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Teacher of Lit, multiracial matters, bred on sci-fi and Greek myths. Innovation Lead & Head of English •asking loads of questions •will not be quiet

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fry69 @fry69.dev · 30/08/2026
This gets exponentially more threatening if the author is known for a specific style/world building that could easily repeated/extended with LLMs. "Discworld", "Harry Potter", "Game of Thrones" as prominent examples. Those authors need the fiction of originality, that is what sells. Related ->
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MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
🥱Stop howling about AI. Adapt. Or don’t. Whatever: make a choice. If you don’t want to use it, don’t. All cool, well done you.👏 If you are using it, great. You can stop bragging now. We get it. 👍 Moving on…
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MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
In our demand for human authorial purity is Pangram the one drop adjudicator now?
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AI monitoring: a mirror of ethnic monitoring?
Towards a post-AI medium.
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MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
substack.com/@politicsusa...
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Truth Matters (@politicsusa46)
I thought it might be an idea to introduce a little historical context into the Iran conversation. Thanks to Yasi for this series of which I will feature all three parts. This is part one. 🎥 TikTok ...
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MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
I try to avoid politics on social media but this - clear and calm - deserves to be amplified: news.sky.com/story/i-neve...
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Trump sharing racist image of Obamas shows something has changed
The dehumanisation of black people in this way is a trope dating back hundreds of years. It's something which had, for many years, been confined to the dustbin of history, while still very much a part...
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MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Towards a Technocritical Literary Theory open.substack.com/pub/madelein...
We need a new literary theory to deploy in the reading of text which is written either about, or by and with, technology.
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MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Ongoing exploration of the intersection between #AI, #multiraciality and #sci-fi at bit.ly/4qFVO9e Is it weird? What isn’t? 👽👾🧜🏼‍♀️
How to be a hybrid techno-human, part 2: getting comfortable with discomfort. The image is a green hued alien-woman-robot mix. She has a pensive human face, elongated skull, reminiscent of that of the xenomorph and seemingly mechanical-biological armour or wiring descending from the back of her neck, into her chest.
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MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Ongoing exploration of the intersection of #sci-fi, #multiraciality and #AI at madeleinechampagnie.substack.com/p/how-to-be-... Weird? Yep. But what isn't? 👽 👾 🧜
How to be a hybrid techno-human, part 2: getting comfortable with discomfort. The image is a green hued alien-woman-robot mix. She has a pensive human face, elongated skull, reminiscent of that of the xenomorph and seemingly mechanical-biological armour or wiring descending from the back of her neck, into her chest.
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MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Pips #74 Hard 🔴 1:55 Total brag tbh.
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MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
How to be a Hybrid and Rule the AI-lien Earth open.substack.com/pub/madelein...
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How to be a Hybrid and Rule the AI-lien Earth
Part 1. How it Began
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MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Knowledge archaeology could be a useful skill in the future. #AI #EduSky #EduSkyAI open.substack.com/pub/madelein...
A student in silhouette holds a spade above ground. Below the earth we can see code, books and the word “knowledge”. Sepia tones
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M. Kabir @mkabir.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
“Books won’t stay banned. They won’t burn. Ideas won’t go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost.” — A. Whitney Griswold
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MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Convinced that the latest release of #covid, Stratus XFG with its upgrade version XFG.3 comes from Silicon Valley as it’s giving everyone vocal frrryyyyy. I like the branding, but the free version does have some latency issues: takes a while to shut down ☣️ #Stratus #bug #virus
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MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
A rant, but come ON! #AI #EduSky #EduSkyAI
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Move fast and break education
Around 2013 it became apparent to me that state education in the UK was broken: the ship was sinking.
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MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Contemplating paying for either Claude or Chat. Anyone have any thoughts on which one?! #AI #ClaudeAI #ChatGPT @mikekentz.bsky.social @emollick.bsky.social @the-it-girl.bsky.social @leonfurze.com @timohannay.bsky.social
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MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
#AI #EduSky #EduSkyAI
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AI: the culture terminator?
“Culture eats strategy for breakfast” so the saying goes.
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MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
I love this perspective. Standing in silence, dwarfed by the vastness of the church, four pillars spiralling up to heaven, minuscule and insignificant before the Pope’s coffin, Trump & Melania: silenced. In the end, nobody is bigger than death or God. #PopeFrancis
I love this perspective. Standing in silence, dwarfed by the vastness of the church, four pillars spiralling up to heaven, minuscule and insignificant before the Pope’s coffin, Trump & Melania: silenced. In the end, nobody is bigger than death or God.
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MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Love this
Morten Moorland’s Times Cartoon 22 April 25, depicting the entrance of Pope Francis by the shining gates of heaven with angels blasting trumpets for his arrival. We see his back as he sidesteps the ostentation of the main entrance to enter by a side door, marked, oppositely, “Service Entrance”.
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MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
substack.com/@madeleinech...
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Exam essays: only the semblance of truth.
Is it time to deprioritise written output?
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MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
@anarchistmom.bsky.social very interesting convo between you & ChatGPT on Substackz. Multimodal assessment is surely the way forward now…
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MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Socratic dialogue in secondary schools open.substack.com/pub/madelein... #EduSky #AI #SocraticDialogue #EduSkyAI
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Socratic dialogue in secondary school
As an antidote & mitigation for AI, tech, screens and the like we have been running Socratic dialogue lessons in my 11-18 school.
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MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
GOOD GRIEF. The plot of ‘It Can’t Happen Here’ by Sinclair Lewis, NY, 1935, is basically describing USA 2025. Someone, please, get Netflix onto this! #dystopia #MAGA 😳😳😳 @netflix.com @drnjwaddell.bsky.social @orwellfdn.bsky.social
In 1936, American Senator Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip enters the presidential election campaign on a populist platform, promising to restore the country to prosperity and greatness, and promising each citizen $5,000 per year. Portraying himself as a champion of "the forgotten man" and "traditional" American values, Windrip defeats incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt for the Democratic nomination, and then beats his Republican opponent, Senator Walt Trowbridge, in the November election.
Having previously foreshadowed some authoritarian measures to reorganize the government, Windrip outlaws dissent, incarcerates political enemies in concentration camps, and trains and arms a paramilitary force called the "Minute Men" (named after the Revolutionary War militias of the same name), who terrorize citizens and enforce the policies of a corporatist regime. One of Windrip's firstcorporatist regime. One of Windrip's first acts as president is to eliminate the influence of Congress, which draws the ire of many citizens as well as the legislators themselves. The Minute Men respond to protests harshly, attacking demonstrators with bayonets. In addition to these actions, Windrip's administration, known as the Corpo government, curtails women's and minority rights, and eliminates individual states by subdividing the country into administrative sectors. The government of these sectors is managed by Corpo authorities, usually prominent businessmen or Minute Men officers. Those accused of crimes against the government appear before kangaroo courts presided over by military judges. A majority of Americans approve of these dictatorial measures, seeing them as painful but necessary steps to restore American power.
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MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Move from debate to dialogue. Binaries in AI pedagogy ignore a deeper proposition. #Edusky #EduSkyAI #AI
Unexplainably transparent AI discussing with a teacher in a classroom
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MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Some sobering stats and facts here arxiv.org/pdf/2501.17980
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MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
@the-it-girl.bsky.social hey hi! I’m on here too! Great to meet you (and be filmed !) geeking out over Brisk and sci-fi at BETT😬👽👾
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MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Interesting: I’m currently ploughing through one classical fiction novel per week, for exam marking later this year. I’m on #5 of American Fiction. The process is restructuring my mind, I’m sure of it: dreaming in my 2nd language; feeling more alert..🧐 #EduSky #books @englishassociation.bsky.social
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MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Connections Puzzle #583 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 💪🏼
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MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
I’ve also been thinking about the microwave analogy. When they first appeared they had a bazillion functions & buttons. We just use them for reheating food now. GenAI is great for some rapid info shuffling bit can be a sloppy substitute for the struggle needed for deep learning & creativity.
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MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
@andyperfors.bsky.social THIS. Exactly what I’ve been tangling with. (Via Barthes.) But this is so on point 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 #EduSky #AI #EduSkyAI
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The work of creation in the age of AI | Andrew Perfors
In which I become an old man yelling futilely at the clouds
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MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Controversial take: isn’t using AI basically a giant form of copy-paste? #AI #EduSkyAI In a system which does not protect space for creativity & deep thinking, people will use tools that just get the job done, minus the thinking & personal creativity; all ‘ideas’ conforming to average slop.
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MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
John Steinbeck, ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ (1939). Relevant to our relationship with AI? #EduSkyAI #AI #EdTech We need to remember the land we love.
“That man who is more than his chemistry, walking on the earth, turning his plow point for a stone, dropping his handles to slide over an outcropping, kneeling in the earth to eat his lunch; that man who is more than his elements knows the land that is more than its analysis. But the machine man, driving a dead tractor on land he does not know and love, understands only chemistry; and he is contemptuous of the land and of himself. When the corrugated iron doors are shut, he goes home, and his home is not the land.”
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MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
And another thing. AI sycophancy. If kids grow up expecting language interactions with *someone* on a screen to be 💯 blisteringly positive, what happens to debate, itself already pretty much destroyed by social media? [Am currently in ‘storming at AI’ phase.] #EduSkyAI #EduSky
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MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
As has been said, teams go through stages of forming, storming, norming & performing when disrupted. @mikekentz.bsky.social and others' writing and thinking about #EduAI seem to be going through a similar cycle. Here's my storming: n9.cl/apjsz #WePreferUs #EduSky #EduSkyAI
Silhouetted students chatting, surrounded by nature. #WePreferUs
Generated by Canva because much as I would love to, I can’t draw and using AI allows me to create images, in an obvious counterpoint to my Substack post, yes, I know… :)
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MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Wordle 1,282 3/6 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Argh!
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MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
The thing is, though, we all realised that we prefer in person human interaction after the borefest of covid lockdowns. Nobody actually wants to totally outsource teaching and learning to screens, or for omniscient AI tutors to replace the mess of humanity. We prefer us. #EdTech #EduSkyAI #EduSky
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MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
🌱 How about this: ask yourself, ‘Do I need to use a bottle of water or could I just google it?’ before inputting inane questions into LLMs. #EcoAI #EduSky #EduSkyAI 🌱
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MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Do schools use ChatGPT? How has this been presented to parents & permissions gained for 13-17year olds? #EduSkyAI #EduSky #AI I hear a lot about LLM use in schools but nothing about the legalities. Anyone? @englishassociation.bsky.social pls repost?
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MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Are any schools using onboard AI ‘tutoring’ systems for their students? Which work? #EduSkyAI #EduSky @mikekentz.bsky.social @leonfurze.com @funkypedagogy.bsky.social
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MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
What would Roland Barthes say about LLMs? tinyurl.com/Mchampagnie #EduSkyAI #AI #EdUSky #LLMs #LitTheory
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What does ‘genesis’ mean in the new AI age? A live streamed Barthesian chat about LLMs. .pdf
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key-lime pie @keymonster.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
I think it would be pretty neat than instead of celebrating when we all get a brand new product, we instead brag about how long we have had our things and still use them. I've had my iphone 6s since 2016 and just replaced it with a hand-me-down iphone 11. ipad pro & apple pen - 2018 imac - 2011
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MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Nobody: Science: cyborg cockroach swarm!
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Watch a swarm of cyborg cockroaches controlled by computers
Remote-controlled cockroaches with computers mounted on their backs can move as a swarm towards a target location, and could be used for search missions
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MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
We need to talk about this. #EduSky #EduSkyAI #AI @mikekentz.bsky.social @leonfurze.com @funkypedagogy.bsky.social @edusky.bsky.social @aiineducation.bsky.social
1 100 word email on ChatGPT uses 1  500ml bottle of water: 140Wh = 7 full charges of an iPhone pro max.
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Zach Kinzler @zkinzler.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Everyone here needs to read this. Wild. www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog... #EdTech #Teaching #AIEducation #AIEdu #Academia
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‘Thirsty’ ChatGPT uses four times more water than previously thought
The massive computer clusters powering artificial intelligence consume vast quantities to answer the world’s queries, but how is Big Tech redressing the balance?
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MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
The AI overwhelmed: a teacher’s p.o.v. #EduSky #EduSkyAI @englishassociation.bsky.social @learnwithzainetek.bsky.social @emollick.bsky.social 👋🏼🙂
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Madeleine Champagnie on Substack
The AI overwhelm: a teacher’s p.o.v. So you’ve read everything, you’ve done the courses, the webinars, you’re following all the people. You’ve tried a few things in class. You’re up to date, on it, d...
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MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
And so begins the AI in Ed split: pro & anti camps. As ever, those of us who are actual teachers in classrooms, just shrug, use the useful bits & get on with pedagogy that works in our contexts. Pencil & paper? Sentient robot tutor? Does it help? Cool. No? 🤷🏻‍♀️ Just stay critical! #EduSkyAI #EduSky
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MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Anyone using Brisk? The ‘inspect writing’ feature is a game changer if you are in google workspace. Watch a full replay of students’ edits & pastes. No need for plagiarism check with that! #EduSky #EduSkyAI
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MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Just watched #TheLostChildren on Netflix. That 13 year old’s resilience is astonishing, miraculous. And I’m never going to whinge about drizzle in the UK ever again.
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MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Ci sono Italiani qua? #Italy #Italia #Italian #Italiani 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹
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MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
@funkypedagogy.bsky.social Here you go!
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AI in Education Podcast @aiineducation.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
We're here! The weekly AI in Education podcast has finally decided to jump the shark from Twitter to Bluesky, and to be back where the education conversation is happening, and away from That Place. Find the podcast on aipodcast.education or in your favourite podcast apps
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AI Education Podcast
Dan Bowen and Ray Fleming are experienced education renegades who have worked in many various educational institutions and educational companies across the world. They talk about Artificial Intellig...
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