ChatGPT Doesn’t Have a User’s Manual. Let’s Not Create One.

Note: This is the next post in the shared blogging experiment with Punya Mishra and Nicole Oster. This time we question what and how we should be teaching about generative AI. The core idea and first draft came from me, to which Punya and Nicole added revisions and edits. The final version emerged through a […]

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Not for the Truth of the Matter

Note: Featured image made with Adobe Firefly 3. I’ve written a fair number of posts lately where I’ve explored my experiences with large language models, like ChatGPT, and questioned whether what was happening was a “new” type of learning or simply an amplified or enhanced process that is basically the same as the other learning […]

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Stranger Skills: Guidelines for Learning and Teaching with AI

Lately I’ve felt like I’m living in parallel universes. On one hand, I am trying to get the word out of the bias in GenAI, the problems that can cause, and the caution we should be using when these technologies are applied in educational contexts. For example, ChatGPT 3.5 provides lower average writing scores when […]

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AECT Epistemic Fluency

Want to participate in an activity on epistemic fluency? ​Join below or follow this link: padlet.com/warr1/mhs5mwi8ujsdtqyu Read more about this approach! “Seeing Things Differently”: Using Diverse Representations to Promote Epistemic Diversity and Fluency Fluency in the application diverse epistemic approaches can help individuals develop a deep understanding concepts. By combining multiple ways of interacting with an […]

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Creativity, Learning, and . . . TECHNOLOGY!
variations on Scratch's number block band

This week, I asked my students to draft a “learning, teaching, and technology statement.” Their thoughts and insights pushed me to think more about my own beliefs. Although I have been exploring the relationships between learning, creativity, design, and teaching, I hadn’t ever articulated where “technology” fit in. (A bit ironic, seeing that I am […]

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Teachers as Designers: Epistemic Diversity and Sensemaking Amidst Indeterminacy

Thanks to the help of family, friends, and faculty and staff at Arizona State University, last month I officially graduated with a PhD in Learning, Literacies, and Technologies. My dissertation entitled “Teachers as Designers: Epistemic Diversity and Sensemaking Amidst Indeterminacy” included three journal articles (one published, two to be submitted soon) about my work on […]

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Harnessing the Rapids: Teacher Identity, Design, and COVID-19

This piece was cross-posted on TalkingAboutDesign.com and SilverLiningforLearning.org The river has taught me to listen; you will learn from it, too. The river knows everything; one can learn everything from it. You have already learned from the river that it is good to strive downwards, to sink, to seek the depths. Herman Hesse (Siddhartha, 1922) I love lazy […]

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New Publications in TechTrends

Two new publications in TechTrends: Creativity and Play with Sandra Russ and online critical dialogue​ Creativity and Play Shagun Singha and I interviewed creativity and play expert Dr. Sandra Russ for the latest in the Deep Play Research Group’s series on creative experts. We were inspired by her dedication to supporting children’s creativity through play. Singha, S., […]

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Building Knowledge with Creative Tools

This semester, I have been experimenting with creative interview protocols. Here’s a 3 minute video I created about it. I’m continuing to explore these ideas through my dissertation. You can learn more about Liz Lerman’s Atlas of Creative Tools on her website.

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Returning to Embodied Creative Experiences

Yesterday I had the honor of interviewing Paula Thomson and Victoria Jaque, creativity researchers from the Kinesiology Department at CSU-Northridge. And it was fascinating. Dr. Thomson is a dancer, choreographer, and psychologist. When she interviewed for her position and CSU, she met Dr. Jaque. Dr. Jaque comes from an exercise science background and studied physiology in athletes. They […]

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