Bill Campbell

Middle School teachers: Read the entire thread although you probably know most of this already. (This is about teaching, not software design.)

Day 4 A: Low key curating a list of #AiInEd resources - d-e.padlet.org/campbb/ai-in... More importantly, listening to colleagues concerns and interests then trying to share relevant information at the right time. #EduskyAI

This Mind Map feature looks great. I noticed that @rodrop.bsky.social was using NotebookLM Plus in the video. However, I checked my free NotebookLM account and the Mind Map option was also there. I wish Google would change the terms to allow use by students under 18 in Workspace for Ed. #AiEdu

I'm a fan of #FlintK12 but I had difficulty getting an activity to list only the sources I had preloaded into it when asked by a student to show the source list. Tip: List the sources in a public Google Doc and use the setup chat to have activity respond the the URL of Doc. #AiEdu

ATLIS Announces 2025 Pillar Award Recipients At this year's Annual Conference, ATLIS will honor three professionals with the ATLIS Pillar Award:

@ajpodchaski.bsky.social Congratulations on your #ATLIS Pillar Award! theatlis.org/page/atlis-a...

Four Priorities for Human-Centered AI in Schools Webinar — AI for Education How do schools adopt long-term, sustainable strategies in response to generative AI? In this session, we explored four essential priorities: augmentation over automation, literacy over policy, design ...

"If you are interested in building [AI] literacy in your community, you cannot only live in the land of the don'ts. You have to live in the land of the do's also. And you have to model some of those affirmative actions with students." - Eric Husdon - www.aiforeducation.io/four-priorit... #AiEdu

Live Updates: Trump Administration Rescinds Freeze on Federal Grants and Loans

An update: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...

Which Federal Programs Are Under Scrutiny? The Budget Office Named 2,600 of Them. (Gift Article) The Trump administration ordered temporary freezes in funding for programs spanning virtually every part of the government. Here’s the full list.

For those concerned the freeze on federal funds will affect organizations you care about (or impact you personally), this list provides more information. My hope/guess is the @nytimes.com will continue to update it as they often do for something like this. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Inside of Instant Pot with pressure sensor switch and connector wires circled.

Sign of bad switch was that old one did not make a loud clicking sound. Take photo of old switch while connected so you attach wires back to proper connectors when you install new switch. Lower wire was almost too short but just fit. Connect wires before screwing down new switch to help that.

YouTube video by Scott Rollans EASY fix for C6 error message on Instant Pot IP-Lux

Kitchen tech (not my usual jam) and problem solving: My model LUX60 V3 Instant Pot was showing a C6 error on power up. Easy fix required only an screwdrive and $8 replacement KSD105 sensor/switch (www.amazon.com/dp/B0DK2RM5FP) This video was helpful - youtu.be/hIba1g9XZ4o #repairNotLandfill

Sucks maybe but not boring.

Is It Ethical for Teachers to Use A.I. to Grade Papers? Many schools do not allow students to use artificial intelligence to complete their assignments. Should teachers be held to the same standard?

If you are ready to have a conversation with students about their opinion on teachers using AI, the questions posed here might be a good start. The latter questions might elicit more nuanced answers with regard to resource generation. #EduSky #AiEdu www.nytimes.com/2024/11/13/l...

Requires LinkedIn sign in to read but worth doing that. #EduSky #AIinEd

Interesting post by @ddmeyer.bsky.social, former math teacher who moved to EdTech a while back. He scrapped X-Twitter "wall of love" posts for an AI tool and classified them as teacher, consultant, or administrator. Definition of consultant is controversial.
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Also, it might also help some students with learning differences. After that, students will conference face-to-face with the teacher to discuss the content of the statement with regards to the literature studies. We'll see how it goes when used in a week or two. #EduSky #AiinEd

The chatbot is setup to provide feedback on the general good practices for a statement (clarity, defendable argument, etc) NOT getting into content about the literature. The idea is that asking students to speak preciously instead of writing may encourage some different thinking.

I was working with a high school English teacher last week to create an AI chatbot (using FlintK12) to help students refine the first draft of a thesis statement for an essay. The kind of unique part is students dictate the statement using voice only.

Thanks for maintaining the #EduSky list. I look forward to a growing professional social network.

For those who familiar with @flintk12.bsky.social, functionality for creation is similar with the addition of you picking the AI model. However, Flint has benefits of a TOS and privacy policy for minor student use and transparency of teacher seeing chat transcripts. #AIinEducation

Just completed GOA's Create your Own GPT course and learned about poe.com Poe allows you to create a customized chatbot (i.e. a GPT) that uses the AI model of your choice. Free access allows a finite number of interactions per day. TOS: parental permission if under 18 and no use under 13. #EduSky

Six AI Ideas We Need to Let Go Of And two we really need to hold on to

In this Sept 2024 article by Eric Hudson, he reminds us that we (schools) have agency over Generative AI in addition to ideas to let go of, "How we approach AI at school now will affect decisions [students] make about AI, now and in the future." substack.com/home/post/p-... #EduSky #AIinEducation

While I have some formal training in programming from years ago, it's not something I do regularly. I'm using Python for this, which I picked up ad-hoc on my own. So I determine the logic, but as I start typing code I let GC autocomplete suggest syntax instead of frequently looking it up elsewhere.

Completed "Red-Nosed Reports" - #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/2 For part 1, wrote detailed comment then let Github Copilot suggest code that I approved (or not) line by line and had GC explain. Mostly wrote day 2 myself using day 1 code as base. Let GC suggest some lines.

I haven't tried this yet but I'm optimistic about it turning up some of the best of the 500 or so folks I followed on X-Twitter.

The Butterfly Effect: Bluesky Basics for Teachers — Learning in Hand with Tony Vincent Curious about the buzz on Bluesky? Discover how this decentralized platform is bringing educators together with familiar features, fresh possibilities, and hashtags like #EduSky that are sparking vibr...

Here's my attempt to get educators who were used to Twitter up to speed with Bluesky. #EduSky

💬 Character and media limits
#️⃣ Edu hashtags
📝 Customizable feeds
🕑 Realtime chats
🚫 Ads, bookmarking, scheduling
👥 Starter Packs
🧩 Sky Follower extension

learninginhand.com/blog/2024/11...

See what Bluesky lists you're on by going to ClearSky.app and entering your handle.

I was surprised to discover I'm on 75 different lists. 😲 #EduSky

Students should learn basics of coding without an AI tool. However, it's eventually about solving a problem using the tools available. I don't know when that is for students and that's a question for discussion. However, I know I'm personally already at that point.

I just completed "Historian Hysteria" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/1 Full disclosure: I continue to be curious about how well GitHub Copilot works to assist with coding so I'm using that in VSCode for the challenges.

So for now, I'm probably going to be mostly lurking for a bit. (And getting back into the habit of fitting a post into 300 characters. 🙂 )

I spent a significant amount of time years ago building a good X-Twitter (@BillCamp) professional network and hopefully contributing back but have not done that again since. I don't have the time to do that again here on bsky at the moment, but I'm optimistic about maybe trying here in the future.