory, Research, Policy, and Educational Implementation
📆 June 1 (Day 1)
⏱️ 12:15 pm
📍 Waterfront Limberlost Place (WFL) - 501
Language, Literacies, and Action Research: Reconceptualizing the Relationships between Theory, Research, Policy, and Educational Implementation
📆 June 1 (Day 1)
⏱️ 12:15 pm
📍 Waterfront Limberlost Place (WFL) - 501
May 27, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Coming to CSSE? Dr. Jim Cummins is delivering our keynote this Sunday at 12:15 PM!
Language, Literacies, and Action Research: Reconceptualizing the Relationships between Theory, Research, Policy, and Educational Implementation
📆 June 1 (Day 1)
⏱️ 12:15 pm
📍 Waterfront Limberlost Place (WFL) - 501
Language, Literacies, and Action Research: Reconceptualizing the Relationships between Theory, Research, Policy, and Educational Implementation
📆 June 1 (Day 1)
⏱️ 12:15 pm
📍 Waterfront Limberlost Place (WFL) - 501
Really excited by this year's program!
CSSE is only one week away! So much to be excited about!
Example: our Sunday keynote from Jim Cummins, "Language, Literacies, and Action Research: Reconceptualizing the Relationships between Theory, Research, Policy, and Educational Implementation!"
Full schedule: sites.google.com/view/caare-a...
Example: our Sunday keynote from Jim Cummins, "Language, Literacies, and Action Research: Reconceptualizing the Relationships between Theory, Research, Policy, and Educational Implementation!"
Full schedule: sites.google.com/view/caare-a...
May 26, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Really excited by this year's program!
This is important for judicious #EdTech use in #k12 in general!
Also, while #student voice and engagement is integral, we must be able to differentiate between superficial, attention-grabbing engagement and constructive engagement driving meaningful growth!
www.edsurge.com/news/2025-05...
Also, while #student voice and engagement is integral, we must be able to differentiate between superficial, attention-grabbing engagement and constructive engagement driving meaningful growth!
www.edsurge.com/news/2025-05...
Trimming the Edtech Fat: How Districts Are Streamlining Their Digital Ecosystems - EdSurge News
It’s time to give tired tech the boot: “We can’t hold on to systems that don’t align with our vision,” says Grace Magley of Natick Public Schools in ...
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May 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM
This is important for judicious #EdTech use in #k12 in general!
Also, while #student voice and engagement is integral, we must be able to differentiate between superficial, attention-grabbing engagement and constructive engagement driving meaningful growth!
www.edsurge.com/news/2025-05...
Also, while #student voice and engagement is integral, we must be able to differentiate between superficial, attention-grabbing engagement and constructive engagement driving meaningful growth!
www.edsurge.com/news/2025-05...
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Great blog on political vs partisan and why science is always political.
if you teach, you are engaged in an inherently political--but not necessarily partisan--act
the political vs partisan distinction stays kicking people's ass
this old @asociologist.bsky.social is very helpful on this
scatter.wordpress.com/2020/11/10/p...
the political vs partisan distinction stays kicking people's ass
this old @asociologist.bsky.social is very helpful on this
scatter.wordpress.com/2020/11/10/p...
partisans, not scientists, decide if science is partisan
Last month, Audra Wolfe wrote a fantastic post about how science is and always has been political. In the post, she analyzes statements from Nature and Scientific American, both of which endorsed J…
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May 3, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Great blog on political vs partisan and why science is always political.
#CommonSenseMedia: No social companion AI use under 18.
This is incredibly important.
In using and exploring #GenAI, especially with #youth, we have to be committed to understanding and proactively addressing BOTH it's positive AND negative potential.
www.commonsensemedia.org/ai-ratings/s...
This is incredibly important.
In using and exploring #GenAI, especially with #youth, we have to be committed to understanding and proactively addressing BOTH it's positive AND negative potential.
www.commonsensemedia.org/ai-ratings/s...
Social AI Companions
Social AI Companions - Learn more and get Common Sense Media's research-backed tips.
www.commonsensemedia.org
May 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
#CommonSenseMedia: No social companion AI use under 18.
This is incredibly important.
In using and exploring #GenAI, especially with #youth, we have to be committed to understanding and proactively addressing BOTH it's positive AND negative potential.
www.commonsensemedia.org/ai-ratings/s...
This is incredibly important.
In using and exploring #GenAI, especially with #youth, we have to be committed to understanding and proactively addressing BOTH it's positive AND negative potential.
www.commonsensemedia.org/ai-ratings/s...
Love this. SO true in #k12 #classrooms as well.
" #Belonging is feeling welcomed and accepted in a group, whereas mattering is feeling significant to the group’s individual members. #Mattering is an even more fundamental need than belonging.
hbr.org/2025/05/the-...
" #Belonging is feeling welcomed and accepted in a group, whereas mattering is feeling significant to the group’s individual members. #Mattering is an even more fundamental need than belonging.
hbr.org/2025/05/the-...
The Power of Mattering at Work
Quiet quitting, the Great Resignation, chronically low engagement numbers, increasing numbers of labor disputes, demands for equity and dignity in the workplace—business leaders have been warily watch...
hbr.org
April 30, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Love this. SO true in #k12 #classrooms as well.
" #Belonging is feeling welcomed and accepted in a group, whereas mattering is feeling significant to the group’s individual members. #Mattering is an even more fundamental need than belonging.
hbr.org/2025/05/the-...
" #Belonging is feeling welcomed and accepted in a group, whereas mattering is feeling significant to the group’s individual members. #Mattering is an even more fundamental need than belonging.
hbr.org/2025/05/the-...
I think we don't talk about this enough: "the costs of device use aren’t just about what #kids experience and absorb. It’s also about what they miss." And vice versa!
We need to think about both sides of the coin when digitization or the opposite in #k12 #schools!
open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...
We need to think about both sides of the coin when digitization or the opposite in #k12 #schools!
open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...
All the Conversations That Kids Are Missing
Alison Wood Brooks on the science of conversation and the art of being ourselves
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April 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I think we don't talk about this enough: "the costs of device use aren’t just about what #kids experience and absorb. It’s also about what they miss." And vice versa!
We need to think about both sides of the coin when digitization or the opposite in #k12 #schools!
open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...
We need to think about both sides of the coin when digitization or the opposite in #k12 #schools!
open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...
@flintk12.bsky.social just released an AI glossary for educators - it's great!
#AI #AIforEducation
www.flintk12.com/ai-glossary
#AI #AIforEducation
www.flintk12.com/ai-glossary
AI Glossary for Educators | Flint
See our comprehensive AI glossary for K-12 teachers and students who want to learn AI terms and develop AI literacy in the classroom.
www.flintk12.com
April 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
@flintk12.bsky.social just released an AI glossary for educators - it's great!
#AI #AIforEducation
www.flintk12.com/ai-glossary
#AI #AIforEducation
www.flintk12.com/ai-glossary
WE teachers need #dataliteracy! E.g. #k12 #teachers AND #students should:
- ask questions about what data does (and doesn’t) show
- recognize bias in data collection or interpretation
- consider the ethical use of data, especially personal information
www.eschoolnews.com/innovative-t...
- ask questions about what data does (and doesn’t) show
- recognize bias in data collection or interpretation
- consider the ethical use of data, especially personal information
www.eschoolnews.com/innovative-t...
Beyond digital literacy: Why K-12 educators must prioritize data literacy
Using digital tools does not mean students or educators possess data literacy or understand the quality, context, or implications of data.
www.eschoolnews.com
April 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
WE teachers need #dataliteracy! E.g. #k12 #teachers AND #students should:
- ask questions about what data does (and doesn’t) show
- recognize bias in data collection or interpretation
- consider the ethical use of data, especially personal information
www.eschoolnews.com/innovative-t...
- ask questions about what data does (and doesn’t) show
- recognize bias in data collection or interpretation
- consider the ethical use of data, especially personal information
www.eschoolnews.com/innovative-t...
Brief is this existence, like a brief visit in a strange house. The path to be pursued is poorly lit by a flickering consciousness whose center is the limiting and separating ‘I.’ When a group of individuals becomes a ‘we,’ a harmonious whole, they have reached as high as humans can reach./ Einstein
April 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Brief is this existence, like a brief visit in a strange house. The path to be pursued is poorly lit by a flickering consciousness whose center is the limiting and separating ‘I.’ When a group of individuals becomes a ‘we,’ a harmonious whole, they have reached as high as humans can reach./ Einstein
RAND study on AI training adds to the new #digitaldivide between lower-poverty and higher-poverty schools: more digitization is happening in the latter!
Why? B/c of the luxury good of human interaction re Jessica Grose? More urgent problems needing to be addressed? Or?
www.rand.org/pubs/researc...
Why? B/c of the luxury good of human interaction re Jessica Grose? More urgent problems needing to be addressed? Or?
www.rand.org/pubs/researc...
April 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
RAND study on AI training adds to the new #digitaldivide between lower-poverty and higher-poverty schools: more digitization is happening in the latter!
Why? B/c of the luxury good of human interaction re Jessica Grose? More urgent problems needing to be addressed? Or?
www.rand.org/pubs/researc...
Why? B/c of the luxury good of human interaction re Jessica Grose? More urgent problems needing to be addressed? Or?
www.rand.org/pubs/researc...
"At Anthropic, we’ve attempted to shape the values of our AI model, Claude, to ... generally make it—for want of a better term—a “good citizen” in the world."
Most important takeaway? #GenAI cannot be value-neutral! We need to recognize the profundity of this.
www.anthropic.com/research/val...
Most important takeaway? #GenAI cannot be value-neutral! We need to recognize the profundity of this.
www.anthropic.com/research/val...
Values in the wild: Discovering and analyzing values in real-world language model interactions
An Anthropic research paper testing which values AI models express in the real world
www.anthropic.com
April 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
"At Anthropic, we’ve attempted to shape the values of our AI model, Claude, to ... generally make it—for want of a better term—a “good citizen” in the world."
Most important takeaway? #GenAI cannot be value-neutral! We need to recognize the profundity of this.
www.anthropic.com/research/val...
Most important takeaway? #GenAI cannot be value-neutral! We need to recognize the profundity of this.
www.anthropic.com/research/val...
I deeply appreciate efforts like this from AI-for-Education. We desperately need better ways to evaluate #EdTech. Two problems:
1. We need something #TEACHERS can use, with agency.
2. We need something that gives space to see and locate NEGATIVE impacts as well.
ai-for-education.org/qa-for-ai/
1. We need something #TEACHERS can use, with agency.
2. We need something that gives space to see and locate NEGATIVE impacts as well.
ai-for-education.org/qa-for-ai/
April 24, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I deeply appreciate efforts like this from AI-for-Education. We desperately need better ways to evaluate #EdTech. Two problems:
1. We need something #TEACHERS can use, with agency.
2. We need something that gives space to see and locate NEGATIVE impacts as well.
ai-for-education.org/qa-for-ai/
1. We need something #TEACHERS can use, with agency.
2. We need something that gives space to see and locate NEGATIVE impacts as well.
ai-for-education.org/qa-for-ai/
Great insights re #copyright & #AI. Eg
4 Support for the centrality of human authorship
7 Support for greater transparency to facilitate determining liability
9 Some support for labelling of AI-generated content
Glad #Canada is working to clarify these issues!
ised-isde.canada.ca/site/strateg...
4 Support for the centrality of human authorship
7 Support for greater transparency to facilitate determining liability
9 Some support for labelling of AI-generated content
Glad #Canada is working to clarify these issues!
ised-isde.canada.ca/site/strateg...
April 23, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Great insights re #copyright & #AI. Eg
4 Support for the centrality of human authorship
7 Support for greater transparency to facilitate determining liability
9 Some support for labelling of AI-generated content
Glad #Canada is working to clarify these issues!
ised-isde.canada.ca/site/strateg...
4 Support for the centrality of human authorship
7 Support for greater transparency to facilitate determining liability
9 Some support for labelling of AI-generated content
Glad #Canada is working to clarify these issues!
ised-isde.canada.ca/site/strateg...
"This isn’t meaningful connection—it’s performative and mediated."
We need to be judicious. #EdTech can be powerful when it enhances complexity and/or relationships. But mediating something through digital tech does not itself make anything better!
www.brookings.edu/articles/min...
We need to be judicious. #EdTech can be powerful when it enhances complexity and/or relationships. But mediating something through digital tech does not itself make anything better!
www.brookings.edu/articles/min...
Why we need a minimalist mindset when it comes to AI and tech use for young people
Rebecca Winthrop proposes that we all take a minimalist approach to using AI, particularly when interacting with young people in our lives.
www.brookings.edu
April 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"This isn’t meaningful connection—it’s performative and mediated."
We need to be judicious. #EdTech can be powerful when it enhances complexity and/or relationships. But mediating something through digital tech does not itself make anything better!
www.brookings.edu/articles/min...
We need to be judicious. #EdTech can be powerful when it enhances complexity and/or relationships. But mediating something through digital tech does not itself make anything better!
www.brookings.edu/articles/min...
Unfortunately, #k12 #schools are top targets for cyber attacks. We are, generally, "target rich, security poor." This is why attacks on schools are increasing. While we need cybersecurity, we also need to all adopt a #securityculture.
Thanks #MikeBiocchi!
blog.checkpoint.com/research/a-c...
Thanks #MikeBiocchi!
blog.checkpoint.com/research/a-c...
April 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Unfortunately, #k12 #schools are top targets for cyber attacks. We are, generally, "target rich, security poor." This is why attacks on schools are increasing. While we need cybersecurity, we also need to all adopt a #securityculture.
Thanks #MikeBiocchi!
blog.checkpoint.com/research/a-c...
Thanks #MikeBiocchi!
blog.checkpoint.com/research/a-c...
Love the thesis of this piece. "When we look at the world, we should not just examine, but examine with a deliberately different perspective."
It takes intentionality and cognitive energy, but it is the heart of progress, personal and social.
It takes intentionality and cognitive energy, but it is the heart of progress, personal and social.
To Change the Way You Think, Change the Way You See
Part of thinking differently is learning to see differently. We can learn to do that from various sources — people like Robert Taylor, who invented Softsoap after he saw how goopy bar soap became afte...
hbr.org
March 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Love the thesis of this piece. "When we look at the world, we should not just examine, but examine with a deliberately different perspective."
It takes intentionality and cognitive energy, but it is the heart of progress, personal and social.
It takes intentionality and cognitive energy, but it is the heart of progress, personal and social.
It is challenging to discuss effective vs ineffective use of #GenAI with students. Here, I borrow James Nottingham's #learningpit to show how GenAI can be a #bridgeofillusion, tricking us into thinking we can skip the hard bits but in reality doing so leaves us in the same place as where we started.
March 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
It is challenging to discuss effective vs ineffective use of #GenAI with students. Here, I borrow James Nottingham's #learningpit to show how GenAI can be a #bridgeofillusion, tricking us into thinking we can skip the hard bits but in reality doing so leaves us in the same place as where we started.
In my own research on #professionallearning for #teachers in #K12 (shout out to Terra Nova school!), I've found that while choice is hugely important, its value is intimately intertwined with questions of #capacity and #motivation as well. If either are deficient, choice alone is not enough!
No matter the context, leaders should appreciate what people want to choose, how they wish to make a choice, and whether they want to take responsibility for doing so.
Research on Delegating Shows How Uncomfortable We Are Making Choices for Others
Especially when it comes to unpopular decisions.
buff.ly
March 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
In my own research on #professionallearning for #teachers in #K12 (shout out to Terra Nova school!), I've found that while choice is hugely important, its value is intimately intertwined with questions of #capacity and #motivation as well. If either are deficient, choice alone is not enough!
It's not black and white. I agree that #k12 #EdTech use needs to be more intentional. Too often we succumb to disempowering, cognitively disengaging uses that degrade learning. At the same time, #digitaltechnology use can be empowering and enriching. We need less of the former, more of the latter.
WATCH: The Most Compelling Argument Against Tech In Schools | Sophie Winkleman
YouTube video by Alliance for Responsible Citizenship
www.youtube.com
March 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It's not black and white. I agree that #k12 #EdTech use needs to be more intentional. Too often we succumb to disempowering, cognitively disengaging uses that degrade learning. At the same time, #digitaltechnology use can be empowering and enriching. We need less of the former, more of the latter.
Yes, we need to label #GenerativeAI content, and/or we need to label real content. But the fundamental questions is, how do we verify the distinction?
"generative AI “should have visible warnings that its outputs could be harmful, biased, or wrong" / and should “be labeled or watermarked"
"generative AI “should have visible warnings that its outputs could be harmful, biased, or wrong" / and should “be labeled or watermarked"
What this teenager wants you to know about the damaging effects of AI | CNN
Teens increasingly don’t trust the online content they consume, and AI is making it worse, according to a new study. A high school senior explains why that matters.
www.cnn.com
February 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Yes, we need to label #GenerativeAI content, and/or we need to label real content. But the fundamental questions is, how do we verify the distinction?
"generative AI “should have visible warnings that its outputs could be harmful, biased, or wrong" / and should “be labeled or watermarked"
"generative AI “should have visible warnings that its outputs could be harmful, biased, or wrong" / and should “be labeled or watermarked"
Love this critical take on minless celebration of " #innovation," the ubiquity of "innovation peddlers," and a call to "clarify education’s purpose." Rick says, "the most critical thing we can do with these institutions is think about what they need as human beings." #holisticeducation #k12
How ‘Innovation’ Fails Education (Opinion)
"Innovation” is mostly an unserious distraction from the real work of rethinking education.
www.edweek.org
February 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Love this critical take on minless celebration of " #innovation," the ubiquity of "innovation peddlers," and a call to "clarify education’s purpose." Rick says, "the most critical thing we can do with these institutions is think about what they need as human beings." #holisticeducation #k12