Rob McEntarffer

How do we learn*? If you like to watch a video, watch the video. If you like to read, here’s the same information**: 1. Learning is a change to your long-term memory (LTM)1. This is key, and this is how learni…

Admin/Teacher friends: great 5 minute video about how humans learn!

itsalearningcurve.education/how-do-we-le...

#Edusky #teachlearnsky #cogscisci

YouTube video by Hank Green Give me a single reason why Sora2 should exist.

Go @hankgreen.bsky.social ! Fantastic (and important) rant!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz0o...

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xAI data centre emits plumes of pollution, new video shows - Gas Outlook A massive data centre at xAI’s controversial site in Memphis, Tennessee is emitting huge plumes of pollution, according to new footage.

Ugh. All that energy wasted and pollution created for a glorified text prediction/plagiarism machine.

gasoutlook.com/analysis/xai...

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Ref: gasoutlook.com/analysis/xai...

The image is a tweet by Dave Statter about Kimmel's opening line when he returned to ABC last night. "I know it's not the Kimmel news of the night, but I wonder how many reporting on the talk show host's return recognize that his opening line was an homage to Jack Paar. ‘As I was saying before I was interrupted,’ was Paar's opening line upon his return after walking off the Tonight Show for seven weeks in 1960 following NBC censors cutting a joke about a water closet (bathroom). His last line before walking out and leaving the show to sidekick Hugh Downs was, 'There must be a better way of making a living than this. When he came back Paar said, "I looked and there isn't.'"

On top of everything else, the comedy history nerd in me loves Kimmel even more this morning for this deep cut, a cut on a scale so immense as to dwarf any previous such cut in the history of man.

How Faculty Fool Themselves about Teaching and Learning Faculty can easily fool themselves that they’re teaching effectively when their students aren’t really learning.

Teacher/Admin friends: WOW! Thanks to S. Chew for this amazing article!

www.teachingprofessor.com/topics/profe...

Statement from the American Psychiatric Association about autism/vaccine claims.

Brendan Carr Isn't Going to Stop Until Someone Makes Him In the wake of Jimmy Kimmel's suspension, experts say the FCC commissioner's conduct is flatly unconstitutional. They also expect him to keep going.

Important read. I'm grateful for the great political reporting from WIRED magazine!

"Brendan Carr Isn't Going to Stop Until Someone Makes Him"

www.wired.com/story/brenda...

@wired.com

Excerpt from the linked document, most recent entry

Now would be a GREAT time to contact your congressional representatives! I'm calling several times a week, and it doesn't take very long! Call call call! (link to my "cheat sheet: re: calling NE representatives)

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

#NE

Politically Motivated Violence Is Rare in the United States The government can and should vigorously pursue justice for Kirk and all the others murdered by politically motivated terrorists, but it can and should do so without new political witch hunts, expande...

Important research.

"Politically Motivated Violence Is Rare in the United States"

www.cato.org/blog/politic...

I'm at #rEDDenver2025 - excited to learn from these folks!
researched.org.uk/event/resear...

Sharing my notes in case it's useful for anyone: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

#teachlearnsky #EDUsky #CogSciSci

This puzzle game shows kids how they’re smarter than AI University of Washington researchers developed the game AI Puzzlers to show kids an area where AI systems still typically and blatantly fail: solving certain reasoning puzzles. In the game, users get....

Neat!

www.washington.edu/news/2025/07...

#teachlearnsky #edusky #AI #cogscisci

Posting for my friends in Lincoln, NE. See you on O St.!

A paragraph from this MIT study, which I read with my own two eyes, and you should, too.

Taking a swing at including these "AI"/LLM examples in my syllabi this semester. Good conversations so far with future teachers about the relationship between using LLMs and what it means to be "professional" as a teacher.

#teachlearnsky #EDUsky #AI

I'm excited to present at the ResearchED conf.! I admire the heck out of this organization!

Please share this w/teachers in the Denver area! It's gonna be a great day of conversations about teaching/ learning!

lnkd.in/gCFpU6yH

@andrewwatsonttb.bsky.social

#teachlearnsky #EDUsky #cogscisci

Edited: looks like this is a better URL for the petition: ujoin.co/campaigns/35...

#NE friends: please consider signing this petition from @neappleseed.org .

ujoin.co/campaigns/35...

AND call your representatives about this latest development in the frightening expansion of the ICE organization. Here's the "cheat sheet" I use: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Great point, @jeffgreene.bsky.social ! Related thoughts and a blog post about "cognitive offloading" and implications for AI/LLM use: robmcentarffer.net/uncategorize...

#AI #GenAI #teacherlearnsky #edusky #cogscisci

This is a great read! Thanks @helenrey.bsky.social !

#teachlearnsky #edusky

"But the government of the United States of America is not, and never has been, based in Christianity."

Thank you @hcrichardson.bsky.social

heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-9-2...

Teachers/administrators: this is worth reading and talking about!

#teachlearnsky #edusky #cogsciscit

"The A.I. Shell Game Is Well Underway"

samchaltain.substack.com/p/the-ai-she...

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Related: I made this a long time ago (needs updating!) but your resource is so much more detailed and useful! Thanks! robmcentarffer.net/uncategorize...

WOWZA! Thanks for this great resource!

#teachlearnsky #EduSky

The Sparrow (novel) - Wikipedia

If anyone is looking for a good read, I recommend The Sparrow by M. D. Russell. Beautiful, heart-breaking, clever science fiction.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spa...

From the Vonnegut community on Reddit: My review of Player Piano - Vonnegut's most prescient book Explore this post and more from the Vonnegut community

Any Vonnegut fans out there? I re-read Player Piano with a couple friends recently and it's worth your time. Vonnegut predicted a good chunk of our current "AI" conversation and has some wisdom to share, I think.

Here's a concise summary and review: www.reddit.com/r/Vonnegut/c...

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Thank you for the fantastic article! I hope the suggestion about references doesn't seem negative or critical - it's a great article!

15 Quick (and Mighty) Retrieval Practices From concept maps to flash cards to Pictionary, these activities help students reflect on—and remember—what they’ve learned.

I like this list! I wish @edutopia.org authors would include a list of references, but this list might be super useful as I talk with future teachers about retrieval practice.

"15 Quick (and Mighty) Retrieval Practices"

www.edutopia.org/article/quic...

#teachlearnsky #EDUsky

‘Cognitive Science,’ All the Rage in British Schools, Fails to Register in U.S. Educators blame this ‘reverse Beatles effect’ on America’s decentralized system and grad schools that are often hostile to research.

This article is worth reading! Thanks ‪@the74.bsky.social‬

www.the74million.org/article/cogn...

#teachlearnsky #Edusky

Does listening to an audiobook count as reading? One debate that's sure to draw a lot of strong opinions and hot takes — does listening to an audiobook count as reading?

These @npr.org reporters should talk to each other :)

Recent NPR story that mentions "auditory learning style" like it's a real thing. www.npr.org/2025/07/07/n...

2017 NPR story that does a great job explaining why learning styles are a myth www.npr.org/sections/ed/...

#teachlearnsky #EDUsky