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'What Do You Need Wednesday?'—Our 100th Post!

EA Center for Teaching & Learning @eactl.bsky.social · 6d

What can a simple classroom ritual—and a pitch counter—reveal about language learning? More than you’d think it turns out.

And just in time for playoff baseball season and our ‘Sportsmanship’ Stripe of the Month here at EA. #GoPhils ⚾️

EA Center for Teaching & Learning @eactl.bsky.social · 7d

🎉 Our 100th Beacon Post! This week’s WDYN digs into design for learning:
– Oli Cav’s timeless slide rules
– Jim Heal on retrieval routines
– Carl Hendrick on learning from mistakes

EA Center for Teaching & Learning @eactl.bsky.social · 12d

This plus a side of choral response in MS chorus? ✅

EA Center for Teaching & Learning @eactl.bsky.social · 14d

Where’s attention right now in your class—and how do you know?

This week's WDYN takes a look at: mechanics of attention, first-five minute routines, ASR, and a 90-sec clip on productive boredom.

EA Center for Teaching & Learning @eactl.bsky.social · 20d

Our first ‘AI Studio—Where Play Meets Practice’ kicks off shortly!

A recurring space where educators tinker with AI tools, experiment freely, and uncover classroom-ready ideas.

EA Center for Teaching & Learning @eactl.bsky.social · 21d

Families don’t remember your slides at Back-to-School Night. They remember how you made them feel.

This week’s WDYN: Challenge. Nurture. Inspire.

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Justin Cerenzia @cerenz.bsky.social · 28d

Early September is all mise en place—routines half-formed, names sticking, energy high.

In this week’s WDYN:
🔪AI as sous-chef
🎁85+ study tips in 10 minutes
🧠Unlearning “learning styles"
💦 A 'Last Word' on muddy puddles vs. leaky ceilings.

What Does the CTL Do All day?

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EA Center for Teaching & Learning @eactl.bsky.social · Sep 8

📚 Teaching is a practice.
🌀 Teachers nearly own “busy.”
✨ The CTL exists to help maximize opportunities for students to learn—not by piling on, but by creating space.

Not one more thing. A different kind of thing.

👉 Read the full post: episcopalacademyctl.substack.com/p/what-does-...

Not One More Thing—A Different Kind of Thing

EA Center for Teaching & Learning @eactl.bsky.social · Sep 3

What if microlearning was an answer?

We go heavy on the 7taps in this week's WDYN with two (2) separate offerings: One on the value of positive teacher-student relationships and one on the power of prequestions (see what we did there?)

We need something completely different: catalysing new innovations in teaching

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Jeff Greene @jeffgreene.bsky.social · Aug 28

Here's GREAT news for educators! You know all the hard work you put in to design outside of class activities to help your students learn? Well, when they do those things, in the order you intended, they actually learn more! Check it out: dx.doi.org/10.1037/edu0... #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky

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Regan A. R. Gurung @reganargurung.bsky.social · Aug 28

Interested in SoTL and looking for fodder for new studies? Take a look at this piece:

We need something completely different: Catalysing new innovations in teaching www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Educators have conducted assessments of the effectiveness of teaching, the extent to which students are learning, and the utility of new educational innovations and instructional methods for many y...

www.tandfonline.com

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EA Center for Teaching & Learning @eactl.bsky.social · Aug 27

WDYN is back for 2025–26 with @remikalir.bsky.social on syllabus #annotation (plus a LS classroom pivot), a nod to the value of sports psychology in the classroom (h/t @jeffgreene.bsky.social), and a look at the info landscape in the age of generative AI.

We've never been more back!

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EA Center for Teaching & Learning @eactl.bsky.social · Aug 21

The FINAL Thursday's Three Things of the summer before shifting back to Wednesdays next week!

EA Center for Teaching & Learning @eactl.bsky.social · Aug 14

Three Things. On a Thursday.

One of our final Thursday posts before shifting back to Wednesday during the school year. Come for the Science of Learning and AI intersections, stay for the bears this week.

Special shout out to @icpetrie.bsky.social for the closing 'Moment of Zen.' #bears

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Justin Cerenzia @cerenz.bsky.social · Aug 5

We often reference Lee Shulman's work in @eactl.bsky.social. It's especially helpful when considering AI integration. Had a fascinating chat w/ a MS teacher yesterday on how differently 6th vs 7th graders respond to a specific AI tool, showing the importance of the left side in the image.

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EA Center for Teaching & Learning @eactl.bsky.social · Jul 31

Three Things. On Thursday. It's a heavy AI week given the recent spate of announcements on this front.

EA Center for Teaching & Learning @eactl.bsky.social · Jul 17

Thursday's Three Things is live this week with links to:
-A fun 7Taps microlearning we made on motivation
- @paulkirschner.bsky.social's latest piece on 'Deliberate Errors and Learning'
-Some reflections on the new NotebookLM update and Steven Johnson's great supporting thoughts.

EA Center for Teaching & Learning @eactl.bsky.social · Jul 11

Justin Cerenzia & Andrew Shimrock are excited to share CTL’s innovative work and leadership at Penn GSE’s 25th anniversary celebration this afternoon. Proud to represent EA and connect with inspiring educators!

EA Center for Teaching & Learning @eactl.bsky.social · Jul 10

Thursday's Three Things is back after brief hiatus for the 4th of July. Links to @dtwuva.bsky.social's first Substack post, designing inclusive classrooms from @teacherhead.bsky.social, and a consideration of context prompting with AI.
episcopalacademyctl.substack.com/p/thursdays-...

Toward Equity in Educational Psychology: Including Students with Disabilities in Research and Theory. Volume 60, Issue 3 of Educational Psychologist

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EA Center for Teaching & Learning @eactl.bsky.social · Jul 9

We can make GIFs in Midjourney video now? It's all over.

The speech bubble here reminds us a bit of
@rodjnaquin.bsky.social's 'Dialogic Computing' model. Where is that third tail coming from?

(Maybe check out tomorrow's Thursday's Three Things to learn more)

EA Center for Teaching & Learning @eactl.bsky.social · Jul 8

Many people (and Large Language Models) are talking about ‘The Beacon.’ Youre hearing it more and more. episcopalacademyctl.substack.com

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Jeff Greene @jeffgreene.bsky.social · Jun 26

SO excited for the new @edpsychjournal.bsky.social issue on including students with disabilities in research & theory! Kudos to guest editors @benheddy.bsky.social @alyssaemery.bsky.social Rebecca Louick and @jchow.bsky.social #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
www.tandfonline.com/toc/hedp20/6...

Educational Psychologist

www.tandfonline.com

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EA Center for Teaching & Learning @eactl.bsky.social · Jun 26

Three Things. On Thursday.

Links this week to strategic leadership, nudging in the classroom to create positive culture, and a neat AI mapping tool that's well worth your time.

EA Center for Teaching & Learning @eactl.bsky.social · Jun 12

Thursday's Three Things is live! Links to:
- @carlhendrick.substack.com's recent defense of the Science of Learning.
- @drcindynebel.bsky.social's piece on motivation at The Learning Scientists' blog
- A new math series from @stevenstrogatz.com in the NYT

(Bonus: A murmuration of starlings)