Nicole Vickerman
@geo-vick.bsky.social
For the Love of Learning! Decades as a Texas World Geography teacher trying to help students think like empathetic explorers: HEB Excellence in Ed Winner; NEA GLF; Grosvenor Teacher Fellow, Mentor; Nat Geo Certified Teacher; Fund for Teachers Fellow
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I will be headed back to school soon. I teach 1st grade at a title one school in the Metro Detroit area.
I would love this contact paper to cover up some rust on my desk.
Any help would be amazing🥹
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I would love this contact paper to cover up some rust on my desk.
Any help would be amazing🥹
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
August 12, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I will be headed back to school soon. I teach 1st grade at a title one school in the Metro Detroit area.
I would love this contact paper to cover up some rust on my desk.
Any help would be amazing🥹
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
I would love this contact paper to cover up some rust on my desk.
Any help would be amazing🥹
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
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New to teaching? Get support, not stress.
🎙️ AFT’s Welcome-to-Teaching podcast has tips, tools & community for early career educators.
Read this blog and get more information: sharemylesson.com/blog/support...
@aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social @ucaftbayarea.bsky.social @aftpa.bsky.social
🎙️ AFT’s Welcome-to-Teaching podcast has tips, tools & community for early career educators.
Read this blog and get more information: sharemylesson.com/blog/support...
@aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social @ucaftbayarea.bsky.social @aftpa.bsky.social
July 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
New to teaching? Get support, not stress.
🎙️ AFT’s Welcome-to-Teaching podcast has tips, tools & community for early career educators.
Read this blog and get more information: sharemylesson.com/blog/support...
@aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social @ucaftbayarea.bsky.social @aftpa.bsky.social
🎙️ AFT’s Welcome-to-Teaching podcast has tips, tools & community for early career educators.
Read this blog and get more information: sharemylesson.com/blog/support...
@aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social @ucaftbayarea.bsky.social @aftpa.bsky.social
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Chelsea participated in our #TEACH25 conference and shared her experience learning about AI and other tools to help students in special education programs. Get free lesson plans and professional development resources through @sharemylesson.bsky.social
August 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Chelsea participated in our #TEACH25 conference and shared her experience learning about AI and other tools to help students in special education programs. Get free lesson plans and professional development resources through @sharemylesson.bsky.social
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Amazing resource on Japanese American internment🗃️
densho.org/catalyst/int...
densho.org/catalyst/int...
Introducing the Digital Library of Japanese American Incarceration Films - Densho: Japanese American Incarceration and Japanese Internment
The Digital Library of Japanese American Incarceration Films makes available more than 100 films documenting Japanese American WWII incarceration.
densho.org
August 7, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Amazing resource on Japanese American internment🗃️
densho.org/catalyst/int...
densho.org/catalyst/int...
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"Recently, I gave a kind of global SITREP briefing to a civilian group. Many were surprised—not by the number of ongoing conflicts, but by the depth of the historical, cultural, and political complexities."
How many of these conflicts did you know of? A tour of war from @markhertling.bsky.social
How many of these conflicts did you know of? A tour of war from @markhertling.bsky.social
The World at War
A summary of the globe’s ongoing conflicts reveals why peace is so hard to build.
www.thebulwark.com
July 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
"Recently, I gave a kind of global SITREP briefing to a civilian group. Many were surprised—not by the number of ongoing conflicts, but by the depth of the historical, cultural, and political complexities."
How many of these conflicts did you know of? A tour of war from @markhertling.bsky.social
How many of these conflicts did you know of? A tour of war from @markhertling.bsky.social
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Congo and Rwanda-backed rebels have signed a declaration of principles for a permanent ceasefire in eastern Congo, where ethnic tensions and quest for rich minerals have resulted in one of Africa’s longest conflicts with thousands killed this year.
Congo and rebels have committed to ending war in the east. Here's what to know.
The ceasefire agreement, brokered by Qatar and backed by the African Union and the U.S., aims to end one of Africa's deadliest and most complex conflicts.
nbcnews.to
July 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Congo and Rwanda-backed rebels have signed a declaration of principles for a permanent ceasefire in eastern Congo, where ethnic tensions and quest for rich minerals have resulted in one of Africa’s longest conflicts with thousands killed this year.
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Tapping my "writing is thinking" sign in the key of @biblioracle.bsky.social
New research from MIT found that those who used ChatGPT can’t remember any of the content of their essays.
Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...
Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...
June 18, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Tapping my "writing is thinking" sign in the key of @biblioracle.bsky.social
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Every year on Memorial Day, I share this video of French caretakers who take sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy, and scrub them into the letters to give them the gold coloring.
They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died.
France also gave us this land as American soil.
They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died.
France also gave us this land as American soil.
May 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Every year on Memorial Day, I share this video of French caretakers who take sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy, and scrub them into the letters to give them the gold coloring.
They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died.
France also gave us this land as American soil.
They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died.
France also gave us this land as American soil.
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RED ALERT for Texas:
SB 37, a bill that guts shared governance in the state’s public higher education system by giving politicians all authority in decision making, is heading for a full House vote THIS WEEK.
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RED ALERT for Texas:
SB 37, a bill that guts shared governance in the state’s public higher education system by giving politicians all authority in decision making, is heading for a full House vote THIS WEEK.
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SB 37 2.0: The Sequel Is Even More Authoritarian
Updated: April 22, 2025
aaup-texas.org
May 20, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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RED ALERT for Texas:
SB 37, a bill that guts shared governance in the state’s public higher education system by giving politicians all authority in decision making, is heading for a full House vote THIS WEEK.
🧵
RED ALERT for Texas:
SB 37, a bill that guts shared governance in the state’s public higher education system by giving politicians all authority in decision making, is heading for a full House vote THIS WEEK.
🧵
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Did you know that school vouchers have a dark history deeply rooted in preserving segregation?
At last night's school voucher town hall with Pastors for Texas Children, I explained how vouchers were designed to resist integration...and how that spirit is still alive today. #txlege
At last night's school voucher town hall with Pastors for Texas Children, I explained how vouchers were designed to resist integration...and how that spirit is still alive today. #txlege
April 4, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Did you know that school vouchers have a dark history deeply rooted in preserving segregation?
At last night's school voucher town hall with Pastors for Texas Children, I explained how vouchers were designed to resist integration...and how that spirit is still alive today. #txlege
At last night's school voucher town hall with Pastors for Texas Children, I explained how vouchers were designed to resist integration...and how that spirit is still alive today. #txlege
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court just upheld ATF’s life-saving rule regulating ghost guns—untraceable firearms bought and built without a background check—like the deadly firearms that they are.
Supreme Court upholds federal regulations on ghost gun kits
The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld government regulation of self-assemble firearm kits that produce untraceable weapons known as "ghost guns."
abcnews.go.com
March 26, 2025 at 2:39 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court just upheld ATF’s life-saving rule regulating ghost guns—untraceable firearms bought and built without a background check—like the deadly firearms that they are.
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In 2022, the AHA launched the most comprehensive study of the national US history teaching landscape undertaken in the 21st century. We wanted to know what is actually happening in public school classrooms across the country. Find out what we learned. 🗃️
What Are American Students Learning about US History? - AHA
Since 2020, a contentious debate over history education has generated outrage, wild claims, and a growing sense of alarm in homes and communities across the country. State legislators, school board me...
www.historians.org
March 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
In 2022, the AHA launched the most comprehensive study of the national US history teaching landscape undertaken in the 21st century. We wanted to know what is actually happening in public school classrooms across the country. Find out what we learned. 🗃️
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From the streets of Harlem to Vietnam to Hollywood, these stories correct the record and spotlight lesser-known heroes for Women's History Month.
5 books about forgotten female heroes to celebrate Women's History Month
From the streets of Harlem to Vietnam to Hollywood, these stories correct the record and spotlight lesser-known heroes for Women's History Month.
bit.ly
March 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
From the streets of Harlem to Vietnam to Hollywood, these stories correct the record and spotlight lesser-known heroes for Women's History Month.
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Where do educators stand on AI?
Back in 2023, @pewresearch.org asked K-12 teachers about how they view the use of AI tools in education.
While a large percentage were either uncertain or on the fence, 25% drew a clear line in the sand declaring the tools cause “more harm than benefit.”
#EduSkyAI
Back in 2023, @pewresearch.org asked K-12 teachers about how they view the use of AI tools in education.
While a large percentage were either uncertain or on the fence, 25% drew a clear line in the sand declaring the tools cause “more harm than benefit.”
#EduSkyAI
March 25, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Where do educators stand on AI?
Back in 2023, @pewresearch.org asked K-12 teachers about how they view the use of AI tools in education.
While a large percentage were either uncertain or on the fence, 25% drew a clear line in the sand declaring the tools cause “more harm than benefit.”
#EduSkyAI
Back in 2023, @pewresearch.org asked K-12 teachers about how they view the use of AI tools in education.
While a large percentage were either uncertain or on the fence, 25% drew a clear line in the sand declaring the tools cause “more harm than benefit.”
#EduSkyAI
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This is one of the biggest threats to Americans' personal data in decades. If you're a 23andMe customer, I strongly urge you to delete your data to protect it from whoever the new buyer might be. Here’s how:
March 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
This is one of the biggest threats to Americans' personal data in decades. If you're a 23andMe customer, I strongly urge you to delete your data to protect it from whoever the new buyer might be. Here’s how:
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Created this for another group on another platform. The group wanted a resource to explore HDI and GII. Notes template is linked in video description. youtu.be/Sla1Vv9E1IQ?... #Geogchat #geographyteacher #geography #geosky #edusky
geteach.com Human Development Example
YouTube video by Josh Williams
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March 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Created this for another group on another platform. The group wanted a resource to explore HDI and GII. Notes template is linked in video description. youtu.be/Sla1Vv9E1IQ?... #Geogchat #geographyteacher #geography #geosky #edusky
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Congratulations to Andy Markus, the 2025 NEA Education Support Professional of the Year! Andy is a middle school Assistant Facilities Manager in Utah who knows that the care we put into our school environment reflects in the success of our students. We are so proud to name him our ESP of the Year!
March 23, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Congratulations to Andy Markus, the 2025 NEA Education Support Professional of the Year! Andy is a middle school Assistant Facilities Manager in Utah who knows that the care we put into our school environment reflects in the success of our students. We are so proud to name him our ESP of the Year!
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Submit nominations for the AHA's Beveridge Family Teaching Prize by May 15. This award recognizes excellence and innovation in elementary, middle school, and secondary history teaching, including career contributions and specific initiatives. 🗃️
Beveridge Family Teaching Prize – AHA
The Beveridge Family Teaching Prize recognizes excellence and innovation in elementary, middle school, and secondary history teaching, including career contributions and specific initiatives.
www.historians.org
March 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Submit nominations for the AHA's Beveridge Family Teaching Prize by May 15. This award recognizes excellence and innovation in elementary, middle school, and secondary history teaching, including career contributions and specific initiatives. 🗃️
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A 2024 GAO report found the IRS netted a savings of $13,000 for every additional hour spent auditing wealthy individuals’ tax returns.
Watch reporter @andykroll.bsky.social break down how DOGE cuts to the IRS could cost more than DOGE will ever save ⤵️
📽️: @josesepulveda.bsky.social
Watch reporter @andykroll.bsky.social break down how DOGE cuts to the IRS could cost more than DOGE will ever save ⤵️
📽️: @josesepulveda.bsky.social
How DOGE Cuts to the IRS Could Cost More Than DOGE Will Ever Save
YouTube video by ProPublica
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March 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
A 2024 GAO report found the IRS netted a savings of $13,000 for every additional hour spent auditing wealthy individuals’ tax returns.
Watch reporter @andykroll.bsky.social break down how DOGE cuts to the IRS could cost more than DOGE will ever save ⤵️
📽️: @josesepulveda.bsky.social
Watch reporter @andykroll.bsky.social break down how DOGE cuts to the IRS could cost more than DOGE will ever save ⤵️
📽️: @josesepulveda.bsky.social
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📆 Join Mary Kemper, Megan McKellar and I for the upcoming Apple Education Community Teacher Resource Share-out this Wednesday, March 19 at 6pm ET. #EdTech #Education
✅ More details can be found on the forum here:
education.apple.com/story/250014...
✅ More details can be found on the forum here:
education.apple.com/story/250014...
Join us for the Apple Education Community Teacher Resource
In these hour-long sessions, ADEs will share a project they're excited about and their motivation and process for creating it. They'll also highlight ways to apply these ideas and resources in your ow...
education.apple.com
March 17, 2025 at 9:42 PM
📆 Join Mary Kemper, Megan McKellar and I for the upcoming Apple Education Community Teacher Resource Share-out this Wednesday, March 19 at 6pm ET. #EdTech #Education
✅ More details can be found on the forum here:
education.apple.com/story/250014...
✅ More details can be found on the forum here:
education.apple.com/story/250014...
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There are so many people who really have no idea what the Dept of Ed actually does. This needs to be plastered everywhere!!
What to know about the Education Dept., from funding to loans
www.npr.org/2025/02/04/n...
What to know about the Education Dept., from funding to loans
www.npr.org/2025/02/04/n...
A guide to what the U.S. Education Department does (and doesn't) do
The department tracks student achievement, manages college financial aid and sends K-12 schools money to support students with disabilities and lower-income communities, among other things.
www.npr.org
March 12, 2025 at 1:43 AM
There are so many people who really have no idea what the Dept of Ed actually does. This needs to be plastered everywhere!!
What to know about the Education Dept., from funding to loans
www.npr.org/2025/02/04/n...
What to know about the Education Dept., from funding to loans
www.npr.org/2025/02/04/n...
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🍎 Every student deserves access to nutritious meals—no exceptions. But too many kids are going hungry, and it’s time for Congress to step up. This #NationalNutritionMonth, join NEA in advocating for stronger child nutrition policies so every student has the fuel they need to learn. buff.ly/43hs3lP
Child Nutrition | NEA
Students need healthy, nutritious school meals that are free to all and prepare them for learning.
buff.ly
March 4, 2025 at 11:40 PM
🍎 Every student deserves access to nutritious meals—no exceptions. But too many kids are going hungry, and it’s time for Congress to step up. This #NationalNutritionMonth, join NEA in advocating for stronger child nutrition policies so every student has the fuel they need to learn. buff.ly/43hs3lP