David W. Deeds

Why Media Literacy Efforts Are Failing to Keep Up With Misinformation Classroom educators need support from district and school leaders in addressing flashpoint topics.

Why Media Literacy Efforts Are Failing to Keep Up With Misinformation #edusky #eduskyai

VFIS! The test avatars are ready for the debut of Virtual Footprints International School. School laptops have passed the graphics test, next up is the network load test. Goal is to show it off at the Festival of Learning in March. 🤓

Kids Are Entering Preschool More Comfortable With Screens Than Books. What Now? Screen time is rising among the youngest students. Experts explain its effect on literacy skills.

Kids Are Entering Preschool More Comfortable With Screens Than Books. What Now? #edusky #eduskyai

AI Is Different From Other Ed Tech. Here's How (Opinion) Debates over artificial intelligence are really about asking some big philosophical questions.

AI Is Different From Other Ed Tech. Here's How #edusky #eduskyai

Do Teachers Have the Skills to Use AI? New Test Aims to Find Out ETS, known for licensing tests, wants to gauge teacher readiness for new technology.

Do Teachers Have the Skills to Use AI? New Test Aims to Find Out #edusky #eduskyai

What Do A.I. Chatbots Discuss Among Themselves? We Sent One to Find Out.  We interviewed our bot about what it learned on Moltbook, the A.I.-only social network.

What Do A.I. Chatbots Discuss Among Themselves? We Sent One to Find Out. #edusky #eduskyai

Can AI Help Students Navigate the Career Chaos It’s Creating? College and career counseling is tough these days. Some schools are banking on the idea that AI can help.

Can AI Help Students Navigate the Career Chaos It’s Creating? | #edusky #eduskyai

New CoSN report underscores importance of intentional, reliable edtech use Strength, creativity and humanity of educators and IT leaders will be the driving forces behind true edtech innovation.

New CoSN report underscores importance of intentional, reliable edtech use #edusky #eduskyai

ATEK Grid is back – Hypergrid Business We are pleased to formally announce that ATEK Grid is officially back online at atekgrid.com. Over the past several weeks, we have quietly brought the platform back up and stabilized core systems. With that groundwork complete, our focus now turns to rebuilding ATEK Grid as a technology platform designed to support the OpenSim community and the broader metaverse ecosystem through practical tools, infrastructure, and collaboration.

ATEK Grid is back – Hypergrid Business #opensimulator #virtualworlds #metaverse #edtech #edtechchat #edchat

An ‘AI afterlife’ is now a real option – but what becomes of your legal status?  Would you create an interactive “digital twin” of yourself that can communicate with loved ones after your death? Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has made it possible to seemingly resurrect the dead. So-called griefbots or deathbots – an AI-generated voice, video avatar or text-based chatbot trained on the data of a deceased person – proliferate in the booming digital afterlife industry, also known as grief tech. Deathbots are usually created by the bereaved, often as part of the grieving process. But there are also services that allow you to create a digital twin of yourself while you’re still alive. So why not create one for when you’re gone?

An ‘AI afterlife’ is now a real option – but what becomes of your legal status? #edusky

I’m Not Worried AI Helps My Students Cheat. I’m Worried How It Makes Them Feel AI is undermining students’ trust in a shared reality. Here’s how schools can step up.

I’m Not Worried AI Helps My Students Cheat. I’m Worried How It Makes Them Feel #edusky #eduskyai

How This Leader Uses Gaming to Change Students’ Lives Laurie Lehman helped her district see the power of esports to illuminate new career paths for students.

How This Leader Uses Gaming to Change Students’ Lives #edusky #eduskyai

Tech Tools for Literacy Practice in Elementary School Digital platforms can help make reading aloud independently more engaging and get kids excited about literacy practice.

Tech Tools for Literacy Practice in Elementary School

The 2026 Driving K-12 Innovation Report: A Roadmap for What’s Next: Download Your Free Copy Today The pace of change in K-12 education has never been faster…and it’s not slowing down. From the rapid rise of generative AI to escalating cybersecurity threats, shifting approaches to assessment, growing workforce challenges, and the expanding role of data in decision-making, school systems across the world are navigating unprecedented complexity. …

The 2026 Driving K-12 Innovation Report: A Roadmap for What’s Next #edusky #eduskyai

The 2026 Driving K-12 Innovation Report: A Roadmap for What’s Next The pace of change in K-12 education has never been faster…and it’s not slowing down. From the rapid rise of generative AI to escalating cybersecurity threats, shifting approaches to assessment, growing workforce challenges, and the expanding role of data in decision-making, school systems across the world are navigating unprecedented complexity. …

The 2026 Driving K-12 Innovation Report: A Roadmap for What’s Next #edusky #eduskyai

Virtual World in Cambodian International School!  First connection with our OpenSimulator cybercampus within the Footprints International School firewall. I've now introduced virtual worlds to schools in Korea, Georgia, China, Mexico, Guatemala, Egypt, Ghana, Costa Rica and Cambodia! 

OpenSim OSGrid Region Hosting | Dreamland Metaverse - OpenSim Region Hosting & OSGrid Region Hosting & OpenSim Grid Hosting

2026 Driving K-12 Innovation Report: Hurdles, Accelerators & Tech Enablers: Now Available to Download!  CoSN’s Driving K-12 Innovation initiative proudly convenes an international Advisory Board of approximately 130+ education and technology experts to select the most important Hurdles (challenges), Accelerators (mega-trends), and Tech Enablers (tools) Driving K-12 Innovation for the year ahead. The Advisory Board engages in discussion via CoSN’s online forum, synchronous virtual…

2026 Driving K-12 Innovation Report: Hurdles, Accelerators & Tech Enablers #edusky #eduskyai

Laptops Did Not Take Away Their Brains. The School Model Did. "Neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath's new book and article argue that when we gave students laptops, student performance declined, so the tech broke their brains. That story skips the real culprits: high-stakes standardized testing that reshaped public schooling, and inequitable access to effective models of learning, not to devices."

Laptops Did Not Take Away Their Brains. The School Model Did. #edusky #eduskyai

2026 Driving K-12 Innovation Report Available Soon Today’s K-12 innovators are navigating an evolving landscape — full of both opportunity and challenge. CoSN invites EdTech leaders from around the world to come together at the Driving K-12 Innovation virtual Summit on Wednesday, February 4, to explore ideas for leading change and receive early access to the 2026…

2026 Driving K-12 Innovation Report Available Soon #edusky #eduskyai

2026 Driving K-12 Innovation Summit: Turning Challenges into Momentum for Change Today’s K-12 innovators are navigating an evolving landscape — full of both opportunity and challenge. CoSN invites EdTech leaders from around the world to come together at the Driving K-12 Innovation virtual Summit on Wednesday, February 4, to explore ideas for leading change and receive early access to the 2026…

2026 Driving K-12 Innovation Summit: Turning Challenges into Momentum for Change #edusky #eduskyai

The Education Industry And The Future Of Learning The education industry, a key driver of social and economic growth, is evolving through digital learning and lifelong education models.

The Education Industry And The Future Of Learning #edusky #eduskyai

Where Tech Leaders and Students Really Think AI Is Going We asked tech CEOs, journalists, entertainers, students, and more about the promise and peril of artificial intelligence. Here’s what they said.

Where Tech Leaders and Students Really Think AI Is Going #edusky #eduskyai

The AI Model Stack for Instructional Design Which AI models to use for which tasks, how & why

The AI Model Stack for Instructional Design #edusky #eduskyai

A K–12 AI Implementation Guide That Puts Learning First

A K–12 AI Implementation Guide That Puts Learning First #edusky #eduskyai

The Most Exhausting Part of Teaching Isn't the Students (Opinion) Teachers reveal what drives them from the field and what leaders can do to improve teachers' lives.

The Most Exhausting Part of Teaching Isn't the Students #edusky

Why I’m Happy Being ‘Just a Teacher’ Not every teacher is an aspiring administrator. That’s a good thing.

Why I’m Happy Being ‘Just a Teacher’ #edusky

Is LIVE Virtual Teaching as Effective as In-Person Instruction? Independent research shows LIVE virtual teaching can deliver outcomes on par with in-person instruction when implemented intentionally.

Is LIVE Virtual Teaching as Effective as In-Person Instruction? #edusky

GenAI as a research assistant GenAI is reshaping research, from accelerating discovery to easing administrative burdens. Discover practical guidance on how researchers can use these tech tools effectively and ethically

GenAI as a research assistant #edusky #eduskyai

Humans Possess One Thing That A.I. Does Not: Judgment  Computers still don’t do well with vagueness and uncertainty.

Humans Possess One Thing That A.I. Does Not: Judgment #edusky #eduskyai

OpenSimulator Cybercampus via Dreamland Metaverse OpenSimulator is an open source multi-platform, multi-user 3D application server. It can be used to create a virtual environment (or world) which can be accessed through a variety of clients, on multiple protocols. It also has an optional facility (the Hypergrid) to allow users to visit other OpenSimulator installations across the web from their 'home' OpenSimulator installation. In this way, it is the basis of a nascent distributed Metaverse.

OpenSimulator Cybercampus via Dreamland Metaverse