Marta R. Stoeckel, PhD, NBCT
@martastoeckel.bsky.social
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Getting students doing science as a 9-12 science specialist and studying gender equity in physics classrooms
Getting students doing science as a 9-12 science specialist and studying gender equity in physics classrooms
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Trying a #Teach180 this year, but for my non-classroom role. I’ve been the HS science curriculum specialist, but adding MS science and 6-12 digital learning specialist this year, so lots to learn!
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As we learn more and more about the costs associated with GenAI, I continue to wonder how institutions and their leadership decide that yes, incorporating anything OpenAI produces into the lives of educators and students is worth the harms.
"In an internal memo from September, CEO Sam Altman said that OpenAI’s “audacious long-term goal is to build 250 gigawatts of capacity by 2033.” If Altman achieves this goal, OpenAI will need almost exactly as much electricity as India’s 1.5 billion people"
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
The Ecological Cost of AI Is Much Higher Than You Think - Truthdig
As the demands of AI grow, each generation of microchips requires more energy, minerals and water to produce, driving a ruinous cycle.
www.truthdig.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
As we learn more and more about the costs associated with GenAI, I continue to wonder how institutions and their leadership decide that yes, incorporating anything OpenAI produces into the lives of educators and students is worth the harms.
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The long-running ideological war on libraries, education, and government workers is not separate from AI boosterism. It is the same ideological war on human knowledge and expertise. In some cases AI is being used to directly supercharge this effort:
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The long-running ideological war on libraries, education, and government workers is not separate from AI boosterism. It is the same ideological war on human knowledge and expertise. In some cases AI is being used to directly supercharge this effort:
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
A little over a year ago, I started commuting by bike when the weather and my schedule allow. Even though my morning ride is chilly and dark right now, it's worth it every time.
October 28, 2025 at 10:13 PM
A little over a year ago, I started commuting by bike when the weather and my schedule allow. Even though my morning ride is chilly and dark right now, it's worth it every time.
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If you are struggling with polarization and its impact on your school staff, might I recommend my book Becoming an Everyday Changemaker? I have a whole chapter on cultivating both/and thinking as a skill for school change!
www.routledge.com/Becoming-an-...
www.routledge.com/Becoming-an-...
Becoming an Everyday Changemaker: Healing and Justice At School
Educators with a vision for more equitable, caring schools often struggle with where to begin. I’m just one teacher, where can I start to make change? Is it even possible? How do I do this within curr...
www.routledge.com
October 13, 2025 at 8:10 PM
If you are struggling with polarization and its impact on your school staff, might I recommend my book Becoming an Everyday Changemaker? I have a whole chapter on cultivating both/and thinking as a skill for school change!
www.routledge.com/Becoming-an-...
www.routledge.com/Becoming-an-...
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AI in education amplifies existing biases against marginalized or vulnerable groups
AI in education is not evidence-based but based on speculation and proof of concept claims
AI in education is not evidence-based but based on speculation and proof of concept claims
October 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
AI in education amplifies existing biases against marginalized or vulnerable groups
AI in education is not evidence-based but based on speculation and proof of concept claims
AI in education is not evidence-based but based on speculation and proof of concept claims
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I think we have to start teaching information from AI as a type of adaptation. The information you get isn’t first hand: it’s all filtered through an algorithm’s lens, and it’s important to interrogate the algorithm and the lens if you want to learn something.
October 6, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I think we have to start teaching information from AI as a type of adaptation. The information you get isn’t first hand: it’s all filtered through an algorithm’s lens, and it’s important to interrogate the algorithm and the lens if you want to learn something.
I'm excited to be facilitating this! Apply to do some learning together! #ITeachPhysics
Want to grow your practice while building community with peers? Join the Virtual Professional Learning Community (PLC) Spring 2026 semester. Learn more and apply today! ow.ly/QsL950X51AC #K12Programs #PhysicsTeachers #PhysicsEducation
October 1, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I'm excited to be facilitating this! Apply to do some learning together! #ITeachPhysics
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WHEEWWWWWWWWWW:
"When we use generative AI, we consent to the appropriation of our intellectual property by data scrapers . . . We agree that we would rather deplete our natural resources than make our own art or think our own thoughts."
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...
"When we use generative AI, we consent to the appropriation of our intellectual property by data scrapers . . . We agree that we would rather deplete our natural resources than make our own art or think our own thoughts."
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...
Large Language Muddle | The Editors
The AI upheaval is unique in its ability to metabolize any number of dread-inducing transformations. The university is becoming more corporate, more politically oppressive, and all but hostile to the ...
www.nplusonemag.com
September 29, 2025 at 7:17 PM
WHEEWWWWWWWWWW:
"When we use generative AI, we consent to the appropriation of our intellectual property by data scrapers . . . We agree that we would rather deplete our natural resources than make our own art or think our own thoughts."
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...
"When we use generative AI, we consent to the appropriation of our intellectual property by data scrapers . . . We agree that we would rather deplete our natural resources than make our own art or think our own thoughts."
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...
#MinCup25 Round 3 Match 1: Colourful phoenix #haüyne goes against heavyweight industrial powerhouse #hematite.
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r3...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r3...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
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September 25, 2025 at 12:08 AM
The world's largest snowman is right by the district center where I'm based and some fog this morning has him looking a little menacing
September 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The world's largest snowman is right by the district center where I'm based and some fog this morning has him looking a little menacing
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Whether they're blaming vaccines and Tylenol, or selling dubious "remedies," what they're really doing is promoting the perception that families (and especially mothers) can prevent and treat Autism. And thus also the perception that people with Autism and their families don't need social support.
September 23, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Whether they're blaming vaccines and Tylenol, or selling dubious "remedies," what they're really doing is promoting the perception that families (and especially mothers) can prevent and treat Autism. And thus also the perception that people with Autism and their families don't need social support.
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Make no mistake, linking tylenol (paracetamol) to autism is simply an attempt to suggest that neurodivergence is not a 'natural' part of life (which it is), but instead to 'other' the condition and attempt to shift the 'blame' for it onto mothers.
September 23, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Make no mistake, linking tylenol (paracetamol) to autism is simply an attempt to suggest that neurodivergence is not a 'natural' part of life (which it is), but instead to 'other' the condition and attempt to shift the 'blame' for it onto mothers.
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But I've been told students must learn to use GenAI because it's the future of work or something.
“In their latest biweekly survey of AI adoption, the US Census Bureau found evidence of an obvious drop-off in corporate AI use — the largest since the survey began in November of 2023.”
Data Shows That AI Use Is Now Declining at Large Companies
Hype dims as a country-wide survey of US corporations shows a sudden drop-off in AI use among firms with more than 250 employees.
futurism.com
September 8, 2025 at 11:50 PM
But I've been told students must learn to use GenAI because it's the future of work or something.
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Something I see often in defenders of "AI" in the classroom (especially those who discuss "responsible" uses) is that, in using LLMs and then "critiquing" its output, we can then teach students to become more AI literate.
This irks me to no end.
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This irks me to no end.
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September 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Something I see often in defenders of "AI" in the classroom (especially those who discuss "responsible" uses) is that, in using LLMs and then "critiquing" its output, we can then teach students to become more AI literate.
This irks me to no end.
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This irks me to no end.
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Reposted by Marta R. Stoeckel, PhD, NBCT
If you need high filtration respirator masks that fit your face securely & cannot afford them, contact a nearby Mask Bloc to request free PPE. Worldwide directory: maskbloc.org
If all you have are surgical masks, close the gaps against your face by adding a mask fitter brace like www.fixthemask.com
If all you have are surgical masks, close the gaps against your face by adding a mask fitter brace like www.fixthemask.com
MASK UP!!! There is no excuse for not masking during the ongoing pandemic especially when we no longer have access to COVID vaccines (which were never enough anyway)
UK: Covid cases climb to highest level this year with thousands testing positive.
"Almost 1,500 people tested positive for the coronavirus last week, up by 20% on the week before, new data from the UK Health Security Agency has revealed."
Source: archive.md/RkUjl
"Almost 1,500 people tested positive for the coronavirus last week, up by 20% on the week before, new data from the UK Health Security Agency has revealed."
Source: archive.md/RkUjl
August 25, 2025 at 10:38 PM
If you need high filtration respirator masks that fit your face securely & cannot afford them, contact a nearby Mask Bloc to request free PPE. Worldwide directory: maskbloc.org
If all you have are surgical masks, close the gaps against your face by adding a mask fitter brace like www.fixthemask.com
If all you have are surgical masks, close the gaps against your face by adding a mask fitter brace like www.fixthemask.com
Reposted by Marta R. Stoeckel, PhD, NBCT
🧵 New #openaccess pub just dropped:
"Teachers' subjectivities in responsive instruction:
When ambitious instruction encounters challenging teaching situations"
by me, Yeliz Günal Aggül, Shuqin Li, and Christine Hood
#AcademicSky #EduSky
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
"Teachers' subjectivities in responsive instruction:
When ambitious instruction encounters challenging teaching situations"
by me, Yeliz Günal Aggül, Shuqin Li, and Christine Hood
#AcademicSky #EduSky
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Teachers’ subjectivities in responsive instruction: when ambitious practice encounters challenging teaching situations - Instructional Science
In the pursuit of inclusive classrooms, educators have identified the importance of teachers’ responsiveness to the particular students they teach. To date, research on responsive teaching has emphasi...
link.springer.com
August 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
🧵 New #openaccess pub just dropped:
"Teachers' subjectivities in responsive instruction:
When ambitious instruction encounters challenging teaching situations"
by me, Yeliz Günal Aggül, Shuqin Li, and Christine Hood
#AcademicSky #EduSky
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
"Teachers' subjectivities in responsive instruction:
When ambitious instruction encounters challenging teaching situations"
by me, Yeliz Günal Aggül, Shuqin Li, and Christine Hood
#AcademicSky #EduSky
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Trying a #Teach180 this year, but for my non-classroom role. I’ve been the HS science curriculum specialist, but adding MS science and 6-12 digital learning specialist this year, so lots to learn!
August 14, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Trying a #Teach180 this year, but for my non-classroom role. I’ve been the HS science curriculum specialist, but adding MS science and 6-12 digital learning specialist this year, so lots to learn!
Reposted by Marta R. Stoeckel, PhD, NBCT
We shouldn’t be relying on AI to plan our lessons or find our teaching voice.
In training educators to use AI, we must not outsource the foundational work of teaching
We shouldn’t be relying on AI to plan our lessons or find our teaching voice.
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August 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
We shouldn’t be relying on AI to plan our lessons or find our teaching voice.
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i think it is hard for some people to really their heads around the reality that kennedy is staunchly anti-vaccine and thinks that people should suffer through disease and that those who die deserved it and that those who survive are a better order of human being
August 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
i think it is hard for some people to really their heads around the reality that kennedy is staunchly anti-vaccine and thinks that people should suffer through disease and that those who die deserved it and that those who survive are a better order of human being
The Science Teacher recently published an article I wrote for teachers about my research on what kids think it means to be good at science and how we can help them expand what they think being good at science looks like. Here are 50 free downloads. #iTeachPhysics www.tandfonline.com/eprint/KJ3RR...
Expanding what counts as good at science Strategies for helping students value a wide range of skills in science
The Next Generation Science Standards call for students to use a wide range of skills, but students often hold a narrow view of what it means to be good at science, focusing on things like being ab...
www.tandfonline.com
July 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The Science Teacher recently published an article I wrote for teachers about my research on what kids think it means to be good at science and how we can help them expand what they think being good at science looks like. Here are 50 free downloads. #iTeachPhysics www.tandfonline.com/eprint/KJ3RR...
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Abandoning trans people is absolutely unacceptable. This lazy approach when we are watching the GOP target marginalized people with an expanding target ... It is gross negligence, and cruel and wrong besides
NEW: Democrats have used SCOTUS rulings to galvanize their base — but they won’t do that with Skrmetti, which green lit gender-affirming care bans
One Dem said it’s now a states issue
Another said trans issues don’t poll well
A third pointed me to the Cass report
www.notus.org/democrats/tr...
One Dem said it’s now a states issue
Another said trans issues don’t poll well
A third pointed me to the Cass report
www.notus.org/democrats/tr...
Democrats Have Basically Given Up Trying to Message on Transgender Rights
“The Supreme Court has ruled,” said one House Democrat. “We’re either a party that supports the rule of law or not.”
www.notus.org
June 30, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Abandoning trans people is absolutely unacceptable. This lazy approach when we are watching the GOP target marginalized people with an expanding target ... It is gross negligence, and cruel and wrong besides
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This is exactly what I tell my first-year students every semester! I teach all majors at SUU and I tell students that all majors have value. Study what you like!
"Learn to code" was always bad advice, unless you actually like to code. College students have the best chance of professional success if they major in topics that interest them. Today in @startribune.com. Please tell high school students and parents.
www.startribune.com/what-should-...
www.startribune.com/what-should-...
Opinion: College students, go ahead and major in what you love
"The lesson here is simple: Major in what you love, not what you think will get you a job," David M. Perry writes.
www.startribune.com
June 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
This is exactly what I tell my first-year students every semester! I teach all majors at SUU and I tell students that all majors have value. Study what you like!
Every time I get a revise & resubmit decision on a paper, I'm glad my advisor taught me her strategy for responding. It doubles as a way to break the revisions down into concrete tasks, which always makes revising feel so much more manageable to me.
June 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Every time I get a revise & resubmit decision on a paper, I'm glad my advisor taught me her strategy for responding. It doubles as a way to break the revisions down into concrete tasks, which always makes revising feel so much more manageable to me.