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Scott McLeod @scottmcleod.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

This is one of the best things I've read in a long time... Staying Close to the Source | @ktenkely.bsky.social bit.ly/4t4Zphe #edtech #edchat #edcolo #suptchat #edadmin #k12 #deeperlearning #futureready #studentagency #stuvoice #4shifts #whatschoolcouldbe #edleaders #principals

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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 06/04/2026

Realizing that some of my inexplicable sadness about the Artemis II stuff is that it feels like a trans-dimensional communication from an America that took a different path and chose joy instead of fear and hate.

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The Worthy Educator @theworthyeducator.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

@ktenkely.bsky.social gets #celebratED as the co-founder of CultivatED Colorado, an ecosystem designed to support education innovation from the ground up! Given her track record of innovation, we can’t wait to see what’s next! Lead us forward, Kelly! www.get-celebrated.com/post/kelly-t... #EduSky

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Kelly Tenkely @ktenkely.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

One of my favorite parts of a living curriculum is that it keeps living. In the 23-24 school year we did an inquiry into biomimicry. Not only do kids still reference it, but I get regular texts from the teacher who sends me links of the brilliance of ants on a Tuesday in July. Inquiry activates.

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Michelle Le Fantôme 👻 @michellek107.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Not for nothing… @ktenkely.bsky.social and I talked at length about AI in this episode of our Dreams of Education podcast. (There’s a transcript available if you don’t have the time to listen.) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

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Episode 19: Beyond the Algorithm- Reclaiming the Human Heart of Education

Podcast Episode · Dreams of Education Podcast · 04/17/2025 · 1h 45m

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Kelly Tenkely @ktenkely.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Two things we need more than ever: citizenship education and how to recognize misinformation and fake news. Highly recommend @citizenuniversity.bsky.social & Bad News for classrooms. More here: www.ilearntechnology.com?p=5971 & www.ilearntechnology.com?p=5966 #citizenship #edtech #fakenews

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Bad News- The Game – iLearn Technology

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Kelly Tenkely @ktenkely.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Colorado, join us on March 28 for National AI Literacy Day! Let’s reimagine AI in education. This isn't about hype or fear—it's about asking the right questions. 🎟 FREE, limited to 100! Register: marpar88888.wixsite.com/my-site-9/ev... #AI #Education #Colorado #AIinEducation #NationalAILiteracyDay

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Reimagining AI in Education - Asking the Right Questions | RootedChange

The Future of AI is Here – And You Won’t Want to Miss It!

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Legacy Goods Golf Studio @legacygoods.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Yes. You can buy a custom putter made in the USA.

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Legacy Goods Golf Studio @legacygoods.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Working to buff up the custom screw neck on this Legacy Goods McClane flow neck putter. #customputters #golf #customgolf

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Legacy Goods Golf Studio @legacygoods.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Every hole an adventure. Every pour a story. Legacygoods.com

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Kelly Tenkely @ktenkely.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Education keeps chasing efficiency, but real learning is messy, relational, and anything but efficient. The lie of efficiency drives flawed policies and ignores what it truly takes to create meaningful change in schools. dreamsofeducation.wordpress.com/2025/01/09/t... H/T @covingtonedu.bsky.social

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The Lie of Efficiency in Education

There seems to be a lie of efficiency in education. It seems like every tool, initiative, or policy introduced in education has the same aim: making education more efficient. We’ve been led t…

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Nick Covington @covingtonedu.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

This is evergreen: "What really happened to small learning communities, in other words, is not that they failed, but that they drowned."

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Michelle Le Fantôme 👻 @michellek107.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

For those who knew her, Jen was a friend, a mentor, a creative force, and a wonderful teacher. Her smile lit up her entire face, and her voice had this radio star quality! I just loved listening to her speak. Jen was someone I looked up to very much, and she will be missed. 😢

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Michelle Le Fantôme 👻 @michellek107.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

This was one of my favorite episodes to record. Our deep dive into assessment and grading asks the questions: how do testing and grading harm the process of learning? What could we be doing instead? What can assessment look like?

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Kelly Tenkely @ktenkely.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

In this week’s episode of Dreams of Education, @michellekbaldwin.bsky.social and I dive into rethinking assessment—moving beyond grades and tests to focus on the journey of learning. How can we empower students to grow without the weight of judgment? www.podbean.com/eas/pb-jgxen...

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Episode 11: Rethinking Assessment, From Judgement to Journey

In this episode of the Dreams of Education podcast, Kelly Tenkely and Michelle Baldwin explore the transformative power of reimagining assessment and grading practices. They dive into how traditional ...

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Kelly Tenkely @ktenkely.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Learner-centered education must start with the learner—their humanity, needs, and curiosity. Anything else misses the mark. I see so many who claim to be learner-centered with no evidence that supports that. dreamsofeducation.wordpress.com/2024/12/13/n... #edusky

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Naming with Specificity: What do we mean when we say learner-centered?

It seems like every school, curriculum, and educational technology website I visit proudly proclaims to be “learner-centered” or “student-centered.” I’m often disappoi…

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Chris Lehmann @clehmann.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

When I listen to people who aren't in schools talk about what it takes to build better schools, I am forever struck by how little regard there is for just how hard it is to create and sustain meaningful schools for kids.

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Kelly Tenkely @ktenkely.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

If you're using, or considering using, AI with kids… this is an important read avenue4learning.com/2024/12/06/w... ask all the questions- by @michellekbaldwin.bsky.social #edusky

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We Need to Rethink AI in Education / Avenue4Learning

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Kelly Tenkely @ktenkely.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Are we executing wonderfully on all the wrong things in education? From behavior charts to AI in classrooms, we’re often focused on compliance and efficiency instead of connection and humanity. It’s time to ask better questions. dreamsofeducation.wordpress.com/2024/12/05/e... #edusky

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Executing Wonderfully on All the Wrong Things

Early in my teaching career, I executed wonderfully on all the wrong things. Name tags that doubled as public behavior charts? Nailed it. They were a thing of beauty. Teaching math as a set of rule…

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eustace @eustace.justshootme.ca · 18/11/2024

A "WHAT IS ALT TEXT AND HOW DO I EVEN DO IT?" PRIMER. If anyone hangs out around Bluesky for long enough it's inevitable that they'll run into alt text discourse. Some of us may not even know what alt text is or how to use it or why it's important. WELL. Essentially, this text

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Kelly Tenkely @ktenkely.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

We had a real Griswold start to Thanksgiving. Hands down our favorite holiday. Hubby and I always have a turkey competition. I roast he smokes. We prepare for weeks. Turkeys brined and prepped he goes to start the @traegernation.bsky.social and it refuses to smoke. He troubleshoot for hours.

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Kelly Tenkely @ktenkely.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

I'm thinking about a pumpkin pie with a Creme Brule-type top…Maybe some bourbon. Anyone done one of these? Worth the twist on the original? What do I need to know?

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Michelle Le Fantôme 👻 @michellek107.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Can you imagine if we didn’t let kids speak until they learned which letters made which sounds? 3/3 <end rant> @ktenkely.bsky.social & I talk about this a lot on our podcast, esp this episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

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Episode 5: Cultivating Curiosity and Agency Through Inquiry-Based Learning

Podcast Episode · Dreams of Education Podcast · 10/31/2024 · 1h 34m

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Dan Koch @danvkoch.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Hey friends. If you want to migrate accounts you’re following on the blue bird app, you can use this extension (thanks @alicekeeler.com). chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sky-f... #eduskychat

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Kelly Tenkely @ktenkely.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

At Anastasis we are impact oriented. Learning is about more than more than personal gain—it’s about how we serve others and solve global problems. We’re shaping learners with a benefit mindset—focused on doing good &making an impact now, not “someday.” dreamsofeducation.wordpress.com/2024/11/15/c...

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Cultivating a Benefit Mindset in Education

At Anastasis, we believe education should be impact-oriented. Our goal is to help learners develop a benefit mindset—a perspective focused on contributing to the greater good, not just on personal …

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Michelle Le Fantôme 👻 @michellek107.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

In our 7th episode, @ktenkely.bsky.social and I discuss the importance of accommodations, honoring all learners, and the importance of the Department of Education to all US students in public and private schools. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

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Episode 7: Accommodations That Honor Every Learner's Journey

Podcast Episode · Dreams of Education Podcast · 11/14/2024 · 1h 31m

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Kelly Tenkely @ktenkely.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

At Anastasis, we built a “Living Curriculum”—an ever-evolving approach to learning that embraces curiosity, student voice, and real-world connections. In this week’s podcast, @michellekbaldwin.bsky.social and I talk about inquiry and building a culture of curiosity. www.podbean.com/eas/pb-uagjj...

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Episode 4: Cultivating Curiosity and Agency Through Inquiry-Based Learning

In this episode of Dreams of Education, Kelly Tenkely and Michelle Baldwin dive into the origins and evolution of inquiry-based learning at Anastasis Academy. Kelly shares her frustration with the one...

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Michelle Le Fantôme 👻 @michellek107.bsky.social · 24/10/2024

Chatting with @ktenkely.bsky.social about our unscripted banter in our podcast, Dreams of Education. Sometimes, my brain just makes up words, and it makes me laugh (and also have regret the next day, but 🤷‍♀️). We are always telling our stories in a way that is truly who we are.

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Episode 4: Building Trust, Belonging, and Fun: The Hidden Curriculum that Shapes School Culture

Podcast Episode · Dreams of Education Podcast · 10/24/2024 · 1h 43m

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Kelly Tenkely @ktenkely.bsky.social · 24/10/2024

We send so many hidden messages in schools. From classroom layout to grading practices. Have you mined your hidden curriculum for the messages you may be unintentionally sending your learners? dreamsofeducation.wordpress.com/2024/10/24/h...

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Hidden Curriculum: Aligning Values with Actions

Annual Ice-blocking Day Everything we do in schools sends a message. The rules, the language we use, the way we approach learning, classroom space, the texts we choose, and even the daily schedule&…

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Kelly Tenkely @ktenkely.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

Teaching is a strange profession in that we observe someone doing it daily from August- May every year for 16+ years and then step into the role of teacher and then do it ourselves. We've been apprenticed for years in very outdated methods.

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Kelly Tenkely @ktenkely.bsky.social · 01/10/2024

Tell me the story of growing up by the playlist that was your backdrop.

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Michelle Le Fantôme 👻 @michellek107.bsky.social · 30/09/2024

Every morning, I wake up with an earworm… and it’s alternately 1) Hot To Go! 2) Please Please Please or 3) the intro I composed for our Dreams Of Education podcast (coming soon with @ktenkely.bsky.social!) These aren’t songs I listen to everyday, but I think they’re trying to tell me something.🤔

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Kelly Tenkely @ktenkely.bsky.social · 19/09/2024

Today was a happy walk down memory lane with @michellekbaldwin.bsky.social as we started a new thing together. 14 years ago we started a school and it seems fitting that we capture the stories and lessons learned together. Podcast (umm yes, the world needs another! 😂) coming soon.

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Kelly Tenkely @ktenkely.bsky.social · 11/09/2024

I've said it before — American politics need a VH1 pop-up video-style live fact check and politicians should have to wear suits with the logos of all companies who are funding their campaigns Formula 1/Nascar style.

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Kelly Tenkely @ktenkely.bsky.social · 11/09/2024

Has anyone already started a word cloud of this debate? Wondering how much “I” vs “We” language is present.

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Kelly Tenkely @ktenkely.bsky.social · 10/09/2024

If you need a spirit lift, do yourself a favor and visit your local bookstore/library—spend time in the Children's section. The profound beauty cannot be overstated. Today these two made me smile and gave me hope.

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Kelly Tenkely @ktenkely.bsky.social · 06/09/2024

It's been a minute since I've written an iLearn Technology post... but discovered @mrsparkstweets and had to share it with a bigger audience. If your students write, this is a tool worth exploring! ilearntechnology.com/?p=5960 #edtech #Writing

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Short Answer- Build better k12 writers through social, engaging writing activities – iLearn Technology

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 02/09/2024

Incidentally, if people just want permission to spend a month writing the first draft of a book… *clears throat* I, Real Published Author With Awards And Shit, hereby give whoever needs it permission to take a month and write like the devil if they want to. And it can be any month they want.

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Michelle Le Fantôme 👻 @michellek107.bsky.social · 23/08/2024

Wait… will it be Matthew Broderick walking out on stage asking, “You’re still here? Go home. It’s over.”

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