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Derek Bruff
@derekbruff.bsky.social
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Educator, author, consultant. Associate director at the University of Virginia Center for Teaching Excellence. Author of Intentional Tech from West Virginia University Press. Host of the Intentional Teaching podcast. Birder.
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Derek Bruff @derekbruff.bsky.social · Aug 2
Hi to all the new followers! I'm Derek, and I help higher ed instructors make more informed and intentional teaching choices. I run the Intentional Teaching podcast, intentionalteaching.buzzsprout.com, and newsletter, derekbruff.kit.com/profile, among other things!
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Derek Bruff @derekbruff.bsky.social · 4d
Yeah, this sounds like a statement of values but not a decision.
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Derek Bruff @derekbruff.bsky.social · 7d
I've been tracking how instructors are using custom AI chatbots, and since I love to put things in categories, here is my current taxonomy of teaching applications of custom AI bots: derekbruff.org/2025/10/01/f...
Image generated by Midjourney from this prompt: several small birds depicted as light bikes inspired by Tron flying circles around a larger bird, dark mysterious background, very dynamic scene, high contrast, futuristic aesthetic
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Derek Bruff @derekbruff.bsky.social · 6d
Back on the old site, if you started a post by tagging someone, then the post would only show up in the feeds of people following both you and the person you tagged. Does Bluesky work like this?
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Derek Bruff @derekbruff.bsky.social · 6d
@jamesmlang.bsky.social and I had a great conversation for the Designed for Learning podcast about the potential for generative AI to inhibit student learning. Jim asks really good questions! www.buzzsprout.com/2430152/epis...
Teaching Students When (Not) to Use AI - Designed for Learning
When satellite maps became available on our phones, some wondered what we would lose by becoming less oriented to the places we live or visit. But most of us have used these maps for many years now an...
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Derek Bruff @derekbruff.bsky.social · 6d
I can guess which school on that list will sign up first.

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Derek Bruff @derekbruff.bsky.social · 6d
We talk about better and worse ways to learn with AI, the sycophantic tendencies of AI chatbots, and developing students' metacognitive awareness and self-regulation so they can determine when it's helpful to a particular task to use AI and when it's not.
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Derek Bruff @derekbruff.bsky.social · 6d
@jamesmlang.bsky.social and I had a great conversation for the Designed for Learning podcast about the potential for generative AI to inhibit student learning. Jim asks really good questions! www.buzzsprout.com/2430152/epis...
Teaching Students When (Not) to Use AI - Designed for Learning
When satellite maps became available on our phones, some wondered what we would lose by becoming less oriented to the places we live or visit. But most of us have used these maps for many years now an...
www.buzzsprout.com
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Derek Bruff @derekbruff.bsky.social · 7d
I've been tracking how instructors are using custom AI chatbots, and since I love to put things in categories, here is my current taxonomy of teaching applications of custom AI bots: derekbruff.org/2025/10/01/f...
Image generated by Midjourney from this prompt: several small birds depicted as light bikes inspired by Tron flying circles around a larger bird, dark mysterious background, very dynamic scene, high contrast, futuristic aesthetic
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Derek Bruff @derekbruff.bsky.social · 8d
How can you manage hot moments in the classroom when just about any topic can be a hot one?

Today on the podcast I talk with @prairiedogking.bsky.social and @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social about navigating high-stakes discussions in the year 2025.

www.buzzsprout.com/2069949/epis...
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Derek Bruff @derekbruff.bsky.social · 8d
Now with a transcript! It's available at the same link.
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Derek Bruff @derekbruff.bsky.social · 8d
How can you manage hot moments in the classroom when just about any topic can be a hot one?

Today on the podcast I talk with @prairiedogking.bsky.social and @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social about navigating high-stakes discussions in the year 2025.

www.buzzsprout.com/2069949/epis...
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Derek Bruff @derekbruff.bsky.social · 8d
How can you manage hot moments in the classroom when just about any topic can be a hot one?

Today on the podcast I talk with @prairiedogking.bsky.social and @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social about navigating high-stakes discussions in the year 2025.

www.buzzsprout.com/2069949/epis...
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Derek Bruff @derekbruff.bsky.social · 10d
Merriam-Webster posts about their new “large language model,” that is, the new edition of their collegiate dictionary. Meta’s AI doesn’t get the joke.
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Derek Bruff @derekbruff.bsky.social · 10d
And just now a white-breasted nuthatch!
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Derek Bruff @derekbruff.bsky.social · 10d
Bird feeder update: The wrens have found us!
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Derek Bruff @derekbruff.bsky.social · 10d
Shelby Bottoms on a warm and sunny September morning? Yes please! And I got two lifers—Sedge Wren and Marsh Wren—just feet away from each other. #birding
Sedge Wren Marsh Wren Eastern Phoebe
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Derek Bruff @derekbruff.bsky.social · 12d
I am excited to share that I’m working on a new book! I’m joining @anetv.bsky.social and @marcwatkins.bsky.social in writing The Norton Guide to AI-Aware Teaching, coming in 2026 from W. W. Norton & Company! Details here: derekbruff.org/2025/09/26/4...
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American Birding Association @aba.org · 12d
Warblers are free therapy. Have a great weekend.
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Derek Bruff @derekbruff.bsky.social · 13d
AI audio summaries. Social annotation. Pre-reading lectures. Class discussions. Students have a lot of options to help them make sense of the reading. How should we help them navigate these options?

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Reading strategies: Scaffolding or skill building?
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Derek Bruff @derekbruff.bsky.social · 13d
AI audio summaries. Social annotation. Pre-reading lectures. Class discussions. Students have a lot of options to help them make sense of the reading. How should we help them navigate these options?

derekbruff.kit.com/posts/readin...
Reading strategies: Scaffolding or skill building?
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Derek Bruff @derekbruff.bsky.social · 13d
I wrote a thing for my newsletter today. I think it’s insightful. Or rambling. Or maybe both.
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Derek Bruff @derekbruff.bsky.social · 15d
If you've been trying to get a read on "AI literacy," the UVA Teaching Hub has a great new collection for you. "Frameworks and Activities for Fostering AI Literacy" has been curated by librarian Bethany Mickel and instructional designer Fang Li. teaching.virginia.edu/collections/...
Frameworks and Activities for Fostering AI Literacy — UVA Teaching Hub
<p>This collection features frameworks for understanding AI literacy—including one framework developed here at UVA—as well as classroom activities that support the development of AI literacy in both s...
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Derek Bruff @derekbruff.bsky.social · 15d
Math is hard.
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Derek Bruff @derekbruff.bsky.social · 17d
First hummingbird at the new feeder!
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 17d
Neighbors begged Tupe Smith to run for school board. Town officials helped her fill out the forms, register and vote. But American Samoans like her are U.S. nationals, not U.S. citizens; they can't vote. It was a small mistake. It might cost Smith her freedom.
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Derek Bruff @derekbruff.bsky.social · 18d
There’s also a bit of “Dear Leader said this so it must be true and I don’t need to think any harder than that” going on.
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Peer & AI Review + Reflection @pairrfeedback.bsky.social · 19d
🎙️ Ep 4 of #MyRobotTeacher is live! Carl Whithaus (UC Davis) & Aparna Sinha (Cal Poly Maritime) share how PAIRR blends peer + AI feedback to strengthen student voice. Listen on Apple/YouTube. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Ep04 - A New Hope [for AI in College Writing]
Podcast Episode · My Robot Teacher · 09/04/2025 · 42m
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