MSM 696: That Was An Inordinate Amount of Time
Summary:
Shawn and Troy discuss teachers, certifications, AI, and more. Dave shares advice for new Science teachers.
Jokes:
Whoever’s job it is to perforate these paper towels they just aren’t cutting it
What’s the difference between a fly and a bird?
A bird can fly, but a fly can’t bird.
The KFC Bluesky account only follows 11 people: the 5 Spice Girls and 6 guys named Herb, because of their ‘secret blend’ of 11 herbs and spices.
So if a bishop and archbishop cross paths, do they have to fight to the death?
People saying boo! to their friends has risen by 85% in the last year.
That’s a frightening statistic.
A ton is heavy, but not backwards.
What part of the bread factory do lobsters work in?
The crust station.
Middle School Science Minute
by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com)
K12Science Podcast: Advice for New Science Teachers
I was recently reading the November 24, 2025 NSTA Blog, a publication of the National Science Teaching Association.
In this blog I read an article written by Jason Strohl. He wrote an article entitled “Embrace the Chaos: Advice for New Science Teachers.”
Jason interviewed Madeline Grygiel, a science instructional support teacher for the Richmond (Virginia) Public Schools. The article shares four keys to successful science teaching:
- Redefine what science looks like
- Connect lessons to the real world
- Collaborate with fellow educators and professional organizations
- Remember your “Why”
https://k12science.net/advice-for-new-science-teachers/
Reports from the Front Lines
- Hiring Teachers
- Lippy ChatGPT
- Meta Prompts
- Meta prompt
The only really thing you need to remember is to give AI tools permission to ask you questions. One ‘meta’ prompt that I’ve come across which can be useful is:
- Don’t answer my question yet.
- First do this:
- 1. Tell me what assumptions I’m making that I haven’t stated out loud
- 2. Tell me what information would significantly change your answer if you had it
- 3. Tell me the most common mistake people make when asking you this type of question Then ask me the one question that would make your answer actually useful for my specific situation rather than anyone who might ask this.
- Meta prompt
The only really thing you need to remember is to give AI tools permission to ask you questions. One ‘meta’ prompt that I’ve come across which can be useful is:
- Only after I answer — give me the output
- My question: [paste anything here]
- Marcus Aurelius
- Vocabulary Support
- Prefixes, Suffixes, Roots
- H5P – drag/drop (prefix to the root, and new definition), Glossary, Board, Speak the Word, Context Clues
- Moodle – self-paced, groups (Android-iPhone), DOK level,
- Macbook Neo
The Social Web
Brain science is not a fad! When an entire faculty understands how learning works, collective efficacy rises & students benefit. Glenn Whitman joins our podcast to share guiding principals from his school’s 18-year focus on the science of learning: ow.ly/AStP50YwwTH
Eamon Costello @eam0.bsky.social
New article from the amazing “Alternatives to Instrumentalist Online Learning in Higher Education” project with Jason K McDonald and James Brunton. I learned so much working with them. “Agentic Online Learning: How University Staff Make Their Work Matter” doi.org/10.1007/s424…
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42438-026-00634-8�
We found: Their work gave staff a sense of purpose, Their work reflected staff’s senses of identity, Staff coped with challenges that their work raised, Staff confronted work realities by investing themselves, Staff navigated tensions between being the shepherds or originators of work concepts.
We conclude by discussing the implications of our findings, particularly critiquing the trend to fit staff into our theoretical notions of what online education practice should look like. We call on researchers and practitioners to be
Eric Curts @ericcurts.bsky.social
💎 New EduGem: www.edugems.ai/gem/deca-rol… 🗣️ DECA Role-Play Sim – Interactive practice tool designed to help DECA students prepare for impromptu role-play events #EduSky #EduSkyAI #EdTech #GoogleEDU
Don’t forget! The deadline to participate in this year’s Student Soundoff Contest is 4/3! amle.org/soundoff Students can sound off on their middle school experience by responding to one of our prompts in any format of their choosing, eg: ✅ Artwork or photography ✅ Video or music ✅ Essays or poetry
Keep Indiana Learning @keepinlearning.bsky.social
Stop searching and start discovering! 💡 Get edtech tips, book studies, fast teacher tips, and monthly shows – all on our YouTube channel! PD that fits your schedule & interests! Check it out! youtube.com/KeepIndianaL… #EduSky
Strategies:
Suno
Make some music to fit the motivation . . .
Historian’s Anthem: https://suno.com/s/ceSPS2Glit3eV9ue
Washington D.C. Trip: https://suno.com/s/d933R5KGKCaqHC1K
Resources:
Survival of the Best Fit
While Survival of the Best Fit demonstrates how automated decision making can be biased, modern Large Language Model (LLM) based tools can do more than just classify candidates as good and bad. They can summarize work your experience into a resume, generate realistic job descriptions, screen resumes, and even conduct initial interviews. These other tools are based on the same framework where algorithms are trained on massive datasets.
https://www.survivalofthebestfit.com
Web Spotlight:
Early Grade Retention Harms Adult Earnings
The Most Common Jobs for Women in the 1920s vs. 2020s
https://www.mentalfloss.com/history/most-common-jobs-women-1920s-2020s
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