Public HS librarian, past president of the Maine Association of School Libraries, born & raised in DC. Books, dogs, teaching. #TLSky #EduSky hkperkinson.blogspot.com
Heather Perkinson
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This is one way I know a lot of teachers are doing AI detection (detectors don't work, don't use them). Pull the kid into your office and ask them questions about the paper. They can almost never answer with any specificity.
Happy Pride to all my LGBTQ+ furiends 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Some students with disabilities rely on assistive technology to learn, and they worry it could be swept up in the movement to get screens out of schools. n.pr/4fZ2HPR
Multiple studies confirm that handwriting and taking notes by hand are better for brains and learning: Why Writing by Hand Beats Typing (in 6 Charts)
www.edutopia.org/visual-essay...
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Watch YA author Jason Reynolds talk about why AI is bad for our kids: Jason Reynolds on What AI Is Quietly Stealing From the Next Generation
www.edutopia.org/video/jason-...
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Did you know JSTOR lets you read 100 articles a month for free with a personal account?
I didn't.
Thanks to @simplyrain.bsky.social for sharing this gem during #TLSkyChat. What other educator/researcher resources have I been missing? 👀
#Research #JSTOR #BookSky #EdChat #EduChat #Education
New to Bluesky? Jennifer LaGarde created this 20 Day Bluesky Challenge to help educators get the most out of this new social media platform! www.librarygirl.net/post/the-20-... 🦋 💪📚❤️ #Skybrarians #EduSky #TLSky #TLSkyChat #Booksky #Booktok #Bookstagram
We Rate Dogs is a good dude. The internet got lucky with him.
School librarians work to champion the diverse literature available both in their collections and otherwise. It’s clear that school librarians value diversity in their collection, but let’s take a closer look at the work they are doing: buff.ly/U1NesXN
#Libraries #Diversity #Equity #SchoolLibraries
What opportunities could a generation of students potentially lose when technology does the hard work for them? The celebrated author shares his thoughts on the hidden price of convenience.
Some students with disabilities rely on assistive technology to learn, and they worry it could be swept up in the movement to get screens out of schools.
It may sound archaic in today’s tech-centric classrooms, but researchers around the world are digging into the powerful effects of handwriting, revealing how the act of putting pen (or pencil) to pape...
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There is a startling lack of diversity in children’s literature. School librarians around the country are hard at work trying to fix this problem and bring real diversity to their school’s collection.
“In a preliminary MIT Media Lab study, 83% of participants who wrote essays using ChatGPT couldn’t quote a single sentence from what they’d submitted moments earlier. ‘It passed from the computer screen onto the homework assignment without ever entering their brain,’ So said.” 🫠
