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Tim Riley

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HS ELA, Dual Credit,Journalism Teacher, MA, MS, English Adjunct, @cwstudies #TeamEnglish #ITeachELA #CNFtweet #highered #elearning #TeachELA #multimodalcomposition #EduSky #ELASky #NCTE

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Jane Rosenzweig @janerosenzweig.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This. If we see writing as a way to "assess" students, blue books may seem like a solution. But if the "problem" that writing was solving was helping students think through a problem or question, weigh evidence, read widely, figure out what they think, then blue books don't work and students lose.
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Jane Rosenzweig @janerosenzweig.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Part 100 of "how AI could be used vs. how it is likely to be used," from feature that promises not to give answers. OpenAI said the tool "offered the option to get answers because of feedback from educators — in case teenagers needed to get immediate answers to questions that might not be homework."
I asked the chatbot to write essays on James Joyce’s “Dubliners” and Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness.” It immediately churned out eloquent compositions instead of offering to help me outline my thoughts so I could write them myself. Eventually, I asked ChatGPT to edit an essay to make it hard to tell that a bot had written it. It did me one better.

“I can make it sound more like a real high-school/AP English essay — less overly polished and less formulaic,” the chatbot wrote. “I can rewrite it in a more natural student voice.”
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Tim Riley @timlriley.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Jane Rosenzweig @janerosenzweig.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Grateful to the team at @studiosity.com for inviting me on their podcast with Judyth Sachs to talk about why I think human writing matters. Here's something I said that I think gets at what humans can do that chatbots can't --and why teachers and writing centers matter more than ever.
And this thing is that often what really will sort of light the fire under a student is when you help them figure out not how to do something with what's ont he page, but how to find the thing that's not yet on the page. That's what we're doing.
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Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"It’s easy to tell a simple story. Schools made a change, and we should go back. Nostalgia is a tempting narrative." I really really really wish the nuance/wisdom in this post was more of the norm in education discourse. fivetwelvethirteen.substack.com/p/dont-fall-...
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Don’t Fall for a Simple Story
Sold a Story season two is coming
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Tim Riley @timlriley.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Jane Rosenzweig @janerosenzweig.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
New era, new website, same thorny problems with teaching writing in the age of AI. janerosenzweigwrites.com
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Edutopia @edutopia.org · 06/10/2026
These teacher-tested attention-getting routines will help you quickly restore calm in a chaotic middle school classroom! 😌
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23 Ways to Quiet a Chaotic Middle School Class
Teacher-tested attention-getting routines to help you quickly restore calm and focus to noisy middle school classrooms.
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Edutopia @edutopia.org · 05/10/2026
These 3 strategies unite classrooms so that everyone learns together.
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How to Differentiate Without Splitting Students Up
Advice for teachers who want to make sure everyone in their classroom works and learns in tandem.
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Tim Riley @timlriley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Tim Riley @timlriley.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Jane Rosenzweig @janerosenzweig.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
That "the google one" was easiest to access because it was available on their school computers is interesting paired with this response from Google:"Google focuses on encouraging critical thinking and has specific protections for users under 18, she added"
Kaitlyn Ruano saw the effects of AI in the Advanced Placement Art History class she taught in Miami, where the school district made Google’s Gemini chatbot available to all high-school students last year. She was shocked in July when she saw a much larger portion of students than she’d expected hadn’t passed the AP test, including kids who had been getting A’s and B’s in class. “I had kids come to class after saying, ‘Miss, I had no clue what half the material was, I’m not going to lie to you. I’ve been using AI all year,’” she said. The Miami school district declined to comment.

“The Google one was the biggest temptation, because it’s the easiest to access,” said 15-year-old Sophia Chatzigianni of Fairfax County, Va. She saw her Human Geography and Algebra II grades nosedive to C’s on assessments as she relied on Google Search AI summaries and interactions with its AI mode chatbot on her school computer. Once she quit using AI, her grades improved.
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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is a tremendous piece of writing and you could substitute the name of hundreds of institutions in the argument. Let's have the deep conversation about what these institutions are supposed to do, and who they're meant to serve. (Hint: everybody.)
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Tim Riley @timlriley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Alice Keeler @alicekeeler.com · 30/09/2026
Formative Assessment Instead of: “I need to grade this.” Think: “What can I learn about my students’ thinking from this?” #Grading #TeacherTech
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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Catching an elevator with MTG, realizing David French looks much younger in person and also talking about how to get people reading again. Highlights from my @texastribune.org festival. biblioracle.substack.com/p/making-ame...
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Making America Read Again at the Texas Tribune Festival
I don’t know that we figured everything out, but the shape of the challenge is pretty clear.
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Tim Riley @timlriley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Tim Riley @timlriley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Alice Keeler @alicekeeler.com · 25/09/2026
For feedback to be effective it has to be specific and ACTIONABLE. What do students need to DO with your feedback? #TeacherTech #EduSky
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Tim Riley @timlriley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Tim Riley @timlriley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Jennifer Gonzalez @cultofpedagogy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"I realized my students didn’t need more activities—they needed more opportunities to practice the same decoding skills in a focused, connected way." Jess Dalrymple via @edutopia.org www.edutopia.org/article/15-m...
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A 15-Minute Small Group Routine That Builds Stronger Decoding Skills
This simple, time-saving structure targets one phonics pattern at a time until students master it.
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Tim Riley @timlriley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Marcus how do you set this up?
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Edutopia @edutopia.org · 23/09/2026
5 strategies to overcome observation anxiety: edut.to/4xLEVMF
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What Do They Want From Me?: How to Win at Classroom Observations
An instructional coach shares a way to plan for instruction that both serves student growth and alleviates a bit of the stress of being observed.
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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Who could've seen this coming? Oh, right, it's me! www.educationnext.org/ai-tutors-hy...
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AI Tutors: Hype or Hope for Education?
In a new book, Sal Khan touts the potential of artificial intelligence to address lagging student achievement. Our authors weigh in.
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Jane Rosenzweig @janerosenzweig.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Writing centers should be championed, not dissolved... Colleges are racing to outspend each other with new AI-focused programming. But individualized, human support for student learning should not be sacrificed on the altar of these ambitions." (by Lizzie Hutton, Miami U Ohio's WC director)
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AI makes college writing centers more important, not less | Opinion
Opinion: AI can generate words. College students still need to learn how to write.
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Tim Riley @timlriley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Alice Keeler @alicekeeler.com · 21/09/2026
Need Alt text for your classroom materials? I created a Gem that let's you drag your image into the prompt box. NO WORDS. Just push enter. The Gem knows what to do. alicekeeler.com/altgem #GoogleEDU #TeacherTech #EduSky
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Edutopia @edutopia.org · 21/09/2026
Read the advice. ⬇️
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How Veteran Teachers Keep Their Cool
Go-to strategies from veteran teachers for maintaining a ‘responsive, not reactive’ approach to classroom conflict.
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Tim Riley @timlriley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Edutopia @edutopia.org · 19/09/2026
Teacher Crystal Frommert wants to hear from you! Join the conversation in the comments on this article: edut.to/3SU1znT
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Teaching Practices That Will Be Sustainable All the Way Till June
A super-cool strategy like an interactive bulletin board isn’t so great if you drop it by October. A teacher shares criteria for evaluating whether an idea will be sustainable, plus some ideas that ha...
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Tim Riley @timlriley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Chanea Bond @heymrsbond.com · 20/09/2026
They say the parents don’t want to parent anymore 😭
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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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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It was a real honor to deliver remarks at the University of Maine - Augusta convocation ceremony. I shared them in my newsletter this weekend. I hope I get to do another one sometime. biblioracle.substack.com/p/resist-ren...
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Convocation address at University of Maine - Augusta (9/18/26)
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