Brett Vogelsinger
@thevogelman.bsky.social
I’m a high school English teacher in Bucks County, PA. I present PD and authored the books Poetry Pauses (2023) and Artful AI (coming June 2025).
Poem of the Day to start each class!
https://brettvogelsinger.com
#poetry #ai #teaching #aplit
Poem of the Day to start each class!
https://brettvogelsinger.com
#poetry #ai #teaching #aplit
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The thing I feel happiest about as my new book, Artful AI in Writing Instruction, finds its way to more people?
That teachers find it helpful, and the lessons are working in other people's classrooms!
A few recent Amazon reviews:
That teachers find it helpful, and the lessons are working in other people's classrooms!
A few recent Amazon reviews:
Reposted by Brett Vogelsinger
TEACHING DISCERNMENT IN OUR AI INTERACTIONS.
"Sometimes their AI use was intrusive, taking away the student’s voice and misrepresenting what the student knows and can do."
#edusky @thevogelman.bsky.social #edtech @larryferlazzo.bsky.social #tlchat #teachersky
www.middleweb.com/53084/teachi...
"Sometimes their AI use was intrusive, taking away the student’s voice and misrepresenting what the student knows and can do."
#edusky @thevogelman.bsky.social #edtech @larryferlazzo.bsky.social #tlchat #teachersky
www.middleweb.com/53084/teachi...
Teaching Discernment in Our Interactions with AI
Sharpening our reasoning powers about when and how to engage with artificial intelligence will serve us and our students well, writes teacher Brett Vogelsinger.
www.middleweb.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:25 PM
TEACHING DISCERNMENT IN OUR AI INTERACTIONS.
"Sometimes their AI use was intrusive, taking away the student’s voice and misrepresenting what the student knows and can do."
#edusky @thevogelman.bsky.social #edtech @larryferlazzo.bsky.social #tlchat #teachersky
www.middleweb.com/53084/teachi...
"Sometimes their AI use was intrusive, taking away the student’s voice and misrepresenting what the student knows and can do."
#edusky @thevogelman.bsky.social #edtech @larryferlazzo.bsky.social #tlchat #teachersky
www.middleweb.com/53084/teachi...
Reposted by Brett Vogelsinger
“Creating a classroom environment rooted in transparency—through open conversations, consistent reflection, and tools like transparency surveys—helps students map the ever-changing landscape of AI use while building the discernment to navigate it thoughtfully,” @thevogelman.bsky.social writes.
AI Transparency Surveys: A Tool for Navigating Student Choices Together
A high school English teacher wondered: What happens when students can openly discuss AI boundaries, then reflect on their own use through a simple survey?
www.edutopia.org
February 8, 2026 at 7:04 PM
“Creating a classroom environment rooted in transparency—through open conversations, consistent reflection, and tools like transparency surveys—helps students map the ever-changing landscape of AI use while building the discernment to navigate it thoughtfully,” @thevogelman.bsky.social writes.
Layers of annotation!
1. Pull a 🔥 line from The Metamorphosis.
2. Circulate and annotate with detailed observations on diction + connections to other works we’ve read.
3. Return a week later with post its abd 2/3 of The Death of Ivan Ilych read to annotate intertextual connections .
#ncte
1. Pull a 🔥 line from The Metamorphosis.
2. Circulate and annotate with detailed observations on diction + connections to other works we’ve read.
3. Return a week later with post its abd 2/3 of The Death of Ivan Ilych read to annotate intertextual connections .
#ncte
February 8, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Layers of annotation!
1. Pull a 🔥 line from The Metamorphosis.
2. Circulate and annotate with detailed observations on diction + connections to other works we’ve read.
3. Return a week later with post its abd 2/3 of The Death of Ivan Ilych read to annotate intertextual connections .
#ncte
1. Pull a 🔥 line from The Metamorphosis.
2. Circulate and annotate with detailed observations on diction + connections to other works we’ve read.
3. Return a week later with post its abd 2/3 of The Death of Ivan Ilych read to annotate intertextual connections .
#ncte
Reposted by Brett Vogelsinger
Honesty + Reflection = Transparency Surveys. It’s one way for students and teachers of writing to navigate the era of AI together.
My new piece on @edutopia.org explores this more deeply, featuring student voices and a downloadable sample 🙂
www.edutopia.org/article/ai-t...
My new piece on @edutopia.org explores this more deeply, featuring student voices and a downloadable sample 🙂
www.edutopia.org/article/ai-t...
AI Transparency Surveys: A Tool for Navigating Student Choices Together
A high school English teacher wondered: What happens when students can openly discuss AI boundaries, then reflect on their own use through a simple survey?
www.edutopia.org
February 4, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Honesty + Reflection = Transparency Surveys. It’s one way for students and teachers of writing to navigate the era of AI together.
My new piece on @edutopia.org explores this more deeply, featuring student voices and a downloadable sample 🙂
www.edutopia.org/article/ai-t...
My new piece on @edutopia.org explores this more deeply, featuring student voices and a downloadable sample 🙂
www.edutopia.org/article/ai-t...
Honesty + Reflection = Transparency Surveys. It’s one way for students and teachers of writing to navigate the era of AI together.
My new piece on @edutopia.org explores this more deeply, featuring student voices and a downloadable sample 🙂
www.edutopia.org/article/ai-t...
My new piece on @edutopia.org explores this more deeply, featuring student voices and a downloadable sample 🙂
www.edutopia.org/article/ai-t...
AI Transparency Surveys: A Tool for Navigating Student Choices Together
A high school English teacher wondered: What happens when students can openly discuss AI boundaries, then reflect on their own use through a simple survey?
www.edutopia.org
February 4, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Honesty + Reflection = Transparency Surveys. It’s one way for students and teachers of writing to navigate the era of AI together.
My new piece on @edutopia.org explores this more deeply, featuring student voices and a downloadable sample 🙂
www.edutopia.org/article/ai-t...
My new piece on @edutopia.org explores this more deeply, featuring student voices and a downloadable sample 🙂
www.edutopia.org/article/ai-t...
I'm preparing to teach The Death of Ivan Ilyich again in #APLit and as I'm rereading, I'm remembering what a joy it is to teach . . . a piece that seems dry at first glance gets deeper and richer as we keep reading and talking.
Follows The Metamorphosis + fits our current Siberian weather🥶
Follows The Metamorphosis + fits our current Siberian weather🥶
January 30, 2026 at 1:25 PM
I'm preparing to teach The Death of Ivan Ilyich again in #APLit and as I'm rereading, I'm remembering what a joy it is to teach . . . a piece that seems dry at first glance gets deeper and richer as we keep reading and talking.
Follows The Metamorphosis + fits our current Siberian weather🥶
Follows The Metamorphosis + fits our current Siberian weather🥶
This piece captures the way @heymrsbond.com brings her heart, mind, and soul to every decision she makes in her teaching.
I'm honored to call her colleague and friend, and I'm jealous that @leevgaines.bsky.social got to go spend time in her classroom :)
I'm honored to call her colleague and friend, and I'm jealous that @leevgaines.bsky.social got to go spend time in her classroom :)
Forth Worth teacher Chanea Bond says sticking with pen and paper keeps generative artificial intelligence out of her American literature classes. n.pr/4c3cdzs
To keep AI out of her classroom, this high school English teacher went analog
Forth Worth teacher Chanea Bond says sticking with pen and paper keeps generative artificial intelligence out of her American literature classes.
n.pr
January 28, 2026 at 11:33 PM
This piece captures the way @heymrsbond.com brings her heart, mind, and soul to every decision she makes in her teaching.
I'm honored to call her colleague and friend, and I'm jealous that @leevgaines.bsky.social got to go spend time in her classroom :)
I'm honored to call her colleague and friend, and I'm jealous that @leevgaines.bsky.social got to go spend time in her classroom :)
Reposted by Brett Vogelsinger
It’s meeeeeeeee!
Let me know what you think.
Let me know what you think.
Forth Worth teacher Chanea Bond says sticking with pen and paper keeps generative artificial intelligence out of her American literature classes. n.pr/4c3cdzs
To keep AI out of her classroom, this high school English teacher went analog
Forth Worth teacher Chanea Bond says sticking with pen and paper keeps generative artificial intelligence out of her American literature classes.
n.pr
January 28, 2026 at 11:58 AM
It’s meeeeeeeee!
Let me know what you think.
Let me know what you think.
Looking for techniques to engage introverted learners?
In this @edutopia.org video I explain several techniques I use to help all students shine and show their engagement with class discussions.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv7R...
In this @edutopia.org video I explain several techniques I use to help all students shine and show their engagement with class discussions.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv7R...
How to Engage Introverted Learners
YouTube video by Edutopia
www.youtube.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Looking for techniques to engage introverted learners?
In this @edutopia.org video I explain several techniques I use to help all students shine and show their engagement with class discussions.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv7R...
In this @edutopia.org video I explain several techniques I use to help all students shine and show their engagement with class discussions.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv7R...
Robyn Sarah’s poem “Zero Holding” just felt right when I looked out the window this morning.
Maybe you could use it as a poetry pause when school reopens…write a short snow poem after reading.
Low stakes and a great review of the power of strong imagery.
Maybe you could use it as a poetry pause when school reopens…write a short snow poem after reading.
Low stakes and a great review of the power of strong imagery.
January 26, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Robyn Sarah’s poem “Zero Holding” just felt right when I looked out the window this morning.
Maybe you could use it as a poetry pause when school reopens…write a short snow poem after reading.
Low stakes and a great review of the power of strong imagery.
Maybe you could use it as a poetry pause when school reopens…write a short snow poem after reading.
Low stakes and a great review of the power of strong imagery.
This is a rough draft. What do you think?
Could this be useful for your students?
What might need to change?
(You may need to click on the image to see the whole thing!)
Could this be useful for your students?
What might need to change?
(You may need to click on the image to see the whole thing!)
January 19, 2026 at 7:04 PM
This is a rough draft. What do you think?
Could this be useful for your students?
What might need to change?
(You may need to click on the image to see the whole thing!)
Could this be useful for your students?
What might need to change?
(You may need to click on the image to see the whole thing!)
With all the talk about technology, blue books, process and product, it took me back to this 2020 piece I published on Moving Writers: "In Defense of Paper"
Maybe a refreshing weekend read!
movingwriters.org/2020/10/23/i...
@rebekahodell1.bsky.social
#iteachenglish #teaching #writing #ncte
Maybe a refreshing weekend read!
movingwriters.org/2020/10/23/i...
@rebekahodell1.bsky.social
#iteachenglish #teaching #writing #ncte
In Defense of Paper
And these days, when my students’ physical proximity to each other and their teachers is more tightly controlled, I can still provide a space for physical proximity to their ideas: the ink and pape…
movingwriters.org
January 17, 2026 at 12:27 PM
With all the talk about technology, blue books, process and product, it took me back to this 2020 piece I published on Moving Writers: "In Defense of Paper"
Maybe a refreshing weekend read!
movingwriters.org/2020/10/23/i...
@rebekahodell1.bsky.social
#iteachenglish #teaching #writing #ncte
Maybe a refreshing weekend read!
movingwriters.org/2020/10/23/i...
@rebekahodell1.bsky.social
#iteachenglish #teaching #writing #ncte
And a few more. Poetry projects on paper slow us down and make us live with the poems a little more. We need that these days.
January 16, 2026 at 8:48 PM
And a few more. Poetry projects on paper slow us down and make us live with the poems a little more. We need that these days.
Artwork and annotation are a big part of why I won’t mind grading these poetry collection projects from #aplit this weekend 🤩
#iteachenglish #EduSky #NCTEchar
#iteachenglish #EduSky #NCTEchar
January 16, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Artwork and annotation are a big part of why I won’t mind grading these poetry collection projects from #aplit this weekend 🤩
#iteachenglish #EduSky #NCTEchar
#iteachenglish #EduSky #NCTEchar
I love this concluding question on my end-of-semester survey.
It never fails to uncover new things to learn about the young people I teach, even as we're getting ready to move on to other courses.
Their candor and heart leave me smiling.
#iamteachingenglish #ncte
It never fails to uncover new things to learn about the young people I teach, even as we're getting ready to move on to other courses.
Their candor and heart leave me smiling.
#iamteachingenglish #ncte
January 16, 2026 at 12:31 AM
I love this concluding question on my end-of-semester survey.
It never fails to uncover new things to learn about the young people I teach, even as we're getting ready to move on to other courses.
Their candor and heart leave me smiling.
#iamteachingenglish #ncte
It never fails to uncover new things to learn about the young people I teach, even as we're getting ready to move on to other courses.
Their candor and heart leave me smiling.
#iamteachingenglish #ncte
Reposted by Brett Vogelsinger
if you'd like to hear @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social and me talk tomorrow (Wednesday, Jan 14) on zoom about our book Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century, Patricia McManus is hosting us and said I can publicize with her flyer here --
January 14, 2026 at 4:47 AM
if you'd like to hear @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social and me talk tomorrow (Wednesday, Jan 14) on zoom about our book Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century, Patricia McManus is hosting us and said I can publicize with her flyer here --
The thing I feel happiest about as my new book, Artful AI in Writing Instruction, finds its way to more people?
That teachers find it helpful, and the lessons are working in other people's classrooms!
A few recent Amazon reviews:
That teachers find it helpful, and the lessons are working in other people's classrooms!
A few recent Amazon reviews:
January 12, 2026 at 10:44 PM
The thing I feel happiest about as my new book, Artful AI in Writing Instruction, finds its way to more people?
That teachers find it helpful, and the lessons are working in other people's classrooms!
A few recent Amazon reviews:
That teachers find it helpful, and the lessons are working in other people's classrooms!
A few recent Amazon reviews:
Conversation today with Ss who each lunch in my room but I do not teach:
What helps you in a class where you don't feel motivated?
"When I know the teacher cares about me."
What's the best way to a student who lacks motivation that you care?
"Pull them aside for a 1:1 convo about it."
What helps you in a class where you don't feel motivated?
"When I know the teacher cares about me."
What's the best way to a student who lacks motivation that you care?
"Pull them aside for a 1:1 convo about it."
January 7, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Conversation today with Ss who each lunch in my room but I do not teach:
What helps you in a class where you don't feel motivated?
"When I know the teacher cares about me."
What's the best way to a student who lacks motivation that you care?
"Pull them aside for a 1:1 convo about it."
What helps you in a class where you don't feel motivated?
"When I know the teacher cares about me."
What's the best way to a student who lacks motivation that you care?
"Pull them aside for a 1:1 convo about it."
A thought provoking read. How is your school handling AI? How are you approaching it?
Is it AI? What happens when the students says no? And what does the doubt do to us?
Is it AI?
“Miss!” my student wailed, “my story is showing up as AI on all the checkers, but it’s not AI. I swear I wrote it!” Forgive me if I immediately doubted her. The story was due that day and, from what I could tell, she’d spent at least as much time in class playing on her phone under her desk as she had actually writing. I also knew that she was very grades-driven, often sharing her results with friends as they measured their success and, I think, some of their self-worth by the numbers on their assignments.
persistenceandpedagogy.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:12 PM
A thought provoking read. How is your school handling AI? How are you approaching it?
Use #AI to push thinking, not replace it.
Yesterday, we read "The Lottery."
As a class, we brainstormed five big ideas the story examines, a prelude to discussion of theme.
We asked CoPilot to do the same.
Three ideas overlapped with ours, but two were dubious.
Great discussion followed.
Yesterday, we read "The Lottery."
As a class, we brainstormed five big ideas the story examines, a prelude to discussion of theme.
We asked CoPilot to do the same.
Three ideas overlapped with ours, but two were dubious.
Great discussion followed.
January 6, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Use #AI to push thinking, not replace it.
Yesterday, we read "The Lottery."
As a class, we brainstormed five big ideas the story examines, a prelude to discussion of theme.
We asked CoPilot to do the same.
Three ideas overlapped with ours, but two were dubious.
Great discussion followed.
Yesterday, we read "The Lottery."
As a class, we brainstormed five big ideas the story examines, a prelude to discussion of theme.
We asked CoPilot to do the same.
Three ideas overlapped with ours, but two were dubious.
Great discussion followed.
Reposted by Brett Vogelsinger
Well I’ve never seen my latest book on this good of a deal anywhere. Kindle or paperback…if you’ve been on the fence, it’s a good time to buy!
#iteachenglish
#iteachenglish
January 4, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Well I’ve never seen my latest book on this good of a deal anywhere. Kindle or paperback…if you’ve been on the fence, it’s a good time to buy!
#iteachenglish
#iteachenglish
Well I’ve never seen my latest book on this good of a deal anywhere. Kindle or paperback…if you’ve been on the fence, it’s a good time to buy!
#iteachenglish
#iteachenglish
January 4, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Well I’ve never seen my latest book on this good of a deal anywhere. Kindle or paperback…if you’ve been on the fence, it’s a good time to buy!
#iteachenglish
#iteachenglish
I'm looking to continue growing my network on here this year.
Can you recommend #teachers and people in #education, #literacy, #poetry, and #literature that I should be following that I may not have found on hear yet? Drop a few suggestions of people you are learning from right now.
Can you recommend #teachers and people in #education, #literacy, #poetry, and #literature that I should be following that I may not have found on hear yet? Drop a few suggestions of people you are learning from right now.
January 1, 2026 at 9:44 PM
I'm looking to continue growing my network on here this year.
Can you recommend #teachers and people in #education, #literacy, #poetry, and #literature that I should be following that I may not have found on hear yet? Drop a few suggestions of people you are learning from right now.
Can you recommend #teachers and people in #education, #literacy, #poetry, and #literature that I should be following that I may not have found on hear yet? Drop a few suggestions of people you are learning from right now.
A first poem post for the new year:
"Unexpected Rain Song" by @grantdraws.bsky.social and the poem that inspired it, "April Rain Song" by Langston Hughes.
Reminders to find beauty in the unexpected this year!
www.incidentalcomics.com/2014/04/unex...
"Unexpected Rain Song" by @grantdraws.bsky.social and the poem that inspired it, "April Rain Song" by Langston Hughes.
Reminders to find beauty in the unexpected this year!
www.incidentalcomics.com/2014/04/unex...
January 1, 2026 at 3:12 PM
A first poem post for the new year:
"Unexpected Rain Song" by @grantdraws.bsky.social and the poem that inspired it, "April Rain Song" by Langston Hughes.
Reminders to find beauty in the unexpected this year!
www.incidentalcomics.com/2014/04/unex...
"Unexpected Rain Song" by @grantdraws.bsky.social and the poem that inspired it, "April Rain Song" by Langston Hughes.
Reminders to find beauty in the unexpected this year!
www.incidentalcomics.com/2014/04/unex...
Here is a little more about how sketching and poetry can interact in your classroom in 2026!
www.edutopia.org/article/simp...
@historycomics.bsky.social @grantdraws.bsky.social
www.edutopia.org/article/simp...
@historycomics.bsky.social @grantdraws.bsky.social
December 31, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Here is a little more about how sketching and poetry can interact in your classroom in 2026!
www.edutopia.org/article/simp...
@historycomics.bsky.social @grantdraws.bsky.social
www.edutopia.org/article/simp...
@historycomics.bsky.social @grantdraws.bsky.social