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Alexander Slagg

@alexslagg.bsky.social
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Freelance writer ✍️ focused on tech and education. Based in Chicago 🔥.

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Alexander Slagg @alexslagg.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
My wife wants to add some tech to her classroom this year. I picked up some #AI for her at the store. 😂😂😂 #A1 #edusky
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Miguel Guhlin @mguhlin.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
The Journey to Deeper Learning: A Three-Phase Roadmap for Your Classroom We all want our students to achieve deep, lasting understanding. But what does that journey actually look like? And how can we use technology to guide them, not just distract them? Register now The TCEA Mastery Series on…
mguhlin.org
The Journey to Deeper Learning: A Three-Phase Roadmap for Your Classroom
We all want our students to achieve deep, lasting understanding. But what does that journey actually look like? And how can we use technology to guide them, not just distract them? Register now The TCEA Mastery Series on "Visible Learning with Ed Tech" lays out a clear, three-phase roadmap based on extensive research: Phase 1: Surface Learning - Building the Foundation…
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Brian Greeson lives in Boulder, Colo., but he hasn’t been home for the past few months — instead, he’s been biking across the United States to bring more attention to the high suicide rate among military veterans. Read his story:
stripes.com
Army veteran raising awareness for veteran suicide with cross-country bike tour
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Alexander Slagg @alexslagg.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
I'm a lifelong #journaler. This has been so essential to my growth as a person. Glad to see others are finding similar value. #writer
npr.org
The transformative power of keeping a daily journal
In a new book, writer Suleika Jaouad explains why journaling is a form of alchemy — and offers tips on how to reignite your practice if you're feeling stuck, bored or uninspired by your own writing.
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Alexander Slagg @alexslagg.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
A sad day for craft brewing in the United states. #beer #cheers
brewbound.com
New Albion Co-Founder Jack McAuliffe Dies at 80
Jack McAuliffe, who is credited with helping start the modern craft beer movement by co-founding New Albion Brewing (Sonoma, CA) in 1976, died Tuesday at age 80 at his home in Arkansas, his daughter R...
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Alexander Slagg @alexslagg.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
My reporting on the AI Action Plan. Definitely an about-face from the previous administration's approach to AI policy. Worth the short read.
fedtechmagazine.com
White House AI Action Plan: From Regulation to Innovation
The strategic roadmap outlines a federal pivot toward business-friendly deregulation and support for U.S. AI dominance abroad.
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Alexander Slagg @alexslagg.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
I've been writing about cybersecurity for more than 10 years. I learn something new every time I interview SMEs. This BizTech feature I wrote profiles 3 SMBs about their approach to IAM.
biztechmagazine.com
How Small Businesses Can Stay Safe While Making Access Easy for Authorized Users
Identity management is a critical security strategy, but it should make workers’ lives better, not drive them crazy.
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Alexander Slagg @alexslagg.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
The statement from #Deerhoof puts words to how I've felt about Spotify 🚽 thank you. Not every artistic endeavor is intended for world domination. Deerhoof to Remove Music From Spotify | Pitchfork
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Deerhoof to Remove Music From Spotify
The long-running indie-rock band is protesting chief executive Daniel Ek’s military investments and also said the company “is flushing itself down the toilet”
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Illinois Library Association @illibraryassoc.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
“Libraries are a cornerstone of democracy—where information is free and equally available to everyone. People tend to take that for granted, and they don’t realize what is at stake when that is put at risk.”—Dr. Carla Hayden #Libraries #WisdomWednesday #ILA
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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
There’s like an 83% chance that Jony Ive just capsized his legacy for a huge wad of OpenAI stock. They’re launching with a 10-minute product announcement video with NO PRODUCT! Just two buddies sharing how world-changing brilliant they each think the other is. www.theverge.com/news/671838/...
theverge.com
OpenAI is buying Jony Ive’s AI hardware company
Ive’s company is called io.
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Alexander Slagg @alexslagg.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
🔥Hot take🔥: if you don't understand how the rule of law works in the US, you should not be in charge of enforcing it.
npr.org
DHS secretary misstates meaning of habeas corpus under Senate scrutiny
Facing sharp questioning from Democratic lawmakers, the director of Homeland Security incorrectly described the constitutional right as a presidential authority to deport individuals.
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Alexander Slagg @alexslagg.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
A thoughtful take on the scourge of writer's block. We want to build it out to be this awful thing, but it's all part of the creative process. Writing Is Thinking
psychologytoday.com
Writing Is Thinking
Personal Perspective: Writing down your thoughts and experiences is part of living well, but it can be difficult to get going and keep at it.
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
So many people have grown up to be the villains of our stories.
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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 08/05/2025
Cursive was dropped from most schools after Common Core in 2010—but now states like California, Iowa, and Oklahoma are bringing it back. Why? Research links it to stronger reading, spelling and storytelling.
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Can learning cursive help kids read better? Some policymakers think it’s worth a try
Teachers often have trouble finding enough time in the school day to teach all the expected writing skills, let alone cursive handwriting.
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USAFacts @usafacts.org · 06/05/2025
📚The US got its report card back. Math and reading scores are still trailing behind pre-pandemic levels — with reading taking a page-turn for the worse. #Education #Edusky #Math #Academic
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Alexander Slagg @alexslagg.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
I am fascinated by these studies around handwriting and learning. ✍️ The education system continues to push in the digital direction 🖥️, mostly ignoring signs that it has a few shortcomings. #edusky
psypost.org
New study shows handwriting boosts early reading skills more than typing
New research suggests that the shift from handwriting to digital tools in early education may come at a cost. In an experiment with 5-year-olds, those who practiced writing by hand showed better lette...
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Alexander Slagg @alexslagg.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
This paper shares some interesting insights into the challenge of integrating AI into education in a way that ethically supports genuine learning. Edu leaders really need to re-emphasize ethics and responsible use with AI, for both students and teachers. @positron96.bsky.social
frontiersin.org
Frontiers | Shaping integrity: why generative artificial intelligence does not have to undermine education
The integration of generative artificial intelligence (GAI) in education has been met with both excitement and concern. According to a 2023 survey by the Wor...
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Shanna "Read Black Fantasy" Miles @srmilesauthor.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Just finished all check-outs at the school library for the year. We increased circulations by 75%. Key takeaways: Kids prefer physical books to ebooks (by a large margin) Genrefying works (some kids will live in the romance or manga section exclusively) Bean bag chairs rock #tlsky #edusky #booksky
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Alexander Slagg @alexslagg.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
👇 Technology is scary when you don't engage with it. Educators owe it to themselves and their students to stay up to speed on how to integrate tech into education. Otherwise, you only get what they're selling you...and that may not be good for anyone. #edusky
Bluesky post about scary AI.
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Alexander Slagg @alexslagg.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
@jazzypaul.bsky.social Happy Friday! Can we hear some Jazz Sabbath during request hour today?
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Nikki Budzinski @budzinski.house.gov · 22/04/2025
I’m proud to lead the House Sustainable Energy & Environment Coalition Climate Jobs Task Force, where our mission is to grow investments and create jobs in the clean energy sector. We’re building a more sustainable future where working families can thrive. #EarthDay
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Alexander Slagg @alexslagg.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Started reading Cormac McCarthy's The Crossing last week. So good, of course. Picked up this edition from @citylightsbooks.bsky.social last summer.
Cormac McCarthy's The Crossing book.
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Alexander Slagg @alexslagg.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Wow! Interesting read from HBR on the top use cases for Gen #AI in 2025. Probably not what most people would expect.
hbr.org
How People Are Really Using Gen AI in 2025
Last year, HBR published a piece on how people are using gen AI. Much has happened over the past 12 months. We now have Custom GPTs—AI tailored for narrower sets of requirements. New kids are on the b...
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Jeffrey Rowland @wigu.org · 19/04/2025
I invented a new phone to help save time in the morning
A drawing of a perfect phone that only has three buttons on it, one of them says IS HE DEAD one of them says AM I BROKE and the other one says RELAXING PUZZLE GAME
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Alexander Slagg @alexslagg.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
How is #AI actually being used in classrooms? My EdTech K-12 article takes a look at three schools and how teachers are using it. #edusky
edtechmagazine.com
Educators Share How They Implement AI in Their Classrooms
Schools are building innovative use cases for artificial intelligence that improve lesson planning and guide students into deeper creativity and critical thinking.
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Retired-Librarian @retired-librarian.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
I cannot overstate the importance of reading books, particularly novels by respected authors, for critical thinking skills and reading comprehension. If the big gun novelists don't interest you, start small and work your way up. Or read whatever interests you. Just read. Or listen. It's all books.
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Alexander Slagg @alexslagg.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
#AI in K-12 education is good at stuff like reducing time spent on admin tasks and personalized learning, not so good at helping with the real education challenges, mental health and family support, per McGraw Hill Global Education report. How can educators pull value from AI? #edusky
mheducation.com
McGraw Hill Global Insights Report
Learn about key challenges and opportunities in education as AI reshapes learning from McGraw Hill's Global Education Insights Report. Featuring insights from 1,000+ PreK-12 educators across 19 countr...
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The School Librarian Learning Network (SLLN) @schoollibln.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
In Episode 52 of the SLLN Podcast, school librarian @bemeredith.bsky.social discusses how she helps students understand how a library organizes information - don't miss it! Search SLLN on your podcatcher, or get it here: sllnpodcast.libsyn.com/organizing-i... #TLSky #SchoolLibrary #EduSky #TLChat
Maroon background with an image of the Library of Congress reading room. White text reads: The School Librarian Learning Network Podcast. Episode 52: Information Organization with Meredith Butts. SchoolLibLearning.Net. On the right, a picture of Meredith Butts.
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Satan’s Niece @krissychula.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
This is high art
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Alexander Slagg @alexslagg.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
I saw this at the local consumer electronics store. Labeled this 1990 Apple Macintosh an antique 🤯. My mom has one when I was a kid. Retailed for $999. 1 MB or RAM.
Apple McIntosh from 1990. Antique.
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Alexander Slagg @alexslagg.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
This was a great conversation. I write about #laptops frequently. It seems like Acer puts real effort into providing thoughtful features and delivering newer tech at a fair price point. This one's for the #teacher on the go! #edusky
edtechmagazine.com
Enhancing Teacher Productivity With Acer Devices
The features of Acer’s TravelMate P4 laptops uniquely support educators so they can focus on the learning experience.
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Alexander Slagg @alexslagg.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Who knew that museums, home furnishings, and fast food industries had anything in common? Yep, it's #digitalsignage . This was an interesting one to write.
biztechmagazine.com
Companies Get More Creative, Engaging and Interactive with the Latest Digital Signage Tech
The term “digital signage
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.
benion
Grieving a wasted life
At a point in life when there are far too many days behind than ahead, one tends to
re-elected in contrast to standing up for the
reflect on a life lived. In my lifetime decades
greater good?
were devoted to protecting America. Sacri
A compromised Supreme Court recently
fices were made both by myself and my fam-
trotted out a shallow token standards of
Ily in military service. The tip of the spear:
conduct for themselves. Apparently it's
Countless weeks over the years were spent
not a bribe to accept favors after a deci-sion; only before. Corporations are people?
living at the end of a runway on alert with an Really? Whatever happened to Superman's armed B-52 as generations of aviators have motto of "truth, justice, and the American done before and since.
way?"
The purpose: if required, be airborne
Pay-to-play is the theme of the day. Un-
in minutes on a one-way trip bringing a
challenged and uncontested blatant conflicts
nuclear Armageddon to an adversary. Fly:
of interest abound. The rule of law is situ-
ing the unfriendly skies over North Viet-
ational if adhered to at all. America can no
nam provided a brief interlude, but overall,
longer be trusted. The unbridled pursuit of
this long line of silent sentinels stood firm
power and wealth driven by unquenchable
to protect America by deterring external
greed has left service above self and Con-
threats to our freedoms and way of life
stitutional norms in the dustbin of a quaint
across the decades. I was privileged to serve past. with men and women of integrity imbued
Recently the VA said exposure to Agent
with a sense of service.
Orange is the probable cause of the can-
I'm truly grateful that the B-52s we flew, which were built tough, were engineered
cers I live with. Actually I suspect it's more from yet unspecified sources, which cause
on scientific principles and fabricated by experienced, skilled workers rather than
military pilots to have significantly higher
founded on mere beli…
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Alexander Slagg @alexslagg.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Trump 🪓 cuts hit Pullman National Park, cancels local high school field trip 😟 👎 @nationalparks.bsky.social
northstarnews.org
Trump’s executive orders are threatening the future of national parks
As President Donald Trump continues to make decisions regarding public lands, many of his recent executive orders are raising serious concerns about the future of national parks across the country. Th...
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Alexander Slagg @alexslagg.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Excited to have a new Edged ultra efficient data center coming online nearby. I'm ready for that light speed netflix experience 🚀
dailyherald.com
Edged data center opens in Aurora
Edged, an ultraefficient data center, now is open in Aurora and is a key addition to the city’s technology corridor. City officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony recently celebrating the transforma.....
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Alexander Slagg @alexslagg.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Interesting results in this #AI adoption study. What does it mean that less educated people are using AI at higher rates? Any guesses out there?
arstechnica.com
Researchers surprised to find less-educated areas adopting AI writing tools faster
Stanford researchers analyzed 305 million texts, revealing AI-writing trends.
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Alexander Slagg @alexslagg.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Peace Out to one of my literary favorites, Tom Robbins. His whimsy and Scheherazade-like tale telling are sorely missing from an increasingly too-serious world. #tomrobbins
seattletimes.com
Tom Robbins, bestselling PNW novelist and renegade icon, dies at 92
Robbins, who called La Conner in Skagit County home, was a bestselling novelist whose early books defined the 1960s for a generation.
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Alexander Slagg @alexslagg.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Another high school journalism banger from an up-and-coming journalist! This time, Sea World 🐋 is in the opinion crosshairs.
northstarnews.org
Think twice before visiting SeaWorld due to ethical concerns
The next few months are considered a “sweet spot” for those planning their upcoming summer vacations. It’s not too far in advance for flexibility with dates, but it’s also far enough to secure great b...
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TCEA @tcea.org · 24/02/2025
How do you teach your students about digital citizenship and internet safety? buff.ly/4gIimjz via Kathleen Morris #edusky #teachersky
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Alexander Slagg @alexslagg.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Thanks for the share @hounsfield96.bsky.social . This paper raises an important consideration when using AI in education context. There needs to be a moral structure in place to guide AI use by students. Great opportunity for educators to go deeper on how best to serve their mission. #EduSky
frontiersin.org
Frontiers | Shaping integrity: why generative artificial intelligence does not have to undermine education
The integration of generative artificial intelligence (GAI) in education has been met with both excitement and concern. According to a 2023 survey by the Wor...
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Alexander Slagg @alexslagg.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
I can attest to the personal value of journaling. It changed my life when I started and carried me into my current occupation: freelance writer. #journaling
vox.com
The transformative power of journaling
Writing down your thoughts can be good for your mental health. Here’s how to start — and keep at it.
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Alexander Slagg @alexslagg.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Nothing to see here. Just another dumpster 🔥. A cyber director with no cyber security experience. What could go wrong?!
nationalcioreview.com
No Cyber Experience? No Problem. Cyber Director Pick Announced - The National CIO Review
Policy vs expertise.
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Alexander Slagg @alexslagg.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Is cursive writing a lost art in schools these days? I often see conflicting opinions on teaching cursive. #edusky
springfieldnewssun.com
Cursive writing is the hieroglyphics of our next generation
I preach to my kids to expand their horizons and do things outside of their comfort zones, yet I have been happy behind a computer keyboard tapping out my thoughts and telling others’ stories for year...
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Alexander Slagg @alexslagg.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Weekend #wine - so good! 2013 Seghesio Venom. Can't go wrong with this one. Silky texture and balanced tanin.
Wine bottle on countertop
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Rene Corbeil @utrgv-edtech.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
"A majority of educators say their districts have not made their artificial-intelligence policies clear to educators and to students" edweek.org/technology/s... #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEd
edweek.org
Schools' AI Policies Are Still Not Clear to Teachers and Students
Generative artificial intelligence has been a hot topic in K-12 since 2022, and some educators are eager to see guidance from districts.
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TCEA @tcea.org · 06/02/2025
Balancing AI and academic integrity is essential in education today, requiring strategies to thoughtfully integrate student engagement with AI. Here are five ways educators can navigate this landscape⬇ buff.ly/4jGOarG via Daring English Teacher #aiineducation #edtech #edusky
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Alexander Slagg @alexslagg.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
The role of audience in writing is super important. Without recognition that someone will read their work, students aren't all that motivated to write. Not surprising. K-12 writing programs should do more to foster and encourage opportunities to publish student writing. #edsky
k12dive.com
Self-publishing can boost students’ confidence in writing
Knowing their written work will be seen beyond their teacher, family and classmates can deepen students’ engagement, one expert says.
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Alexander Slagg @alexslagg.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Wine of the evening. 🍷 If you like berry and jammy forward Pinots, this is a good one.
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Alexander Slagg @alexslagg.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Highlighting the next generation of journalists 👀 here! Read about how snow❄️ shoveling can lead to heart ❤️ attack by Lolah Slagg for the North Star News.
northstarnews.org
Shoveling snow: The surprising heart risk you need to know
Picture this: A 60-year-old dad, still groggy from sleep, drags himself out of bed and stumbles toward the kitchen. He pours himself a hot cup of coffee, hoping it will shake off the lingering fog of ...
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Alexander Slagg @alexslagg.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Evie the office dog, hard at work 😂
Cute dog sleeping on couch
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