Mike Deutsch
@mdeutschmtl.bsky.social
Edu tinkerer and connector. Math & CS pedagogy. @mdeutschmtl here and elsewhere. Montréal.
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Mike Deutsch
@mdeutschmtl.bsky.social
· Sep 25
My specialty is taking the talk-heavy instructional routines that work so well in K-8 math and using them in K-8 computer science (where they are an absolute *revelation*). My #NCTM session is a hands-on tour of those. I love showing math teachers (often CS-adjacent) how well they work. 🤓
I sometimes forget how much i loved product management.
A good passage from the always lucid Jason Cohen: “A great strategy, that doesn’t align with your strengths, is a bad strategy for *you*.”
Ah, but the alignment. There’s the rub. 😏
A good passage from the always lucid Jason Cohen: “A great strategy, that doesn’t align with your strengths, is a bad strategy for *you*.”
Ah, but the alignment. There’s the rub. 😏
I use this Adjacency Matrix to decide how to expand beyond incremental improvements.
e.g. new market segment, new product offering, new positioning, new ICP.
e.g. new market segment, new product offering, new positioning, new ICP.
Adjacency Matrix: How to expand after PMF
A simple workshop that evaluates new business ideas relative to your existing strengths -- the key to expanding without overreaching.
longform.asmartbear.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I sometimes forget how much i loved product management.
A good passage from the always lucid Jason Cohen: “A great strategy, that doesn’t align with your strengths, is a bad strategy for *you*.”
Ah, but the alignment. There’s the rub. 😏
A good passage from the always lucid Jason Cohen: “A great strategy, that doesn’t align with your strengths, is a bad strategy for *you*.”
Ah, but the alignment. There’s the rub. 😏
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No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?
November 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?
Oh.
Stopped in my tracks.
This is kind of … me.
Will my kids have this thought someday? 😧🥹😭
Stopped in my tracks.
This is kind of … me.
Will my kids have this thought someday? 😧🥹😭
November 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Oh.
Stopped in my tracks.
This is kind of … me.
Will my kids have this thought someday? 😧🥹😭
Stopped in my tracks.
This is kind of … me.
Will my kids have this thought someday? 😧🥹😭
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Maybe it’s just the Humanities professor in me, but let it be noted that events of today (ahem) have demonstrated the value of being able to assess a large volume of qualitative data and do careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.
November 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Maybe it’s just the Humanities professor in me, but let it be noted that events of today (ahem) have demonstrated the value of being able to assess a large volume of qualitative data and do careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.
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this dude helping his bro pick up his stick should be highlight of the night but our bloodthirsty sports media only feeds us conflict
November 13, 2025 at 5:34 AM
this dude helping his bro pick up his stick should be highlight of the night but our bloodthirsty sports media only feeds us conflict
And — keeping some perspective as I shovel snow at my WWI-era brick townhouse in Montreal on #remembranceday — here’s a moving WWI account carried by a family member in the present day. Lots of interesting moments. Via CBC podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
November 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM
And — keeping some perspective as I shovel snow at my WWI-era brick townhouse in Montreal on #remembranceday — here’s a moving WWI account carried by a family member in the present day. Lots of interesting moments. Via CBC podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
Always amusing how much I agree with @mrzachg.bsky.social, despite coming from different angles. Case in point: this podcast ep with @douglemov.bsky.social. Do you know you're *right on the edge* of amazing qual & inquiry research? 🤓❤️🤝
... a good faith 🧵...
educationrickshaw.com/2025/11/10/s...
... a good faith 🧵...
educationrickshaw.com/2025/11/10/s...
S5E08: Doug Lemov on “What to Do” and Active Observation Techniques
In this episode of Progressively Incorrect, I’m re-joined by Doug Lemov—author of Teach Like a Champion and The Coach’s Guide to Teaching, and one of the most influential figures in the history of …
educationrickshaw.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Always amusing how much I agree with @mrzachg.bsky.social, despite coming from different angles. Case in point: this podcast ep with @douglemov.bsky.social. Do you know you're *right on the edge* of amazing qual & inquiry research? 🤓❤️🤝
... a good faith 🧵...
educationrickshaw.com/2025/11/10/s...
... a good faith 🧵...
educationrickshaw.com/2025/11/10/s...
“Watson was ‘self-taught.’ He saw his double-helix discovery as proof that outsiders, unburdened by establishment thinking, could see and achieve what insiders couldn’t.”
Thing is, sometimes outsiders *do* make the breakthrough. It just sucks when they are awful and get the reason wrong.
Thing is, sometimes outsiders *do* make the breakthrough. It just sucks when they are awful and get the reason wrong.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:38 AM
“Watson was ‘self-taught.’ He saw his double-helix discovery as proof that outsiders, unburdened by establishment thinking, could see and achieve what insiders couldn’t.”
Thing is, sometimes outsiders *do* make the breakthrough. It just sucks when they are awful and get the reason wrong.
Thing is, sometimes outsiders *do* make the breakthrough. It just sucks when they are awful and get the reason wrong.
Ok, @pambrett.bsky.social , you’ve mentioned it so many times in your podcast that Francis Su’s Mathematics for Human Flourishing ended up in my YouTube feed. 🤣
I’m enjoying this talk—and I totally get it now. 🤓 youtu.be/mhrunq8j3wk?...
I’m enjoying this talk—and I totally get it now. 🤓 youtu.be/mhrunq8j3wk?...
Mathematics for Human Flourishing - Presented by Francis Su
YouTube video by University of South Australia
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Ok, @pambrett.bsky.social , you’ve mentioned it so many times in your podcast that Francis Su’s Mathematics for Human Flourishing ended up in my YouTube feed. 🤣
I’m enjoying this talk—and I totally get it now. 🤓 youtu.be/mhrunq8j3wk?...
I’m enjoying this talk—and I totally get it now. 🤓 youtu.be/mhrunq8j3wk?...
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Janelle Shane's AIWeirdness.com blog is the best. Still delivering!
Tiny neural net Halloween costume ideas include "Bride of grocerie" and "potato skeleton"
www.aiweirdness.com/tiny-neural-...
Tiny neural net Halloween costume ideas include "Bride of grocerie" and "potato skeleton"
www.aiweirdness.com/tiny-neural-...
AI Weirdness
The weird side of artificial intelligence.
AIWeirdness.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Janelle Shane's AIWeirdness.com blog is the best. Still delivering!
Tiny neural net Halloween costume ideas include "Bride of grocerie" and "potato skeleton"
www.aiweirdness.com/tiny-neural-...
Tiny neural net Halloween costume ideas include "Bride of grocerie" and "potato skeleton"
www.aiweirdness.com/tiny-neural-...
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LLMs are now widely used in social science as stand-ins for humans—assuming they can produce realistic, human-like text
But... can they? We don’t actually know.
In our new study, we develop a Computational Turing Test.
And our findings are striking:
LLMs may be far less human-like than we think.🧵
But... can they? We don’t actually know.
In our new study, we develop a Computational Turing Test.
And our findings are striking:
LLMs may be far less human-like than we think.🧵
Computational Turing Test Reveals Systematic Differences Between Human and AI Language
Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used in the social sciences to simulate human behavior, based on the assumption that they can generate realistic, human-like text. Yet this assumption rem...
arxiv.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:13 AM
LLMs are now widely used in social science as stand-ins for humans—assuming they can produce realistic, human-like text
But... can they? We don’t actually know.
In our new study, we develop a Computational Turing Test.
And our findings are striking:
LLMs may be far less human-like than we think.🧵
But... can they? We don’t actually know.
In our new study, we develop a Computational Turing Test.
And our findings are striking:
LLMs may be far less human-like than we think.🧵
In k-8 CS edu: “The fact that code blocks are present doesn’t mean that ‘computational thinking’ is being developed.”
Kids can complete coding puzzles and tutorials by rote. We shouldn’t be satisfied with that.
Kids can complete coding puzzles and tutorials by rote. We shouldn’t be satisfied with that.
The fact that chips or a number line are present doesn't mean that "conceptual understanding" is being developed. You can follow a rote procedure with integer chips or number blocks.
November 6, 2025 at 8:52 PM
In k-8 CS edu: “The fact that code blocks are present doesn’t mean that ‘computational thinking’ is being developed.”
Kids can complete coding puzzles and tutorials by rote. We shouldn’t be satisfied with that.
Kids can complete coding puzzles and tutorials by rote. We shouldn’t be satisfied with that.
1995 laser printer vibes. Top class.👌🏼
[P] Found a higher-quality photo; IT *IS* TAPED UP SHEETS OF PAPER!
November 6, 2025 at 12:38 AM
1995 laser printer vibes. Top class.👌🏼
meta skeet, it turns out.
That 10-minute frenzied loop of rephrasing, deleting, and rephrasing again, ultimately arriving at something that ("right. whew.") you feel much better about, only it's *exactly* the sentence you started with. 🫠
November 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
meta skeet, it turns out.
That 10-minute frenzied loop of rephrasing, deleting, and rephrasing again, ultimately arriving at something that ("right. whew.") you feel much better about, only it's *exactly* the sentence you started with. 🫠
November 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
That 10-minute frenzied loop of rephrasing, deleting, and rephrasing again, ultimately arriving at something that ("right. whew.") you feel much better about, only it's *exactly* the sentence you started with. 🫠
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#mtbos gang, assemble!
New project alert!
Which One Doesn't Belong? Second Edition.
I am deep in the middle of writing and would love input from folks who have used the routine in their classrooms.
Short Google form here—one page, eight questions, most of them optional: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Which One Doesn't Belong? Second Edition.
I am deep in the middle of writing and would love input from folks who have used the routine in their classrooms.
Short Google form here—one page, eight questions, most of them optional: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Which One Doesn't Belong, 2nd Edition
Hi! I'm Christopher, and I'm working on a second edition of the Teacher Guide for my Stenhouse/Routledge book Which One Doesn't Belong? This book celebrates its tenth anniversary in 2026. I have learn...
docs.google.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
#mtbos gang, assemble!
Ooh. This article + critique are gonna push my depth and my recollection of undergrad cogsci, linguistics, and CS. Excellent.
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Whooooooo-boy there is a LOT going on in this paragraph.
November 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Ooh. This article + critique are gonna push my depth and my recollection of undergrad cogsci, linguistics, and CS. Excellent.
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I absolutely never appreciated how Green Day's "American Idiot" is about media literacy!
"Don't wanna be an American idiot
Don't want a nation under the new mania
And can you hear the sound of hysteria?
The subliminal mindf**k America..."
1/
#InfoLit #MediaLit #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians
"Don't wanna be an American idiot
Don't want a nation under the new mania
And can you hear the sound of hysteria?
The subliminal mindf**k America..."
1/
#InfoLit #MediaLit #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians
a man in a black shirt and red tie is standing in front of a green and white american flag .
Alt: a man in a black shirt and red tie is standing in front of a green and white american flag .
media.tenor.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I absolutely never appreciated how Green Day's "American Idiot" is about media literacy!
"Don't wanna be an American idiot
Don't want a nation under the new mania
And can you hear the sound of hysteria?
The subliminal mindf**k America..."
1/
#InfoLit #MediaLit #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians
"Don't wanna be an American idiot
Don't want a nation under the new mania
And can you hear the sound of hysteria?
The subliminal mindf**k America..."
1/
#InfoLit #MediaLit #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians
Next in our ongoing series, Honest Names for LLMs.
"word schmear" 🤣
@garymarcus.bsky.social garymarcus.substack.com/p/why-do-lar...
"word schmear" 🤣
@garymarcus.bsky.social garymarcus.substack.com/p/why-do-lar...
November 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Next in our ongoing series, Honest Names for LLMs.
"word schmear" 🤣
@garymarcus.bsky.social garymarcus.substack.com/p/why-do-lar...
"word schmear" 🤣
@garymarcus.bsky.social garymarcus.substack.com/p/why-do-lar...
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On Nov. 3, 2004, a group of dedicated CS teachers formed CSTA with the intent to support each other. 21 years later, and we’re proud to be the world’s largest computer science department. Here's to another 20+ years! #HappyAnniversary
November 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
On Nov. 3, 2004, a group of dedicated CS teachers formed CSTA with the intent to support each other. 21 years later, and we’re proud to be the world’s largest computer science department. Here's to another 20+ years! #HappyAnniversary
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Even if you didn't watch the game, you owe it to yourself to watch this recap. Just an unbelievable level of drama.
Dodgers vs. Blue Jays Game 7 Highlights 🔥 World Series on FOX
YouTube video by FOX Sports
youtu.be
November 3, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Even if you didn't watch the game, you owe it to yourself to watch this recap. Just an unbelievable level of drama.
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Hey #mtbos #ITeachMath friends - @jedediyah.com and I will be hosting a free, @amplifyeducation.bsky.social webinar this Thursday evening on the basics of building an Amplify Classroom activity. We would love for you to join us! Here's the sign up link: amplify.com/event/intro-...
Intro to Activity Building
Join us for an upcoming K-12 webinar, online event, or podcast. You can browse all of our events by month. Sign up and click Register Now.
amplify.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Hey #mtbos #ITeachMath friends - @jedediyah.com and I will be hosting a free, @amplifyeducation.bsky.social webinar this Thursday evening on the basics of building an Amplify Classroom activity. We would love for you to join us! Here's the sign up link: amplify.com/event/intro-...
⚾️ Well, that didn’t end the way we wanted. So many chances to win. 😔 But my Montréal-bred kids got excited about baseball. So that’s a kind of win.
November 2, 2025 at 4:29 AM
⚾️ Well, that didn’t end the way we wanted. So many chances to win. 😔 But my Montréal-bred kids got excited about baseball. So that’s a kind of win.