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Jordan Smigelsky 🇨🇦🇨🇳🇰🇷🇬🇧🇹🇷 @jsmigel.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Canva with an appreciated update for teachers of students under 13. Being a teacher, it is imperative to know that these AI tools are age-appropriate and safe. This gives some reassurance. Great step forward by Canva! #EduSky #AIeducation #AIsafety www.canva.com/design/DAGg4...

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Amazingly Simple Graphic Design Software – Canva

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Jordan Smigelsky 🇨🇦🇨🇳🇰🇷🇬🇧🇹🇷 @jsmigel.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘈𝘐 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘷𝘢, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮-𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳. ✔️ 𝘕𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 ✔️ 𝘝𝘪𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺 ✔️ 𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺 #EduSky #AIinEducation #CreativeWritingPrompt #CanvaEdu

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Jordan Smigelsky 🇨🇦🇨🇳🇰🇷🇬🇧🇹🇷 @jsmigel.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Jumping on the Chat GPT4o image gen trend but with my own twist. Amazing what it can now create with detailed personalized prompts. So much to explore and tinker with! Check out my how-to video to create your own! #EduSky #ChatGPT4oImageGen #AIexploration youtu.be/maoAHwbjcmU

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Create Custom LEGO Minifigures with ChatGPT-4o | Step-by-Step AI Image Tutorial

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Jordan Smigelsky 🇨🇦🇨🇳🇰🇷🇬🇧🇹🇷 @jsmigel.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

@blockadelabs.bsky.social 3D AI environments is now integrated in @delightex.com, which is fantastic for students creating their own 360° environments within the platform. #AIeducation #VReducation #EduSky #Innovation #DesignThinking

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Jordan Smigelsky 🇨🇦🇨🇳🇰🇷🇬🇧🇹🇷 @jsmigel.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Thought I'd join in on the fun ChatGPT prompt going around. It makes me think, though - what guardrails/policies are they following? Trademark rules? The answer it gave me when I asked was quite interesting! #EduSky #AIimagecreation

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Jordan Smigelsky 🇨🇦🇨🇳🇰🇷🇬🇧🇹🇷 @jsmigel.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Trying out ChatGPT 4o new image enhancement abilities. Very interesting! Guess my prompts! #EdTech #AIevolution #EduSky

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Jordan Smigelsky 🇨🇦🇨🇳🇰🇷🇬🇧🇹🇷 @jsmigel.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

"Five Myths About Teacher Professional Learning." - Jim Knight tackles common misconceptions about PD and highlights what truly makes learning meaningful for educators. If you're involved in education, this is a must-read! #EdTech #ProfessionalDevelopment #EduSky www.ascd.org/el/articles/...

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Five Myths About Teacher Professional Learning

Reflecting on common misconceptions about educator development can help leaders create meaningful change.

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Jordan Smigelsky 🇨🇦🇨🇳🇰🇷🇬🇧🇹🇷 @jsmigel.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Interesting new tool for students. Could be great for teaching the design cycle where you combine sketching and visualization of the product you are trying to create. Having a safe space for students to do this would be incredible! #EduSky #EdTech #DesignCycle www.newarc.ai/education

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Free for students and educators – NewArc.ai

Visualize design ideas in the classroom with free access to NewArc.ai. Boost student engagement and confidence in every lesson.

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Jordan Smigelsky 🇨🇦🇨🇳🇰🇷🇬🇧🇹🇷 @jsmigel.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

🚨 AI in EdTech is powerful, but digital safety is key! An article shows how malware in an AI tool ruined a user’s life. ✅ Verify sources ✅ Use strong security ✅ Teach cyber awareness ✅ Set clear policies How do you promote digital responsibility? #EduSky futurism.com/the-byte/lif...

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Man's Entire Life Destroyed After Downloading AI Software

After downloading an AI tool, a hacker used a virus embedded into the software to upend a Disney employee's life.

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Jordan Smigelsky 🇨🇦🇨🇳🇰🇷🇬🇧🇹🇷 @jsmigel.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

🎮 Check out my latest video on creating a jumping game with Octostudio! A fun way to teach younger students gamification, coding, and computational thinking (K-3). Perfect for educators wanting to bring game-based learning into the classroom. 🚀 👉 youtu.be/ZVoLVd3EaHA #EdTech #Gamification #EduSky

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Creating a Fun Jumping Game with Octostudio | Gamification for Kids (K-3)

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Jordan Smigelsky 🇨🇦🇨🇳🇰🇷🇬🇧🇹🇷 @jsmigel.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Helsinki’s digital playground blends tech and play for all ages! This innovative space offers interactive challenges and games that encourage creativity and collaboration. A model for the future of public play areas—love this! 🎮👾 #EdTech #EduSky readysetcompute.com/helsinkiplay...

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Jordan Smigelsky 🇨🇦🇨🇳🇰🇷🇬🇧🇹🇷 @jsmigel.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Self-driving taxis that get up to 120km/h from the airport now! Whonis junping at a chance to experience this? #EduSky #SelfDriving www.newsgd.com/m/node_5c070...

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Jordan Smigelsky 🇨🇦🇨🇳🇰🇷🇬🇧🇹🇷 @jsmigel.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Elevating our learning with a bird's-eye view! Using a drone, grade 4 students turned geometry into art by creating shapes in real life. A creative way to explore math concepts from above and see the bigger picture. #EdTech #MathInAction #InnovationInTheClassroom #EduSky

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Jordan Smigelsky 🇨🇦🇨🇳🇰🇷🇬🇧🇹🇷 @jsmigel.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Tools like this are not meant to replace the teacher's role but to make the process more efficient. By automating repetitive tasks, like formatting, we free up time to focus on the aspects that require more creativity and critical thinking. It’s not about removing the teacher's touch.

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Jordan Smigelsky 🇨🇦🇨🇳🇰🇷🇬🇧🇹🇷 @jsmigel.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Another example of the power of AI and Canva's Magic Write! In this quick tutorial, I’ll show you how to generate creative metaphors for your 4th-grade students in seconds. #EduSky #CanvaMagicWrite #AIforTeachers www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fkY...

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Canva Magic Write: Generate Metaphors for Students!

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Jordan Smigelsky 🇨🇦🇨🇳🇰🇷🇬🇧🇹🇷 @jsmigel.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

It generates what scale you want it to via the prompt you give it; it's not meant to be cut and paste. I showed in the video how you could prompt it to the format you require. This is a tool that can help with workflow. It's always up to the teacher to edit to make it a "good rubric"

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Jordan Smigelsky 🇨🇦🇨🇳🇰🇷🇬🇧🇹🇷 @jsmigel.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

New YouTube video on how to create effective rubrics using Canva's Magic Write AI! 📝✨ Watch to see how AI can streamline your rubric creation process and save time. #EdTech #CanvaAI #Rubrics #AIinEducation #EduSky youtu.be/NH3eKZ2dY3Y?...

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Jordan Smigelsky 🇨🇦🇨🇳🇰🇷🇬🇧🇹🇷 @jsmigel.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Just dropped a new video on using Canva Magic Write AI to create custom rubrics in no time! 📝✨ If you want to save time and make grading easier, this tool is a game-changer. Check it out for some quick and effective tips! 🚀 #EdTech #AIforTeachers #Canva #TeacherTools #EduSky youtu.be/NH3eKZ2dY3Y

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🎓 Create Rubrics in Seconds! Using Canva Magic Write AI for Teachers 🎓

YouTube video by The Tech Toolbox with Mr J

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Jordan Smigelsky 🇨🇦🇨🇳🇰🇷🇬🇧🇹🇷 @jsmigel.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

With interviewing season in education in full swing, here is a video to help you feel more confident going into interviews with tailored content using ChatGPT. Work smarter - not harder! #EduSky #AIJobPrep #JobSearch youtu.be/h9kmGHodXJQ

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How to Use AI to Prepare for Job Interviews: Creating 20 Custom Questions & Answers

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Jordan Smigelsky 🇨🇦🇨🇳🇰🇷🇬🇧🇹🇷 @jsmigel.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Canva Polls & Quizzes feature release a few weeks ago. Check out my "How to" to make your presentations more interactive! #EduSky #Canva #CanvaEdu #EdTech youtu.be/z7TDvGcLcXY

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Jordan Smigelsky 🇨🇦🇨🇳🇰🇷🇬🇧🇹🇷 @jsmigel.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

⚠️New Video Alert⚠️ How to use "Projects" in ChatGPT as an educator. This new feature helps personalize and organize the AI experience even more. Check out how I used it with Grade 5 math! #EduSky #EdTech #AIeducation #ChatGPT #ChatGPTprojects www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhRQ...

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How to Use ChatGPT for Projects & Productivity | AI Tips & Tricks

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Jordan Smigelsky 🇨🇦🇨🇳🇰🇷🇬🇧🇹🇷 @jsmigel.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Countdown to Skynet being active is approaching. Tried it out OpenAI's operator today. Noticeable how slow it was, but the potential of how agents could change the world is evident. dev.to/burcs/explor...

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Exploring OpenAI Operator

What Is Operator? Have you ever wished you could push off repetitive online tasks to...

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Jordan Smigelsky 🇨🇦🇨🇳🇰🇷🇬🇧🇹🇷 @jsmigel.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Another day, another excellent example of how @flintk12.bsky.social AI can enhance learning for our G4 learners. The output gave the student all of the facts needed for today's activity and created an AI-generated image to help visualize the size of the tsunami. Very Cool! #EduSky #AiEducation

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Jordan Smigelsky 🇨🇦🇨🇳🇰🇷🇬🇧🇹🇷 @jsmigel.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

After scolding the Bot, I received a far more appropriate source that doesn't skew to a negative connotation about to China. #EduSky

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Jordan Smigelsky 🇨🇦🇨🇳🇰🇷🇬🇧🇹🇷 @jsmigel.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Interesting case study for use of AI in classroom: I asked the bot to provide the typical lunch for a Chinese student and the source was the following article. Not sure this is a great source for a G4 student! Very anti-China. Bots are great, BUT bias is still a significant issue when using them.

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Jordan Smigelsky 🇨🇦🇨🇳🇰🇷🇬🇧🇹🇷 @jsmigel.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

🔹 86% of employers expect AI & info-processing tech to transform their businesses by 2030. 🔹 Demand for AI skills is surging—29% of workers could be upskilled in their current roles. 🔹 Analytical thinking is the most sought-after skill among employers (70% demand). #FutureOfJobs #AI #EduSky

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Jordan Smigelsky 🇨🇦🇨🇳🇰🇷🇬🇧🇹🇷 @jsmigel.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Getting into their maker mindset, the G5s expressed "Who We Are" through a variety of materials. From imagining and planning to creating and reflecting this was a great activity coming back from a long Christmas break. Looking forward to seeing these skills displayed in their upcoming PYPx! #EduSky

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Jordan Smigelsky 🇨🇦🇨🇳🇰🇷🇬🇧🇹🇷 @jsmigel.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Microsoft TEAMS "Math Progress" is integrated into assignments now. Reading progress has been very useful, will Math as well? Anyone use this with students? #EduSky support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/...

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Jordan Smigelsky 🇨🇦🇨🇳🇰🇷🇬🇧🇹🇷 @jsmigel.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Teaching Idioms? Try using Canva DreamLAB to help enhance it visually for the students! Idioms and metaphors are a fun way to show students how to prompt and be creative with AI. Give it a go! #VoteTurkey #CanvaDreamLAB #EduSky

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Jordan Smigelsky 🇨🇦🇨🇳🇰🇷🇬🇧🇹🇷 @jsmigel.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

After toying with the idea for some time, I started a YouTube channel dedicated to some of the tech tools I explore with fellow educators and students. Hopefully, this helps spark other educators and provide some "byte-sized" PD. #EduSky www.youtube.com/@TheTechTool...

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The Tech Toolbox with Mr J

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Jordan Smigelsky 🇨🇦🇨🇳🇰🇷🇬🇧🇹🇷 @jsmigel.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Very cool interactive Arts & Culture tool from Google using their street view tech and AI. Take a trip as a class to explore different archaeological sites around the world. #EduSky artsandculture.google.com/experiment/t...

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Jordan Smigelsky 🇨🇦🇨🇳🇰🇷🇬🇧🇹🇷 @jsmigel.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

It's Market Day at AISG! Grade 4s selling has begun. Snapped up a festive knitted ornament for my 🎄😁 #EduSky

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Flint @flintk12.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

We’re excited to join Bluesky and have our first post recognize some amazing educators! 🦋 Congrats to Jordan Smigelsky and Tristan Lei Ming for being selected as Flint Innovative Educators of the month! ✨ #ai #edtech #aieducation #flint #aiforschools #aipersonalizedlearning #aitutoring (1/3 🧵)

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Jordan Smigelsky 🇨🇦🇨🇳🇰🇷🇬🇧🇹🇷 @jsmigel.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Canva DreamLAB blocks most character references in prompts. Quite like this as an educator, as it forces students to use descriptive language in their prompts. A photo reference option is available to guide the prompt, which produces interesting results as well. #AIeducation #EduSky

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Jordan Smigelsky 🇨🇦🇨🇳🇰🇷🇬🇧🇹🇷 @jsmigel.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Embracing the ISTE Standard of Creative Communicator by using a maker mindset to display data in fun and innovative ways in grade 1! 🎨✨ Students transform simple data into vibrant visual displays—like using various resources for bar graphs. #CreativeCommunicator #MakerMindset #EduSky

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Jordan Smigelsky 🇨🇦🇨🇳🇰🇷🇬🇧🇹🇷 @jsmigel.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

We have a teaching and learning channel in TEAMS, where I share with teachers. I want to share G3 to G5 via their class channels. The idea is that they have a collection of videos to fall back on outside my demo times in the classroom.

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Jordan Smigelsky 🇨🇦🇨🇳🇰🇷🇬🇧🇹🇷 @jsmigel.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

I've begun creating short and sweet Canva tutorial videos for teachers and students in G3 to G5. Hoping these bite-sized videos help with up-skilling photo and video editing and bring out even more student creativity with Canva. Coming 🔜 to YouTube #CanvaEdu #EduSky #EdTech

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Jordan Smigelsky 🇨🇦🇨🇳🇰🇷🇬🇧🇹🇷 @jsmigel.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

I created this prompting tips chart as they build their skills interacting with bots in grade 5. Integrating AI in meaningful ways in elementary school will be a challenge for educators as we move forward in this "age of AI". #EdTech #AIeducation #EduSky

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Jordan Smigelsky 🇨🇦🇨🇳🇰🇷🇬🇧🇹🇷 @jsmigel.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Early Thanksgiving feast courtesy of our amazing PTA. Absolutely brilliant! #Thanksgiving 👏

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Jordan Smigelsky 🇨🇦🇨🇳🇰🇷🇬🇧🇹🇷 @jsmigel.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

China developing their AI model slowly but surely. Are they too late to the game? Seems to be quite powerful but what guardrails are imposed? Be interesting where they go with this. #EduSky #EdTech #AI autogpt.net/new-chinese-...

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New Chinese AI Model, DeepSeek-R1, Can “Think” Like Humans

DeepSeek-R1, realeased to rival OpenAI's o1 boasts of reasoning abilities better than other AI models. Find out all the details here.

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