Kevin Oliver

Simulated dendrochronology of U.S. immigration (1830-2015) Data visualization with a poetic take on the data — historical immigration to the U.S. is shown as a set of tree rings (1830-2015). As time advances,…

I love this visual that builds from 1830 to depict immigration to the U.S. as cells in tree rings. If you stop listening to your government criminalize working immigrants as a distraction tactic from thievery, you realize we're all part of the same tree. vimeo.com/276140430

20 year service award at NC State, how the time flies, I used to think my Dad's 35 years at Tennessee could never be matched

enjoyed the opportunity to participate in this spring's cultural heritage data school with Cambridge Digital Humanities

I was recently made aware of the Programming Historian web site with peer reviewed lesson plans on using open source tools to engage with cultural historical information. Great resource for teaching... programminghistorian.org

What It Means to Tell the Truth About America And what happens when empirical fact is labeled “improper ideology”

@clintsmithiii.bsky.social has a terrific piece in the Atlantic about the National Museum of African American History and Culture today. It's SO powerful. He shared this gift link in his newsletter. Read it. Do not look away right now. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

end-of-term luncheon with some of our Learning, Design, and Technology undergraduate and graduate students at NC State

spring Learning, Design, and Technology (LDT) doctoral student colloquium at NC State's William and Ida Friday Institute for Educational Innovation

Explore the Realm of Pedagogy with Pedagodzilla! Pop culture is turned into playful exploration of key learning theories in ‘Pedagodzilla: Exploring the Realm of Pedagogy’. Find out more about this open educational resource. 

Our fellow #OU_LD team member @mikecollins.bsky.social announced today that The Pedagodzilla Book is now up on #OpenLearn as an OER. It's a fun read and gets great reviews! Get stuck in!

www.open.edu/openlearn/ed...

Teaching for Democratic Engagement and Civic Learning — UVA Teaching Hub <p>Across the disciplines, instructors can support students’ development as citizens and voters. These resources explore ways to incorporate this work in your courses, design engaging activities for c...

New on the UVA Teaching Hub: A robust set of resources curated by @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social for her collection, Teaching for Democratic Engagement and Civic Learning. There's a lot to explore here! teaching.virginia.edu/collections/...

Right? More "strategy" from the same guy who smugly predicted a Harris landslide victory in a nation with a million alt-right Goebbels on salary.

Kind LitStudies - Analyzing Kendrick Lamar’s Halftime Performance | Kind Academy Engage your students with this powerful FREE lesson plan and worksheet using Kendrick Lamar’s iconic halftime performance to teach figurative language, symbolism, and critical thinking! Designed for s...

kudos to Cori Greer-Banks for finding this lesson plan for kids in America to analyze Kendrick Lamar's symbolism-laden halftime performance; there's never been a better time for this lesson... www.kindacademy.org/product-page...

Do they even need to reverse it with charters and GOP vouchers doing the job of resegregating?

Oh no, I guess the U.S. has no choice but to give out more land leases to favored corporations in which politicians own stock to drill more in protected areas to address this "emergency."

Book cover for AI for Students

Educators, students, parents, here’s a link to my comic-style guide to using AI tools in education in ways that are humane, creative, and which help us think more, not less. I’m hearing it’s a unique approach and maybe useful to you and yours. promptlybooks.com/ai/ #ai #edusky

Image of cover to the guide with its title

Good morning Blueskyers! Three months ago @paul-bruno.com and I put together a short guide titled the Education Hazards of Generative AI. It outlines ways in which AI might be harmful in education. It's also free to download here -- please share widely!

www.cognitiveresonance.net/EducationHaz...

Call for Chapters: Rethinking Education and Agency in the Age of Human-Generative AI Interaction

(The call is open until February 15, 2025)

www.igi-global.com/publish/call...

NCDPI Generative AI Implementation Recommendations and Considerations for PK-13 Public Schools This document has been created as a way to share information to help direct responsible implementation of generative AI tools and guide AI Literacy in North Carolina Public Schools.

nice set of guidelines from NC-DPI for AI use at PK-13 levels

Triangle-area teachers, applications due for summer '25 CIDRE program 12/31/24, practice technical approaches to culturally reflective teaching in an international context, cidre.weebly.com

Teacher Education and Learning Sciences (TELS) year-end holiday luncheon at Parkside.

congrats to our summer/fall '24 LDT doctoral grads D. Culbreth, J. McClure, C. Noonan, and M.Ed. grads J. Bamyeh, A. Bertles, J. Dixon, M. Graham, J. Harris

cool namesake batwing typewriter circa 1909 spied at concord's gibson mill during some black friday shop local

Why urban sketching retreats are taking off Many travellers snap pictures during their trips, but others find that slowing down to illustrate a place helps them appreciate it in a more meaningful way.

always impressed with the sketches produced by art teachers in our study abroad programs; maybe it's time we get everyone involved in the fun... www.bbc.com/travel/artic...

continuing to learn a lot about the inspiring Rosenwald Schools in NC through this year's convening; check out the linked video, podcast, and forthcoming Fisk portal... video.pbsnc.org/video/unlock...

Just learning about it honestly, but have seen some unique applications like social studies teachers generating historical role plays for student-student interaction. Curious how creative teachers will find new uses for it. I wouldn't write it off.

Good morning, North Carolina folks! The Call for Proposals is OPEN for the UNC System Learning and Technology Symposium in Chapel Hill on June 2-3. Submit a proposal and join the LinkedIn group in my most recent LI post! myapps.northcarolina.edu/conferences/uncslts2025/

YouTube video by TED Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The danger of a single story | TED

Glad to be here, moving on from X. For my first post, sharing this wise video from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie who advises us to reject the single story: www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Ih...