Jackie Gerstein, Ed.D.

Podcasting with Upper Elementary, High Ability Students By creating podcasts, students practice receptive and productive skills. They must listen to their work while editing, write and read their scripts to prepare for their production, and of course, s…

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Bloom's Taxonomy revisited connected to Artificial Intelligence #AI - kind of cool.

10 Biggest Updates in AI and Education This Week – August 18th Edition Top AI companies unveil new models and study features ahead of the school year

10 Biggest Updates in AI and Education This Week – August 18th Edition
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Bringing Joy Into Our Schools: A Conversation with Gholdy Muhammad | Cult of Pedagogy Joy is not an extra. It's what lets us stay present, care for ourselves, and give our best to students, even when fear is trying to take over.

Bringing Joy Into Our Schools: A Conversation with Gholdy Muhammad | Cult of Pedagogy
“building community and making space for joy are not “extras.” They’re survival strategies. They’re what make us stronger and more able to resist”

In the age of AI, we need a human-centered society more than ever Earlier this year, I participated in the SIGCSE conference, the special interest group for computer science education. Cecilia Aragon, a…

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Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic are investing millions to train teachers how to use AI New York (CNN) — A group of leading tech companies is teaming up with two teachers’ unions to train 400,000 kindergarten through 12th grade teachers in artificial intelligence over the …

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Students made Chibi LED lit Easter dioramas developed by @kathyceceri.bsky.social - chibitronics.com/2024/03/17/c... quite the challenge for them but they hung in there. #makered

YouTube video by MSNBC Idaho teacher fights back after order to remove ‘Everyone is Welcome Here’ poster

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"What we must do is take every action against schemes that are designed to privatize and voucherize or in any way siphon resources from our public schools, colleges, universities, and our career & technical trainings."

–Becky Pringle, @neapresident.bsky.social in her opening #NEASummit plenary

Grandin honored among USA TODAY's 2025 Women of the Year | AGDAILY Temple Grandin, a renowned animal welfare expert and autism advocate, has been named one of USA TODAY’s 2025 Women of the Year.

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YouTube video by SXSW Amy Webb Launches 2025 Emerging Tech Trend Report | SXSW LIVE

Watching @amywebb.bsky.social's Future Today Institute's Tech Trends Report talk from #sxsw www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT33... love listening to her yearly report!

I am so very sorry.

What a nightmare. It's even worse than I expected (and I expected the very worst.)

and from a NM Public School Teacher: Prohibition against Federal control of education uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?r...

YouTube video by Nike So Win. | Nike

Best #superbowl commercial youtu.be/b0Ezn5pZE7o?...

Three Tools to Help Teach About Black Historical Figures in a Modern Light | KQED Explore engaging strategies for teaching Black history year-round, featuring insights from educator Dawnavyn James on how to make historical figures relatable for elementary students.

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U.S. Department of Education Takes Action to Eliminate DEI The U.S. Department of Education has taken action to eliminate harmful Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives, including references to them in public-facing communication channels and its ...

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Please Don't Use Generative AI To Mimic Historical Figures. An atrocious misuse of technology. Trigger Warning: An AI-generated image of Anne Frank and “activity” from SchoolAI in very poor taste.

Using generative AI to mimic historical figures such as Anne Frank is profoundly disrespectful. I elaborate in this post.

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How I begin each new year.

The Year I Found My Voice A year of speaking truth to hype.

This year I took a risk and spoke up about the inherent harms and flaws of generative AI in education. Here's my year-end reflection on that journey. #EduSky

Happy Festivus 💪🏻🙌🏻😤

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Is Bluesky the New Twitter for Teachers? Educators are trying out social media app Bluesky for building and maintaining their professional learning networks.

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Forbes 30 Under 30 2025: Education Bringing access and opportunity to the classroom and beyond

www.forbes.com/30-under-30/... love Brisk (and so do my students) - happy to see the founder featured.

From X to Bluesky: why are people fleeing Elon Musk’s ‘digital town square’? Musk’s platform has lost 2.7 million active US users in two months, while its rival has gained 2.5 million

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Google's #AI Learning About - Grasp new topics and deepen your understanding with a 💬 conversational learning companion that adapts to your unique curiosity and learning goals. learning.google.com/experiments/...

What Happens When 'Play' Is Left Out of the School Curriculum - EdSurge News “What if we centered playfulness and unstructured time in our classrooms, even when it has nothing to do with the curriculum?...If play is an ...

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Gallery: New York City Debuts Nation’s First K-12 Black Studies Curriculum As politicians attempt to diminish importance of teaching Black history, NYC students find joy seeing themselves, cultures in the classroom.

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