Zach Lloyd
@zachlloydmt.bsky.social
Music Theorist by Training, Teacher by Passion • Educational Developer • Musical Theater; Race, Gender, Sexuality in Music; Pedagogy • Thoughts and views are my own • He/Him/His 🏳️🌈
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New in The Important Work: @thevogelman.bsky.social shares his AI Transparency Survey and writes about what he learned when he asked his 10th and 12th grade students to reflect on their AI usage. Here's a bit of what his students shared. Read it here: theimportantwork.substack.com/p/the-transp...
![Alaina: After a few drafts of my conclusion, there were two sentences that I couldn’t find a clear wording for and I felt they were getting too convoluted for my presentation. I decided to ask AI to give me a few options for ways to rewrite them so I combined some of those ideas to make what I was trying to say more articulate.
Talia: Personally, I do not think AI usage is ethical, especially in a literature situation. . . Everything AI can tell me from a prompt I can learn from my own research.
Smaran: I always use the Microsoft Word Editor after every essay or project . . . Also, I used AI to try to find a scholarly source based on my thinking.
Ainslie: I’m not sure how to use AI in a way that maintains my thinking and voice and the integrity of the project. I also don’t see the [point of ] wasting that sort of energy and adding to my carbon footprint if I could use my brain.
Erin: I do not like AI and do not like using it in regard to my writing. I think it takes away the work of real writers and is harming us a lot more than it’s helping us.
Johan: I used the Google AI on my phone to look for different examples of Norse mythological influences in contemporary media.
Cassie: I didn’t use AI at all in this project. I don’t like using AI because it feels as though I am cheating myself out on my learning. This is an AP class; things are supposed to be difficult.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:a6m5puxjmwuwxhuviabkhg67/bafkreie26xqbeowqke7g5wlejitz2bgnxgjnv427xnov6e6vkvuman6p2y@jpeg)
November 18, 2025 at 1:25 PM
New in The Important Work: @thevogelman.bsky.social shares his AI Transparency Survey and writes about what he learned when he asked his 10th and 12th grade students to reflect on their AI usage. Here's a bit of what his students shared. Read it here: theimportantwork.substack.com/p/the-transp...
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I've given my new Senator a lot of shit on here. But I don't think anyone with power has laid out the stakes of what we're facing as clearly as she does right here.
And if she's saying this, it's because she feels she must.
And if she's saying this, it's because she feels she must.
November 1, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I've given my new Senator a lot of shit on here. But I don't think anyone with power has laid out the stakes of what we're facing as clearly as she does right here.
And if she's saying this, it's because she feels she must.
And if she's saying this, it's because she feels she must.
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It takes a (depraved) village
We're seeing a massive institutional deportation and state violence apparatus being built and it honestly feels like people dont grasp the sheer scale of it and what already is in place. For every horrific video of masked feds kidnapping people there are so many people pushing paper to help.
NEW: ICE is planning to build a shadow deportation network in Texas. A proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
October 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM
It takes a (depraved) village
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“Footage, obtained by the outlet, captured the musician face-down in the mud, with her instrument about two feet to her left, struggling as what appears to be a federal agent straddled her backside. A police officer stood next to the pair.”
The Feds then jailed her across state lines. For music.
The Feds then jailed her across state lines. For music.
“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”
Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents
‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said
www.independent.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
“Footage, obtained by the outlet, captured the musician face-down in the mud, with her instrument about two feet to her left, struggling as what appears to be a federal agent straddled her backside. A police officer stood next to the pair.”
The Feds then jailed her across state lines. For music.
The Feds then jailed her across state lines. For music.
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“… it affirms what the desegregators see as an unnatural principle: that nonwhite people are equal to white people, that women are equal to men, and that LGBTQ people deserve the same rights as everyone else.”
This remains the most important piece i’ve written about the goals and ideological principles of the second Trump administration www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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October 10, 2025 at 11:44 AM
“… it affirms what the desegregators see as an unnatural principle: that nonwhite people are equal to white people, that women are equal to men, and that LGBTQ people deserve the same rights as everyone else.”
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Oh this is even worse than was shared this morning.
Shoving libraries under AI. Good work, folks shoving AI into libraries. Now they're just one in the same.
In an era we need to really be clear on the necessity and purpose of these democratic institutions, this is five hundred backward steps.
Shoving libraries under AI. Good work, folks shoving AI into libraries. Now they're just one in the same.
In an era we need to really be clear on the necessity and purpose of these democratic institutions, this is five hundred backward steps.
Hey, this sucks. Like... a lot. 📚
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UNC schools of data science and information science to merge, forming unnamed ‘School of AI’
www.dailytarheel.com/article/univ...
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UNC schools of data science and information science to merge, forming unnamed ‘School of AI’
www.dailytarheel.com/article/univ...
UNC schools of data science and information science to merge, forming unnamed ‘School of AI’
SDSS Dean Stanley Ahalt will be made dean of the new school while SILS Dean Jeffrey Bardzell will stand as the University’s Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer and Vice Provost for AI.
www.dailytarheel.com
October 9, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Oh this is even worse than was shared this morning.
Shoving libraries under AI. Good work, folks shoving AI into libraries. Now they're just one in the same.
In an era we need to really be clear on the necessity and purpose of these democratic institutions, this is five hundred backward steps.
Shoving libraries under AI. Good work, folks shoving AI into libraries. Now they're just one in the same.
In an era we need to really be clear on the necessity and purpose of these democratic institutions, this is five hundred backward steps.
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I’m not kidding when I say these weird ass costumes and antics are actually an extremely effective tactic from a media standpoint bc when enough people do them, the media can’t fully scrub them out
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I’m not kidding when I say these weird ass costumes and antics are actually an extremely effective tactic from a media standpoint bc when enough people do them, the media can’t fully scrub them out
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
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More information tomorrow about the No ICE in California Itch Charity Bundle. But for now, here is the game jam. All games on itch are welcome, please spread the word.
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June 9, 2025 at 2:42 AM
More information tomorrow about the No ICE in California Itch Charity Bundle. But for now, here is the game jam. All games on itch are welcome, please spread the word.
itch.io/jam/no-ice-i...
itch.io/jam/no-ice-i...
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LAPD when they think nobody is watching
June 9, 2025 at 4:01 AM
LAPD when they think nobody is watching
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Watch the slow motion: it appears to me that the officers discuss the photographer and reporter before the one on the end fires on them (it looks to me like he's aiming at the camera, not the reporter, but you decide)
June 9, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Watch the slow motion: it appears to me that the officers discuss the photographer and reporter before the one on the end fires on them (it looks to me like he's aiming at the camera, not the reporter, but you decide)
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"On Tyranny" free resources to use and to share, now or any time
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June 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
"On Tyranny" free resources to use and to share, now or any time
snyder.substack.com/p/on-tyranny...
snyder.substack.com/p/on-tyranny...
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Trump is attacking every source of university income (research grant cancellations, a proposed endowment tax, cutting Pell Grant eligibility and in the 'big beautiful bill' changing the student loan program). It's a declaration of fiscal war on universities with students as collateral damage.
Trump planning to make it harder to go to college (unless you're rich) by cutting both Pell Grants and work study programs, all to give massive tax cuts to billionaires.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Trump aims to slash Pell Grants, which may limit low-income students’ college access
About 40% of undergraduates rely on Pell Grants to pay for college, and experts say if the plans are enacted, many of the lowest-income students would be forced to drop out.
www.nbcnews.com
June 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Trump is attacking every source of university income (research grant cancellations, a proposed endowment tax, cutting Pell Grant eligibility and in the 'big beautiful bill' changing the student loan program). It's a declaration of fiscal war on universities with students as collateral damage.
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My dad, who has lived under a dictatorship, knows one when he sees one. His first text this morning is that we are now officially in a dictatorship. It is all pretty grim.
June 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
My dad, who has lived under a dictatorship, knows one when he sees one. His first text this morning is that we are now officially in a dictatorship. It is all pretty grim.
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"if we grade everything and then we average it all, then you focus on the grade not the learning."
@lyonsletters
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#studentengagement #EduSky
@lyonsletters
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#studentengagement #EduSky
June 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
"if we grade everything and then we average it all, then you focus on the grade not the learning."
@lyonsletters
lyonslettters.com/books
#studentengagement #EduSky
@lyonsletters
lyonslettters.com/books
#studentengagement #EduSky
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Again, Brecht's line resonates: Be careful walking through Germany, with the truth under your coat.
Breaking: ABC News says senior national correspondent Terry Moran "has been suspended pending further evaluation." This since-deleted tweet is the reason for the suspension:
June 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Again, Brecht's line resonates: Be careful walking through Germany, with the truth under your coat.
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Reminder: jury nullification won't be in your jury instructions and is not something you're allowed to talk about in court. If you bring up jury nullification during jury selection, you WILL be thrown off the jury.
Want to nullify? Just vote to acquit. That's all nullification is: a vote to acquit.
Want to nullify? Just vote to acquit. That's all nullification is: a vote to acquit.
It’s a great time to talk to your family and friends about jury nullification 👍
June 8, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Reminder: jury nullification won't be in your jury instructions and is not something you're allowed to talk about in court. If you bring up jury nullification during jury selection, you WILL be thrown off the jury.
Want to nullify? Just vote to acquit. That's all nullification is: a vote to acquit.
Want to nullify? Just vote to acquit. That's all nullification is: a vote to acquit.
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Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺
June 3, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺
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The smartest people I know are all skeptical of A.I.
My punk friends see it as a tool of oppression.
My art friends see it as a creative cancer.
And then there’s LinkedIn.
My punk friends see it as a tool of oppression.
My art friends see it as a creative cancer.
And then there’s LinkedIn.
May 22, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The smartest people I know are all skeptical of A.I.
My punk friends see it as a tool of oppression.
My art friends see it as a creative cancer.
And then there’s LinkedIn.
My punk friends see it as a tool of oppression.
My art friends see it as a creative cancer.
And then there’s LinkedIn.
This is something I’m having to teach myself after grad school. Now that I’m reading more for fun, I don’t HAVE to finished everything I pick up! It’s so freeing even if it still feels like I’ll get in trouble at times 😂
If you’re 25 chapters into a book ‘hanging on until it gets better’ is some silly dork advice. Nah, my darling, it’s just not for you. Set it aside and read what you enjoy. Dragging yourself through a book you don’t vibe with is silliness. Time for reading isn’t always plentiful! Read what you love!
May 20, 2025 at 1:22 AM
This is something I’m having to teach myself after grad school. Now that I’m reading more for fun, I don’t HAVE to finished everything I pick up! It’s so freeing even if it still feels like I’ll get in trouble at times 😂
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“I want us to do better. I want to feel like we are responsible for each other's transformation. Not the transformation from vibrant flawed humans to bits of ash, but rather the transformation from broken people and communities to whole ones.” adrienne maree brown
May 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
“I want us to do better. I want to feel like we are responsible for each other's transformation. Not the transformation from vibrant flawed humans to bits of ash, but rather the transformation from broken people and communities to whole ones.” adrienne maree brown
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The OECD has announced an international "AI literacy" assessment that could set the standard for how we think about students' engagement with AI. In this post I speculate a little about the effects of the OECD quantifying "AI literacy-as-numbers" codeactsineducation.wordpress.com/2025/04/30/p...
Performing AI literacy
Photo by Jess Bailey on Unsplash A new international test of young people’s “AI literacy” has been announced by the OECD. Providing a global measurement of the competencies to engage with AI, the t…
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April 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The OECD has announced an international "AI literacy" assessment that could set the standard for how we think about students' engagement with AI. In this post I speculate a little about the effects of the OECD quantifying "AI literacy-as-numbers" codeactsineducation.wordpress.com/2025/04/30/p...
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How do we build more #retrievalpractice into our lessons? On the podcast, Dr. Pooja Agarwal (@retrievelearn.bsky.social), Dr. Janell Blunt, and Dr. Michelle Rivers share nine simple, easy, fun retrieval strategies that can be added to any lesson. www.cultofpedagogy.com/retrieval-in...
Retrieval in Action: Creative Strategies from Real Teachers | Cult of Pedagogy
These nine strategies make it quick, fun, and easy to build retrieval practice into any lesson.
www.cultofpedagogy.com
April 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
How do we build more #retrievalpractice into our lessons? On the podcast, Dr. Pooja Agarwal (@retrievelearn.bsky.social), Dr. Janell Blunt, and Dr. Michelle Rivers share nine simple, easy, fun retrieval strategies that can be added to any lesson. www.cultofpedagogy.com/retrieval-in...