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DavidPBLRoss
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Former CEO of Partnership for 21st Century Learning. Former Senior Director Buck Institute for Education. Current Gen AI in Education advisor, writer, speaker. Web: www.davidpblross.org/splash
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America Succeeds is inviting educators from across the country to pilot test draft resources from the forthcoming K–12 Durable Skills Framework via @americasucceeds americasucceeds.org/k12 #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #4Cs #durableskills #21stcenturyskills
K12 - America Succeeds
We’re inviting educators from across the country to pilot test draft resources from the forthcoming K–12 Durable Skills Framework. Whether you're a classroom teacher, instructional coach, counselor, o...
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November 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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AI-Assisted Teacher Evaluations: An Integrated, Three-Phase Approach To Upgrade Quality and Efficiency via @techlearning www.techlearning.com/technology/a... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #teacherevaluation
AI-Assisted Teacher Evaluations: An Integrated, Three-Phase Approach To Upgrade Quality and Efficiency
How to use AI for an integrated, three-phase approach to provide objective, meaningful, and personalized feedback, in less than half the time.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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The good: Students can collaborate on group chats with ChatGPT. The bad: Students can collaborate on group chats with ChatGPT via @openai openai.com/index/group-... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #collaboration #groupwork #PBL
Introducing group chats in ChatGPT
Collaborate with others, and ChatGPT, in the same conversation.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Is AI making us smarter or just making us look smart? Via @worldbank blogs.worldbank.org/en/education... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #criticalthinking
Is AI making us smarter or just making us look smart?
AI can boost or harm learning. Performance isn’t learning; productive struggle and retrieval build memory. Design AI to prompt thinking, with trained teachers guiding use. Invest in teacher capacity a...
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November 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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The Illusion of Learning: The Danger of Artificial Intelligence to Education via @substack thenext30years.substack.com/p/the-illusi... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #criticalthinking
The Illusion of Learning: The Danger of Artificial Intelligence to Education
AI forces us to re-articulate what education is for: not producing polished outputs, but forming capable, discerning minds.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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AI Tutors Are Now Common in Early Reading Instruction. Do They Actually Work? Via @educationweek www.edweek.org/technology/a... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #teacherevaluation
AI Tutors Are Now Common in Early Reading Instruction. Do They Actually Work?
AI reading tutors are only now being studied, and raise difficult questions about how to judge efficacy.
www.edweek.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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We’re Having the Wrong AI Debate in Education. via @linkedin www.linkedin.com/pulse/were-h... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #china
We’re Having the Wrong AI Debate in Education. Here’s What I Learned in Shanghai.
In a Shanghai classroom I visited last week during the Digital Promise Global Cities Education Network Symposium, I watched grade 5 students in a Chinese language arts class debating a central questio...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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#OpenAI announces #ChatGPT for Teachers — a secure workspace built for educators, with admin controls and compliance support for school and district leaders. Free for verified U.S. K–12 educators openai.com/index/chatgp... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai
A free version of ChatGPT built for teachers
A secure ChatGPT workspace that supports teachers in their everyday work so they can focus on what matters most—plus admin controls for school and district leaders. Free for verified U.S. K–12 educato...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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#Google is offering students a free year of access to its most accurate model Gemini 3 Pro, unlimited image uploads, Pro-level image generation, customized quizzes and advanced learning tools like NotebookLM gemini.google/students/ #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai
Gemini for Students — get free Google AI Pro for a year
Get more Gemini with Google AI Pro free for a year to unlock Gemini's power for school & beyond, from homework help to video creation.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Common Sense Media released a report finding that AI poses a fundamental risk to teens who use it for mental health support. www.commonsensemedia.org/ai-ratings/a... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #mentalhealth #AIcompanions
AI Chatbots for Mental Health Support
AI Chatbots for Mental Health Support - Learn more and get Common Sense Media's research-backed tips.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Six Territories for Disciplinary AI Literacy via @substack open.substack.com/pub/nickpotk... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #AIliteracy
Six Territories for Disciplinary AI Literacy
Not another set of guidelines, but a map of the intellectual territory we must traverse together.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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A microlearning AI-integrated instructional design for enhanced learning outcomes - new research via @nature www.nature.com/articles/s41... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #instructionaldesign #curriculum #teaching
The MIND model a microlearning AI-integrated instructional design for enhanced learning outcomes - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - The MIND model a microlearning AI-integrated instructional design for enhanced learning outcomes
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November 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Microsoft CoPilot’s Audio Expressions tool might be the bridge between tech and true voice. Pair voice recordings with AI-generated visuals for deep learning moments across every subject. My analysis: open.substack.com/pub/davidpbl... #EducationTools #ProjectBasedLearning #AIinSchools #TeacherTech
How Teachers Can Use Microsoft CoPilot’s Audio Expressions to Boost Student Communication and Creativity
Teachers, are you only using 10% of what AI tools can do in your classroom? Microsoft CoPilot’s new Audio Expressions feature lets students record, revise, and enhance their thinking with voice — and ...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Teacher AI Training Is Rising Fast, But Still Has a Long Way to Go via @educationweek www.edweek.org/technology/t... #teacherprep #codeorg #ailiteracy
Teacher AI Training Is Rising Fast, But Still Has a Long Way to Go
AI is now embedded into many of the tools that students and teachers use daily.
www.edweek.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Helpful or Harmful? The Cost of AI's New Learning Tools via @psychtoday www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-... #COPPA #dataprivacy
Helpful or Harmful? The Cost of AI's New Learning Tools
If a browser creates "memories" of children's browsing and learning, even with parental controls, are we normalizing the idea that cognitive development needs AI observation?
www.psychologytoday.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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University Researchers to Create AI Strategy for Rural Schools via @govtechnews www.govtech.com/education/k-... #WashingtonState #edpolicy #ruraleducation
University Researchers to Create AI Strategy for Rural Schools
Microsoft will provide $82,500 in grant money to assistant professors at Washington State University, to support them in developing an AI integration road map for rural K-12 schools in three northwest...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Coober Pedy: “white man in a hole.”
In this week’s chapter:
🛤️ A long, hot ride on The Ghan
⛏️ A mining town like no other
⛪ A church carved underground
📿 An opal gift for mom
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#TravelMemoir #AustraliaTravel #UndergroundLiving #OpalCapital #GhanJourney
6. The Ghan
I took The Ghan through the blistering Australian Outback to chase down memory, myth, and maybe some trace of Livvy. Instead, I found opals, sleep inside a mine, and a Serbian Orthodox church carved i...
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November 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Excited to speak at #WISE12 Summit: Humanity.io - Human Values at the Heart of Education! Join me in Doha on November 24-25, 2025. I'll post daily. www.wise-qatar.org/wise-12/ #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #QFI
November 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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A new era of intelligence with Gemini 3 - I’ll dig into the model over the next few weeks to gauge impact on teachers and students. blog.google/products/gem... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #teacherprep #google #gemini
A new era of intelligence with Gemini 3
Today we’re releasing Gemini 3 – our most intelligent model that helps you bring any idea to life.
blog.google
November 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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AI and the Future of Learning: A strategic blueprint from global education experts via @HP hpfutures.com/wp-content/u... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #HP #hewlettpackard
November 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Teaching with Museum Collections in the Age of AI via @AAM www.aam-us.org/2025/11/18/t... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #museums
Teaching with Museum Collections in the Age of AI
I started writing about artificial intelligence and the implications for museums back in 2017. In the ensuing years, the technology has gone from “on the horizon” to a major disruptor o…
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November 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Google announces new Gemini certifications for education via @google blog.google/outreach-ini... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #teacherprep #gemini #gemini
We’re announcing new Gemini certifications for education.
A new suite of Gemini certifications are designed to validate core skills in generative AI.
blog.google
November 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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AI-Driven Personalized Learning: A Comprehensive Review via @bioengineer bioengineer.org/ai-driven-pe... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #personalizedlearning
AI-Driven Personalized Learning: A Comprehensive Review
In the ever-evolving landscape of education, the integration of technology continues to reshape the way students learn and educators teach. A groundbreaking systematic literature review conducted by
bioengineer.org
November 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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We’re teaching critical thinking, but are we teaching students to challenge their own cognitive shortcuts?
My new article:
www.gettingsmart.com/2025/11/18/h...
#CriticalThinking #EducationReform #K12AI #TikTokEducation #ConfirmationBias #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #ai
How Confirmation Bias Hijacks Student Thinking — and What Educators Can Do About It
Understand how confirmation bias education shapes our perceptions and influences the content we consume online.
www.gettingsmart.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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How AI Is Changing Career and Technical Education via @educationweek www.edweek.org/technology/h... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #CTE #careertech #futureofwork #ACTE
How AI Is Changing Career and Technical Education
A CTE expert recommends teachers and students fact check any information or advice AI generates.
www.edweek.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM