A few weeks ago I was hiking in Bryce Canyon with my family–including Nora, my 3 (and 1/2) year old great-niece. We had some delightful conversations–including the following (a bit of artistic liberty taken here): Me (to Nora’s dad): Which way are we going back? Nora: Melissa, you have to go left, right, right, and […]

My students are reading a difficult article this week, so I thought I’d explore how to use GenAI to scaffold the reading. The class is “Culturally Sustaining Teaching with Technology”, and we have discussed Freire’s Critical Pedagogy as well as culturally responsive/sustaining pedagogy. I’m attempting to practice what I preach by providing resources but not […]