Darren Draper, Ed.D.
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Darren Draper, Ed.D.
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Openness ∩ Education ∩ Technology

Administrator of Technology and Digital Innovation in Utah’s Alpine School District.

#EduSky #EduCoach #Coaching #EdTech #CETL #EdD #AIinEdu
Terrific SchoolAI interview of Oak Canyon Portuguese teacher Priscila Prestes, wherein she discusses the importance of feedback for student learning, and how AI can be used to provide efficient and timely feedback when students need it most.

schoolai.com

#AIinEdu
April 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Great to be able to facilitate a discussion today at Utah's Personalized, Competency-Based Learning Summit! Terrific thinking by participants. It's an exciting time to be in education.

Here are the slides we shared.

bit.ly/AIforPCBL

#AIinEdu #EdChat
March 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Looking forward to an exciting #UCET25! Hope to see you at either of my sessions or around the Salt Palace. 👍🏼

What do you hope to learn this week?
February 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Excellent metaphor describing its current state.

“Digital plastic is, like its physical counterpart, synthetic, ubiquitous, helpful and potentially toxic.”

GenAI as Digital Plastic: Understanding Synthetic Media Through Critical AI Literacy https://buff.ly/4i2T80p

#AIinEdu #DigCit
February 19, 2025 at 2:50 AM
The more students and teachers understand about AI and its shortcomings, the more critical thinking they’ll practice in its use.

Addressing AI Use Proactively in the Classroom https://buff.ly/3X2Od7s

#AIinEdu #EduSky
February 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I love that UEN has started to develop this toolkit for educators, which includes their HUMAN framework, links to research, and a self-paced course for them to learn more.

When teachers learn, students benefit.

#AIinEdu #ProfessionalLearning #EduSky

https://buff.ly/40SEq52
February 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Strong, practical ways to move forward, by Richard Culatta. This is real #EdReform.

The Real Way to Stop Cheating in an AI World https://buff.ly/4gJQrzw

#EdChat #AIinEdu
February 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Even in K-12, teachers should ask themselves “who is doing the thinking” when designing student learning experiences.

Higher order prompting: Applying Bloom’s revised taxonomy to the use of LLMs in higher education https://buff.ly/4gA0G9u

#AIinEdu #Blooms
February 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
While some in education might say Goodhart's Law applies to the use of common formative assessments, others would argue that working toward an assessment-measured goal can produce collective teacher efficacy.

What are your thoughts?

#Leadership #SchoolImprovement
February 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Looking forward to facilitating an Insight Session during the #NDPD Virtual Deep Learning Lab on Feb 19! In my session we’ll focus on AI-Driven Deep Learning.

Register: https://buff.ly/4jBu7Lm

Agenda: https://buff.ly/4jxc3ln

#DeepLearning
January 28, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I appreciate the motivation segment of this framework. Terrific addition to knowledge, skills, and dispositions.

What Do Schools Need to Teach in an Age of AI? www.nais.org/magazine/ind...

#EdReform #EdChat #AIinEdu
January 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
True innovation often happens on the fringes! I love seeing this terrific work from David Wiley related to the overlap of Gen AI, #OER, and learning objects.

The OELMs Architecture: The Technical Power of Generative AI Meets the Participatory Power of OER https://buff.ly/4jz0QAU

#OpenEd #AIinEdu
January 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I've been thinking about this concept of IT manager as head of HR for the last few weeks, and what this very possible future might look like for schools.

#AIinEdu #AIinEducation
January 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The non-cartoon images often look real enough that I can’t even tell they’re fakes.
January 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM