Peg Coover
@pegcoover.bsky.social
I've been an educator in math, science, and educational technology for 34 years! I love all things edtech, running, gardening, and my grandkids!
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Sharing because it really got me emotional. Here is to all those folks fighting to give their kids a better life than they had.
October 12, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Sharing because it really got me emotional. Here is to all those folks fighting to give their kids a better life than they had.
I had to access this site for a presentation on digital content accessibility for teachers. How embarrassing it is that this type of blame is allowed to be placed on a government website. We are not a serious country. www.ada.gov/resources/20...
Fact Sheet: New Rule on the Accessibility of Web Content and Mobile Apps Provided by State and Local Governments
The Department of Justice published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on July 20, 2023 explaining how we propose updating the regulations for Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)...
www.ada.gov
October 3, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I had to access this site for a presentation on digital content accessibility for teachers. How embarrassing it is that this type of blame is allowed to be placed on a government website. We are not a serious country. www.ada.gov/resources/20...
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Hey hardware companies and laptop builders
Could we go back to this aesthetic but with modern specs and normalize it?
Could we go back to this aesthetic but with modern specs and normalize it?
October 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Hey hardware companies and laptop builders
Could we go back to this aesthetic but with modern specs and normalize it?
Could we go back to this aesthetic but with modern specs and normalize it?
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Here is my open letter to the writers of future math standards where I make the case for more practical standards.
robertkaplinsky.com/open-le...
robertkaplinsky.com/open-le...
September 28, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Here is my open letter to the writers of future math standards where I make the case for more practical standards.
robertkaplinsky.com/open-le...
robertkaplinsky.com/open-le...
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I hope he falls down ALL the stairs
August 25, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I hope he falls down ALL the stairs
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Neil deGrass Tyson: "How sad it must be believing that scientists, historians, scholars, economists, journalists devoted their entire lives to deceiving you, but a reality-TV star proven in court to be a lying felon is your beacon of truth & honesty"
August 23, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Neil deGrass Tyson: "How sad it must be believing that scientists, historians, scholars, economists, journalists devoted their entire lives to deceiving you, but a reality-TV star proven in court to be a lying felon is your beacon of truth & honesty"
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Nerd has been part of our lexicon for three-quarters of a century, its geeky meaning embodied by some of the most recognizable characters in film and TV, but its origin story is a bit murky. n.pr/45qxP5h
Nerd! How the word popularized by Dr. Seuss went from geeky insult to mainstream
Nerd has been part of our lexicon for three-quarters of a century, its geeky meaning embodied by some of the most recognizable characters in film and TV, but its origin story is a bit murky.
n.pr
August 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Nerd has been part of our lexicon for three-quarters of a century, its geeky meaning embodied by some of the most recognizable characters in film and TV, but its origin story is a bit murky. n.pr/45qxP5h
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💻 Chromebook Accessibility Tools
🧰 Select to speak, dictation, docked magnifier, face control, quick answers, reading mode, PDF editor, Screencast, extensions & more!
▶️ 30-min episode with the Innovation Squadcast
www.controlaltachieve.com/2025/08/chro...
#EduSky #GoogleEDU #EdTech
🧰 Select to speak, dictation, docked magnifier, face control, quick answers, reading mode, PDF editor, Screencast, extensions & more!
▶️ 30-min episode with the Innovation Squadcast
www.controlaltachieve.com/2025/08/chro...
#EduSky #GoogleEDU #EdTech
August 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
💻 Chromebook Accessibility Tools
🧰 Select to speak, dictation, docked magnifier, face control, quick answers, reading mode, PDF editor, Screencast, extensions & more!
▶️ 30-min episode with the Innovation Squadcast
www.controlaltachieve.com/2025/08/chro...
#EduSky #GoogleEDU #EdTech
🧰 Select to speak, dictation, docked magnifier, face control, quick answers, reading mode, PDF editor, Screencast, extensions & more!
▶️ 30-min episode with the Innovation Squadcast
www.controlaltachieve.com/2025/08/chro...
#EduSky #GoogleEDU #EdTech
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NEW: 50 years ago this month, Bruce Springsteen released “Born To Run,” at a time when American cynicism and unease was on the rise, and this album launched the Springsteen Generation. What’s the Springsteen generation? I explain in my OUR LAND newsletter.
link.motherjones.com/public/41160...
link.motherjones.com/public/41160...
August 16, 2025 at 1:58 PM
NEW: 50 years ago this month, Bruce Springsteen released “Born To Run,” at a time when American cynicism and unease was on the rise, and this album launched the Springsteen Generation. What’s the Springsteen generation? I explain in my OUR LAND newsletter.
link.motherjones.com/public/41160...
link.motherjones.com/public/41160...
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🧭 Gemini's Guided Learning - www.controlaltachieve.com/2025/08/guid...
❌ Instead of Gemini giving the answer
🎓 Gemini guides the student through the learning process
💡 Great for HW, essays, review, learning & more!
▶️ Watch my demo video
#EduSky #EduSkyAI #EdTech #GoogleEDU
❌ Instead of Gemini giving the answer
🎓 Gemini guides the student through the learning process
💡 Great for HW, essays, review, learning & more!
▶️ Watch my demo video
#EduSky #EduSkyAI #EdTech #GoogleEDU
August 8, 2025 at 5:47 PM
🧭 Gemini's Guided Learning - www.controlaltachieve.com/2025/08/guid...
❌ Instead of Gemini giving the answer
🎓 Gemini guides the student through the learning process
💡 Great for HW, essays, review, learning & more!
▶️ Watch my demo video
#EduSky #EduSkyAI #EdTech #GoogleEDU
❌ Instead of Gemini giving the answer
🎓 Gemini guides the student through the learning process
💡 Great for HW, essays, review, learning & more!
▶️ Watch my demo video
#EduSky #EduSkyAI #EdTech #GoogleEDU
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People whose names aren’t in the Epstein files don’t need a “strategy” regarding the Epstein files.
August 6, 2025 at 12:49 PM
People whose names aren’t in the Epstein files don’t need a “strategy” regarding the Epstein files.
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If you think a golden ballroom is more important than childhood cancer research… I have nothing left to say to you. Please unfollow me.
#pediatriccancer #cancermom
#pediatriccancer #cancermom
August 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
If you think a golden ballroom is more important than childhood cancer research… I have nothing left to say to you. Please unfollow me.
#pediatriccancer #cancermom
#pediatriccancer #cancermom
Watching #morningjoe report on Mike Flood town hall in Lincoln, NE. Why shouldn't Democrats be there? Not all who live in that district are Republicans.... frustrating. @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social
@joe-scarborough.bsky.social
@mika-brzezinski.bsky.social
@WillieGeist
@joe-scarborough.bsky.social
@mika-brzezinski.bsky.social
@WillieGeist
August 5, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Watching #morningjoe report on Mike Flood town hall in Lincoln, NE. Why shouldn't Democrats be there? Not all who live in that district are Republicans.... frustrating. @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social
@joe-scarborough.bsky.social
@mika-brzezinski.bsky.social
@WillieGeist
@joe-scarborough.bsky.social
@mika-brzezinski.bsky.social
@WillieGeist
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Hi all.
The school year is nigh. It's time to face AI dilemmas again.
Should you integrate AI or ban it? I can't answer that for you. But here are thoughts I shared with our adjuncts about it.
#iteachEnglish #edusky #edchat #HigherEdSky
medium.com/educreation/...
The school year is nigh. It's time to face AI dilemmas again.
Should you integrate AI or ban it? I can't answer that for you. But here are thoughts I shared with our adjuncts about it.
#iteachEnglish #edusky #edchat #HigherEdSky
medium.com/educreation/...
an illustration of a chat app called chatgpt on a dark background
Alt: an illustration of a chat app called chatgpt on a dark background
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July 22, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Hi all.
The school year is nigh. It's time to face AI dilemmas again.
Should you integrate AI or ban it? I can't answer that for you. But here are thoughts I shared with our adjuncts about it.
#iteachEnglish #edusky #edchat #HigherEdSky
medium.com/educreation/...
The school year is nigh. It's time to face AI dilemmas again.
Should you integrate AI or ban it? I can't answer that for you. But here are thoughts I shared with our adjuncts about it.
#iteachEnglish #edusky #edchat #HigherEdSky
medium.com/educreation/...
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"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle."
Plato
op: kristinakuzmic (via IG)
Plato
op: kristinakuzmic (via IG)
July 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle."
Plato
op: kristinakuzmic (via IG)
Plato
op: kristinakuzmic (via IG)
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This is the power of justice, access and inclusion. We all benefit when we all support each other.
op: chronicallyjenni (via IG)
op: chronicallyjenni (via IG)
July 18, 2025 at 12:12 PM
This is the power of justice, access and inclusion. We all benefit when we all support each other.
op: chronicallyjenni (via IG)
op: chronicallyjenni (via IG)
Not every job comes with insurance benefits! FFS.
JIANG: What is the NEC's estimate for how many people could lose healthcare coverage?
HASSETT: The bottom line is the best way to get insurance is to get a job
HASSETT: The bottom line is the best way to get insurance is to get a job
July 6, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Not every job comes with insurance benefits! FFS.
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A student in my husband's English class in small-town Kansas won 1st place in the @BookCreator.com personal narrative contest!
See the winning entry: buff.ly/Pb8IZbo
Let's share stories at #coffeeEDU Mon. 7:30am, Rm 302BC at #ISTElive.
See the winning entry: buff.ly/Pb8IZbo
Let's share stories at #coffeeEDU Mon. 7:30am, Rm 302BC at #ISTElive.
June 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
A student in my husband's English class in small-town Kansas won 1st place in the @BookCreator.com personal narrative contest!
See the winning entry: buff.ly/Pb8IZbo
Let's share stories at #coffeeEDU Mon. 7:30am, Rm 302BC at #ISTElive.
See the winning entry: buff.ly/Pb8IZbo
Let's share stories at #coffeeEDU Mon. 7:30am, Rm 302BC at #ISTElive.
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Grateful to have been able to contribute to George Couros' 3 Things Newsletter with 3 Ways co-authoring a book with a student shaped my view of school culture. Read it here:
mailchi.mp/georgecouros...
#HopesforSchool
mailchi.mp/georgecouros...
#HopesforSchool
May 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Grateful to have been able to contribute to George Couros' 3 Things Newsletter with 3 Ways co-authoring a book with a student shaped my view of school culture. Read it here:
mailchi.mp/georgecouros...
#HopesforSchool
mailchi.mp/georgecouros...
#HopesforSchool
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So true!
What if we focused on learning rather than catching the cheaters? Focusing on the cheaters is nothing but a never ending game of whack-a-mole. Focusing on learning is a better option:
Catch them Learning: A Pathway to Academic Integrity in the Age of AI
Catch them Learning: A Pathway to Academic Integrity in the Age of AI
Catch them Learning: A Pathway to Academic Integrity in the Age of AI | Cult of Pedagogy
Clear, practical strategies for helping students use AI responsibly and maintain academic integrity.
www.cultofpedagogy.com
May 20, 2025 at 9:23 AM
So true!
May is Better Speech and Hearing Month. Ravenna recently hosted a guest speaker to talk about his experience. We are grateful for Mya and Lisa, Speech and Language Pathologists at ESU 10, who support students everyday! Read more here: s.esu10.org/BetterHearing #esu10
May 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
May is Better Speech and Hearing Month. Ravenna recently hosted a guest speaker to talk about his experience. We are grateful for Mya and Lisa, Speech and Language Pathologists at ESU 10, who support students everyday! Read more here: s.esu10.org/BetterHearing #esu10
@mpilakowski.bsky.social great seeing you today at #yourneta. I’ll be sharing your suggestions for using AI for writing with teachers!
May 1, 2025 at 10:48 PM
@mpilakowski.bsky.social great seeing you today at #yourneta. I’ll be sharing your suggestions for using AI for writing with teachers!
It worked @lesliefisher.bsky.social ! Amazing! #yourneta
May 1, 2025 at 10:47 PM
It worked @lesliefisher.bsky.social ! Amazing! #yourneta