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Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

"My choosing not to use AI as a tool is not because I don’t understand it, but rather it’s because I do understand it." 🙏 from @susangbarber.bsky.social muchadoaboutteaching.com/developing-a...

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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Productive weekend working with NCTE members to developed a framework for AI. Stay tuned . . .

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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Hello, LA! The Last Bookstore has been on my list for years and it did not disappoint!

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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

I sat in a PD today where teachers were told about an tool to upload notes/articles that we can then assign to students to ask AI to find evidence from the assigned resources and explain what that evidence means. No thanks - I’ll continue to teach students how to read and think for themselves.

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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

It’s part of our district’s “back to the basics” initiative.

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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Correct - t acgers are supposed to do this for ALL of their preps.

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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

We’re supposed to have all of this on our board daily. Does this seem excessive???

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Chanea Bond @heymrsbond.com · 14/07/2025

One of my favorite getting to know you and back to school activities to do with students! #EduSky

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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Life has a way of pushing through in the dark but it may ignore the laws of nature and not seem unnatural - even unexplainable - like "a congress of stinks!" Let's keep breathing and stink it up, friends, because life feels dark now. #PoemADayJuly

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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Then bookended with "Nothing would give up life" - extending beyond not sleeping but clinging to life in the dark, damp, dank space. Even the very soil the roots are growing in is breathing. #PoemADayJuly

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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

"Root Cellar" - I love how the poem is opened with "Nothing would sleep" before diving into imagery - this really gives the sense of life in this dark space - and somewhat sinister - disobeying in a way because the things in the cellar are ignoring the laws of life by not sleeping #PoemADayJuly

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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

“The stretches of highway on the long drive home after burial.” - for sure feeling this both literally and figuratively as we buried my mom in Alabama 2 months ago then drove home to Georgia. Again a reminder that poetry stands in the gap when we lack the words. #PoemADayJuly

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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Day 3: "One river gives/Its journey to the next" - I like this framing of the poem. A river makes giving a fluid act - not act(s) in isolation. The giving of the colors and the combination of them (again think of a moving river) emphasizes how giving naturally changes all involved. #PoemADayJuly

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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

I love the connection between the last lines of yesterday and today’s poems. Also the zooming from big ideas (pull toward brink, time for everything) to small details (agave, persimmon, stick ball, purple okra) is so grounding for me. #PoemADayJuly

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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Today's poem is such a great way to kick off #PoemADayJuly. I have loved reading all of the commentary, but for me today, I just read and took it all in. No annotations.

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A Tired Teacher @leahat-thelibrary.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

I'm not in a super reflective place yet, just resting for now, but the big takeaway from this year is "say less." Not like how my teenagers mean it, but literally saying less. No more long explainy emails trying to soften what I need to say. Same in person.

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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Looking forward to this - who else is in??

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Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Very much enjoyed this template for my own reflection as a teacher all year: ⓵ what is one new thing I wanted to try out? ⓶ what is something I want to get better at? ⓷ what is a strength I want to lean into even more? Here's the full reflection document I used! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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New? Better? Stronger? a three-part reflection lens to grow as a teacher going into a new year What will your new be? What will your better be? What will your stronger be? What is something that you ...

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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Yes, yes, and yes - everyone should listen to this discussion on AI in the classroom with @heymrsbond.com!!

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Corwin @corwinpress.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

In case you missed it, you can now watch the recent webinar, Creating Classrooms for Student Engagement, with ‪@briansztabnik.bsky.social‬ and ‪@susangbarber.bsky.social‬! Make the process of thinking, questioning, and expressing ideas welcoming and invigorating again: www.corwin.com/free-...

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Creating Classrooms for Student Engagement

Presented by Brian Sztabnik & Susan Barber Now, maybe more than ever, school has become an albatross of boredom for many students, and despite our...

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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

A few more bookstores and a free little library :)

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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

My big reframing for next year is not operating in scarcity mode; I will not let what is broken with the system define me as an educator.

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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Finishing up sample selection for #aplit reading in SLC. Excited to welcome table leaders tomorrow and readers on Saturday!

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Zach Czaia @zachczaia.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

20th anniversary of first year of teaching this coming fall. I’ve got some thoughts. open.substack.com/pub/zachczai...

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(Almost) 20 Years in the Game

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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Happy belated pub day for our new book - @briansztabnik.bsky.social and I are excited to share our classrooms and favorite lessons with everyone! @corwinpress.bsky.social amzn.to/3H7sohO

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