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Mindful AI for Education @mindfulaiedu.bsky.social · 4d

"Not magical — just math."

This is our starting point with AI and students. Not magic, not God, nothing mystical. Just a tool.

#EduSky #AIEdu #AIinEducation

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/o...

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Mica Mulloy @micamulloy.bsky.social · Aug 29

Big things going on over @mindfulaiedu.bsky.social!

#EduSky #AIEdu #AIinEducation

Mindful AI for Education @mindfulaiedu.bsky.social · Aug 29

We hit a milestone by surpassing 500 Substack subscribers! Join the party over at mindfulaiedu.substack.com

All ground-level, secondary or pre-secondary student, teacher, and administrator experience with AI. And all free!

#EduSky #AIEdu #AIinEducation #Substack

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Mica Mulloy @micamulloy.bsky.social · Aug 28

Is your school wrestling with AI and cheating? A new @mindfulaiedu.bsky.social post encourages transparency over detection with 4 steps to try in your classroom. #EduSky #AIEdu #AIinEducation

Mindful AI for Education @mindfulaiedu.bsky.social · Aug 28

AI detectors will always lag behind AI generation. What if we focused on student transparency instead of playing tech whack-a-mole? #EduSky #AIEdu #AIinEducation

👀 New post: mindfulaiedu.substack.com/p/why-i-use-...

An isometric illustration of a teacher with long hair and glasses leading a diverse group of high school students seated in a semi-circle. Each student is typing on a laptop, with semi-transparent snippets of text and icons flowing upward from their screens. The warm, muted color palette creates a collaborative and thoughtful atmosphere.

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Mica Mulloy @micamulloy.bsky.social · Aug 24

Great point. Any decent promoter knows your work is rarely done after the 1st response. Narrowing and pushing back are key. This moves even novice users to better results. #AISky #EduSky

Aaron Makelky @aaronmakelky.com · Aug 24

I don't see anyone talking about ChatGPT 5's biggest change: responses consistently ending with a "if you want..." style line that nudges users towards the next prompt.

This has always been an issue: people don't know what to do with LLM outputs. GPT 5 handles this better than any model I've seen

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Mica Mulloy @micamulloy.bsky.social · Aug 20

Details and lessons learned from a #Veo3 video I made over @mindfulaiedu.bsky.social #EduSky #AIEdu

Mindful AI for Education @mindfulaiedu.bsky.social · Aug 20

🎬 What I learned from Veo 3: directing AI video feels a lot like real filmmaking—intentional, detailed, and sometimes unpredictable.

Details, process and full prompts here: mindfulaiedu.substack.com/p/putting-go...

#EduSky #AIEdu #AIinEducation #Veo3

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Eugene Vinitsky 🍒 @eugenevinitsky.bsky.social · Aug 19

Does a roomba clean your house perfectly? No. But is it better than not cleaning your house at all? For sure.
Still think this is the right way to think about current AI tools for the foreseeable future, as productivity enhancers in domains that tolerate failure

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Mica Mulloy @micamulloy.bsky.social · Aug 18

I put Google's Veo 3 to the test. It did not disappoint. My video and a behind-the-scenes post on how I made it and what I learned about this potentially game-changing tool are below. #EduSky #AIEdu #AIinEducation

Mindful AI for Education @mindfulaiedu.bsky.social · Aug 18

Creating an introduction video for a high school AI course was a fitting way to experiment with Google's Veo 3. #EduSky #AIEdu #AIinEducation

youtu.be/ZbrqGk7eQ9Q

Welcome to AI Frontiers

YouTube video by Mica Mulloy

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Mica Mulloy @micamulloy.bsky.social · Aug 3

Love this

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Mica Mulloy @micamulloy.bsky.social · Jul 25

A new post over @mindfulaiedu.bsky.social on the cautionary tale and hope that updated AI videos reveal.

If you are a teacher and you aren't thinking about AI Literacy, now is the time.

#EduSky #AIEdu #AIinEducation

Mindful AI for Education @mindfulaiedu.bsky.social · Jul 25

Have you seen the viral Biblical influencers and Bigfoot and Yeti videos on Instagram 👀?

Made with AI. Polished. Persuasive. Funny. The implications are huge.

AI literacy isn’t a “future skill.” It’s a right now skill. #EduSky #AIEdu

New post: mindfulaiedu.substack.com/p/the-gospel...

Digital illustration of a diverse group of high school students working collaboratively in a futuristic, AI-powered creative studio. The students are engaged in scriptwriting, editing, and creating AI-generated video content using laptops and abstract digital interfaces. The environment is modern and ethereal, filled with cool tones of blue, purple, and teal, with glowing abstract elements suggesting AI presence. On the table are stacks of books, including a Bible, textbooks, a humor writing guide, and graphic novels, symbolizing a blend of tradition, creativity, and education.

Mica Mulloy @micamulloy.bsky.social · Jul 20

My intention was for that to be a visual representation of the process I described in the post, and “light-skinned male teacher with short hair and blue glasses” describes me. I think it did a pretty good job for an abstract illustration. Thanks for reading!

Mica Mulloy @micamulloy.bsky.social · Jul 16

What was your breakthrough moment with AI 🤔? I would love to hear about it. #EduSky #AIEdu

Mica Mulloy @micamulloy.bsky.social · Jul 16

Is getting started with AI on your summer to-do list? Not sure where to begin?

Everyone has to find their breakthrough moments. Maybe my journey can help you discover some useful AI possibilities. #EduSky #AIEdu

From @mindfulaiedu.bsky.social: mindfulaiedu.substack.com/p/the-flashi...

The Flashing Cursor That Changed Everything: How I Found My AI Breakthrough

Small Wins with AI Can Lead to Big Changes in How You Teach, Lead & Connect With Students

mindfulaiedu.substack.com

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Mica Mulloy @micamulloy.bsky.social · Jul 16

But! I do see kids regularly digging into graphic novels and following along in novels while listening to an audiobook. Different types of stimulation, but also still digesting books. So not all hope is lost!

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Mica Mulloy @micamulloy.bsky.social · Jul 16

With 2 young kids, I see this daily. I watched plenty of TV when I was a kid, but had minimal choices. Whatever was on was it. Once Little House on the Prairie came on, it was time to go outside and play. Different ball game now that absolutely competes with other interests.

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Ted Underwood @tedunderwood.com · Jul 15

“Writing is thinking” is true; I learn so much when I admit I need to rip up most of a draft.

But in spite of building revision stages into assignments, I think I’ve rarely led students to grasp this for themselves in a writing course. It takes a long project they care about, like a thesis. 1/2

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Mica Mulloy @micamulloy.bsky.social · Jul 14

Our @mindfulaiedu.bsky.social colleague @danikachorskyphd.bsky.social has been churning out content this summer! If you're an educator looking for approachable guidance on AI, check us out over on Substack 👀. #EduSky #AIEdu #AIinEducation

Dani Kachorsky, PhD @danikachorskyphd.bsky.social · Jul 14

Here's my latest post with @mindfulaiedu.bsky.social

Start Where It Hurts: Using AI to Tackle Assessment Pain Points
open.substack.com/pub/mindfula...

Start Where It Hurts: Using AI to Tackle Assessment Pain Points

How AI Makes Assessments Less Painful and More Purposeful

open.substack.com

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Mica Mulloy @micamulloy.bsky.social · Jul 12

Tired of cobbling together exam questions from publisher banks and archive folders? There's a better way to dial in test questions. We have a new post over at @mindfulaiedu.bsky.social #AISky #AIEdu #EduSky

Mindful AI for Education @mindfulaiedu.bsky.social · Jul 11

Too many test banks are written for someone else’s students. Too little time to rewrite everything.
This teacher found a better way to create tests with AI that actually fit his students. Not too hard. Not too easy. Just right.

🆕 New post: mindfulaiedu.substack.com/p/not-too-ha...

Not Too Hard, Not Too Easy: The Goldilocks Approach to Test Creation with ChatGPT

A Practical Workflow for Teachers Using AI in Assessment Design

mindfulaiedu.substack.com

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Mica Mulloy @micamulloy.bsky.social · Jun 18

I was asking rhetorically (and sarcastically). I appreciate your posts and the evidence for my future arguments!

Mica Mulloy @micamulloy.bsky.social · Jun 17

This line seems to indicate there's value to a human to AI process: "Brain-to-LLM users exhibited higher memory recall and activation of occipito-parietal and prefrontal areas"

Mica Mulloy @micamulloy.bsky.social · Jun 17

Wait a second, this study is saying if kids use AI to write their essays they don't learn from that work??? That's the least surprising finding ever. Just more data that intentional AI use shouldn't just replace human thinking, it should support it.

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Mindful AI for Education @mindfulaiedu.bsky.social · Jun 11

You could do a find/replace of "Google" and "Cellphone" for "AI" and this 2006 article would still be relevant in 2025.

"No, the problem is not cheating. The problem is firmly one of instructional and evaluation technique."

#EduSky #AIEdu

Sean HC🦋 @seanhc.bsky.social · Jun 11

Stop Chasing High-Tech Cheaters

In life, we all use Google and cellphones to get information, says Ira Socol. Why shouldn’t students do the same? #EduSky #AIEdu www.insidehighered.com/views/2006/0...

Stop Chasing High-Tech Cheaters

In life, we all use Google and cellphones to get information, says Ira Socol. Why shouldn’t students do the same?

www.insidehighered.com

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Mica Mulloy @micamulloy.bsky.social · Jun 11

What was true in 2006 is still true in 2025

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Mica Mulloy @micamulloy.bsky.social · Jun 6

"A marketplace of algorithms." I mean that people might subconsciously like what a baked-in system algorithm brings them. bsky.social/about/blog/3...

Algorithmic choice - Bluesky

Your attention is an invaluable resource. We want a future where you control what you see on social media.

bsky.social

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Mica Mulloy @micamulloy.bsky.social · Jun 6

This is tangential from my original post, but in my experience asking for straight answers=blunting. AI as just-in-time-learning, differentiated instruction, and a creative thought partner=sharpening. That's a super simplified take on a VERY complex topic. Thanks for reading and chiming in!

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Mica Mulloy @micamulloy.bsky.social · Jun 6

Do NOT tell my kids this is an option!

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