Kristen Hawley Turner

How are you teaching writing in the age of AI? Book cover for Teaching Writing in the Age of AI: Strategies for Teachers of Secondary Students by: Troy Hicks, Kristen Hawley Turner (Solution Tree) Though we are now many years into the “ne…

To provide a new perspective on how we might introduce AI to our secondary students, my long-time co-author and colleague, @teachkht.bsky.social and I released Teaching Writing in the Age of AI: Strategies for Teachers of Secondary Students (Solution Tree). hickstro.org/2025/10/26/h...

Twin Life: Having It All

It’s our season of lasts

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Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

Meta used at least 16 of my books, and numerous articles, to help train the AI it will use to make billions.

Authors, search your name here:

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Sharing my identities at a local high school career day!

Been reading since day 1. Can’t believe how many days it’s been going

I would have loved to be in the story boarding/music mashup room to see this develop. Some crazy talented people created this!

Whether he meant to send love from his heart or a message to neo-nazis is less important than how the audience perceives it. Many see it as the #2, emboldened by pardons of those who publicly shared neo-nazi intent. This is the conversation. What do we do about the disconnect and potential violence?

Haven’t read it but recommend you buy it

#bebrave

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She is the poster child for @theclalliance.bsky.social. Followed her passion at age 13 and now has monetized it!

At the End of the Day Megan Pepper · EP · 2025 · 5 songs

My daughter inspires me everyday. She writes, creates, and puts herself out there. Check out her new album open.spotify.com/album/5u108Q...

The Importance of Digital Media Literacy In a world where technology constantly reshapes ways of learning, playing, working, interacting, and engaging in civic life, digital media literacy is critical. With increased device use, children and...

Grateful for collaboration with @teachkht.bsky.social and colleagues on "The Importance of Digital Media Literacy," openly available in: Christakis, D.A., Hale, L. (eds) Handbook of Children and Screens. Springer, Cham. doi.org/10.1007/978-... #digitalliteracy #medialiteracy #teaching

This year’s donated books tree. Can’t wait to get them into readers’ hands!

Listened to @podsaveamerica.bsky.social about media covering Trump 2.0 on my way to #LRA24 where I joined other researches thinking about #literacies and was struck by the thought that our current information ecosystem started with Web 2.0 and the ability for anyone to create unvetted content

One thing I love about @bsky.app is that my feed isn’t filled with questions and theories about the drones that have infiltrated our area. You all talk smart things in my curated feed 😀

Today’s thought: if you are called to give to others but it’s breaking you, what are you called to do, exactly?

Pondering #AIinEDU as I finish up a chapter about how education is just too slow to change. Is this the tech that will transform pedagogy?

I usually make soup but this sounds much better!

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We are at that age. You might want to read Dr. Rick’s book

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In a world where we are systematically taught to hate and envy, we should sit in gratitude for the people who have the courage to love: to love themselves, to love us, to love our joy, to love the human right to love. If you are one of those loving people, then I’m sitting in gratitude for you.

I think I wrote a chapter with this title a few years ago 😂

Students regularly share with me that it’s about the task, not about #AIinEDU. Evidence might come through the work of studentsforinnovation.org

This hit me in the gut. @colsonwhitehead.com

No but I think it’s worth considering, especially in light of the need to create ethical businesses

I’m on board with supporting skill development that will make society a more productive, ethical place. So if we look at it through that lens, shouldn’t we be redesigning for the future rather than being stuck in what always was?

Question of the day: Should businesses and their needs guide the development of new kinds of programs in higher ed? #edusky

You wanted starter packs to be searchable. Our engineers are busy keeping us online, so in the meantime, an independent developer built a new searchable library of starter packs. This is the beauty of building in the open 🦋

Question of the day: Why are academics so resistant to interdisciplinary education? #edusky

I was hoping they stored it somewhere to reuse!

I’m pretty much a complete audio-reader now as a function of time and eyesight. I only read academic things in print or digital linear anymore. Am I less than because of it? Still consuming, processing, and generating new ideas. And yes, literacy wasn’t always in print for the masses!

A study in the exhibitor hall, 24 hours at a time. #ncte24