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Michael Hernandez

@cinehead.bsky.social
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Author, speaker, educator, consultant. Apple Distinguished Educator, NatGeo Grosvenor Fellow. Helping individuals and organizations tell stories that move hearts and minds. www.michael-hernandez.net Let's chat: bit.ly/MHCalendly

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Michael Hernandez @cinehead.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I used AI to build AI-resistant assignments and cheat resistant assessments. Here’s how I did it and what I learned in the process. Read my latest article in @edsurge.com www.edsurge.com/news/i-used-...
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Michael Hernandez @cinehead.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The first session of my Uncheatable Assessments workshop is in the books! Educators began learning how to design cheat-resistant, AI-resistant assignments. What’s the secret? The next cohort start Oct 29 storytelling-with-purpose-learning.thinkific.com/collections/...
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Michael Hernandez @cinehead.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
How vulnerable are your assignments to cheating with AI? Find out using my new Cheat Vulnerability Index. It's a free resource I designed to help educators figure out how to design cheat-resistant assignments, based on my course, Uncheatable Assessments. www.michael-hernandez.net/uncheatable-...
dashboard to learn how to make cheat-resistant assignments with AI
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Michael Hernandez @cinehead.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Wait, what's the point of school?This article provides more evidence that the day-to-day structure of school has a profound psychological, ethical, and civic impact. What this means for portrait of a graduate & the future of assessment. rossier.usc.edu/news-insight...
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Michael Hernandez @cinehead.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Research: AI education tools give different writing feedback if it knows the race or gender of students. What this bias means for ed tech and schools. dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
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Michael Hernandez @cinehead.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Writers are going to extremes to prove they didn't use AI. Making intentional mistakes "feels like McCarthyism." Is this proof of humanity? When we default to a culture of surveillance and put our energy on catching students cheating, we lose the whole point of school. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/writ...
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Michael Hernandez @cinehead.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Excited to present Uncheatable Assessments at Learning Forward Texas conference! See how to design cheat-resistant assignments in the age of AI. www.learningforwardtexas.org/annual-confe...
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Michael Hernandez @cinehead.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Testing season is almost over, but what will you do with your classes afterwards? Download this FREE assignment, inspired by my book about authentic learning: michael-hernandez-consulting-uxqsvt.subscribepage.io?utm_source=s... #education #assessment
graphic for the free lesson plan for authentic learning: the Explainer Project
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Michael Hernandez @cinehead.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Don’t ditch that chromebook yet. Research confirms that taking notes by hand does not improve learning as compared to typing on laptops. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #education #technology
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Michael Hernandez @cinehead.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Join me next month at CUE: Uncheatable Assessments in the Age of AI workshop. Learn the secrets to designing assignments and school cultures that foster academic integrity. March 18 from 2:00-5:00pm. Conference registration is NOT required. Register at the link below #education #assessment #AI
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Michael Hernandez @cinehead.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Just finished the first cut of my new course, Slidefluence! Learn how to transform static slide decks into dynamic videos. Learn more: www.michael-hernandez.net/slidefluence... #business #leadership #presentation #design #keynote #professionallearning
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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
The tool is not neutral because the developers are not neutral.
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Elon Musk launches encyclopedia ‘fact-checked’ by AI and aligning with rightwing views
Grokipedia’s entries hew closely to conservative talking points, with some journalists already saying it contains inaccurate information
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
A Chicago teacher said tear gas deployed by ICE drifted toward a school playground, forcing students and recess indoors. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Chicago teachers say immigration enforcement near schools is scaring kids and disrupting class
Staff members are reporting ICE activity and patrolling areas around their schools and, in some cases, escorting families to and from school.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery. @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
China Bought $12.6 Billion in U.S. Soybeans Last Year. Now, It’s $0. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/b...
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China Bought $12.6 Billion in U.S. Soybeans Last Year. Now, It’s $0.
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Eos @eos.org · 14/10/2025
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory laid off 11% of its staff today, including many people working on an active Mars rover mission. “There’s no whitewashing the ‘doomsday-eve’ feeling that's looming over all our heads,” wrote one JPL’er. eos.org/research-and...
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JPL Workforce Decimated - Eos
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., laid off 550 people, a roughly 11% reduction of its workforce.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it. Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.
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Michael Hernandez @cinehead.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Padlet removes People Over Papers account that documents ICE raids. This follows Apple and Google who removed Ice Blocker apps from their stores. www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/06/1... #edtech
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Another effort to track ICE raids was just taken offline
People over Papers was removed by Padlet, the platform it was built on, yesterday.
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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
I always pay attention to what stories People Magazine and other consumer media outlets cover. That's how you can tell that something has broken through the usual political and news bubbles. This horrific Chicago story has broken through. people.com/ice-agents-o...
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ICE Agents Rappel from Helicopter in Overnight Chicago Raid, Dragging Kids from Beds to U-Hauls
Overnight on Tuesday, Sept. 30, federal agents from different agencies raided an apartment building on the South Side of Chicago, pulling men, women and children — some of them allegedly naked — from ...
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ACLU @aclu.org · 02/10/2025
BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador. Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
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Michael Hernandez @cinehead.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Free subscriptions of @theatlantic.com are now available for high school students, teachers, and admin👇🏼 www.theatlantic.com/press-releas... #education #journalism #civics
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The Atlantic Announces Free Digital Subscriptions for All U.S. Public High Schools
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Michael Hernandez @cinehead.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Struggling with AI and academic integrity in your classroom? Join me tomorrow for this free webinar 👇🏼 Hear insights from my book and online course to help educators design Uncheatable Assessments and foster a culture of academic integrity. iste.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #education #assessment
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Michael Hernandez @cinehead.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
I’m not a good vibes only kind of teacher. So why would I call this qualitative research project “empathy interviews?” And how can you use it in your classroom? youtu.be/nL7ngetdHno #education #assessment #research #PBL @isteofficial.bsky.social
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How to teach research skills and interpersonal skills with Empathy Interviews
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Michael Hernandez @cinehead.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
If you’re worried about academic integrity in the age of AI, the solution could be very simple, and not even cost anything… if we’re willing to try. Instead of calling your course a “class”, call it a “workshop.” Hear me out: youtu.be/YcmKw6oCBZ8 #education
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Michael Hernandez @cinehead.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
New York State approves Portrait of a Graduate in lieu of high school exit exams. So how can students demonstrate learning and how can schools assess them? www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025... #education #assessment #teachingandlearning #projectbasedlearning #authenticlearning #highereducation
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NY approves ‘portrait of a graduate’ as Regents exam are on the way out
New York officials approved a new graduation framework as the Regents exams are on the way out
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Michael Hernandez @cinehead.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
This is my go-to activity for #backtoschool, and I know it will help you connect with your students and set them up for success for the rest of the school year. youtu.be/U7ZDcf-_i9Q #education #medialiteracy #socialemotionalwellness
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Back to school activity: Me, Myselfie, and I
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Dan Ryder is Directing Design & Innovation at CRCS @wickeddecent.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Help us bring our panel to @sxswedu.com this spring! These three incredible educators have let me sidle up a chair to their table so do me a solid open the door to me basking in their edu-radness. #SXSWedu #Panelpicker
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Michael Hernandez @cinehead.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
There are many reasons why students aren’t reading. Here are the secrets to what educators can do about it. Have you tried any of these yet? hbsp.harvard.edu/inspiring-mi... #education #backtoschool #reading #literacy
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Michael Hernandez @cinehead.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Please vote for our @sxswedu.com panel: Uncheatable: Authentic Assessment in the Age of AI. Excited to talk about the future of #education with @wickeddecent.bsky.social Kwaku Aning, and Kavita Gupta. participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sx...
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Edutopia @edutopia.org · 02/08/2025
To help teachers make design choices that optimize their classrooms for effective learning, we consulted dozens of studies and asked our community of experienced educators to share their favorite strategies. Here are some of the top classroom design tips we found. 🔎 🧵1/9 #EduSky #ClassroomDesign
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Michael Hernandez @cinehead.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
How–and should–we let students use #AI for writing? The answer lies with the purpose of writing. In this challenging moment, AI might just help us remember the fundamental purpose and point of our assignments that we seem to have forgotten: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/o... #education #writing #ELA
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Opinion | I Teach Creative Writing. This Is What A.I. Is Doing to Students.
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Michael Hernandez @cinehead.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
One of my favorite tools for learning is @bookcreator.com I'm excited to share their #backtoschool resources for using digital books for teaching, learning, and assessment. hubs.ly/Q03zH4w50 #education #projectbasedlearning #authenticlearning
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Michael Hernandez @cinehead.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
The back to school issue of my newsletter is out with giveaways, discounts on my courses, free webinar signups, and more! Read & subscribe: preview.mailerlite.io/preview/1253... #professionaldevelopment #projectbasedlearning #assessment #teaching
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Michael Hernandez @cinehead.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
The most popular issue of my #newsletter drops tomorrow! The Back To School issue is filled with resources to help educators adapt and thrive in the age of #AI Subscribe: preview.mailerlite.io/preview/1253... #education #highereducation #projectbasedlearning #assessment
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Michael Hernandez @cinehead.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
What if there were a practical guide for educators to elevate student engagement, prevent cheating, AND doesn't take more time or training? Check out my book with practical solutions to these challenges, especially in the age of #AI. www.amazon.com/Storytelling... #education
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 22/07/2025
PBS News is not going anywhere. We will continue our work without fear or favor, as we have for nearly five decades on the air. We are profoundly grateful to Viewers Like You for your loyalty and unwavering support.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 19/07/2025
Globally, roughly a third more power is being generated from the sun this spring than last. If this exponential rate of growth can continue, we will soon live in a very different world, @billmckibben.bsky.social‬ writes.
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4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
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Peter Kuper @pkuper.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
@tomtomorrow.bsky.social @rubenbolling.bsky.social First they come for the comedians, then the cartoonist. Kings fear being laughed at. We have a funny bone to pick with/without a smile on our faces #Colbert #Kimmel #SethMeyers #DailyShow
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
NPR and PBS received ~$85 million last year in federal funding. Trump’s golf trips will cost taxpayers over $100 million this year. Republicans think kids learning to read is wasteful spending and indoctrination, while giving a blank check to their cult leader to golf isn’t.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/07/2025
Former NOAA Administrator Richard Spinrad: "I am convinced that the staff cuts that we saw were a contributing factor to the inability of the emergency managers to respond."
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 08/07/2025
BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
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Michael Hernandez @cinehead.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Teens were asked by @technologyreview.com to explain what adults are missing about why teens use technology. Which of your assumptions are challenged? www.technologyreview.com/s/614897/you... #education #policy #leadership #AI
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We asked teenagers what adults are missing about technology. This was the best response.
Social media allows young people to explore how they express themselves, says Taylor Fang of Logan, Utah, the winner of our youth essay contest.
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
I spoke to @ninalakhani.bsky.social for this article and reading it was still a gut punch. The US’s gold-standard scientific funding system has been completely demolished. I genuinely don’t know what to do with what remains. And it’s going to get even worse under the new budget.
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Michael Hernandez @cinehead.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Had a blast at #ISTELive! If you missed my sessions about authentic, uncheatable assessments in the age of #AI, sign up here to get resources from my sessions docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #education #edtech
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Michael Hernandez @cinehead.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
"Learning is hard. It creates tension. It takes time. Most of all, it requires a commitment to becoming someone else, a bet we’re making that might not turn out the way we hope." More great wisdom from @sethgodin. seths.blog/2025/06/educ... #education #leadership #innovation #policy
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Education is free, learning is expensive
That’s a complete reversal of how it used to be. Colleges used to be measured by how many books they had in the library. Access to courses was restricted. If knowledge was power, controlling …
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Michael Hernandez @cinehead.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Are you headed to #ISTELive next week? Check out my presentations and workshops about digital literacy and authentic learning👇 Stop in to say hi! If you can't make it, DM me to get resources from my sessions. conference.iste.org/2025/program... #education #edtech #professionaldevelopment #AI
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Michael Hernandez @cinehead.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Is it cheating if students use #AI to complete assignments? The answer depends on what kind of behavior we want students to demonstrate: www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/how-... #education #assessment #edtech
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Michael Hernandez @cinehead.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Thinking about writing your first book, but don't know where to start, or even if you should? Join me TOMORROW for a FREE webinar for first time authors. Wednesday, 6/18 5:00pm PT / 8:00pm ET Register: forms.gle/fUqQSrZMUhQa... #writers #books #publishing #authors #education #highereducation
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