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This looks fun!
How many soda combinations are there on a coke freestyle? robertkaplinsky.com/work/how-man...
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January 4, 2026 at 7:06 PM
This looks fun!
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Our photographer Alex Kormann captured the exact moment the presses stopped for the last time in Minneapolis, ending a 158 history of locally printed newspapers.
December 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Our photographer Alex Kormann captured the exact moment the presses stopped for the last time in Minneapolis, ending a 158 history of locally printed newspapers.
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Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!
December 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!
Wow.
Normal and great
> Microsoft triggered a viral furor when it revealed a Teams update to tell your company when you’re not at work. Now Google has done the same. Forget end-to-end encryption. A new Android update means your RCS and SMS texts are no longer private.
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
> Microsoft triggered a viral furor when it revealed a Teams update to tell your company when you’re not at work. Now Google has done the same. Forget end-to-end encryption. A new Android update means your RCS and SMS texts are no longer private.
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
Google Starts Sharing All Your Text Messages With Your Employer
Warning — what happens on your Android phone, doesn’t stay on your Android phone.
www.forbes.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Wow.
Awww, what a cute idea! And good luck today. Sorry about your dog. That’s rough to deal with all of it. We’re out here rooting for you to make it through the day!
December 1, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Awww, what a cute idea! And good luck today. Sorry about your dog. That’s rough to deal with all of it. We’re out here rooting for you to make it through the day!
Oops, yeah. 3/16
November 30, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Oops, yeah. 3/16
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✂️ Quickly clean up your Google Sheets by cropping away blank rows and columns. With options like “Crop Right,” “Crop Bottom,” or even “Crop Top and Freeze,” you can trim your sheet to just the data that matters.
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#EduSky #GoogleEDU #GoogleWorkspace
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November 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
✂️ Quickly clean up your Google Sheets by cropping away blank rows and columns. With options like “Crop Right,” “Crop Bottom,” or even “Crop Top and Freeze,” you can trim your sheet to just the data that matters.
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#EduSky #GoogleEDU #GoogleWorkspace
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#EduSky #GoogleEDU #GoogleWorkspace
Thank you for saying this!
“It’s no accident that people who become librarians tend to have restless, questioning minds. They’ll follow a rabbit hole just to see where it goes. They’ll read five articles so a teacher doesn’t have to read fifteen. They share knowledge freely, not competitively.”
Librarians are SO open source!
Librarians are SO open source!
School Librarians “I want to focus on the people who choose to become school librarians & why their mindset is one of the curriculum’s most undervalued assets.”@elizabethutch.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/pulse/unusua...
November 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Thank you for saying this!
I am so curious to see what they come up with! What do YOU think will b determined as a solution? (Besides saying we need more librarians! We already know that one!)
November 26, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I am so curious to see what they come up with! What do YOU think will b determined as a solution? (Besides saying we need more librarians! We already know that one!)
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Forcing people to use AI w/ the argument more=better is like thinking that a giant bowl of slop will magically transform into something edible by adding two drops of high quality ingredients. With AI (or on the Internet at all) you have 8 bad answers and 2 good ones, you don’t end up 2 good answers.
“AI workers said they distrust the models they work on because of a consistent emphasis on rapid turnaround time at the expense of quality.”
Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI
When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Forcing people to use AI w/ the argument more=better is like thinking that a giant bowl of slop will magically transform into something edible by adding two drops of high quality ingredients. With AI (or on the Internet at all) you have 8 bad answers and 2 good ones, you don’t end up 2 good answers.
I say depends… depends on why you want them to read. Is the intention to learn the nuances of the language in written form? Then definitely not. But if you want to learn to enjoy books, possibly open a door into something new.. then an emphatic yes
November 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I say depends… depends on why you want them to read. Is the intention to learn the nuances of the language in written form? Then definitely not. But if you want to learn to enjoy books, possibly open a door into something new.. then an emphatic yes
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🚀 Excited to share that I’ll be presenting at the @futureready.org #librarians 6th Annual App Smash #webinar on Nov 18 at 5pm EST! I’ll be showcasing @wayground.bsky.social for Ts to create engaging lessons & more
Join the fun: futureready.link/FRLWebinars2025
#FutureReadyLibs #Wayground #EdTech
Join the fun: futureready.link/FRLWebinars2025
#FutureReadyLibs #Wayground #EdTech
November 6, 2025 at 2:32 AM
🚀 Excited to share that I’ll be presenting at the @futureready.org #librarians 6th Annual App Smash #webinar on Nov 18 at 5pm EST! I’ll be showcasing @wayground.bsky.social for Ts to create engaging lessons & more
Join the fun: futureready.link/FRLWebinars2025
#FutureReadyLibs #Wayground #EdTech
Join the fun: futureready.link/FRLWebinars2025
#FutureReadyLibs #Wayground #EdTech
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A brain break is *not* a time-out from learning! No matter your grade level, our resource collection has an activity to kick off productivity and creativity in your classroom. 🧠🌟
#BrainBreaks #EduSky
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Brain Breaks for Your Classroom
A collection of our popular articles and videos illuminating the benefits of taking breaks on student productivity, creativity, well-being, and more!
edut.to
November 6, 2025 at 2:18 AM
A brain break is *not* a time-out from learning! No matter your grade level, our resource collection has an activity to kick off productivity and creativity in your classroom. 🧠🌟
#BrainBreaks #EduSky
#BrainBreaks #EduSky
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When teachers understand how the brain learns, small shifts—like breaking up lectures or using retrieval practice—can lead to powerful results. 🧠
Here are 15 research-based strategies every teacher can use!
#EduSky #EdResearch
Here are 15 research-based strategies every teacher can use!
#EduSky #EdResearch
15 Tips to Align Your Teaching With Brain Science
From attention to metacognition and memory, here are 15 tips to apply the latest insights from cognitive science to how students learn.
edut.to
October 31, 2025 at 1:18 AM
When teachers understand how the brain learns, small shifts—like breaking up lectures or using retrieval practice—can lead to powerful results. 🧠
Here are 15 research-based strategies every teacher can use!
#EduSky #EdResearch
Here are 15 research-based strategies every teacher can use!
#EduSky #EdResearch
Is it someone's job to post photos of these dogs? Is there a submission form for employees at Amazon to submit photos of their dogs? I am pretty sure that AI handles most of it, but I like it. It at least makes AMAZON BEING DOWN mildly interesting. Good timing.
October 20, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Is it someone's job to post photos of these dogs? Is there a submission form for employees at Amazon to submit photos of their dogs? I am pretty sure that AI handles most of it, but I like it. It at least makes AMAZON BEING DOWN mildly interesting. Good timing.
I’m really enjoying this “skills” series of articles from Edutopia!
From block building and mapmaking to charting character journeys, try these classroom activities to help students strengthen their spatial skills! 🗺️
#EduSky
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9 Ways to Teach Spatial Thinking Across the Curriculum
Strong spatial skills are critical for everyday tasks and across many careers—they also strengthen students’ math performance.
edut.to
October 13, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I’m really enjoying this “skills” series of articles from Edutopia!
Have you ever connected the popularity of pumpkins with their size?
“Gotta use up this pumpkin! Better think of 500 things I can make with it!”
“Gotta use up this pumpkin! Better think of 500 things I can make with it!”
October 13, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Have you ever connected the popularity of pumpkins with their size?
“Gotta use up this pumpkin! Better think of 500 things I can make with it!”
“Gotta use up this pumpkin! Better think of 500 things I can make with it!”
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Today's Monday Writing Tip is one of my favorite revising techniques. And frankly, it doesn't only apply to picture books; it applies to all writing
Do a quick Ctrl+F and search for the word "was." Then replace as many as possible.
#amwriting #picturebooks #revisiontips #kidlit
Do a quick Ctrl+F and search for the word "was." Then replace as many as possible.
#amwriting #picturebooks #revisiontips #kidlit
September 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Today's Monday Writing Tip is one of my favorite revising techniques. And frankly, it doesn't only apply to picture books; it applies to all writing
Do a quick Ctrl+F and search for the word "was." Then replace as many as possible.
#amwriting #picturebooks #revisiontips #kidlit
Do a quick Ctrl+F and search for the word "was." Then replace as many as possible.
#amwriting #picturebooks #revisiontips #kidlit
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Japan has just opened its first osmotic power plant 🌊⚡
This works by mixing fresh & salt water across a membrane, creating pressure that drives a turbine to make electricity.
This site will generate 880,000 kWh a year...while helping run a desalination plant providing fresh water to the city 👏
This works by mixing fresh & salt water across a membrane, creating pressure that drives a turbine to make electricity.
This site will generate 880,000 kWh a year...while helping run a desalination plant providing fresh water to the city 👏
Japan has opened its first osmotic power plant – so what is it and how does it work?
The site in Fukuoka is only the second power plant of its type in the world, harnessing the power of osmosis to run a desalination plant in the city
www.theguardian.com
August 27, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Japan has just opened its first osmotic power plant 🌊⚡
This works by mixing fresh & salt water across a membrane, creating pressure that drives a turbine to make electricity.
This site will generate 880,000 kWh a year...while helping run a desalination plant providing fresh water to the city 👏
This works by mixing fresh & salt water across a membrane, creating pressure that drives a turbine to make electricity.
This site will generate 880,000 kWh a year...while helping run a desalination plant providing fresh water to the city 👏
Thanks for the great resource!
⭐️30 Do You Like/Would You Rather templates to kick off the year in our library.
Find the template here, friends ➡️ buff.ly/PtI3eIg
#tlchat #futurereadylibs #edchat #ISTELib #libraries #backtoschool #librarians #teachers #EduSky #TLSky
Find the template here, friends ➡️ buff.ly/PtI3eIg
#tlchat #futurereadylibs #edchat #ISTELib #libraries #backtoschool #librarians #teachers #EduSky #TLSky
August 25, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Thanks for the great resource!
A very thought provoking article! I use ChatGPT every day. I had not really taken the time to define what I am doing with it, but this article sheds some light on how to consciously build your skills with working with LLMs. Nice job!
Prompt engineering had its moment. Now it’s time for context engineering — the art of giving AI the background it needs to think like your classroom. open.substack.com/pub/davidpbl...
#Education #AI #Teaching #ContextEngineering #EdTech #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #AIinEducation #aisky #ai
#Education #AI #Teaching #ContextEngineering #EdTech #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #AIinEducation #aisky #ai
Is Context Engineering the New Essential Skill for our Students?
Last year, “prompt engineering” was the hot new skill every student supposedly needed. But in the breakneck world of AI, that’s already old news. The next frontier—“context engineering”—taps a timeles...
open.substack.com
August 22, 2025 at 9:38 AM
A very thought provoking article! I use ChatGPT every day. I had not really taken the time to define what I am doing with it, but this article sheds some light on how to consciously build your skills with working with LLMs. Nice job!
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Our FIRST ever Bluesky #slowchat is happening on Sunday! join on your timeline for some good conversation on #BacktoSchool. Prompts will be released for an hour starting at noon PST!
Tell your #edusky and #mathsky friends!
Tell your #edusky and #mathsky friends!
August 10, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Our FIRST ever Bluesky #slowchat is happening on Sunday! join on your timeline for some good conversation on #BacktoSchool. Prompts will be released for an hour starting at noon PST!
Tell your #edusky and #mathsky friends!
Tell your #edusky and #mathsky friends!