Summary:

Shawn and Troy talk about vocabulary, H5P, AI in schools, and more. Dave does data science.

Jokes:

Why do choirs keep buckets handy?

So they can carry their tune

At which school did Sherlock Holmes get so smart?

Elementary.

Did you hear about the shepherd who drove his sheep through town?

He was given a ticket for making a ewe turn.

My IQ test results came back. They were negative.

I started out with nothing, and I still have most of it.

If you arrest a mime, do you have to tell him he has the right to remain silent?

I accidentally took my cats meds last night.

Don’t ask meow.

Two silk worms had a race.

They ended up in a tie.

A man fainted on a luggage carousel at the Treetops Airport this morning...He is slowly coming around.

Tire Reference: https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2024/04/22/uniroyal-giant-tire-60-detroit/73414243007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=false&gca-epti=z1138xxu006771e1138xxv005171&gca-ft=243&gca-ds=sophi

Middle School Science Minute

by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com)

K12Science Podcast: Misconceptions About Data Science

I was recently reading the January – February 2026 issue of “Science and Children,” a publication of the National Science Teaching Association.

In this issue, I read the section, “Science 101” written by Matt Bobrowsky. He wrote an article entitled “What is Data, and Is Data Science Really Science?”

In the article, Matt addresses three misconceptions about data science:

1. Data refers only to numbers.

2. Data tells the whole story.

3. It’s computers, not people, who do data science.

https://k12science.net/misconceptions-about-data-science/

Reports from the Front Lines

Moodle Course for the English Teacher
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Cape Elizabeth Director
AI Use
OpenClaw
H5P
- Winners can also expect certified badges and/or prizes…
- https://h5p.org/start-sharing-your-oer
- https://h5p.org/oer-hub-coming
Moodle.Net
- The MoodleNet service will be discontinued on 20 April 2026. As a result, we are no longer accepting new account registrations.

The Social Web

Susie Dent @susie_dent

Word of the Day is a reminder of ‘snerdling’: 19th-century dialect for snuggling beneath the covers for as long as possible.

‪Keep Indiana Learning‬ ‪@keepinlearning.bsky.social‬

It’s #FridayFive! 📝 Apply now for the IDOE 2026 Digital Learning Grant! We’re also celebrating new IMPACT Hour sessions, Kevin Dill’s behavior workshop, and our CIESC center construction. Plus, we’re feeling that Indy Final Four energy! 🏗️🏀✨ #EduSky

‪Eric Curts‬ ‪@ericcurts.bsky.social‬

💎 New EduGem: www.edugems.ai/gem/pe-game-… ⚽ PE Game Inventor – Create fresh, engaging & developmentally appropriate physical education games on the fly based on your specific daily constraints #EduSky #EduSkyAI #EdTech #GoogleEDU

My weekly EdTech newsletter just went out – mailchi.mp/controlaltac… 💎 Gems Webinar 🤝 Job Interview Coach 🎹 MusAILab 🔬 3D NGSS Activity 🌐 Cognates & False Friends 🚗 Carpool Conversations ⚙️ Most Likely Machine 🕹️ Padlet Arcade 🐙 Kira

Strategies:

Teen Phone Addiction: What Actually Works

Did you know that teens pick up their phones 72 times a day and receive a median of 237 notifications?

Beyond the Screen: Rethinking Teen Phone Addiction.

https://www.coolcatteacher.com/e928

Resources:

CoSN K12- Innovation Report

Click to access 2026_CoSN-Driving-K12-Innovation-Report-V19.pdf

Image Whisperer

Media Verification & Research tool, detects AI,

ImageWhisperer doesn’t just output a number. It checks a known fakes database, runs dual AI detection models, looks for SynthID watermarks, performs fifteen forensic tests, applies LLM visual judgment, verifies geographic claims, matches against known events, and synthesizes all evidence into a color-coded verdict with a clear explanation of why.

https://imagewhisperer.org