Yes!! It will save you when you have "those days." www.middleweb.com/40050/why-i-...

Because it's a powerful, world-changing tool, w/potential for both good & bad. I don't push it, but I use it so I can shape the conversation. We once bemoaned the printing press, the telephone, the automobile. More here: laurenbrownoned.substack.com/p/ai-and-edu...

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Clearly, you are thoughtful about technology: just read a prescient 2018 post of yours! "Disruptive technology does not just make our tasks more efficient, they change things. They make things obsolete. The ability to quickly find information anywhere any time changes how we learn..."

My apologies; replied too quickly! And not using BluSky regularly enough to have seen this sooner.

Yes! Yet another reminder that EVERYTHING in education is more complicated. But I do hate the phones. And now, more students in some communities have apple watches. Argh. #edusky laurenbrownoned.substack.com/p/what-happe...

Yes! That's the other key reason. And cognitive science shows that the brain privileges stories, so it's a great way to help students REMEMBER (aka learn) the history.

I stopped what I was doing to follow your advice. I'll see your recommendation for that post and raise you to read this one (that I somehow got to via reading your original recommendation.) #edusky theconvivialsociety.substack.com/p/life-canno...

Yes!!! I mean, don't do the reverse and short change math and science, but yes to more social studies. For K-5, embed it in the ELA curriculum!!! #sschat

Yes, me too!

Love this. The power of history.