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A High Schooler’s Perspective on Generative AI

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Annie Abrams @annieabrams.bsky.social · 4d

and: what that viral atlantic article from a while ago did was call into question the “college readiness” part of common core’s claims about “college and career readiness” and i don’t know if enough people understand the nature or stakes of the fight

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Adrian Neibauer @mrneibauer.bsky.social · 9d

What do playing with toddlers and almost becoming a professional clown have to do with teaching? They remind me of why I fell in love with teaching. #TeacherSky #EduSky #SubstackSky

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Zach Czaia @zachczaia.bsky.social · 13d

"To tell students not to use AI for the work that was AI-generated for us is, in my opinion, beyond ridiculous. She wants to know what we know. It’s only fair that the same should apply to teachers." Thanks, Scout Snider, for telling it like it is. And @jsanofranchini.bsky.social for sharing.

Jennifer Sano-Franchini @jsanofranchini.bsky.social · 14d

New Post: A High Schooler’s Perspective on Generative AI by Scout Snider refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/10/22/a...

"To tell students not to use AI for the work that was AI-generated for us is, in my opinion, beyond ridiculous."

Scout Snider, Morgantown High School Photo by Antoni Shkraba Studio on Pexels.com Being a student in today’s age means having to be surrounded by the constant usage of generative AI. I’…

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Zach Czaia @zachczaia.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks for inspiration on this piece to @susangbarber.bsky.social @arielsacks.bsky.social Ellen F. Davis, and Robert Frost. And can't forget Eric and Tami Taylor.

"Never a Dull Moment, Babe"

Zach Czaia @zachczaia.bsky.social · 13d

"Never a Dull Moment, Babe": Notes on Surprise--in Teaching, Writing, and Publishing

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Notes on Surprise--in Teaching, Writing, and Publishing

The Dangers of using AI to Grade

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Adrian Neibauer @mrneibauer.bsky.social · 26d

AI is not a mere tool for helping teachers. When you remove the human element of teaching and learning, you are not being more efficient nor effective. The ability to learn is what makes us human, and humans teaching humans is a fundamentally human act that is necessary for meaningful engagement.

John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 26d

I strongly urge everyone to not just read this warning from @marcwatkins.bsky.social, but heed it, and be vocal and forceful pushing back against using AI to grade student writing. This must be anathema if we're going to have a world where learning means something. substack.com/inbox/post/1...

Nobody Learns, Nobody Gains

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Talia Argondezzi @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social · Oct 2

Teachers! If your students are using AI to write their papers, maybe it's because you personally are not using AI enough. Here's my new @mcsweeneys.net www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-n...

I Need AI to Write Better Lesson Plans So My Students Stop Using AI to Write Their Papers

I care deeply about my students’ learning, but with all the new technologies available to help them cut corners, I worry that they’re not doing the...

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Zach Czaia @zachczaia.bsky.social · Oct 5

This is some great satirical writing, a la Swift's Modest Proposal! I think it would be fun to take class with @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social

The Chatbot in the Classroom, the Forklift at the Gym

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University of Notre Dame Press @undpress.bsky.social · Jun 16

"Scrupulous and well researched, this is a much-needed portrait of an often-overlooked area of American Catholicism." ~Publishers Weekly #Racism #Identity #Religion

Read the review: https://bit.ly/4mGTM6z. BLACK AND CATHOLIC by @tiaphd.bsky.social is coming soon!

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Adrian Neibauer @mrneibauer.bsky.social · Sep 23

It is important to not mistake the demands of the job for your real work in the classroom. Show up for the students in ways that count the most and that the system can’t measure. That’s where your agency lives. Where your work matters most. #EdChat #EduSky

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Alfie Kohn @alfiekohn.bsky.social · Sep 26

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My new essay on AI (www.alfiekohn.org/article/ai/) includes quotes from, or links to, writings by @emilymbender.bsky.social, @palan57.bsky.social, @stopgenai.com, @ddmeyer.bsky.social, @zachczaia.bsky.social, @lutzfernandez.bsky.social, @empittsdonahoe.bsky.social, @garymarcus.bsky.social ....

EDUCATION WEEK September 22, 2025 The Chatbot in the Classroom, the Forklift at the Gym By Alfie Kohn [This is a significantly expanded version of the published article, which was given a different ti...

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Zach Czaia @zachczaia.bsky.social · Sep 25

Thanks @zackteitel.bsky.social for provocation/inspiration. Thanks @rcmeg.bsky.social @jsanofranchini.bsky.social Maggie Fernandes for brilliant Quickstart Guide: refusinggenai.wordpress.com

Refusing Generative AI in Writing Studies

Visit the post for more.

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“There’s a line I use when teaching about building AI literacy in K-12 classrooms: ‘At the end of the day, it’s just sex ed.’ Every time I share it, I’m met with nods, chuckles, and that look of sudde...

Zach Czaia @zachczaia.bsky.social · Sep 25

‘AI Literacy as Sex Ed?’

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AI Literacy as Sex Ed?

Zach Czaia @zachczaia.bsky.social · Sep 11

‘Consider the bad times, and who they are good for.’ Brilliant line and brilliant piece.

Mark O’Connell @mrkocnnll.bsky.social · Sep 11

Terrible book, terrible guy, great magazine

The New York Review of Books @nybooks.com · Sep 11

Mark O’Connell on the flaccid philosophy of Palantir’s CEO

Zach Czaia @zachczaia.bsky.social · Sep 11

Thank you, David. Just finished reading WE BECOME WHAT WE NORMALIZED this week, and already want to re read it. I didn’t know how much I needed that book.

"Know Where You Stand, and Stand There"

Zach Czaia @zachczaia.bsky.social · Sep 11

Thanks @daviddark.bsky.social for added inspiration on this piece. Highly recommend all his work.

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Zach Czaia @zachczaia.bsky.social · Sep 11

‘Know Where You Stand and Stand There’: Notes on Some of Daniel Berrigan’s Poems and Another School Shooting

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Notes on Daniel Berrigan's Poems and Another School Shooting

Teaching without Teaching by Scott F. Parker

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Zach Czaia @zachczaia.bsky.social · Sep 2

One Subject Press just released our first new book, and it is a beauty. TEACHING WITHOUT TEACHING by Scott F. Parker. zachczaia.substack.com/p/teaching-w...

Introducing One Subject Press' First New Book!

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · Aug 27

Minnesota is taking an ungodly amount of hits this year.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · Aug 23

This is one of the absolute toughest things about predatory inclusion — the predation is often fun or a little useful. Criticism makes a reasonable person sound like an asshole. LowerEd weathered me for this kind of social death.

So I’ll say it: your enjoyment does not matter & should not matter.

harphacker.bsky.social @harphacker.bsky.social · Aug 23

I don't fundamentally disagree with a lot of this, especially the environmental cost/ benefit. I'll just offer that as a maker,tinkerer,experimenter, having access to a LLM has massively decreased the time required to design build and debug relatively sophisticated hw/sw prototypes.

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · Aug 19

asking the non-sentient sentence generator that uses sentient authors’ works without their consent if it consents to you using a pastiche of others’ work that you commanded it to produce is some of the highest decoupling I have seen Lo these many years

John Herrman @jwherrman.bsky.social · Aug 19

just checking in with one of the most influential philosophers alive today

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Zach Czaia @zachczaia.bsky.social · Aug 15

And shout out to @profjw.bsky.social whose wonderful “Critical Magic Theory” was big inspiration.

A Movie Review & Other Back to School Recommendations

Zach Czaia @zachczaia.bsky.social · Aug 15

New post out, “Another Round” up on Substack.

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"Another Round"