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“Whether you’re a student in mathematics, engineering or scientific fields, you’re likely to encounter complex analysis—the study of complex numbers and complex functions.” Check out this free digital textbook and accompanying online course from @WolframResearch.bsky.social! buff.ly/jiFs2G9 #MathSky
Essentials of Complex Analysis: A Free, Interactive eTextbook from Wolfram Media—Wolfram Blog
ebook covers the main topics in a first course in complex analysis, emphasizing accessible exposition and solved examples instead of rigorous proofs. A free online video course is also available.
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February 12, 2026 at 3:04 PM
“Whether you’re a student in mathematics, engineering or scientific fields, you’re likely to encounter complex analysis—the study of complex numbers and complex functions.” Check out this free digital textbook and accompanying online course from @WolframResearch.bsky.social! buff.ly/jiFs2G9 #MathSky
“The average teacher used 140 math-related words per lesson. But there was wide variation.” The impact of using math vocabulary and how it may correlate with student success. buff.ly/SlAucj9 @mindshift-kqed.bsky.social #MathSky #iTeachMath #STEM
Words Matter: Teachers Who Use Math Vocabulary Help Students Do Better in Math | KQED
Using words like ‘factors,’ ‘denominators’ and ‘multiples’ may be part of a constellation of good math teaching practices.
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February 11, 2026 at 6:05 PM
“The average teacher used 140 math-related words per lesson. But there was wide variation.” The impact of using math vocabulary and how it may correlate with student success. buff.ly/SlAucj9 @mindshift-kqed.bsky.social #MathSky #iTeachMath #STEM
Whether you’re taking a class or self-studying, the “how to study” tag on @learningscientists.bsky.social’s blog links to interesting posts focusing on many science-based practices. buff.ly/wOSWhGY #EduSky #StudySky
how to study — Learning Scientists Blog — The Learning Scientists
Here to help you learn more!
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February 11, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Whether you’re taking a class or self-studying, the “how to study” tag on @learningscientists.bsky.social’s blog links to interesting posts focusing on many science-based practices. buff.ly/wOSWhGY #EduSky #StudySky
“When I first read about retrieval-induced forgetting I was concerned... could this mean that using retrieval practice causes a learner to lose other knowledge?” An interesting look on #RetrievalPractice and forgetting. (via @jwfirth.bsky.social) buff.ly/1mC7Dh9 #AcademicSky #EduSky
Does Retrieval Practice also Cause Forgetting?
Jonathan Firth's Memory & Metacognition Updates #124
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February 10, 2026 at 3:02 PM
“When I first read about retrieval-induced forgetting I was concerned... could this mean that using retrieval practice causes a learner to lose other knowledge?” An interesting look on #RetrievalPractice and forgetting. (via @jwfirth.bsky.social) buff.ly/1mC7Dh9 #AcademicSky #EduSky
Games-based learning can be a powerful motivator for students. Check out this link round-up to learn more about games-based learning and #gamification in the classroom. buff.ly/NFee5bl #EduSky
Link Roundup: Gamification and Game-Based Learning
Gamification can provide new means of engagement with your students — or it can distract them from the edu- part of edutainment.
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February 9, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Games-based learning can be a powerful motivator for students. Check out this link round-up to learn more about games-based learning and #gamification in the classroom. buff.ly/NFee5bl #EduSky
Toxic productivity can look like thoughts of “[m]aybe I feel like I’m not doing enough. I have to make the lesson plans perfect. I have to be more involved.” But what can be done about it? (via @edutopia.org) buff.ly/urbxmar #EduSky
Laurie Santos on the Science Behind Teacher Well-Being
The Happiness Lab host and Yale cognitive scientist explains what the research says actually supports teacher well-being—at both the individual and structural level.
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February 7, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Toxic productivity can look like thoughts of “[m]aybe I feel like I’m not doing enough. I have to make the lesson plans perfect. I have to be more involved.” But what can be done about it? (via @edutopia.org) buff.ly/urbxmar #EduSky
Giving away the punchline of an interesting reframing of failure at a clown school by @npr.org: “Nothing is a mistake if you play with it.” buff.ly/S4YjpfS #EduSky #AcademicSky
At a clown school near Paris, failure is the lesson
For decades, students at the Ecole Philippe Gaulier have been paying to bomb onstage. The goal isn't laughs — it's learning how to take the humiliation and keep going.
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February 7, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Giving away the punchline of an interesting reframing of failure at a clown school by @npr.org: “Nothing is a mistake if you play with it.” buff.ly/S4YjpfS #EduSky #AcademicSky
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Reader Interest Survey—Can You Help?
The new year is a time of assessing old ideas and trying out new ones — and that includes looking at how we can support you.
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February 6, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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Interested in engaging in annotation with your students? Try some of these guiding ideas. buff.ly/aLtmSry #AcademicSky
Guiding student learning with annotations | Annotation for Education
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February 5, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Interested in engaging in annotation with your students? Try some of these guiding ideas. buff.ly/aLtmSry #AcademicSky
Want to try a Wolfram Language function “just for fun”?
Just For Fun | Wolfram Function Repository
Results from the Wolfram Function Repository for Just For Fun. Collection of contributed functions for use in the Wolfram Language.
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February 5, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Want to try a Wolfram Language function “just for fun”?
This @cultofpedagogy.bsky.social post includes step-by-step methods for how to use inquiry-based freewriting—and student reflections showing how well it worked for one teacher! buff.ly/RG1XypB #ELASky #EduSky
How Inquiry-Based Freewriting Can Deepen Student Writing
Adding freewriting to a unit can build students' writing confidence and make their writing more authentic, fluent, and complex.
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February 3, 2026 at 3:02 PM
This @cultofpedagogy.bsky.social post includes step-by-step methods for how to use inquiry-based freewriting—and student reflections showing how well it worked for one teacher! buff.ly/RG1XypB #ELASky #EduSky
If you’re interested in educational data, @EdSurge.com has shared data round-up from its Data Bytes series. buff.ly/hM3odHz #EduSky #AcademicSky
Charting a Path Through Education Data In 2025 - EdSurge News
These were the most-read stories in EdSurge’s education data visualization series.
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February 2, 2026 at 3:02 PM
If you’re interested in educational data, @EdSurge.com has shared data round-up from its Data Bytes series. buff.ly/hM3odHz #EduSky #AcademicSky
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NEW Digest #183: The Importance of Belonging for Student Success by @drckt.bsky.social
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Digest #183: The Importance of Belonging for Student Success — The Learning Scientists
The feeling of belonging has been identified as an important factor in education (1) (2) . The main components of student belonging are being connected to peers/teachers/institution; feeling safe and...
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January 15, 2026 at 3:14 PM
NEW Digest #183: The Importance of Belonging for Student Success by @drckt.bsky.social
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Sometimes, less is more.
Here are the winners of the 2025 Wolfram Language One-Liner Competition:
https://blog.wolfram.com/2025/11/19/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2025-one-liner-competition
#WolframLanguage #computation #programming #coding
Here are the winners of the 2025 Wolfram Language One-Liner Competition:
https://blog.wolfram.com/2025/11/19/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2025-one-liner-competition
#WolframLanguage #computation #programming #coding
January 23, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Sometimes, less is more.
Here are the winners of the 2025 Wolfram Language One-Liner Competition:
https://blog.wolfram.com/2025/11/19/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2025-one-liner-competition
#WolframLanguage #computation #programming #coding
Here are the winners of the 2025 Wolfram Language One-Liner Competition:
https://blog.wolfram.com/2025/11/19/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2025-one-liner-competition
#WolframLanguage #computation #programming #coding
“For many secondary and higher education students, Zoom has become a primary learning space.” How can UDL principles make the experience better? (via @TCEA.org) buff.ly/AtHjsnR #EduSky
Using UDL to Make Zoom Classrooms Work for All Learners – TCEA TechNotes Blog
Learn how Universal Design for Learning (UDL) helps educators design Zoom classrooms that anticipate variability from the get go. Explore this and more at TCEA TechNotes Blog, your go-to source for…
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January 28, 2026 at 3:03 PM
“For many secondary and higher education students, Zoom has become a primary learning space.” How can UDL principles make the experience better? (via @TCEA.org) buff.ly/AtHjsnR #EduSky
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"In a classroom with a healthy mistake culture, students take risks without fear of being wrong."
Emma Chiappetta via @ascdofficial.bsky.social
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Emma Chiappetta via @ascdofficial.bsky.social
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Mistakes Are Welcome Here
When we respond to students’ mistakes with curiosity and care, we create the conditions for deeper learning to take root.
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January 1, 2026 at 10:03 PM
"In a classroom with a healthy mistake culture, students take risks without fear of being wrong."
Emma Chiappetta via @ascdofficial.bsky.social
www.ascd.org/blogs/mistak...
Emma Chiappetta via @ascdofficial.bsky.social
www.ascd.org/blogs/mistak...
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For this #InternationalDayofEducation, take advantage of Wolfram U's interactive courses, training and certifications in a wide range of computational fields.
From Data science, to machine learning, LLMs to mathematics... we have your learning journey covered!
https://www.wolfram.com/wolfram-u
From Data science, to machine learning, LLMs to mathematics... we have your learning journey covered!
https://www.wolfram.com/wolfram-u
January 24, 2026 at 8:00 PM
For this #InternationalDayofEducation, take advantage of Wolfram U's interactive courses, training and certifications in a wide range of computational fields.
From Data science, to machine learning, LLMs to mathematics... we have your learning journey covered!
https://www.wolfram.com/wolfram-u
From Data science, to machine learning, LLMs to mathematics... we have your learning journey covered!
https://www.wolfram.com/wolfram-u
Fun, collaboration, confidence, and surprising redefinition of help: all of these practices can enhance math classrooms and help students work through tough math problems. (via @edutopia.org) buff.ly/EQtdzGy #MathSky #iTeachMath
Helping Students Learn the Art of Trying in Math
These four classroom shifts can make academic risk-taking feel safer, clearer, and more worthwhile for middle school students.
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January 25, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Fun, collaboration, confidence, and surprising redefinition of help: all of these practices can enhance math classrooms and help students work through tough math problems. (via @edutopia.org) buff.ly/EQtdzGy #MathSky #iTeachMath
Considering a journal club in the new year? Here are some ideas of questions that can help you explore the literature. (via Scientist Sees Squirrel) buff.ly/qcO1by1 #ScienceSky #SciComm #AcademicSky
How to lead a journal club you won’t be embarrassed by later
One of the jobs facing an early-career scientist, and a developing writer, is to learn what their field’s literature looks like. One of the best tools to that end is the journal club. If you’ve nev…
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January 24, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Considering a journal club in the new year? Here are some ideas of questions that can help you explore the literature. (via Scientist Sees Squirrel) buff.ly/qcO1by1 #ScienceSky #SciComm #AcademicSky
When students think they understand something, but it turns out they don’t, what’s going on? A cognitive scientist explains. (via @AFT.org) buff.ly/jJYSE9X #EduSky
Ask the Cognitive Scientist: Why Students Think They Understand—When They Don't
Question: Very often, students will think they understand a body of material. Believing that they know it, they stop trying to learn more. But, come test time, it turns out they really don't know the…
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January 23, 2026 at 7:01 PM
When students think they understand something, but it turns out they don’t, what’s going on? A cognitive scientist explains. (via @AFT.org) buff.ly/jJYSE9X #EduSky
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Please take the Tech-Based Teaching reader interest survey to share what inspires and interests you. buff.ly/l1kVCTJ #EdTech
Reader Interest Survey—Can You Help?
The new year is a time of assessing old ideas and trying out new ones — and that includes looking at how we can support you.
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January 16, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Please take the Tech-Based Teaching reader interest survey to share what inspires and interests you. buff.ly/l1kVCTJ #EdTech
Stories inform and transform. Narrative can be a powerful means of sharing information. (via @plos.org) buff.ly/fi28OJc #SciComm #ScienceSky
Say It Simply, See It Clearly: The Scientist’s Case for Storytelling - PLOS SciComm
By Pooja shree Chettiar Storytelling has long been used to bridge the gap between complex research and public understanding. A growing number…
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January 22, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Stories inform and transform. Narrative can be a powerful means of sharing information. (via @plos.org) buff.ly/fi28OJc #SciComm #ScienceSky
“Discover how the Raspberry Pi 5 turns into a full STEM lab with free Mathematica.” This guide includes sample code and lessons to give students a hands-on way to explore #STEM. buff.ly/QLTSIMX #iTeachMath #MachineLearning #EduSky
[WTC25] Wolfram & Raspberry Pi 5 — Part 3: neural networks, image processing and physics simulations - Online Technical Discussion Groups—Wolfram Community
Wolfram Community forum discussion about [WTC25] Wolfram & Raspberry Pi 5 — Part 3: neural networks, image processing and physics simulations. Stay on top of important topics and build connections by…
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January 22, 2026 at 3:03 PM
“Discover how the Raspberry Pi 5 turns into a full STEM lab with free Mathematica.” This guide includes sample code and lessons to give students a hands-on way to explore #STEM. buff.ly/QLTSIMX #iTeachMath #MachineLearning #EduSky
If you overload your lessons, split text and diagrams on different slides, or build in too much redundancy, your students might be getting cognitive overload. (via @cultofpedagogy.bsky.social) buff.ly/asbXLdo #EduSky
Three Ways You May Be Cognitively Overloading Your Students
When we make certain choices, often without even realizing it, we can turn a teaching moment from one that should be clear into one that's confusing.
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January 21, 2026 at 7:01 PM
If you overload your lessons, split text and diagrams on different slides, or build in too much redundancy, your students might be getting cognitive overload. (via @cultofpedagogy.bsky.social) buff.ly/asbXLdo #EduSky
“Doing something is almost always better than doing nothing…at least when it comes to retrieval and spacing.” Learn about simple ways to implement spaced retrieval practices in your classroom. (via The Effortful Educator) buff.ly/YcQb3n9 #EduSky
Spaced Retrieval Made Easy - The Effortful Educator
Utilizing highly effective strategies for learning in class can be easily designed and applied. There's no need to make it more difficult that it needs to be.
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January 20, 2026 at 7:01 PM
“Doing something is almost always better than doing nothing…at least when it comes to retrieval and spacing.” Learn about simple ways to implement spaced retrieval practices in your classroom. (via The Effortful Educator) buff.ly/YcQb3n9 #EduSky