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Adrian Neibauer @mrneibauer.bsky.social · 9h

AI is not a mere tool for helping teachers. When you remove the human element of teaching and learning, you are not being more efficient nor effective. The ability to learn is what makes us human, and humans teaching humans is a fundamentally human act that is necessary for meaningful engagement.

John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 9h

I strongly urge everyone to not just read this warning from @marcwatkins.bsky.social, but heed it, and be vocal and forceful pushing back against using AI to grade student writing. This must be anathema if we're going to have a world where learning means something. substack.com/inbox/post/1...

The Dangers of using AI to Grade

Nobody Learns, Nobody Gains

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Adrian Neibauer @mrneibauer.bsky.social · 9h

I fear that this is only the beginning. Standardizing teaching and learning and using AI to make these “more efficient” is stripping the humanness out of classrooms. #TeacherSky #EduSky

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Marc Watkins @marcwatkins.bsky.social · 10h

Some teachers are using AI to grade and few are talking about it. Scantrons are one thing, but automating grading, feedback, and assessing written work with AI poses massive ethical challenges and should not become the default or go to choice in education.

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Adrian Neibauer @mrneibauer.bsky.social · 1d

If you suddenly received $200, which books would you immediately buy?

Adrian Neibauer @mrneibauer.bsky.social · 2d

Fewer pockets of air and narrower margins within the rigidity of the standardized system. I'm feeling more and more demoralized and constricted. #TeacherSky

Adrian Neibauer @mrneibauer.bsky.social · 3d

I’m excited at the thought of the three of us having a conversation! #TeacherSky

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Chanea Bond @heymrsbond.com · 3d

Two of my favorite teachers!

While I think they should have invited me, I am digging this conversation SO MUCH because I just adore both of them.

Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · 13d

"But at the same time the stakes feel higher, I feel like the solutions feel smaller."

One of the places @mrneibauer.bsky.social and I arrived in our conversation: we don't think adults are meeting the moment with their "solutions" right now.

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Chanea Bond @heymrsbond.com · 3d

I think we have to start teaching information from AI as a type of adaptation. The information you get isn’t first hand: it’s all filtered through an algorithm’s lens, and it’s important to interrogate the algorithm and the lens if you want to learn something.

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Adrian Neibauer @mrneibauer.bsky.social · 4d

Here are five of my favorite debut albums. #SubstackSky
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Adrian's Top Five

My Top Five favorite debut albums.

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Adrian Neibauer @mrneibauer.bsky.social · 4d

What are your thoughts #TeacherSky? Anyone have a good recommendation for a collaborative book study?

Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · 5d

Wondering aloud this afternoon: what would be a good education text for a collaborative book study later this school year?

Had such an incredible experience last year with @asv.bsky.social's Becoming an Everyday Changemaker—ruminating on what could be this year's version of that journey?

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Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · 5d

Late to this, but oh man I wish education writing was much more about this: teachers taking a swing, documenting their process, and reflecting on their results.

Imagine what it would be like if that was the norm?

🙏 @mrneibauer.bsky.social

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Our Socratic Seminar

A Week-long Learning Experience

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Adrian Neibauer @mrneibauer.bsky.social · 6d

Agreed! When designing a new learning experience, I’m also reminded of how much time it takes, especially when being intentional about how students will move through it.

It’s unfortunate that teachers don’t get adequate time for this type of intentional designing/planning.
#TeacherSky

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Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · 6d

This past week was really challenging at times in the classroom—but at the same time, I kept reminding myself to not give into that challenge with my own actions.

Something that helped? Having some "uplift moves" in the tool belt as a teacher.

Here are four of my favorites:

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Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · 7d

“Everyone—write down what _____ said!”

One of my favorite, super-simple moves to help affirm and celebrate students as a teacher? Stopping class after a great observation and having everyone write it down.

(It's the little things, right?)

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Adrian Neibauer @mrneibauer.bsky.social · 9d

What do my teenage kids most hate about having a teacher as a parent?

Me protesting (and sometimes loudly criticizing) their ridiculous busy-work homework assignments. #TeacherSky

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Adrian Neibauer @mrneibauer.bsky.social · 10d

It sounds like you and me are having similar starts to the week. These types of days make for a very long week!

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Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · 13d

"But at the same time the stakes feel higher, I feel like the solutions feel smaller."

One of the places @mrneibauer.bsky.social and I arrived in our conversation: we don't think adults are meeting the moment with their "solutions" right now.

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Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · 11d

I think it says quite a bit about the education system that when test scores go up, it tends to benefit adults more than students.

Way more.

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Adrian Neibauer @mrneibauer.bsky.social · 11d

I'm looking for a good novel recommendation to read on the plane this week (5 hours). Any suggestions? #TeacherSky #Booksky #readingcommunity

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Adrian Neibauer @mrneibauer.bsky.social · 11d

I’ve been a huge fan of the Socratic Seminar for many years, but have been fearful to fully implement it in my classroom. Not anymore! #TeacherSky #EduSky #SubstackSky

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Our Socratic Seminar

A Week-long Learning Experience

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Adrian Neibauer @mrneibauer.bsky.social · 13d

Love it! Anything we can do to lighten the classroom is work well done. #TeacherSky

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Adrian Neibauer @mrneibauer.bsky.social · 13d

How can I dream big for my students and design learning experiences, when all of the solutions presented (AI, boxed curriculum, standardization) are small? #TeacherSky #EduSky

Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · 13d

"But at the same time the stakes feel higher, I feel like the solutions feel smaller."

One of the places @mrneibauer.bsky.social and I arrived in our conversation: we don't think adults are meeting the moment with their "solutions" right now.

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Adrian Neibauer @mrneibauer.bsky.social · 13d

Probably my favorite part of our conversation! I wrote down “the solutions feel small” afterwards and have been thinking about it all week. #TeacherSky

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Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · 14d

"The stakes feel higher for some reason"

When @mrneibauer.bsky.social said this, I felt it fully—and it really was the turning point in our conversation in trying to reflect on and understand the "heaviness" of this school year so far.

(Which then helped us arrive at a really cool point.)

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Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · 14d

This past weekend, @mrneibauer.bsky.social and I talked about a shared feeling we both have experienced thus far this year:

Heaviness.

Really excited to share this conversation tomorrow AM, especially how we both felt at least a bit lighter by the end!

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