DaveDG

Art isn't always integrated into STEAM in the most equal way, so I'm honored to coauthor: "STEAM not STEaM, Revisioned Pedagogies Prioritizing Social Justice & Eco Sustainability in STEAM Education" with Dr. Sheliza Ibrahim @strawberryjedi of @UofT. jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/jast…

Using brains & slide rules @peelschools GLE students at SLSS were able to leverage LIEP funded Micro:Bit's to drive servos & make moving mouth animatronics, much in the same way Disney does to follow prerecorded audio tracks. youtu.be/9AYd5ZuEiyY @peel21st

Stretching the limits of @microbit_edu with this student created moving mouth animatronic. A beep track is recorded which drives a servo.

An interesting @microbit_edu animatronic student project. An original piece of art brought to life via servo motors and 3D printed parts.

@rchids @chasngsqurls This was a really interesting paper but too few AI papers discuss the societal harms in creating large language models. ‘AI in ED’ articles typically explore ‘is it cheating’ ethical questions instead of ‘is it moral to use a tool that harmed people and continues to harm people’

"The authors also urged those in education to consider AI and if it is a “cognitive prosthesis”...a student with cognitive disabilities could potentially use AI to improve their writing." #AIinEducation @chasngsqurls #specialeducation today.ku.edu/2023/06/08/pro…

@1t1sAdam Additionally Homi Jehangir Bhabha discovered what he called messons (nuclear particles) in cosmic rays which he later used to help validate relativity.

@1t1sAdam Al-Razi rejected Aristotle’s notions and was unique at the time for being an atomist during the Islamic Golden age. He is worth talking about multiple times as he also pioneered hydrocarbon distillation plato.stanford.edu/entries/abu-ba…

Watch a @peelschools student talk about how the South African designed Hippo Roller water transporter inspired him to invent something to combat Canada’s icy winter driveways. youtu.be/SVZTDnCcAbg #STEAM #STEM #designthinking

@MushtaqBilalPhD Remembering to never use periods, just keep on adding commas, it links more ideas together, makes your work more complex, remember, run on sentences don’t exist in academic writing. :)

What’s the one thing you find most challenging about academic writing?

How might student STEAM inventions promote Ming Dynasty cultural traditions and more eco/socially just futures? Watch this @PeelSchools student discuss her 3D printed burn guard for traditional Chinese tea vessels called gaiwan. #STEM #designthinking #STS youtu.be/2bzA-kcK2do

@ryan_psmith This was a really great activity Ryan! Well done!

Sorry for delay in response. I'm sure everyone is busy in their classrooms, lives, etc. Here is the code & wiring guide images. Its really simple code. The "magic numbers" - 400 & 700 - were determined via trial & error to increase sensitivity to range of materials in classroom.

Coding and then using our micro:bits as conductivity sensors to learn about insulators and conductors in #snc1w #tldsblearns @microbit_edu @InkSmith3D @infobml

Engineering design is in the Ontario science curriculum. Why not have students create their own culturally relevant products that are both socially & ecologically just? How might these products promote a students own values & vision of a better future? m.youtube.com/watch?v=EP1kMz…

@Dave_D_G @CMooreAnderson 💯! Something to mention when talking #Evolution and #Darwin(Great article👇🏽).Teaching single narratives robs Ss the truth of the history of knowledge and the rich collabrative nature of scientific discovery... and, of course, representation matters. vice.com/en/article/ep4…

@CMooreAnderson This is a good start and really shaped my thinking of Darwin: cbc.ca/player/play/17…

@CMooreAnderson Timelines present science as a constant linear ‘march of progress’ with new scientific knowledge only being built upon prior work, never being influenced by the world around it. Highschool students are ready to learn about more complex ideas from STS & the nature of science.

@MsAhmadBio @CMooreAnderson I always talk about Galen vs Ibn al-Nafis.

@CMooreAnderson This is a nice idea. Have you considered adding contributions of scientists from other parts of the world/backgrounds?

@shuchig @stevenpfloyd Give a educator praise and we lap it up. I’m waiting for ‘ChatGPT certified educator’ badges.

@stevenpfloyd I'm kinda amazed at the unbridled enthusiasm among K-12 educators (here on Twitter) rushing to embrace this (work-in-progress) piece of #AI & #tech (that is currently quite awful at so many things). I can only guess that it's #SocialMedia and #media #hype feeding this frenzy.

My understanding is that a person must be 18+ to use #chatGPT. Am I reading that correctly? I know some Ss don't read/follow terms of agreement, but if correct, this is probably important for K-12 boards, districts, educators developing activities & policy openai.com/terms/

@Mr_T__Coach @lisaannefloyd @JBradshaw01 @PeelSchools @PDSBDirector My mom loves Murdoch Mysteries!

@Dave_D_G @lisaannefloyd @JBradshaw01 @PeelSchools @PDSBDirector What’s wrong with Edu IT in one tweet. Its not easy to use or preferred by the kids or teachers but hey it checks all these other boxes. Canadian programmers make a lot of world class software BS isn’t. It’s the Murdoch Mysteries of VLE and they’re forcing everyone to watch it.

As much as we talk about “voice and choice”, diverse learners, and differentiation, I wish I understood why @PeelSchools wants to force educators into using the same VLE. Especially one, that in my experience, isn’t preferred by students. @PDSBDirector #OntEd

@JBradshaw01 @lisaannefloyd @PeelSchools @PDSBDirector You can read up on Googles ethical track record by looking into the stories of they way they treated academics like Timnit Gebru.

@JBradshaw01 @lisaannefloyd @PeelSchools @PDSBDirector The privacy concerns with Google vs Brightspace aren’t really equivalent. Google is an ad platform that we actively train our students to use via our normalization of it. It has a very poor privacy/ethical track record.

@JBradshaw01 @lisaannefloyd @PeelSchools @PDSBDirector It isn’t fun to say, and it motivates no-one… but our board owns the intellectual property of what we create to use in the classroom. Much in the same way that a car design is owned by Porsche even though it may be created by individual.