Michael Milton
@michael42think.bsky.social
Greetings. This is a temporary bio as I get myself together. I teach social studies, watch Bluey, and have a longstanding feud with Tuesdays.
Please consider joining SEA - Stop Education Acronyms.
Acronyms peaked with scuba & while PEMDAS came close to that in education we should wave the white flag. The ones you learned this year pale in comparison. It will be ok. The post acronym education world might be wordier but it will be clearer.
Acronyms peaked with scuba & while PEMDAS came close to that in education we should wave the white flag. The ones you learned this year pale in comparison. It will be ok. The post acronym education world might be wordier but it will be clearer.
February 5, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Please consider joining SEA - Stop Education Acronyms.
Acronyms peaked with scuba & while PEMDAS came close to that in education we should wave the white flag. The ones you learned this year pale in comparison. It will be ok. The post acronym education world might be wordier but it will be clearer.
Acronyms peaked with scuba & while PEMDAS came close to that in education we should wave the white flag. The ones you learned this year pale in comparison. It will be ok. The post acronym education world might be wordier but it will be clearer.
This is a write-up of a project where I turned the AP DBQ into a skill-based quest structure, complete with levels and XP, and built around the rubric, revision, and real-time feedback. I even brought my old blog back to life to share it.
michaelkmilton.com/2026/01/06/l... #sschat
michaelkmilton.com/2026/01/06/l... #sschat
Leveling Up with the DBQ: A Skill-Based Approach to Teaching the AP DBQ
I wanted a different way to introduce the AP DBQ – one that made skills visible, feedback immediate, and revision part of the process. This post shares how the DBQ Guild came together, why a …
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January 6, 2026 at 9:00 PM
This is a write-up of a project where I turned the AP DBQ into a skill-based quest structure, complete with levels and XP, and built around the rubric, revision, and real-time feedback. I even brought my old blog back to life to share it.
michaelkmilton.com/2026/01/06/l... #sschat
michaelkmilton.com/2026/01/06/l... #sschat
One of the neatest projects I worked on this year was for my AP World students: breaking up and gamifying the DBQ into what I call DBQ Guild: Questline I. Using the AP rubric, I turned each skill into a separate quest students could practice and level up through. It was a lot of fun. #sschat
December 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
One of the neatest projects I worked on this year was for my AP World students: breaking up and gamifying the DBQ into what I call DBQ Guild: Questline I. Using the AP rubric, I turned each skill into a separate quest students could practice and level up through. It was a lot of fun. #sschat
@swanversations.bsky.social what’s happening now? How are things?
December 24, 2025 at 12:30 AM
@swanversations.bsky.social what’s happening now? How are things?
The Phantom really have music teachers a bad rap for a bit there.
December 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The Phantom really have music teachers a bad rap for a bit there.
This is probably very stupid - but I’m trying to make a game-y learning the DBQ thing for my AP World kids. I also learned some very annoyingly awesome Google sheets tricks along the way.
This is still a bud of an idea-it could be fun. I might have cut back some levels to make it more manageable.
This is still a bud of an idea-it could be fun. I might have cut back some levels to make it more manageable.
November 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
This is probably very stupid - but I’m trying to make a game-y learning the DBQ thing for my AP World kids. I also learned some very annoyingly awesome Google sheets tricks along the way.
This is still a bud of an idea-it could be fun. I might have cut back some levels to make it more manageable.
This is still a bud of an idea-it could be fun. I might have cut back some levels to make it more manageable.
For a course on AI in the classroom we had to make a Gem -a little chatbot that you give it text as parameters to talk to you about (Gemini)
Then I found out you could give it rules - which I interpreted for my amusement. It loved only sequels, punctuation hated owls & had nightmares about Calhoun.
Then I found out you could give it rules - which I interpreted for my amusement. It loved only sequels, punctuation hated owls & had nightmares about Calhoun.
October 29, 2025 at 8:43 PM
For a course on AI in the classroom we had to make a Gem -a little chatbot that you give it text as parameters to talk to you about (Gemini)
Then I found out you could give it rules - which I interpreted for my amusement. It loved only sequels, punctuation hated owls & had nightmares about Calhoun.
Then I found out you could give it rules - which I interpreted for my amusement. It loved only sequels, punctuation hated owls & had nightmares about Calhoun.
“Turn it up to 6-7”
This is Spinal Tap Today
This is Spinal Tap Today
September 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM
“Turn it up to 6-7”
This is Spinal Tap Today
This is Spinal Tap Today
To all of my teacher friends who have been good little boys and girls summer (and are starting tomorrow)-
Remember to put out your shoes on this New Year Years Eve and you might find a handful of Expo markers & a mid morning coffee refill in them!
Remember to put out your shoes on this New Year Years Eve and you might find a handful of Expo markers & a mid morning coffee refill in them!
September 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
To all of my teacher friends who have been good little boys and girls summer (and are starting tomorrow)-
Remember to put out your shoes on this New Year Years Eve and you might find a handful of Expo markers & a mid morning coffee refill in them!
Remember to put out your shoes on this New Year Years Eve and you might find a handful of Expo markers & a mid morning coffee refill in them!
Paying homage to the cat hanging on a rope and Ben Franklin’s attributed line after signing the Declaration on Independence (We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately) - I made this motivational poster (yes, there is some Goonies in there as well.)
August 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Paying homage to the cat hanging on a rope and Ben Franklin’s attributed line after signing the Declaration on Independence (We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately) - I made this motivational poster (yes, there is some Goonies in there as well.)
Reposted by Michael Milton
Episode 214: Teaching How to Evaluate Online Information with Elizabeth Reynolds
In episode 214, Dan and Michael chat with Elizabeth Reynolds about her article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Teaching students to evaluate online information in social studies: A comparative…
In episode 214, Dan and Michael chat with Elizabeth Reynolds about her article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Teaching students to evaluate online information in social studies: A comparative…
Episode 214: Teaching How to Evaluate Online Information with Elizabeth Reynolds
In episode 214, Dan and Michael chat with Elizabeth Reynolds about her article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Teaching students to evaluate online information in social studies: A comparative case study of teachers’ goals and approaches.” Transcript Books, Articles, and Other Amazing Resources
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June 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Episode 214: Teaching How to Evaluate Online Information with Elizabeth Reynolds
In episode 214, Dan and Michael chat with Elizabeth Reynolds about her article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Teaching students to evaluate online information in social studies: A comparative…
In episode 214, Dan and Michael chat with Elizabeth Reynolds about her article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Teaching students to evaluate online information in social studies: A comparative…
Reposted by Michael Milton
Someone on Threads noticed you can type any random sentence into Google, then add “meaning” afterwards, and you’ll get an AI explanation of a famous idiom or phrase you just made up. Here is mine
April 23, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Someone on Threads noticed you can type any random sentence into Google, then add “meaning” afterwards, and you’ll get an AI explanation of a famous idiom or phrase you just made up. Here is mine
Reposted by Michael Milton
Since President Donald Trump took office, the Park Service, an agency charged with preserving American history, has changed how its website describes key moments from slavery to Jim Crow.
Amid anti-DEI push, National Park Service rewrites history of Underground Railroad
Since Trump took office, the park service, an agency charged with preserving American history, has changed how its website describes key moments from slavery to Jim Crow
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April 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Since President Donald Trump took office, the Park Service, an agency charged with preserving American history, has changed how its website describes key moments from slavery to Jim Crow.
"Can't repeat the past?! Why of course you can, old sport.
The past.
The past.
The past.
The past.
The pa-"
*smack*
"Shut up, Gatsby!"
The past.
The past.
The past.
The past.
The pa-"
*smack*
"Shut up, Gatsby!"
March 27, 2025 at 12:20 AM
"Can't repeat the past?! Why of course you can, old sport.
The past.
The past.
The past.
The past.
The pa-"
*smack*
"Shut up, Gatsby!"
The past.
The past.
The past.
The past.
The pa-"
*smack*
"Shut up, Gatsby!"
The book "1984" by George Orwell was written in 1949. the equivalent book today would be titled "2025."
February 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The book "1984" by George Orwell was written in 1949. the equivalent book today would be titled "2025."
I mean, Queen’s ‘We Will Rock You’ could have been inspired by Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery.
January 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I mean, Queen’s ‘We Will Rock You’ could have been inspired by Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery.
I’ll say this about teaching - the work is mysterious and important.
January 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I’ll say this about teaching - the work is mysterious and important.
Ya know how OER has those neat one page biography graphic novel for historical folks in history for AP World - does anyone make things like this for US? I would like to bring more individuals within US history to my class with short and exciting readings. #sschat
January 7, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Ya know how OER has those neat one page biography graphic novel for historical folks in history for AP World - does anyone make things like this for US? I would like to bring more individuals within US history to my class with short and exciting readings. #sschat
Reposted by Michael Milton
Word of the day is a favourite, from old Scots.
To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.
To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.
December 1, 2024 at 10:12 AM
Word of the day is a favourite, from old Scots.
To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.
To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.
The saddest song ever. But it makes the scene make sense!
November 30, 2024 at 8:15 PM
The saddest song ever. But it makes the scene make sense!
Getting an annual physical is like getting your body report card that, best case scenario, ends with a senior slide.
November 27, 2024 at 10:32 PM
Getting an annual physical is like getting your body report card that, best case scenario, ends with a senior slide.
Great Throughline episode about Sarah Josepha Hale who championed the idea of Thanksgiving as a national holiday- The Mother of Thanksgiving one.npr.org/i/1214380338... #sschat
🔊 Listen Now: The Mother of Thanksgiving
Throughline on NPR One | 50:26
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November 26, 2024 at 11:30 AM
Great Throughline episode about Sarah Josepha Hale who championed the idea of Thanksgiving as a national holiday- The Mother of Thanksgiving one.npr.org/i/1214380338... #sschat
Reposted by Michael Milton
In what turns out to be the worst prize in game show history, for correctly guessing the Sphinx's riddle, Oedipus got to marry his mom.
November 24, 2024 at 2:30 AM
In what turns out to be the worst prize in game show history, for correctly guessing the Sphinx's riddle, Oedipus got to marry his mom.