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Mickie Mueller

@mickiemueller.bsky.social
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Educational Technology Consultant, Google for Education Certified Trainer, presenter, educator, technology geek, loves a good free tech tool.

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Mickie Mueller @mickiemueller.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Curious if your community uses Flock cameras? Check out deflock.org
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DeFlock
Find license plate readers (LPRs) near you.
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Mickie Mueller @mickiemueller.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I have long said that Eduaide.Ai is my favorite AI teacher tool. After watching Leslie Fisher's latest webinar, I am impressed with the new updates. I also think it has one of the most affordable paid plans for AI teacher tools. If you have never looked at Eduaide - give it a look!
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Mickie Mueller @mickiemueller.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Guided Learning mode in Gemini in Google Classroom doesn't always get it right. Check out my latest video!
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Guided Learning Mode in Google Classroom Gets it Wrong
YouTube video by Mickie Mueller Ed Tech
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Mickie Mueller @mickiemueller.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
And the kids will lead the way. Are we going to listen to them? www.npr.org/2026/07/30/n...
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Adults have struggled to set rules for AI in school. These teens figured it out
Should students be allowed to use AI on assignments? What about on tests? Who should teach AI literacy? About 100 teenagers got together to try to decide.
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Mickie Mueller @mickiemueller.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
What does the evidence say about AI detectors? Research informed guidance from AI for Education. www.aiforeducation.io/ai-resources...
aiforeducation.io
Guidance on AI Detectors — AI for Education
A practical, research-informed guide to the appropriate use of AI detectors in education.
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Mickie Mueller @mickiemueller.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Interesting look at AI policies in K-12
edsurge.com
Study: The National AI Policy Landscape in K–12 Education
A snapshot of where districts stand on AI and what it reveals.
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Mickie Mueller @mickiemueller.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
8 Classroom AI Policies Developed by Teachers www.edutopia.org/article/8-cl...
edutopia.org
8 Classroom AI Policies Developed by Teachers
Setting clear, shared expectations around student AI use is uncharted territory for many teachers. Educators across disciplines and grade levels share their current policies.
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Mickie Mueller @mickiemueller.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
My first webinar for CDW Education today! Talking all things Gemini with a focus on Gems, NotebookLM and vibe coding with Canvas in Gemini.
Webinar set up showing two computer screens
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Mickie Mueller @mickiemueller.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
I love Alice’s tip to specify hex codes for colors for NotebookLM to use when creating presentations. You could specify hex codes for infographics also. Keep everything on brand!
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Mickie Mueller @mickiemueller.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Do you know how many times I’ve had a teacher ask how to do this?! Leave it to Tony to create a solution with a punny name!
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Mickie Mueller @mickiemueller.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Should Laptops Really Go the Way of Cell Phones?
edutopia.org
Should Laptops Really Go the Way of Cell Phones?
Having won the battle on phones, some public intellectuals are calling for laptops to disappear from classrooms, too. Many teachers say that would be a mistake.
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Dr. Casey Fiesler @cfiesler.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Related to my previous note about AI literacy... I think that very often the more you *actually* learn about AI (how it works, how it's built, what's behind it, what its impacts are, who controls it -- not "how to use it") the more critical you are likely to become. bsky.app/profile/cfie...
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Mickie Mueller @mickiemueller.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Had a great time at NETA 2026! Connected with old friends and talked tech with amazing educators from all across Nebraska. What a great way to spend a day!
NETA 2026 HeadlinersNETA 2026 sessions by Mickie Mueller
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver @lastweektonight.com · 27/04/2026
Here’s last night’s story about AI chatbots, how their flaws can be hazardous to the public, and why “literal shit on a stick” is probably a bad business idea. No matter what ChatGPT tells you. youtu.be/Ykvf3MunGf8
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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
An outstanding, comprehensive rebuke of AI mania in K-12 by @winterjessica.bsky.social that rounds out by highlighting the growing coalition of parents, educators, and other concerned humans that is working fast and hard to tamp it down.
newyorker.com
What Will It Take to Get A.I. Out of Schools?
“I find myself speaking with my kids about A.I. in the same terms that we might discuss a creepy neighbor who lives down the block,” Jessica Winter writes. Read her report on the push for A.I. in educ...
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Mickie Mueller @mickiemueller.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Excellent tips here. They could even be used when working with adults in a PD setting!
edutopia.org
How to Give Students Directions They Actually Understand
Making small changes in your instructions can have a significant impact on students’ understanding and engagement.
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Mickie Mueller @mickiemueller.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Excellent guidance here from @leonfurze.com and basically what I've been saying from the start. You don't need a specific policy on AI. Look at what you already have in place - technology use agreements, academic integrity, etc.
leonfurze.com
You Don’t Need an AI Policy
Your school, university, or business doesn't need an AI policy: you need to figure out what AI adds to the policies you already have.
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Mickie Mueller @mickiemueller.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
I’m taking this class right now! Tony does a great job and offers actionable feedback for every assignment. I’m learning a lot. Highly recommend!
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Alex Shevrin Venet @asv.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
As always, here's @marcusluther.bsky.social with a truly excellent piece on @edutopia.org! In education, we talk about the time about teachers modeling learning and behavioral habits for kids. Marcus applies that same idea here to our AI use. www.edutopia.org/article/teac...
edutopia.org
What Worries Me About Teachers’ Use of AI
A high school teacher reflects on how adult choices around AI use—particularly their approaches to transparency and focus on efficiency—can affect classroom culture.
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Mickie Mueller @mickiemueller.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Highly recommend as your next read!
Book cover This Book Made me Think of You
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404 Media @404media.co · 25/02/2026
The creator of the AI agent “Einstein” wants to free humans from the burden of academic labor. Critics say that misses the point of education entirely.
404media.co
What’s the Point of School When AI Can Do Your Homework?
The creator of the AI agent “Einstein” wants to free humans from the burden of academic labor. Critics say that misses the point of education entirely.
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Mickie Mueller @mickiemueller.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
How Teens Use and View AI Just over half of U.S. teens say they have used chatbots for help with schoolwork, and 12% say they’ve gotten emotional support. More teens think AI will be positive for them than negative
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How Teens Use and View AI
Just over half of U.S. teens say they've used chatbots for help with schoolwork, and 12% say they’ve gotten emotional support from these tools. Teens tend to view AI's future impact on their lives more positively than negatively.
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Mickie Mueller @mickiemueller.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Wow! What a cool new update to Google Vids! Styled captions...
workspaceupdates.googleblog.com
Google Workspace Updates: Styled captions in Google Vids
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Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
It’s more difficult than ever to know what is real online, as fake images, voices, and videos become indistinguishable from the real thing. How did we get here, and are there any guardrails?
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Deepfakes Are Everywhere. What Can We Do?
X’s AI chatbot Grok is undressing users, but it’s just the tip of the iceberg with fake imagery online. How does it work and what comes next?
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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
I highly recommend educators of all stripes read 7th grade Micha's reviews/impressions of the edtech that he uses in his day-to-day activities for school. micahblachman.beehiiv.com/p/is-educati...
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Is Educational Technology All It's Cracked Up to Be?
A seventh-grader's perspective, part 2
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Mickie Mueller @mickiemueller.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
npr.org
The risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits, report says
A new report warns that AI poses a serious threat to children's cognitive development and emotional well-being.
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Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
"Both things can be true. Students are becoming more skilled at extracting value from AI while simultaneously becoming more dependent on it." A piece built entirely around conversations with students about AI? Must-read of the morning: fitzyhistory.substack.com/p/ai-convers...
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AI Conversations Behind Closed Doors
Student Focus Groups Reveal What's Actually Happening
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Mickie Mueller @mickiemueller.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Did you know that you can use Canvas in Gemini to create presentations? My new video will show you how!
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Using Canvas in Gemini to Create a Presentation
YouTube video by Mickie Mueller Ed Tech
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Mickie Mueller @mickiemueller.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Great work by Matt Miller @ditchthattextbook.com - How to create and use Google Gemini Gems in the classroom with ideas for teacher and student use. Includes sample Gem prompts that you can copy/paste and customize.
ditchthattextbook.com
How to create and use Google Gemini Gems in the classroom
Using an AI assistant can be great -- and efficient -- way to get things done. But when you want to do the same types of activities over and over
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Tom Mullaney @tommullaney.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
I just watched this video about #EdTech from @moreperfectunion.bsky.social. As someone who has promoted technology in K12 classrooms for years, I have a lot to think about. Teachers: Watch this! #EduSky youtu.be/aByWLQ7h2n0?...
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How Big Tech Uses YOUR Kids’ Classrooms To Sell THEIR Products
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
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Mickie Mueller @mickiemueller.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
🆕 Nano Banana features in Google Vids! If you have an Ed Plus license or Teaching and Learning Upgrade, you can use Nano Banana for image editing in Google Vids. Check out my new video!
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Nano Banana for Image Editing in Google Vids
YouTube video by Mickie Mueller Ed Tech
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Mickie Mueller @mickiemueller.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
New Gemini features in Google Vids! If you have an Ed Plus license or the Teaching and Learning Upgrade, you can add Gemini-generated scripts, AI voiceovers and background music to existing Google Slides presentations that you have added to Google Vids. Check out my latest video!
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Create Video from Google Slides using Gemini in Google Vids
YouTube video by Mickie Mueller Ed Tech
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Mickie Mueller @mickiemueller.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
If you have an Ed Plus license or Teaching and Learning Upgrade, you now have access to AI features in Google Vids. I love the read-along mode in the teleprompter and the AI voice overs. Check it out!
workspaceupdates.googleblog.com
Google Workspace Updates: Limited promotion of expanded access to AI features in Google Vids for Education Plus and Teaching and Learning users
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Mickie Mueller @mickiemueller.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
This article is in stark contrast to the article I posted earlier today. Two education titans with different opinions. Who is right?
edweek.org
AI in the Classroom Is Often Harmful. Why Are Educators Falling Prey to the Hype? (Opinion)
“AI is seductive for those who regard education as a series of steps toward a credential,” writes Alfie Kohn.
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Mickie Mueller @mickiemueller.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
While uploading a video to my YouTube channel I learned that my channel is 14 years old today! My how time flies! Check out my channel www.youtube.com/@MickieMuell... I just uploaded a new video on the Gemini prompting tools in Google Classroom. BTW the video was made with Google Vids.
Screenshot sharing my YouTube channel is 14 years old today
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Mickie Mueller @mickiemueller.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Well this is certainly interesting... #AIinEducation #EduSky
news.harvard.edu
How AI could radically change schools by 2050 — Harvard Gazette
In Ed School panel, Howard Gardner says tech could make “most cognitive aspects of mind” optional for humans.
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Mickie Mueller @mickiemueller.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Have you tried the template tools in Gemini in Classroom? Check out how to use them!
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Gemini in Google Classroom Template Tools
YouTube video by Mickie Mueller Ed Tech
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Mickie Mueller @mickiemueller.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
I'm spending some time with Gemini in Google Classroom today! Check out my overview tutorial video!
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Gemini in Classroom Overview
YouTube video by Mickie Mueller Ed Tech
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Mickie Mueller @mickiemueller.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
“This is what happens when you let a machine that is essentially a stochastic probabilistic auto complete engine sitting atop the same technology sucking up the identical database eating itself and being fed the same prompt looks like.”
zdnet.com
Students are using AI tools instead of building foundational skills - but resistance is growing
The unfettered adoption of AI might damage skills development, yet it doesn't have to be this way.
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Chris Lehmann @clehmann.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
How to use AI tools is the least interesting and important part of AI. Every edu-AI discussion must start and end with a deep look at its ethical implications and pedagogical implications. The tools are easy to use. That’s part of their danger.
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Mickie Mueller @mickiemueller.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
I have always been fascinated by Amelia Earhart. After reading this excellent book, I feel like I finally truly understand her story. Best book you will read on Earhart.
Book cover The Aviator and the Showman by Laurie Gwen Shapiro
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Mickie Mueller @mickiemueller.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
I had a great afternoon in South Sioux City today working w/ a Wayne State College learning community Master’s cohort. We discussed all things AI in ed. The good, the bad and the ugly. If you leave out the bad and the ugly, you are doing it wrong. Great group of learners with awesome questions.
Woman standing in front of Wayne State College sighLearning community students in a classroom working on laptops. Slide from a presentation
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Mickie Mueller @mickiemueller.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
The question we need to be asking - why are students cheating?
vox.com
I study AI cheating. Here’s what the data actually says.
What the panic about kids using AI to cheat gets wrong.
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Mickie Mueller @mickiemueller.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Thanks to @janerosenzweig.bsky.social for sharing this article: What AI Looks Like in American Classrooms. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... This was the most important passage for me. “I have an artistic resistance to it.” His reasoning is spot on.
Quote from teacher stating he has an artistic resistance to using AI for generating lesson plans
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Mickie Mueller @mickiemueller.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
The 80/20 rule and AI... The question isn't "What's the optimal ratio?" but "What kinds of thinking and learning do we want to preserve, develop, and cultivate in an age of artificial intelligence?" #AIinEducation nickpotkalitsky.substack.com/p/rethinking...
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Rethinking the 80/20 Rule: The Epistemic Stakes of AI Integration
What types of AI interactions does the 80/20 rule promote, and are these really the ways we want to engage with artificial intelligence?
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Mickie Mueller @mickiemueller.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
"Even if you reject AI on ethical, moral or ideological lines, you need to know what you’re talking about—rather than basing your perspectives on hearsay, assumptions, and out of date information."
futureofbeinghuman.com
The Scared Witless Educator's Guide to Surviving ChatGPT GPT-5
If you're panicking over how to survive in world where every student has access to one of the most powerful AI's ever made, I have a plan ...
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 06/08/2025
"Asked to generate intervention plans for struggling students, AI teacher assistants recommended more-punitive measures for hypothetical students with Black-coded names and more supportive approaches for students the platforms perceived as white" www.chalkbeat.org/2025/08/06/a...
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Annie and Lakeesha struggle in school. AI teacher assistants treated them very differently.
A Common Sense Media study found that prominent teacher assistants that use AI generated recommendations that appeared to be rooted in racial stereotypes based on students’ names. About a third of tea...
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Mickie Mueller @mickiemueller.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
So many announcements from Google for Education coming out of ISTE! My favs: Vids is now available to ALL Workspace customers. And Gemini in Classroom is also available to all customers.
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ISTE 2025: Celebrating the art of teaching and the science of learning
The latest announcements from Google for Education at ISTE 2025.
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Mickie Mueller @mickiemueller.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Kids are amazing. youtu.be/oXbcDIs_yZ4
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Quiet high schooler paints portraits of entire class to reconnect before graduating
YouTube video by CBS Evening News
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