Sean M. Arnold

NYSCATE is just around the corner. Get yourself on the right track by finding the conference pathway that's right for you! bit.ly/NYSCATEpathw...

AI Summit 2025 August 12, 2025 8:30am -1:00pm

NYSCATE is having several events coming up you'll want to check out.
Aug. 12 - 2025 AI Summit: Smart Tools for Smarter Teaching (www.nyscate.org/ai-summit-20...)
Starting Aug 20 or Sep 10 - NYSCATE Certified Instructional Coaching Program (www.nyscate.org/certified-in...)

AI Summit 2025 August 12, 2025 8:30am -1:00pm

NYSCATE is having some events coming up you'll want to check out.
Aug. 12 - 2025 AI Summit: Smart Tools for Smarter Teaching (www.nyscate.org/ai-summit-20...)
Starting Aug 20 or Sep 10 - NYSCATE Certified Instructional Coaching Program (www.nyscate.org/certified-in...)

Join @nerdybryant.bsky.social and I to start your day as we seek communal mindfulness together at #ISTELive & #ASCDAnnual - Monday, June 30 at 8:30 AM

An outdoor scene with the session info

Come join @jessiererickson.bsky.social and I as we explore hands-on learning from the cities to the plains and in between at @isteofficial.bsky.social and @ascdofficial.bsky.social July 1 at 4PM

Join me in San Antonio at the first #ISTELive + #ASCDAnnual CoLo Conference!

Apple After Hours is back in person with amazing NYC teachers with Kerry McGarvey leading the way, Cindy Wong diving into Scratch coding and Elizabeth Reale sharing some Book Creator magic! #NYCSchoolsTech

Here are some photos from the Staten Island Battle of the Boroughs Minecraft Challenge semi-finals on Saturday. We crowned the finalists for the first borough this year. Four more to go. A huge shoutout to all the staff support

It was a wonderful evening sharing ideas of innovation and struggle with other ISTE/ASCD 20 to Watch winners and educators around the world.

Birthright citizenship of Native Americans questioned by Trump administration | Juneau Empire Justice Department makes argument defending executive order suspending birthright citizenship.

On today’s did I read that correctly. Bingo card?
We have an administration questioning the citizenship of the indigenous people of this country

www.juneauempire.com/news/birthri...

NYC Schools Restore LGBTQ Videos Yanked by PBS Following Trump Executive Order The videos, made in partnership with NYC public schools, profiled key historical figures like Audre Lorde and Bayard Rustin.

For some light in dark times, the LGBTQ vids that were shut down on PBS because of Trump are now housed by NYC Schools. www.thecity.nyc/2025/02/19/l...

Shana V. White from the @KaporCenter is sharing deeply about AI equity & ethics with NYC CS for All educators and considering benefits, harms, and who is left behind.

The best part of events like the #NYCSchoolsTech Summit is connecting with friends you haven’t seen in a while.

6 adults smiling

The NYC ADEs & the @AppleEDU team, the lovely lighting from the windows was a happy guest to our meeting. #NYCSchoolsTech

2 smiling teachers

I got to to see a farmer in NYC and not in a school garden. @farmerfaubs.bsky.social & I got to a great D75 #a11y session using @bookcreator.com at the #NYCSchoolsTech Summit.

Access and understanding student needs are paramount regardless of what tech is being used. Hiding students from the digital world won’t work, but tech/AI needs to be approached mindfully.

I just got to share the Zen of Zeros + Ones with @Nadia916 - we had a blissful time exploring mindfulness for students and teachers in their tech, CS, & AI practices. #NYCSchoolsTech

2 teachers presenting

1 teachers with a screen

2 teachers with pictures symbols.

A wonderful session with @NYCSchools District 75 teachers on tech #a11y and AACs meeting the needs for ALL learners. #nycschoolstech

The #NYCSchoolsTech Summit is underway and I am glad to be amongst so many teacher friends.

Why is it only today that I am learning there is a neighborhood in Queens called The Hole?

a cartoon of homer simpson with the word introverting written above him ALT: a cartoon of homer simpson with the word introverting written above him

Today is World Introvert Day, so it’s a great day to respect boundaries and mind your business.

Finishing 2024 with a performance of Drag the Musical. And by chance upon leaving what subway car do I encounter, the Pride train.
Does that make it M T Gay? M T slay? M T Hey?

A NASA Spacecraft Will 'Touch' the Sun on Christmas Eve, Flying Closer to the Star Than Any Probe Before The Parker Solar Probe will endure scorching temperatures of 1,700 degrees Fahrenheit as it performs the closest solar flyby of any human-made object in history

Today is the day mankind touches the sun. Icarus be damned. www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a....

A good bottle of wine.

But I basically refuse to participate in those things anymore, cause they always devolved into such chaos and greed.

kids and teachers showing off bracelets

girl coding on ipad and smiling

kids in lego box

kids with lego robot

Finishing #CSEdWeek strong with some schools in Queens creating autonomous cars with LEGO robotics, building binary code bracelets, and programming with Code Monkey. #EduSky

Young girl coding on a computer and smiling

Woman helping young boy with coding

A group of students coding

I did bulletin board with coding and AI work

The adventures of #CSEdWeek continue with NYC students. #EduSky

Mother and daughter holding a certificate

Young girl, smiling by a computer

Girl, smiling next to a computer

Young girl with a certificate on the screen

#CSEdWeek event where we had parents & students coding along to create music, fashion, explore AI, and design bridges physically and in Minecraft. The conversations with these kids and family members got really deep into pondering the future and the role of technology in their lives.

a page filled with python code def hit_book(): """Performs "hit book".""" print("Hit book") time.sleep(0.5) # Simulate time def attention(): """Performs "attention".""" print("Lean right") time.sleep(0.5) print("Sway around left") time.sleep(0.5) def arms_out_in(): """Performs "arms out and in".""" print("Arms out") time.sleep(0.5) print("Arms in") time.sleep(0.5) def pas_de_bourree(): """Performs "pas de bourree".""" for _ in range(2): # Repeat twice print("Right") print("Left") print("Right") print("Left") time.sleep(0.5) def jump_in(): """Performs the "jump in" .""" print("Step front together") print("Hop on left") time.sleep(0.5) print("Step right") time.sleep(0.5) def wobble_turn(): """Performs "wobble turn".""" print("Wobble turn") time.sleep(1) # Simulate the time taken for the turn def chasse_back(): """Performs "chasse back".""" print("One foot jump back") print("Arms out") time.sleep(0.5) def scuff_chug(): """Performs "scuff chug".""" print("Scuff chug") time.sleep(0.5) def step(): """Performs a single step.""" print("Step") time.sleep(0.5) # Perform the dance routine for _ in range(4): # Repeat hit_book() attention() arms_out_in() pas_de_bourree() jump_in() wobble_turn() step() # Step left step() # Step right chasse_back() scuff_chug() step()

So my brain is broken, so I just wrote up code for an activity that is really just the dance moves to something I wanted to learn. It scratched an itch I had.
Bonus points if you can guess the dance/song.

Kids on computers

Kids on laptops

Young kids on computers

Kids on computers

Some #MinecraftEdu coding fun to kick off #CSEdWeek. They are designing accessible spaces, and I saw/heard at least 4 languages in that process. #EduAky

Who knew this was a thing, but one of my public Kahoot games was flagged for being inappropriate. But now, after review, it was deemed suitable for others’ eyes.