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Cal Armstrong @calarmstrong.bsky.social · 3d

Barbara Oakley [00:25:24] "People simply don’t understand how they themselves learn. And because they don’t, they’re misusing their brains by offloading information to large language models, you know, just ask ChatGPT."
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Economist-Podcast-Transcript-Sep20-2025

Podcast Title: “The Intelligence” Podcast Episode Title: “We Don’t Need No (AI) Education” Podcast Date: September 20, 2025 Podcast Transcript: “This podcast transcript is generated by third-party AI....

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oamecounts.bsky.social @oamecounts.bsky.social · 6d

𝓢𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓑𝓮𝓼𝓽 𝓟𝓻𝓪𝓬𝓽𝓲𝓬𝓮𝓼: the 27th annual TEAMS Math Conference t Brebeuf College School, Sat, Oct 25, 9:30-12:30.
Keynote by @jrappaport27.bsky.social then a breakout session & light lunch.
$15 OAME members, $20 non-members.
More info & to register drive.google.com/file/d/1LggM...
#onted #mtbos

TEAMS Conference Registration 2025.pdf

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oamecounts.bsky.social @oamecounts.bsky.social · 6d

𝗥𝗲𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: Join Tara Flynn & Shelley Yearley & discover 8 Core Concepts & leave with ready-to-use strategies. Free, and free dinner! Tues, Oct 21st 5:30-7:30
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Two In-Person Locations :
1) St. Dominic SS, Bracebridge
2) St. Joseph's SS, Barrie
#mtbos #onted

Rethinking Fractions

Presentation by Shelley Yearley and Tara Flynn - Tuesday, October 21st 5:30-7:30 hosted by MAC2

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Cal Armstrong @calarmstrong.bsky.social · 8d

On Wed Oct 8th at 8pm, @davidpetro314.bsky.social talks with Chad Harris on Neurodivergence: "Wait, what was I learning? Shedding light on Neurodivergent Experiences in the Classroom"
Register for the @OAMEtalks at mcis.oame.on.ca
More info at docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#mtbos #onted

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Cal Armstrong @calarmstrong.bsky.social · 8d

#chatOAME 💗 @Desmos
Whenever a reply to a teacher involves a graphable equation or table of data, the teacher can click on a Desmos chip and it opens to a Desmos graph automagically!
www.linkedin.com/pulse/chatoa...
Thanks, Desmos, for your awesome API & generosity to the #onted #mtbos community

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Cal Armstrong @calarmstrong.bsky.social · 9d

Coquitlam Superintendent: We're pushing out a new
@MSPowerApps
almost every week to accelerate the work of schools, based on feedback & suggestions from teachers & admin
Microsoft #aitour
I like using PowerApps/Flow - make a huge time save w/some investment
#Mtbos #onted

Cal Armstrong @calarmstrong.bsky.social · 9d

Microsoft: We're answering service request 12% faster than before
Microsoft #aitour
#mtbos #onted
He didn't give time period but it was an interesting stat

Cal Armstrong @calarmstrong.bsky.social · 9d

I appreciated the Seneca CEO's push back -- "We have to trust our educators"

Cal Armstrong @calarmstrong.bsky.social · 9d

Peter Singh TDSB : how do you ensure that time saved by #AI doesn't turn into "latte time" (his words) for teachers.
Well first. Every time saving innovation over the past hundred years has not reduced teacher work hours.
And second. OFFENDED.
Microsoft #AITour
#mtbos #onted

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Cal Armstrong @calarmstrong.bsky.social · 9d

Seneca CEO : "the problem with AI innovation is not the employee, its the boss"
Me: (no comment)
Microsoft #AITour
#mtbos #onted

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Cal Armstrong @calarmstrong.bsky.social · 9d

Coquitlam Superintendent : one of my problems are continual Innovators who are constantly pushing, experimenting and stretching boundaries, and they may coach with policy or safety
Microsoft #AITour
#mtbos #onted

Cal Armstrong @calarmstrong.bsky.social · 9d

Microsoft : seconding teachers into IT is a critically necessary step.
Me: shocked pikachu face!
Microsoft #AITour
#mtbos #onted

Cal Armstrong @calarmstrong.bsky.social · 9d

Coquitlam Superintendent : teachers create & have a ton of data on students (ed: not necessarily in digital format), leveraging that with #AI can be a huge boost. Teachers don't see themselves as data sources (hmm..i do at report time!)
Microsoft #AITour
#mtbos #onted

Cal Armstrong @calarmstrong.bsky.social · 9d

Coquitlam Superintendent and Seneca CEO : use your student data, AI and alerts to drive interventions earlier and more effectively
Microsoft #AITour
#mtbos #onted

Cal Armstrong @calarmstrong.bsky.social · 9d

"If your data is not well organized and structured for the AI, it opens a whole lot of other issues "
Coquitlam Superintendent at Microsoft #AITour
#mtbos #onted

Cal Armstrong @calarmstrong.bsky.social · 9d

President of Seneca : you should make sure that innovative faculty, pedagogues, are involved with your #AI development, don't be led by the IT department
Microsoft #AITour
#mtbos #onted

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Cal Armstrong @calarmstrong.bsky.social · 9d

Microsoft #AI Tour starts with an education session.
"1 in 2 students do not feel AI ready"
#mtbos #onted
Join the club, kids!

Cal Armstrong @calarmstrong.bsky.social · 9d

Math Night with NWOAME (@OAMElearns Chapter)
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Live Zoom Presentation 7:30–9:00P.M. EST
Please pre-register for the talk, Zoom link and/or recording: info at link docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#mtbos #onted #climatechange #mathed

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Cal Armstrong @calarmstrong.bsky.social · 22d

#OntEd - is there something similar in Ontario for our First Nations?
North Dakota releases first updated tribal textbook, with more on the way - www.jamestownsun.com/news/north-d...

Cal Armstrong @calarmstrong.bsky.social · 23d

It's a nice bit of support to see that our positioning of #chatOAME as a More Knowledgeable Other in active conversation with mathematics educators in #onted is supported by the research www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/15...
#Mtbos

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Cal Armstrong @calarmstrong.bsky.social · 23d

Actually, I'm more "not surprised" than "disappointed".
I recognize the work we're doing with #chatOAME is vital.

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Cal Armstrong @calarmstrong.bsky.social · 24d

#NCTMATL25 ... it was in an email from the conference!

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Cal Armstrong @calarmstrong.bsky.social · 25d

If you ask #chatOAME for a problem, add "current event" and, if something is found to fit mathematically, it will use a current @CBCNews story for the context, with a link to the story.
No hallucination - we use the RSS feeds! #onted #mtbos

Cal Armstrong @calarmstrong.bsky.social · 25d

We might want to track down the hashtag for NCTM... See you in Atlanta! It looks like a great park just near the conference center!

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Lara! @laramathcalf.bsky.social · 25d

NCTM people! Idk how many people use this website lol but I love in the Atlanta area so am planning to come and hover around but not attend the actual conference. Would love to see people are grab lunch or something!! Let me know if you wanna hang! #ITeachMath

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