John Nash
@jnash.bsky.social
Biscotti baker. Gradually improving guitar player. Professor. Designer. Gen AI Nerd. Teacher. Deadhead. At times, annoyingly unorthodox. Yet, sometimes, a stickler for rules. Huh. 🤔
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John Nash
@jnash.bsky.social
· Nov 17
While I'm here I'll strive to:
1. Give first/serve first; turn experiences into shareable insights.
2. Learn out loud; build in public.
3. Amplify others.
4. Comment when it builds meaningful connections.
What do you hope to do here?
1. Give first/serve first; turn experiences into shareable insights.
2. Learn out loud; build in public.
3. Amplify others.
4. Comment when it builds meaningful connections.
What do you hope to do here?
Generative AI firms are not on your side. They are marketing directly to students about how their platforms will do classwork for students. Think that’s far-fetched? Take a look at this.
How a Bot Can Take Your Course
YouTube video by John Nash's Learning Channel
youtu.be
October 23, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Generative AI firms are not on your side. They are marketing directly to students about how their platforms will do classwork for students. Think that’s far-fetched? Take a look at this.
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I don’t know if Google can top this, their finest work to date
February 25, 2025 at 6:31 AM
I don’t know if Google can top this, their finest work to date
Students don't engage with content. They engage with people.
February 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Students don't engage with content. They engage with people.
Anyone here heading to #21CLHK25 this week in Hong Kong to hang with @21cl.bsky.social and other like minded folks?
February 11, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Anyone here heading to #21CLHK25 this week in Hong Kong to hang with @21cl.bsky.social and other like minded folks?
It’s hard to make this up.
“Al Company Asks Job Applicants Not to Use Al in Job Applications”
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
“Al Company Asks Job Applicants Not to Use Al in Job Applications”
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
Irony too funny for words
Oops
open.substack.com
February 6, 2025 at 2:44 AM
It’s hard to make this up.
“Al Company Asks Job Applicants Not to Use Al in Job Applications”
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
“Al Company Asks Job Applicants Not to Use Al in Job Applications”
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
I think I'll just say this when I'm asked to weigh in on an inane topic in a meeting.
(Appeared in MS Word upon invoking the dictionary).
(Appeared in MS Word upon invoking the dictionary).
February 3, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I think I'll just say this when I'm asked to weigh in on an inane topic in a meeting.
(Appeared in MS Word upon invoking the dictionary).
(Appeared in MS Word upon invoking the dictionary).
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this is how every site should look actually
January 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
this is how every site should look actually
I just put my phone on Do Not Disturb 24/7/365. Only my wife and kids can get through. Everything else can wait. I’ll let you know how it goes.
January 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I just put my phone on Do Not Disturb 24/7/365. Only my wife and kids can get through. Everything else can wait. I’ll let you know how it goes.
The teens & screens debate is broken.
At UK, Ryan Hargrove & I are leaning in with our design thinking course, Teens & Screens, a hands-on class to tackle the challenge of teens & tech.
Check out our liquid syllabus: sites.google.com/view/tek-300...
Who’s tackling this too? Let’s connect!
At UK, Ryan Hargrove & I are leaning in with our design thinking course, Teens & Screens, a hands-on class to tackle the challenge of teens & tech.
Check out our liquid syllabus: sites.google.com/view/tek-300...
Who’s tackling this too? Let’s connect!
January 12, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The teens & screens debate is broken.
At UK, Ryan Hargrove & I are leaning in with our design thinking course, Teens & Screens, a hands-on class to tackle the challenge of teens & tech.
Check out our liquid syllabus: sites.google.com/view/tek-300...
Who’s tackling this too? Let’s connect!
At UK, Ryan Hargrove & I are leaning in with our design thinking course, Teens & Screens, a hands-on class to tackle the challenge of teens & tech.
Check out our liquid syllabus: sites.google.com/view/tek-300...
Who’s tackling this too? Let’s connect!
Reposted by John Nash
I have listened to most episodes of this valuable podcast by @jasonjohnston.bsky.social and @jnash.bsky.social thanks John, Jason, and guests for the valuable videos that can be applied to all classrooms.
I am thrilled to share EP 33 of the Online Learning Podcast with @flowerdarby.bsky.social ! @jnash.bsky.social and I talk with Flower about small steps that can help create more inclusive, equitable, and humanized online learning.
Website: lnkd.in/e8N49bU5
Apple Podcasts: lnkd.in/embjJGvd
Website: lnkd.in/e8N49bU5
Apple Podcasts: lnkd.in/embjJGvd
January 10, 2025 at 7:53 AM
I have listened to most episodes of this valuable podcast by @jasonjohnston.bsky.social and @jnash.bsky.social thanks John, Jason, and guests for the valuable videos that can be applied to all classrooms.
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An AI bet! Proceeds to charity, on where AI will be at the end of 2027, with @milesbrundage.bsky.social, formerly of OpenAI.
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
Where will AI be at the end of 2027? A bet
We, Gary Marcus, author, scientist, and noted AI skeptic, and Miles Brundage, an independent AI policy researcher who recently left OpenAI and is bullish on AI progress, have agreed to the following b...
open.substack.com
December 30, 2024 at 4:45 PM
An AI bet! Proceeds to charity, on where AI will be at the end of 2027, with @milesbrundage.bsky.social, formerly of OpenAI.
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
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I am thrilled to share EP 33 of the Online Learning Podcast with @flowerdarby.bsky.social ! @jnash.bsky.social and I talk with Flower about small steps that can help create more inclusive, equitable, and humanized online learning.
Website: lnkd.in/e8N49bU5
Apple Podcasts: lnkd.in/embjJGvd
Website: lnkd.in/e8N49bU5
Apple Podcasts: lnkd.in/embjJGvd
December 13, 2024 at 1:56 PM
I am thrilled to share EP 33 of the Online Learning Podcast with @flowerdarby.bsky.social ! @jnash.bsky.social and I talk with Flower about small steps that can help create more inclusive, equitable, and humanized online learning.
Website: lnkd.in/e8N49bU5
Apple Podcasts: lnkd.in/embjJGvd
Website: lnkd.in/e8N49bU5
Apple Podcasts: lnkd.in/embjJGvd
#Community. You never know where you’re going to find it.
December 3, 2024 at 8:46 PM
#Community. You never know where you’re going to find it.
Research tests if LLMs hold consistent values. LLMs handle neutral topics reliably; controversial issues vary. Not surprising but important to document. Why? Consistency is a known issue with LLMs & value-aware models may be used to exploit users. #LLM #GenAI
arxiv.org/html/2407.02...
arxiv.org/html/2407.02...
Are Large Language Models Consistent over Value-laden Questions?
arxiv.org
December 2, 2024 at 2:43 PM
Research tests if LLMs hold consistent values. LLMs handle neutral topics reliably; controversial issues vary. Not surprising but important to document. Why? Consistency is a known issue with LLMs & value-aware models may be used to exploit users. #LLM #GenAI
arxiv.org/html/2407.02...
arxiv.org/html/2407.02...
This is a lovely starter guide from @tonyvincent.bsky.social for teschers who are considering BlueSky. Share with your colleagues!
Bluesky is a social site with familiar features and fresh possibilities for educators. #EduSky
The Butterfly Effect: Bluesky Basics for Teachers:
https://learninginhand.com/bluesky
The Butterfly Effect: Bluesky Basics for Teachers:
https://learninginhand.com/bluesky
December 1, 2024 at 4:58 PM
This is a lovely starter guide from @tonyvincent.bsky.social for teschers who are considering BlueSky. Share with your colleagues!
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Yes to all of this. Fwiw, our survey respondents had A LOT to say about the particular reasons. We wrote up the results here: "Gendered devaluation underlies faculty retention", also led by @kspoon.bsky.social, with @danlarremore.bsky.social, @larivera.bsky.social and others. osf.io/preprints/so...
December 1, 2024 at 4:43 AM
Yes to all of this. Fwiw, our survey respondents had A LOT to say about the particular reasons. We wrote up the results here: "Gendered devaluation underlies faculty retention", also led by @kspoon.bsky.social, with @danlarremore.bsky.social, @larivera.bsky.social and others. osf.io/preprints/so...
Saw this today while watching MyNameIsDeya’s YT feed. Couldn’t be more applicable for so many of us. Remember: you got this. www.instagram.com/p/DA6oBilNBs...
November 30, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Saw this today while watching MyNameIsDeya’s YT feed. Couldn’t be more applicable for so many of us. Remember: you got this. www.instagram.com/p/DA6oBilNBs...
Prof. Ryan Hargrove & I can attest to this: students enter college believing they should (a) be good at school & (b) don’t have to be good at learning. When 18 y-os enter our ungraded, project based, community driven course, we start the work to help them unlearn 12 years of indoctrination. #EduSky
"...Students have been defeated by a system that has divorced school from learning, & where the purpose of school is to be good at school & the measurement of how good you are is your grade...I think students are scared. All the available data on...student depression and anxiety backs me up."
November 24, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Prof. Ryan Hargrove & I can attest to this: students enter college believing they should (a) be good at school & (b) don’t have to be good at learning. When 18 y-os enter our ungraded, project based, community driven course, we start the work to help them unlearn 12 years of indoctrination. #EduSky
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Digital devices are now part of everything we do—They’ve become essential & hard to avoid in our daily lives. Carlos Davidovich shares his experiencetaking a break from online work and social media to simply going forwalk lnkd.in/fyNvHxr #wellbeing #digitaldevices#internationalschoolspodcast
November 23, 2024 at 1:59 PM
Digital devices are now part of everything we do—They’ve become essential & hard to avoid in our daily lives. Carlos Davidovich shares his experiencetaking a break from online work and social media to simply going forwalk lnkd.in/fyNvHxr #wellbeing #digitaldevices#internationalschoolspodcast
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As #edusky & other BlueSky teacher communities emerge, it's worth remembering that many educators left Twitter well before the Elon et. al toxicity period. Excessive self-promotion, lack of professional benefit, stress/burnout, noise, erosion of dialogue, etc. were all factors. Let's learn and grow.
November 23, 2024 at 6:18 PM
As #edusky & other BlueSky teacher communities emerge, it's worth remembering that many educators left Twitter well before the Elon et. al toxicity period. Excessive self-promotion, lack of professional benefit, stress/burnout, noise, erosion of dialogue, etc. were all factors. Let's learn and grow.
I love this simple insertion of #GenAI into a tried and true collaborative teaching technique. It can extend thinking within the pair and group, and set up constructive critique of how and when GenAI is and isn’t appropriate or useful. Thanks, @courosa.bsky.social! #EduSky
I've had good luck with this activity, and others have as well. Think-Pair-ChatGPT-Share. #edusky #eduai docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Think-Pair-GenAI-Share - Revised2024
Think-Pair-GenAI-Share - General Overview Dr. Alec Couros (couros@gmail.com) Instructions for Instructors: The process is mainly similar to a standard Think-Pair-Share (TPS), with an extra step and s...
docs.google.com
November 24, 2024 at 4:08 PM
I love this simple insertion of #GenAI into a tried and true collaborative teaching technique. It can extend thinking within the pair and group, and set up constructive critique of how and when GenAI is and isn’t appropriate or useful. Thanks, @courosa.bsky.social! #EduSky
Making the case for rekindling reading for fun among youth: “The skills that students use when reading for fun — especially reading longer texts — are also the same ones they need for everything from reading car manuals to ‘listening to political discourse and making sense of it’” #EduSky
November 24, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Making the case for rekindling reading for fun among youth: “The skills that students use when reading for fun — especially reading longer texts — are also the same ones they need for everything from reading car manuals to ‘listening to political discourse and making sense of it’” #EduSky
Each tip in this piece is applicable immediately and fit even in undergraduate and graduate courses. I found two I’ll use right away in my classes. #EduSky
Hearing crickets after asking if anyone has questions? Teachers share their solutions to a common classroom challenge. #EduSky
“Does anyone have any questions?” Say this instead. — Learning in Hand with Tony Vincent
Hearing crickets after asking if anyone has questions? Teachers share their solutions to a common classroom challenge.
learninginhand.com
November 24, 2024 at 1:06 PM
Each tip in this piece is applicable immediately and fit even in undergraduate and graduate courses. I found two I’ll use right away in my classes. #EduSky
For fun, I tried replicating Edward Zitron's if ChatGPT 4o knows the number of states with “A” in the name. The offering is 33, including Connecticut. The correct answer is 36. Will this be covered in the new Common Sense Media guide for educators?
#generativeAI #ChatGPT
#generativeAI #ChatGPT
November 24, 2024 at 12:37 AM
For fun, I tried replicating Edward Zitron's if ChatGPT 4o knows the number of states with “A” in the name. The offering is 33, including Connecticut. The correct answer is 36. Will this be covered in the new Common Sense Media guide for educators?
#generativeAI #ChatGPT
#generativeAI #ChatGPT
@bethrous.bsky.social and I just took our first #Waymo ride. Pretty surreal. Ask me anything.
November 23, 2024 at 3:59 AM
@bethrous.bsky.social and I just took our first #Waymo ride. Pretty surreal. Ask me anything.