#educational-technology — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #educational-technology, aggregated by home.social.
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⭐ PART 1 — AI Isn’t the Future of Teaching. It’s the Future of Time.
🧔♂️ BEARDEDTECH‑BOLD BLOG SERIES
Based on “5 Ways AI Can Strengthen Your Teaching This School Year” — eSchool News, August 17, 2026, by Timothy Montalvo
The BeardedTech Take
The eSchool News article makes one thing clear: AI isn’t here to replace teachers — it’s here to give teachers back the time they’ve been losing for years.
This first post explores the mindset shift educators must make: AI isn’t a tool. AI is a teaching partner.
🔥 The Core Insight
AI strengthens teaching by reducing the tasks that drain your energy — freeing you to invest in the work that actually matters: relationships, belonging, and human connection.
💡 BeardedTech‑Bold Action Steps
1. Run a Weekly “Time Audit”
Identify:
- 3 tasks that drain your time
- 3 tasks AI can automate
- 3 tasks only you can do
2. Build Your AI Teaching Stack
Pick one tool for each:
- Brainstorming
- Differentiation
- Assessment creation
- Communication
- Reflection
3. Set a “Belonging Goal”
Examples:
- Greet every student by name
- Hold two micro‑conferences per class
- Send one positive family message per week
4. Adopt the BeardedTech Rule
#AI #EDTech #EducationalTechnologyIf AI increases distance between you and students, change the workflow.
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The Rise of Academic Fraud in the AI Era: Why Universities Must Strengthen Digital Trust
#TycoonWorld #AcademicFraud #AIInEducation #GenerativeAI #AcademicIntegrity #DigitalTrust #HigherEducation #AIandEducation #EducationTechnology #EdTech #AcademicIntegrityCrisis #AIEthics #UniversityEducation #DigitalEducation #StudentAssessment #AIPlagiarism #AIInAcademia #AcademicVerification #EducationalTechnology #FutureOfEducation #ResponsibleAI
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I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on this.
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Computer-Aided Language Development in Nonspeaking Children (1968) [pdf]
https://archive.org/details/colby1968-computer-aided-language-development-in-non-speaking-children
#HackerNews #ComputerAidedLanguageDevelopment #NonspeakingChildren #EducationalTechnology #LanguageDevelopment #HistoryOfAI
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WHERE OTHERS LOSE CONTROL – WE STAY IN THE LOOP.
At Infinito.Nexus, we believe that AI should never replace human judgment. We are the captains. AI is our navigator. While others hand over responsibility to black-box systems, we stay in control. We design the architecture, review the code, verify every deployment, and make the decisions that shape the future of the systems we build. AI is one of the most powerful tools ever created. But it remains a tool. We are the engineers, architects, and craftsmen who use it to build sovereign digital infrastructure faster, more reliably, and at a scale that was impossible only a few years ago. […]https://blog.infinito.nexus/blog/2026/06/16/where-others-lose-control-we-stay-in-the-loop/
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The Atlantic: My Son’s Math Homework Is Essentially Just Pokémon. “Over the past few years, districts across the country have enacted phone bans or restrictions in a bid to limit distractions. Schools have also blocked students from using their laptop to access sites such as YouTube and Roblox. But those measures don’t solve the deeper problem: Software has eaten the American school, and […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/17/the-atlantic-my-sons-math-homework-is-essentially-just-pokemon/ -
The City (NYC): NYC Yanks AI-Themed High School and Shelves Plans To Close UWS Middle Schools. “In a major reversal, New York City schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels is withdrawing controversial proposals to open the city’s first artificial intelligence-focused high school, close two middle schools, and relocate another.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/29/the-city-nyc-nyc-yanks-ai-themed-high-school-and-shelves-plans-to-close-uws-middle-schools/ -
https://bbc.com/news/articles/cly0vk77vdko
I'm not sure what I think about this.
On the one hand, I immediately feel wary when I hear conservatives talking about "back to basics" in education, while on the other I suspect that more consideration needs to be given to the possible downsides of the digital classroom.
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Don’t Just Fight Teen Screen Time—Fund the Alternatives
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Logged In, Tuned Out
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https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-in-school-south-korea-textbook-rollback-jobs-education-2025-8
South Koreans are neither alarmist technophobes nor unthinking technophiles -- all of us in education at whatever level or capacity should take note!
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Education #SouthKorea #EducationalTechnology #EdTech
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For lower division or survey courses, a return to pen and paper and in class writing might be the answer, but I am not sure what to about those courses that require research papers.
https://undark.org/2025/07/01/california-colleges-ai-detectors/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #TurnItIn #EducationalTechnology #Education #HigherEducatiion
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Technology corporations open a second front in the campaign to destroy US higher education. Note that the aggressors are getting help from campus collaborationists.
#HigherEducation #Universities #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #EducationalTechnology #EdTech
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Shenandoah Students Creating VR Experience Following the Lewis and Clark Trail
#HackerNews #ShenandoahStudents #VRExperience #LewisAndClark #TrailInnovation #EducationalTechnology
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Cornell Chronicle: Developers, educators view AI harms differently, research finds. “Teachers are increasingly using educational tools that leverage large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT for lesson planning, personalized tutoring and more in K-12 classrooms around the world. Cornell researchers have found the developers of such tools and the educators who use them have different ideas […]
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4/3 🤷🏽♂️ some background from Didith
Dante Perez might be better to share this instead:
https://www.media.mit.edu/groups/affective-computing/overview/
#AffectiveComputing #EducationalTechnology #EdTech #AI #ACII #IEEETAC
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In addition to Didith Rodrigo, you might want to search for:
Art Graesser, Sidney D'Mello, Ryan Baker, Beverly Woolf, Ivon Arroyo, Roger Azevedo, Scotty Craig, Jaclyn Ocumpaugh, Ben du Boulay, Genaro Rebolledo Mendez#AffectiveComputing #EducationalTechnology #EdTech #AI #ACII #IEEETAC
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A friend of @czds and me, Didith Rodrigo, posted an interesting take on affective computing and educational technology. Unfortunately, a link to the post isn’t possible. Dr. Rodrigo teaches at Ateneo University in The Philippines 🇵🇭 Here’s a thread with a snippet. If you find this subject of interest, you should search for her papers in this topic, as well as those she suggests
#AffectiveComputing #EducationalTechnology #EdTech #AI #ACII #IEEETAC
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Manchester/Salford Critical Ed Tech Network Event, February 19th 12pm-2pm
Dear colleagues,
I hope this finds you well. I’m reaching out to invite you to an informal lunchtime gathering where we can share our thoughts and concerns about educational technology and its impacts.
This is part of an exciting international initiative happening that week, with similar discussions taking place in cities around the world: https://criticaledtech.com/2024/07/26/cset-2025-critical-studies-of-education-and-technology-an-invitation-to-connect/ [criticaledtech.com]
We’ll be hosting Manchester’s contribution:
Date: Wednesday, February 19th, 2025 Time: 12:00 – 14:00 Venue: Humanities Bridgeford Street Building, University of Manchester
The format is deliberately informal – we’re inviting colleagues to give brief 5-minute contributions on any of these themes:
- What concerns you about EdTech in our current context?
- What social harms are you observing?
- How do you see the political economy of EdTech playing out locally?
- Where do you see hope for positive change?
No slides needed – just come ready to share your thoughts and meet others interested in these issues. This is very much about building connections across Manchester and Salford institutions and finding potential collaborators.
Your insights will contribute to an international open-access report, and there’s potential for involvement in a UK-wide meeting planned for June in Oxford/London.
If you’d like to contribute a 5-minute talk, just let me know which theme you’d like to address. You’re also very welcome to come and join the discussion even if you don’t want to speak. Lunch will be provided.
Please get in touch by January 31st to confirm your talk or just register to attend on the day.
ContactLook forward to seeing some of you in February.
Mark Carrigan (UoM) and Mar Borràs (MMU)
#CriticalEducationalTechnology #edtech #educationalTechnology #manchester #salford
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In this episode, we explore the innovative Sustainable EdTech Design unit offered within the MA in Digital Technologies, Communication and Education (MA DTCE) at the University of Manchester. Programme Director Mark Carrigan sits down with Susan Brown, Programme Director of the MA in Education for a Sustainable Environment, and Mandy Banks Gatenby, Lecturer on the MA DTCE, to discuss their groundbreaking approach to integrating sustainability perspectives into the design and development of educational technologies.
Susan and Mandy share insights into the unique structure of the unit, which brings together their diverse expertise to foster a dialogue between the often-conflicting worlds of agile technology development and sustainability education. They highlight the importance of creating a space for students to grapple with uncertainty, challenge assumptions, and develop the critical thinking skills needed to create educational technologies that prioritize both human and environmental well-being.
Throughout the conversation, Susan and Mandy emphasize the transformative potential of this unit, which equips students with the mindset and practical skills to become leaders in the field of sustainable edtech design. They also discuss the wider implications of this approach, arguing for the need to embed sustainability considerations across all aspects of digital education.
Find out more
Whether you’re an educator, learning technologist, or simply passionate about the future of education and sustainability, this episode offers a fascinating glimpse into the cutting-edge of sustainable edtech design and the innovative teaching practices that are shaping the next generation of educational leaders.#AI #digitalEducation #edTech #edtech #education #educationalTechnology #environment #sustainability #teaching #technology
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Telepresence technology (Oceanography 🌊)
Telepresence technology is a term used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to refer to the combination of satellite technology with the Internet to broadcast information, including video in real-time from cameras used on its remotely operated vehicle on Okeanos Explorer. Its ROV will be operating working...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telepresence_technology
#TelepresenceTechnology #Oceanography #Telepresence #EducationalTechnology
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Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 26 - Universities Anxiously Buy in to the Hype (feat. Chris Gilliard)
https://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/hcYgUjQExZUPQTzpHHNF8z
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@bryanalexandee There used to be far more of a Web ecosystem surrounding podcasts when they were first popular and my journal article in 2005 was one of the first academic and technical analyses of educational podcasting: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237544289_Spoken_Internet_to_Go_Popularization_through_Podcasting
The faddish ephemerality is exasperating when there will always be a market for listening, even if limited to drivers, joggers, strap-hanging students and commuters like us in Japan, and so forth. In 2022 I covered some of the changed terrain in https://www.researchgate.net/publication/366399918_Podcasting_Reconsidered#podcasting #podcasts #listening #technology #education #academia #OnlineLearning #OnlineEducation #EducationalTechnology #EdTech #openedtech #OpenEducation #OpenAccess #OER #HigherEducation #HigherEd #AcademicMastodon #AcademicFedi #Japan