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Lincoln S. Smith @edjunto.bsky.social · 21d

“Who made the world?” asked @theaieducator.io's son. ChatGPT can't answer (yet?) But it makes me wonder - what questions do we not WANT AI to answer, whether it can or not? That is, what questions are sacred to our own becoming, as individuals and as a species?

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My Son Asked A Question ChatGPT Couldn’t Answer

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Lincoln S. Smith @edjunto.bsky.social · Jun 2

Exciting and profound things happen when we create hashtag#neurodiversity-affirming spaces! Always love presenting with @drkaradymond.bsky.social and Kathy Broad at #CSSE on our ongoing work exploring and experimenting with accessible pedagogy.

Small changes can make a big difference!

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CAARE-ACRAÉ @caareacrae.bsky.social · May 25

CSSE is only one week away! So much to be excited about!

Example: our Sunday keynote from Jim Cummins, "Language, Literacies, and Action Research: Reconceptualizing the Relationships between Theory, Research, Policy, and Educational Implementation!"

Full schedule: sites.google.com/view/caare-a...

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CAARE-ACRAÉ @caareacrae.bsky.social · May 27

Coming to CSSE? Dr. Jim Cummins is delivering our keynote this Sunday at 12:15 PM!

Language, Literacies, and Action Research: Reconceptualizing the Relationships between Theory, Research, Policy, and Educational Implementation

📆 June 1 (Day 1)
⏱️ 12:15 pm
📍 Waterfront Limberlost Place (WFL) - 501

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Lincoln S. Smith @edjunto.bsky.social · May 26

Really excited by this year's program!

CAARE-ACRAÉ @caareacrae.bsky.social · May 25

CSSE is only one week away! So much to be excited about!

Example: our Sunday keynote from Jim Cummins, "Language, Literacies, and Action Research: Reconceptualizing the Relationships between Theory, Research, Policy, and Educational Implementation!"

Full schedule: sites.google.com/view/caare-a...

Lincoln S. Smith @edjunto.bsky.social · May 23

This is important for judicious #EdTech use in #k12 in general!

Also, while #student voice and engagement is integral, we must be able to differentiate between superficial, attention-grabbing engagement and constructive engagement driving meaningful growth!

www.edsurge.com/news/2025-05...

Trimming the Edtech Fat: How Districts Are Streamlining Their Digital Ecosystems - EdSurge News

It’s time to give tired tech the boot: “We can’t hold on to systems that don’t align with our vision,” says Grace Magley of Natick Public Schools in ...

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Christine Dickason, PhD @christinedickason.bsky.social · May 3

Great blog on political vs partisan and why science is always political.

Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · May 3

if you teach, you are engaged in an inherently political--but not necessarily partisan--act

the political vs partisan distinction stays kicking people's ass

this old @asociologist.bsky.social is very helpful on this
scatter.wordpress.com/2020/11/10/p...

partisans, not scientists, decide if science is partisan

Last month, Audra Wolfe wrote a fantastic post about how science is and always has been political. In the post, she analyzes statements from Nature and Scientific American, both of which endorsed J…

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Lincoln S. Smith @edjunto.bsky.social · May 2

#CommonSenseMedia: No social companion AI use under 18.

This is incredibly important.

In using and exploring #GenAI, especially with #youth, we have to be committed to understanding and proactively addressing BOTH it's positive AND negative potential.

www.commonsensemedia.org/ai-ratings/s...

Social AI Companions

Social AI Companions - Learn more and get Common Sense Media's research-backed tips.

www.commonsensemedia.org

Lincoln S. Smith @edjunto.bsky.social · Apr 30

Love this. SO true in #k12 #classrooms as well.

" #Belonging is feeling welcomed and accepted in a group, whereas mattering is feeling significant to the group’s individual members. #Mattering is an even more fundamental need than belonging.

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The Power of Mattering at Work

Quiet quitting, the Great Resignation, chronically low engagement numbers, increasing numbers of labor disputes, demands for equity and dignity in the workplace—business leaders have been warily watch...

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Lincoln S. Smith @edjunto.bsky.social · Apr 30

I think we don't talk about this enough: "the costs of device use aren’t just about what #kids experience and absorb. It’s also about what they miss." And vice versa!

We need to think about both sides of the coin when digitization or the opposite in #k12 #schools!

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All the Conversations That Kids Are Missing

Alison Wood Brooks on the science of conversation and the art of being ourselves

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Lincoln S. Smith @edjunto.bsky.social · Apr 29

@flintk12.bsky.social just released an AI glossary for educators - it's great!

#AI #AIforEducation

www.flintk12.com/ai-glossary

AI Glossary for Educators | Flint

See our comprehensive AI glossary for K-12 teachers and students who want to learn AI terms and develop AI literacy in the classroom.

www.flintk12.com

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Lincoln S. Smith @edjunto.bsky.social · Apr 27

WE teachers need #dataliteracy! E.g. #k12 #teachers AND #students should:
- ask questions about what data does (and doesn’t) show
- recognize bias in data collection or interpretation
- consider the ethical use of data, especially personal information

www.eschoolnews.com/innovative-t...

Beyond digital literacy: Why K-12 educators must prioritize data literacy

Using digital tools does not mean students or educators possess data literacy or understand the quality, context, or implications of data.

www.eschoolnews.com

Lincoln S. Smith @edjunto.bsky.social · Apr 27

Brief is this existence, like a brief visit in a strange house. The path to be pursued is poorly lit by a flickering consciousness whose center is the limiting and separating ‘I.’ When a group of individuals becomes a ‘we,’ a harmonious whole, they have reached as high as humans can reach./ Einstein

Lincoln S. Smith @edjunto.bsky.social · Apr 25

RAND study on AI training adds to the new #digitaldivide between lower-poverty and higher-poverty schools: more digitization is happening in the latter!

Why? B/c of the luxury good of human interaction re Jessica Grose? More urgent problems needing to be addressed? Or?

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Lincoln S. Smith @edjunto.bsky.social · Apr 24

"At Anthropic, we’ve attempted to shape the values of our AI model, Claude, to ... generally make it—for want of a better term—a “good citizen” in the world."

Most important takeaway? #GenAI cannot be value-neutral! We need to recognize the profundity of this.

www.anthropic.com/research/val...

Values in the wild: Discovering and analyzing values in real-world language model interactions

An Anthropic research paper testing which values AI models express in the real world

www.anthropic.com

Lincoln S. Smith @edjunto.bsky.social · Apr 24

I deeply appreciate efforts like this from AI-for-Education. We desperately need better ways to evaluate #EdTech. Two problems:

1. We need something #TEACHERS can use, with agency.

2. We need something that gives space to see and locate NEGATIVE impacts as well.

ai-for-education.org/qa-for-ai/

Lincoln S. Smith @edjunto.bsky.social · Apr 23

Great insights re #copyright & #AI. Eg
4 Support for the centrality of human authorship
7 Support for greater transparency to facilitate determining liability
9 Some support for labelling of AI-generated content

Glad #Canada is working to clarify these issues!

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Lincoln S. Smith @edjunto.bsky.social · Apr 14

"This isn’t meaningful connection—it’s performative and mediated."

We need to be judicious. #EdTech can be powerful when it enhances complexity and/or relationships. But mediating something through digital tech does not itself make anything better!

www.brookings.edu/articles/min...

Why we need a minimalist mindset when it comes to AI and tech use for young people

Rebecca Winthrop proposes that we all take a minimalist approach to using AI, particularly when interacting with young people in our lives.

www.brookings.edu

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Lincoln S. Smith @edjunto.bsky.social · Apr 11

Unfortunately, #k12 #schools are top targets for cyber attacks. We are, generally, "target rich, security poor." This is why attacks on schools are increasing. While we need cybersecurity, we also need to all adopt a #securityculture.

Thanks #MikeBiocchi!

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Lincoln S. Smith @edjunto.bsky.social · Mar 27

Love the thesis of this piece. "When we look at the world, we should not just examine, but examine with a deliberately different perspective."

It takes intentionality and cognitive energy, but it is the heart of progress, personal and social.

To Change the Way You Think, Change the Way You See

Part of thinking differently is learning to see differently. We can learn to do that from various sources — people like Robert Taylor, who invented Softsoap after he saw how goopy bar soap became afte...

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Lincoln S. Smith @edjunto.bsky.social · Mar 7

It is challenging to discuss effective vs ineffective use of #GenAI with students. Here, I borrow James Nottingham's #learningpit to show how GenAI can be a #bridgeofillusion, tricking us into thinking we can skip the hard bits but in reality doing so leaves us in the same place as where we started.

Lincoln S. Smith @edjunto.bsky.social · Mar 3

In my own research on #professionallearning for #teachers in #K12 (shout out to Terra Nova school!), I've found that while choice is hugely important, its value is intimately intertwined with questions of #capacity and #motivation as well. If either are deficient, choice alone is not enough!

Harvard Business Review @hbr.org · Mar 3

No matter the context, leaders should appreciate what people want to choose, how they wish to make a choice, and whether they want to take responsibility for doing so.

Research on Delegating Shows How Uncomfortable We Are Making Choices for Others

Especially when it comes to unpopular decisions.

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Lincoln S. Smith @edjunto.bsky.social · Mar 3

It's not black and white. I agree that #k12 #EdTech use needs to be more intentional. Too often we succumb to disempowering, cognitively disengaging uses that degrade learning. At the same time, #digitaltechnology use can be empowering and enriching. We need less of the former, more of the latter.

WATCH: The Most Compelling Argument Against Tech In Schools | Sophie Winkleman

YouTube video by Alliance for Responsible Citizenship

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Lincoln S. Smith @edjunto.bsky.social · Feb 24

Not only important to know, but I would think that the very universality of it is itself a significant concern. We thrive on mosaics of diversity and variability; what are the second and third layer implications of increasing linguistic and theoretical homogenization?

Lincoln S. Smith @edjunto.bsky.social · Feb 24

Yes, we need to label #GenerativeAI content, and/or we need to label real content. But the fundamental questions is, how do we verify the distinction?

"generative AI “should have visible warnings that its outputs could be harmful, biased, or wrong" / and should “be labeled or watermarked"

What this teenager wants you to know about the damaging effects of AI | CNN

Teens increasingly don’t trust the online content they consume, and AI is making it worse, according to a new study. A high school senior explains why that matters.

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