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Toby Fischer
@tobyfischer.bsky.social
Father, Husband, Learner, Educator, Designer, Builder, Innovator, Disney Addict, Softball Dad
28 year veteran teacher/coach/administrator/professor
Passionate about helping all learners find their path
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Educator @tobyfischer.bsky.social shares 3 ways you can leverage AI to help students see purpose in their learning: https://edut.to/4n9ZAFe

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September 10, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Reposted by Toby Fischer
Educator @tobyfischer.bsky.social shares 3 ways AI can help you make your school’s Portrait of a Graduate more relevant to students *and* your daily classroom activities. 🌟

#EduSky #EduSkyAI #EduAI
3 Ways AI Can Help Teachers Integrate Long-Term Goals Into Daily Instruction
With AI tools, teachers can efficiently align their everyday activities with the vision articulated in their school’s Portrait of a Graduate.
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September 7, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Check out my most recent @edutopia.org article: 3 Ways #AI Can Help Teachers Integrate Long-Term Goals Into Daily Instruction.

It provides you with actionable ways to bring your #PortraitofaGraduate to life in your classroom or school. #edusky

www.edutopia.org/article/3-wa...
3 Ways AI Can Help Teachers Integrate Long-Term Goals Into Daily Instruction
With AI tools, teachers can efficiently align their everyday activities with the vision articulated in their school’s Portrait of a Graduate.
www.edutopia.org
September 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
New Blog post: Finding Your Why: Why It’s Worth Saving from the Unfair Reputation: For many good reasons teachers cringe when they "what is your why?" Check out our newest post and see why you should think about "your why."

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Finding Your Why: Why It’s Worth Saving from the Unfair Reputation – Creating Learners
A few years ago, you couldn’t scroll through social media without seeing someone talking about finding your why. Teachers, leaders, and motivational speakers were all echoing Simon Sinek’s now-famous…
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August 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Join the #EduProtocols + #CurriculumGenie Giveaway!

Sign up, create a unit, and export to Google Drive, post the public link to the EduProtocols Community Facebook Page, and we'll send you our wheel spinner to unlock 6 free units & amazing prizes!

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EduProtocols Back‑to‑School Challenge
Plan in minutes, teach with confidence, and win prizes this back‑to‑school season. Join the EduProtocols × Curriculum Genie Giveaway!
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August 12, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Please vote for my session: What Does it Mean to be Literate in the Age of AI? to be part of SXSW 2026. #edusky #sxswedu

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August 7, 2025 at 11:38 PM
New Personalized Learning AI Activity Cards will be out next week with a back-to-school theme.
Till then, check out July's feature activity. What's My SuperPower: where students make themselves into a superhero. www.canva.com/design/DAGsg...

See all 23 activities here: wakelet.com/wake/ShVIpZ8...
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July 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The next round of #PersonalizedLearning with #AI Activity Cards are coming out in a few days. wakelet.com/wake/ShVIpZ8... What is your favorite activity card and why?

If you haven't seen the cards yet, check them out and this Edutopia Article about them. www.edutopia.org/article/5-en...
June 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Reposted by Toby Fischer
‪Teacher @tobyfischer.bsky.social‬ shares 5 classroom-ready activities that AI can quickly tailor to your students’ specific needs and interests! 🌟

#EdTech #EduSkyAI #EduAI
5 Engaging AI Classroom Activities to Try With Your Students
From targeted writing prompts that get pencils moving to an interactive radio show where students join as the co-host, these AI classroom activities help students take learning to the next level.
edut.to
June 11, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I'm thrilled to announce that my very first article has been published on @edutopia.org, '5 Engaging AI Classroom Activities to Try With Your Students' Read & share your thoughts/questions. www.edutopia.org/article/5-en... #Edutopia #AIinEducation #Teaching #edusky #eduskychat
5 Engaging AI Classroom Activities to Try With Your Students
From targeted writing prompts that get pencils moving to an interactive radio show where students join as the co-host, these AI classroom activities help students take learning to the next level.
www.edutopia.org
June 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Looking forward to this webinar Thursday May 29th at 9:00 AM PT featuring Jennifer Levine. Her presentation, "UDL and Student Voice/Choice in Unit Creation," tinyurl.com/UDLWebinarJL #edusky #UDL
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Join Jennifer Levine to explore how AI and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) can help create inclusive, student-centered curricula. Learn how to remove learning barriers, boost engagement, and supp...
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May 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Looking forward to this webinar tomorrow. As AI becomes more of a force in our world, what are districts' new priorities? www.learning-genie.com/new-webinar/ #edusky
May 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
If you haven't played with Learning Genie, it's a must-try. The best #AI planning tool I've seen so far. Here is a great post from @ditchthattextbook.com explaining how to use it. ditchthattextbook.com/learning-gen... #edusky
10 factors to consider when lesson planning with AI
Lesson planning can be a chore.But unit planning? That can be an even bigger headache, with so many standards to integrate, big-picture goals to achieve,
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April 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This great read gets us thinking and talking about how #AI impacts topics such as #literacy, #assessment, and student products. I love his comment that today, process matters more than the product when AI can create any product.

What do you think? Agree? Disagree? alicekeeler.com/2023/06/01/t...
The AI English Teacher
The AI English Teacher isn't about replacement, it's about evolution. How we can use AI to enhance our classrooms?
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April 15, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The more I use www.learning-genie.com, the more I like it. It is the best #AI lesson/unit planning tool I have found. The fact that it builds in SEL and Portrait of a Graduate skills into lessons is amazing. Anyone else using it? What do you think? #edusky
Learning Genie - AI Agent for P-12 Curriculum and Portfolio-based Assessment
Discover the power of Learning Genie, the innovative tool designed for directors, administrators, and teachers in Head Start, UPK, and Early Childhood Education. Enhance your technology stack today!
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April 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Creating Learners March #AI activity cards are out.

1.Co-Building a Unit with Your Students
2. Interactive History Timelines
3. Language Translation Practice

Check out these and the other 17cards for ideas how to use AI to #personalizelearning.

wakelet.com/wake/ShVIpZ8... #fetc #edusky
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April 3, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Curious what leaders out there think of this idea, Dan Pink shared that 10% of people should hate you as a leader? www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruTH... #edusky #leadership
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April 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Great post by George Couros about the change AI is bringing. Must read for anyone who doesn't want to jump in yet. georgecouros.com/ai-disruption/ #edusky #AI
Embracing Change: Lessons from the Automobile Revolution to the AI Era - George Couros
One of the concerns with Artificial Intelligence (AI) is that it will lead to significant job losses through industries becoming "outsourced" to the
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February 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Check out the first edition of our new Monthly Newsletter. Great resources for using AI to personalize learning for students. #Edusky #AI #personalizedlearning
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Issue 1: One Great Tech Tool, Two New AI Cards and Three Good Reads.
Each month we review a great tech tool we have tested and recommend you trying, share the two new AI Activity Cards we created, and give you three good reads connected to personalized learning.
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February 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
At #FETC I introduced these #AI activity cards for teachers. They are a great way to get you thinking about how to use AI with students to personalize their learning. Each month new ones will be released. wakelet.com/wake/ShVIpZ8... Let us know what you think about them. #edusky
Personalized Learning with AI Activity Cards
These cards were designed to get teachers thinking about how to utilize AI with their students. -They are not complete lesson plans. -They assume students have been instructed on the strengths and w...
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February 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Reposted by Toby Fischer
Love this graphic that @stacykratochvil.bsky.social shared on LinkedIn!

I think education has largely focused on AI literacy, but for AI to be truly impactful, we need to shift our focus to AI fluency!

#EduSkyAI #EduSky #AIinEducation #AIinEdu
February 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I just put a research article into #NotebookLM and asked it to make a podcast. The result may have been the best education podcast I have ever. Next, I went into the interactive mode and 🤯. Live interaction mimicked a call in radio show. notebooklm.google.com/notebook/484... #edusky #GoogleEDU
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February 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Playing around in Google Labs and found labs.google/fx/tools/whisk. I don't know what I would use this for yet, but it is fun. Is anyone using this with students? I made myself into a Plush. #googleedu #edusky
February 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
One of my students wrote about this post from ditchthattextbook.com/protecting-k.... While I love #AI and how it can #personalizelearning for students, this makes me ask new questions. Do we need to be purposeful in teaching kids about AI? At what age do we start?
Protecting kids from unhealthy AI relationships
Some of us saw the warning signs. For others, it had to hit the news before they realized.Unhealthy relationships between kids and artificial
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January 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM