Mark Gerl

#CulturallyCompetentEducator #EquityInEducation #EduSky #AcademicSky

#TodaysMomentOfAwesome. Starting a new year means maintenance on 3D printers, including the CocoaPresses.

Galloway has a new logo so what better way to test the reset than printing the logo

#EduSky @mattstultz.bsky.social @ellierose.me #♥️🍫🖨️ #ChocolatePrinting

#TodaysAwesomeMoment A fully assembled robotic hand from NeuroMaker. Out of the box, you can control individual digits with an IR remote.

Tomorrow.... Arduino programming for control

Https://neuromakerstem.com

@EduSky #Robotics #MiddleSchoolDangerousCurriculum
#OfCourseThey'llMakeItGiveABird.

The aim of education is the continuous reconstruction of experience. Through progressive pedagogy, we cultivate not only intellect—but character. #JohnDewey

#Today'sAwesomeMoment: Some new equipment from NeuroMaker. Robotic Prosthetic equipment for classes exploring the intersection of robotics and assistive technology.

My students are going to love this!

Https://neuromakerstem.com

@edusky.bsky.social #Robotics #AssistiveTechnology

#TodaysAwesomeMoment Today was 1st day of pre-planning. It was great to see colleagues, get back into the routine, meet the new staff.

One of the miracles of teaching is we get 2
"New Year's". One in January, One in August / September.

Here's to new beginnings!

@edusky.bsky.social

This just an admission that the current model of education is "Get the right answer" when we could have had "Be a better human" since 1917.

AI is just pointing out the flaws in a deeply flawed system.

Getting back into school year habits: Today's Moment of Awesome---Blacksmith demo at Rose Creek Public Library. "For over 5000 years, wood, stone and fire have been at the center of human civilization".

#EduSky #MakeHistory #LibrariesRock

Getting back in the habit of Making & Coding.... A digital name badge running on a @pimoroni.com Tufty2040 coded in MicroPython ... Next step: a version that says

The Pirate Ship Revenge
Indigo Montoya
You killed my father
Prepare to die

#EduSky #MakerEdu #ReadyForBackToSchool

Why Schools Are Banning Smartphones: A Summary of Key Trends School smartphone bans are gaining momentum as educators respond to concerns about student mental health, focus, and academic performance.

More schools are banning smartphones to boost focus and well-being—but do the results match the hype? Here's what the research says and what it means for teachers.

www.jeremyajorgensen.com/why-schools-...

Lots of affirmation here for starting with a draft and ending with reflection, with both peer-to-peer and prompt-shaped AI response between. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Peer and AI Review + Reflection (PAIRR): A human-centered approach to formative assessment - ScienceDirect #eduskyAI

Side-by-side image showing a frame from Richard Feynman’s Fun to Imagine series. The left side shows the original low-resolution version with noticeable blur, faded color, and film grain. The right side is the same frame after digital restoration, upscaled to 4K with improved clarity, color correction, and sharpness. Part of an ongoing remastering project to bring Feynman’s iconic physics lectures to a modern audience

🚀🧲 One of my summer projects has been restoring Richard Feynman's Fun to Imagine series, frame by frame and upscaled to 4K.
Please share this if you know anyone who might appreciate it!
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Thanks for the support! 🙏✨🙌

#FunToImagine #RichardFeynman #SeriouslyScientific

My first ISTELive was 2004, & I was amazed at the vast array of ideas, presenters, & people you start talking to. It's easy to forget the S stands for Society, people working together.

#ISTELive 2025 was my 8th, 4th as a presenter & probably the best one yet.

Thanks @isteofficial.bsky.social

Printed circuit board designed to show a Saturn Five rocket flying through space

We're heading to an educator conference at the end of the month, hoping to teach some STEM teachers to solder at our booth.

After being inspired by what other's have done with @oshpark.bsky.social's after dark, I threw together the design for a sick new soldering badge with twinkling LED stars.

If you're at ISTE, You should check out @nancyeblairblack.bsky.social and Corvin presenting on "9 Reasons to Use Minecraft to Level Up Elementary STEM Education"

2:30 at the Hemisfair Ballroom.

Hear from experts in early learning edtech on the power of a world wide phenomenon.

#ISTELive

I love seeing my friends with amazing educational tools making a splash at ISTE.

Https://learntosolderkits.com

Https://CADClass.org

@emmafletcher.bsky.social

#ISTELive

#EduSky

So proud to be part of an awesome team! Poster Session at #ISTELive promoting the @isteofficial.bsky.social GM AI Hands On Project Curriculum guides. I may be a bit biased because I contributed to 2 of them but they are amazing resources!

#ISTELive25

Https:\\isteaiexplorations.org

With the abundance of note taking apps and software we have available, why haven't Commonplace Books made a comeback in education?

Fascinating of conversation with Dr. Damian Bebell of Boston College regarding the measurement of metacognition for improved learning. The conversations at #ISTELive25 are absolutely mind blowing.

ISTELive 25 - Edtech conference | June 29-July 2 | San Antonio Experience bold education innovation at the edtech event of the year! Learn during thousands of learning experiences that will prepare you to help students thrive in the age of AI.

For anyone going to ISTE next week, you should absolutely check out Corvin Black's session on Minecraft for Early Childhood STEM

conference.iste.org/2025/program...

Wonderful. Thank you.

Can we get the source for the graphic?

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Today's Awesome Moment in Class:

Today was the last day for students. We're all done.

I could weave a thread of all the emotional moments, of the unsurpassed pride I feel. But it wouldn't be as meaningful to you.

So here's Taylor Mali instead

youtu.be/fuBmSbiVXo0?...

#EduSky #WhatTeachersMake

To quote Ella Flagg-Young "Some day the system will be such, teachers and students will go to school filled with ecstatic joy. In the evening students will speak about what they did and will speak with pride."

I teach AI, I train teachers in AI..... but AI is not what you think it is for learning.

Schools should be learning palaces. Not daycare centers, not holding pens, but places where inspiration, curiosity and wonder are the norm, not the exception.

The marks of learning should be shouts of "look what I figured out!' proudly holding high the artifact of their discoveries.

The changes that need to happen in education as a result of AI is that schools need to be more Human. Forget the right answers. Ask the beautiful questions. Build things, break things, put them back together again in new ways.

Prove the pythagorean theorem with interpretive dance.

AI will never inspire students to make street tacos based on varying local customs. AI will never tell you about someone with "Ojos de tapatío". AI will never play Jacques Brel and have the whole class silently in tears.

AI will never teach you that numbers can dance and reveal the Universe.

Yes, AI will change how schools operate, but we have to demand more than just "get the right answer".

Teachers are not childcare workers. Teachers are intellectual Prometheus, stealing fire from the gods to ignite the minds of students towards Original Thinking and towards a desire for truth.

Thorndike was using education as a platform for eugenics, and wanted to prove that some ethnic groups were less intelligent and therefore less human than others.

The idea of learning as simply "getting the right answer" is eugenics, pure and simple.

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