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Brett Vogelsinger @thevogelman.bsky.social · 1h

This interactive from @nytimes.com feels like a good one to spark a conversation with students about the cost/benefit balance of artificial intelligence in their learning, AND to complicate the conversation. So much depends on HOW someone uses this technology. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Will A.I. Make Your Brain Lazy? Here’s What the New Research Actually Shows.

We’re starting to learn more about how the technology can change us.

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Brett Vogelsinger @thevogelman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Today, before reading part of Dante‘s Inferno, we worked as a class to create our own Inferno, creating five circles in which misdeeds from our school would be cleverly punished. It was a fun step inside Dante’s creative process and definitely piqued interest in the canto we read.

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Brett Vogelsinger @thevogelman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Tried a new technique for handing back papers today: Students shade the BINGO card based on feedback, tape it in their notebook, and write a “next time note” to themselves based on what’s blank. This will provide a point of reference for the editing in their next writing process ✅

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Brett Vogelsinger @thevogelman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A heartening article about a burgeoning bookstore culture in Philadelphia that might be of interest to some attending #NCTE26 this year in Philly! Kinda makes me want to take students on a book crawl bus trip! share.inquirer.com/74HRYz

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Philadelphia's bookstores are booming, with readers seeking an 'escape'

Across Greater Philadelphia, bookstores are back. Sellers say screen fatigue, a hunger for community, and a desire to support local businesses are fueling the surge.

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Brett Vogelsinger @thevogelman.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I took an inventory of screen time expectations in my class last week and wrote about it. I'd love to hear your thoughts! declarativeimperative.substack.com/p/what-does-... #teaching #learning #screentime #edtech #writing #education #edusky

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Brett Vogelsinger @thevogelman.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Always great to hear positive reviews from readers of Poetry Pauses!

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Brett Vogelsinger @thevogelman.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

September…planting seeds in the classroom 🌱…harvesting in the garden 🌾

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Brett Vogelsinger @thevogelman.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Readers, I hope you'll enjoy my new Substack post. It's a reflection on what I've learned from a long and challenging novel and the important reminders it offered me as I begin my 24th year of teaching. declarativeimperative.substack.com/p/we-can-mis...

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Brett Vogelsinger @thevogelman.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Reading Bleak House, an intimidating tome I’ve always wanted to read but never have, was incredible. The book was a big part of that…but perusing the notes of other reader-teachers from around the world was the real gift 🎁 Happy so many could join us for a slow read, and here’s to next time 🥂

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Edutopia @edutopia.org · 22/08/2026

If students are going to thoughtfully navigate the ever-changing landscape of AI use, they need practice, says teacher @thevogelman.bsky.social. His solution: AI transparency surveys.

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Brett Vogelsinger @thevogelman.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

When I do something outside my wheelhouse, like replacing a headlight assembly today, it reminds me: learning is messy. I was slow, filled with self doubt, and wanted it to end. But I also felt really proud of new knowledge + accomplishment 🙌🏻 Thanks to YouTube and AutoZone too 🙏🏻

A car getting headlight assembly replaced

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Brett Vogelsinger @thevogelman.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Hey, Amazon has Poetry Pauses on a pretty good discount right now folks, plus this link sends a little extra to the author. If you've been a reader on the fence, I think you'll find this to be an energizing, start-of-the-year PD book :) @corwinpress.bsky.social amzn.to/4gihy6z

The cover of the book Poetry Pauses by Brett Vogelsinger

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Brett Vogelsinger @thevogelman.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I finished the longest novel I’ve ever read tonight. 989 pages 🤩 What a journey it’s been, and I’m so glad I took on the challenge. What helped me to succeed? Reading it in community with teachers around the world. So much in this book left to think and talk about this weekend 🙌🏻

The cover of Charles Dickens novel Bleak House

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Brett Vogelsinger @thevogelman.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

“All this points to some questions about writing itself: Why work so hard to learn it? And what do students stand to lose when they stop facing down a blank page, alone with their thoughts?” Solid read here from @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/u...

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What Do Students Lose When They Stop Writing?

Educators are worried that many students can no longer write essays without A.I. And it’s costing more than just grammar skills.

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Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

first time attending NCTE, and cannot wait to be a part of this experience! (nothing better than talking about poems!)

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Corwin @corwinpress.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

EdWeek's Ultimate PD Reading List just dropped, crowdsourced by educators, and NINE Corwin titles made the cut! 📚🏆 See the full list: www.edweek.org/leadership/edweeks-u… #EdWeek #ProfessionalDevelopment

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Brett Vogelsinger @thevogelman.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Reading these comments are worth your time. Upsetting to learn today that Harvard is dismantling its Writing Center and is laying off Jane Rosenzweig, its long-time director. Student voices here show what is lost in a move like this, and what an institution gains in a well led writing center.

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Brett Vogelsinger @thevogelman.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

This is the best poetry collection I’ve read in a long time! The diction, the themes, the structure of both poems and the collection as a whole…magnificent! This is a library copy, but I’m buying my own today to annotate. Thank you @nezhukumatathil.bsky.social for this shining gift of a book 📖🌖

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Brett Vogelsinger @thevogelman.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Fun fact: If you are friends with me, you’re eventually getting a screenshot of a poem I think you’ll like. And that fact makes me smile 🙂

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Brett Vogelsinger @thevogelman.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

If you’re sick of reading oversimplified narratives about literacy in popular articles, please check out this brilliant piece by @mraleosays.bsky.social for some more nuanced angles on an important topic. It’s so good 🙌🏻 open.substack.com/pub/trevoral...

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Three Theses On the Literacy Crisis

Why The Atlantic and the Moral Panic Machine Are Misdiagnosing the "End of Reading"

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Edutopia @edutopia.org · 19/07/2026

With technology this new and rapidly evolving, many teachers have little precedent to draw on when creating AI guidance for students. 8 veteran educators share what’s working inside their classrooms. 💻 ⬇️ #EduSkyAI #EduSky

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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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Paige Tutt @tatertutt.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Confronted with a rapidly evolving technology, many educators have little precedent to draw on when creating classroom-level AI policy. For @edutopia.org, I asked 8 educators across disciplines/ grade levels how they establish shared values + expectations about AI use in their classrooms:

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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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Brett Vogelsinger @thevogelman.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Strategies for approaching AI in writing class don’t have to be cumbersome or punitive. Sometimes all it takes is building in more time to write and to think about our own writing process and a tool for transparency. Students who value their own voice don’t want a machine to hijack their process.

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Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

shhh don't let the HQIM folks know but @thevogelman.bsky.social is 100% right: sometimes the most powerful thing you can do is to bring a children's poem into a high school classroom and watch what they do with it

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Brett Vogelsinger @thevogelman.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Can children's poetry, written for younger audiences, get teenagers thinking and dreaming, talking and writing? In my experience, they can, and my latest Substack explores how reading a book by @joycesidman.bsky.social this summer reminded me of this. Link in first comment #teaching #ela #edusky

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Brett Vogelsinger @thevogelman.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Nothing like reading Bleak House poolside when you suddenly hit the chapter that draws tears 😢 It’s been a joy slow reading this with @marcusluther.bsky.social and the whole crew 🤗 Love how Dickens is pulling threads of plot together in the second half of this novel!

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Brett Vogelsinger @thevogelman.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

EdWeek is surveying folks for favorite PD books! If you are a fan of Poetry Pauses or Artful AI in Writing Instruction, please take ten seconds to give the book a shout out here: www.edweek.org/leadership/d...

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Do You Have a Favorite PD Book? We Want to Hear It

A handy guide to the latest in professional development—just a few clicks away.

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MiddleWeb @middleweb.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

NEW: Sharpen AI Skills While Kids Learn New Words. Teacher-author Brett Vogelsinger describes four strategies he's using to encourage students to explore new vocabulary while examining AI bias and limitations. #edusky @thevogelman.bsky.social #vocabulary #AIsky www.middleweb.com/53535/sharpe...

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Sharpen Their AI Skills While Students Learn New Words

Teacher-author Brett Vogelsinger describes four strategies he's using to encourage students to explore new vocabulary while examining AI bias and limitations.

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Brett Vogelsinger @thevogelman.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

“In falling ill, I seemed to have crossed a dark lake, and to have left all my experiences, mingled together by the great distance, on the healthy shore.” What a line about the effects of long illness! #Dickens

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Brett Vogelsinger @thevogelman.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Feeling like a fancy reader today 😄 Chapter 35 of our Bleak House slow read in a coffeehouse this morning 🙂

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Brett Vogelsinger @thevogelman.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Thrilled to see my piece on vocabulary instruction and AI for @middleweb.bsky.social featured in the #ISTE #ASCD @smartbrief.bsky.social newsletter today! newsletter.smartbrief.com/servlet/Arch...

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ISTE+ASCD SmartBrief

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Brett Vogelsinger @thevogelman.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Yesterday,I went back for a second time. If you can catch it before closing on August 18, this is a production and a cast for the ages 🤩 And there is no bad seat in the house!

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Brett Vogelsinger @thevogelman.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Here is a short, free webinar episode you might enjoy that features some thinking from Artful AI in Writing Instruction, part of a longer series on AI in the ELA classroom. @corwinpress.bsky.social youtu.be/aTs0_ydGZUE?...

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Artful AI in Writing Instruction

YouTube video by AI in the High School ELA Classroom

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Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

🙏 still surreal to me that a random text exchange became this project/experience! (nearly 100k words of discussion later, I'd add!)

schedule of the Bleak House read (color-coded)

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Brett Vogelsinger @thevogelman.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

I’m excited to share this piece about AI and vocabulary on MiddleWeb today!

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Brett Vogelsinger @thevogelman.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

I'm at the halfway point of a big, slow-read of Bleak House by Charles Dickens I've been working on with @marcusluther.bsky.social and English teachers from around the world. The weekly online discussions remind me of how vital it is to maintain our own wonder+joy+struggle as readers 🤔😊

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Finger Points to Vintage Books in Library

Alt: Finger Points to Vintage Books in Library

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Brett Vogelsinger @thevogelman.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Please read this beautiful, beautiful piece everyone! An important reminder of why remembering our "home" as writers is so valuable, personal, and important. Honored to know both of these co-authors and their exceptional work ☺️

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Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

"People spend entire lives trying to convince themselves they are good." Students can write incredible things and students DO write incredible things (seriously: just zoom in and take it a look!) and too often I think we forget about that when we talk about writing in our classrooms and schools.

a collection of my favorite sentences from just one class period, and one project

the collection of my favorite sentences over the year

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Brett Vogelsinger @thevogelman.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

In one of our final debate classes this year, I gave new life to a dictionary I salvaged from a trash can with this challenge: Write an aff or neg speech in 15 min using as many words from the torn-out page of the dictionary as you can. An alliterative end-of-year fiesta!

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M.R. Robinson @mruthrobinson.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

If you have ever emailed a writer to let them know you enjoyed something they wrote, you are among the noblest and best and most saintly in this entire world, and I hope you sleep really well tonight.

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Brett Vogelsinger @thevogelman.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Beautiful final reflection piece from a student in Creative Writing! I love what students can create when we give them space and freedom to do so 😊 #edusky #teachers #creativewriting

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Brett Vogelsinger @thevogelman.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Poem of the Day: “What’s In My Journal” by William Stafford. Add a page torn from a dictionary being discarded from the book room. Take time to survey your own notebook. Write a poem, embedding words from the dictionary page that stretch your thinking or diction. #BlueSkyEdu #poemaday

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Brett Vogelsinger @thevogelman.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Love and hate are not the only two reactions people can have to AI. Students are often in the middle, and we can help them use discernment when we get them talking about how and why they use and don’t use AI. Let’s not oversimplify topics…or teenagers! share.inquirer.com/bjkoHn

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This Central Bucks English teacher isn’t banning AI. Instead, he’s asking kids how they used it.

A Central Bucks teacher has stepped into a national debate over AI’s role in the classroom playing out in statehouses and universities, and down to local school boards.

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