Nicole Vickerman
@geo-vick.bsky.social
For the Love of Learning! Decades as a Texas World Geography teacher trying to help students think like empathetic explorers: HEB Excellence in Ed Winner; NEA GLF; Grosvenor Teacher Fellow, Mentor; Nat Geo Certified Teacher; Fund for Teachers Fellow
Last month’s Ebola outbreak circulating undetected for weeks or months is a collective failure of global health security, regardless of the cause, writes Stephanie Psaki, Anya Hirschfeld, and Allison Krugman for Think Global Health.
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Recently earned my first certification with Salesforce, a major player in AI business integration, with their free Trailheard courses. Check it out! trailhead.salesforce.com
Trailhead | The fun way to learn
Everyone can learn Salesforce. Whether you are an admin, user, or developer, there is a trail for you.
trailhead.salesforce.com
After 30 years in the classroom, I am excited for a new challenge. I hope to find a way to shape AI as a force for good in education. As I search for the right company, I will continue building my skills. Excited to try Anthropic's courses. www.anthropic.com/learn/claude... Open to advice!
AI Fluency: Framework and Foundations
Anthropic AI Fluency course and education
anthropic.com
Professional learning doesn’t have to feel like mandate to be checked off a list. Here’s how to make it authentically useful. #SchoolLeaders #Principals #EduSky
Giving Teachers Ownership Over Their Professional Learning
The best kind of professional learning is the kind that teachers actually care about—involving the things they engage with every day.
edutopia.org
American students are falling behind, and the most common explanations overlook the main problem, Idrees Kahloon argued in 2025:
America Is Sliding Toward Illiteracy
Declining standards and low expectations are destroying American education.
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Trump wants to paint the Eisenhower Building white. I think it is lovely as it is. If you want to stop this from happening, leave as message with your Representatives & White House (202) 456-1111 Capitol switchboard 1 202 224 3121
Chinese researchers have created a bamboo-based plastic as strong as petroleum-based plastics, which can fully biodegrade in soil in just 2 months phys.org/news/2025-10...
Bamboo-based plastic can be made to biodegrade quickly, but still holds up in tough conditions
A new method to produce strong, biodegradable plastic from bamboo is reported in Nature Communications this week. The bioplastic resembles oil-based plastics in strength, shapability, and thermal stab...
phys.org
The shocking moment Anthropic's AI researchers discovered its Mythos model can breach computer networks within hours
How Anthropic Learned Mythos Was Too Dangerous for the Wild
The AI company’s own experts warned Mythos could hack the systems beneath most modern computing. Banks and government agencies are racing to gauge the threat.
bloom.bg
Very exciting tech to use gel instead of 100 year old cooling tech for AI data centers. Hopefully this will spread quickly before we spend billions to waste energy and water unnecessarily. www.reportlinker.com/article/1069...
SK Telecom’s Revolutionary Liquid Cooling Technology Paves the Way for Sustainable AI Data Centers
SK Telecom’s innovative liquid cooling tech. Partnerships with Giga Computing and SK Enmove.
reportlinker.com
Starting now! Keynote with Facing History & Ourselves and Dr. Carol Anderson on Teaching About Free & Fair Elections: sharemylesson.com/webinars/fre...
Keynote: Teaching about Free & Fair Elections: A Conversation with Dr. Carol Anderson
Free and fair elections are the foundation of all democracies. The US Voting Rights Act of 1965 established protections for all Americans, especially for Black Americans. However the 2013 Supreme Cour...
sharemylesson.com
Photographer Lou Bopp spent years documenting the lives of students who never returned home after school shootings. His project became the focus of a Netflix documentary that won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short Film at the 98th Academy Awards on March 15, 2026.
The Bedrooms Left Behind by Children Killed in School Shootings
Photographer Lou Bopp spent years documenting the lives of students who never returned home. His project is the focus of a new Netflix documentary.
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The latest post on the Learning to Teach Geography Substack is our first "thinking like a geographer" discussion piece from me! learningtoteachgeography.substack.com/p/thinking-l... - follow, comment, subscribe and get involved - we'd love to hear your thoughts and start the conversation!
Thinking like a Geographer: what are the big debates in (secondary) geography?
David Preece, Head of Geography ITE, Teach First
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What steps do students need to take to write a successful essay? Walking through Writing shows them the path! 🛣️ P.S. If you’d like to try this in your classroom, we have a full packet of activity resources! #EduSky #ELATeacher
Walking Through Writing a Compelling Essay
Working out the parts of an essay step by step helps students think more creatively and analytically about what they want to convey.
edutopia.org
A treasure trove for ways to learn about (and teach) the visionary Harriet Tubman. (& so mich context!) #sschat #teachinghistory msmagazine.com/tubman200/
The Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Project
The Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Project explores the meaning of freedom through the example of one extraordinary life. #Tubman200
msmagazine.com
Even healthy brains decline with age. Here's what you can do www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Even healthy brains decline with age. Here's what you can do
Scientists are finding ways to minimize the effects of aging on the brain. Here are some ways to keep it healthy.
npr.org
Her research laid the groundwork for the Global Positioning System, GPS, a technology that has made getting lost a thing of the past. wapo.st/4c3qzA5
Mathematician Gladys West dies at 95. She was a hidden figure behind GPS.
Without the mathematical model that she helped refine, “the extraordinary positioning, navigation, and timing accuracy of GPS would be impossible to achieve.”
wapo.st
I got to talk to @sciam.bsky.social about why AI isn't just a cheating issue, it's an equity tool when we use it right. Featured in the March 2026 print issue. scientificamerican.com/article/a-veteran-teacher-explains-how-to-use-ai-in-the-classroom-the-right-way/ #AIinEd #EdTech #EduskyAI #EduSky
A veteran teacher explains how to use AI in the classroom the right way
Veteran teacher Jen Roberts explains why generative tools are more than just a platform for cheating—they’re a way to make classrooms fairer and more human
scientificamerican.com
Maya Angelou didn’t just write about resilience. She lived it. She proved dignity cannot be crushed and hope cannot be silenced. Still I rise. Always. Poet. Author. Truth teller. A voice that taught generations how to stand back up. Black History. Always. 🖤 #SheShed #Voices4Victory
San Antonio’s Magik Theatre has been around for almost 32 years. In that time, it has produced road performances for 20 years to give other communities a chance to experience live theater. Read More👉 ebx.sh/ffgCby
Africa's top regional body opened its annual summit on Saturday in Ethiopia to discuss the future of the continent of some 1.4 billion people, as the organization faces widespread discontent. https://to.pbs.org/4azaU9h
African Union summit begins as discontent spreads among young people
Africa has the youngest population in the world, with more than 400 million people aged 15 to 35 years old. But it is also home to several of the oldest and longest-serving leaders — a paradox that ha...
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The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions! This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
Spotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell
Somewhat devastating news today from the CIA: One of CIA’s oldest and most recognizable intelligence publications, The World Factbook, has sunset. There's not even a hint as to why they …
simonwillison.net
Visiting Westinghouse Academy in Pittsburgh was an incredible full circle moment. In 2016 the school was threatened with closure. We gave an AFT Innovation Fund grant for PFT to work with the district on their CTE program. Today it's thriving.
WHAT IF EVERY TEACHER TAUGHT MEDIA LITERACY? Media literacy author & consultant Frank Baker shares ideas for working media literacy into lessons across the curriculum. #edusky #medialiteracy @medialiteracynow.bsky.social @routledgebooks.bsky.social #teachersky www.middleweb.com/53068/what-i...
What If We Supported Every Teacher to Teach Media Literacy?
Many state legislatures are developing media literacy policies. But are they committed to funding programs to engage all teachers in opportunities to teach it?
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As part of our Winter Theme: Place-Based Learning, we're sharing this helpful article from TeachHub that explores how connecting lessons to students’ own communities makes learning more meaningful and engaging. 👉 Read the article and get inspired. www.teachhub.com/teaching-str...
Learning Where You Live: The Power of Place-Based Education - TeachHUB
Uncover the transformative power of place-based education! Discover engaging strategies for educators and parents to turn their communities into classrooms.
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🌾 Staple food crops haven’t always looked the way they do today. From early domestication to modern agriculture, human choices have shaped crops like corn, wheat changing how societies grow food and feed growing populations. 👉 Read more: populationeducation.org/how-staple-f...
How Staple Food Crops Have Changed Over Time | PopEd
Explore how domestication syndrome reshaped staple food crops, boosting harvest traits while creating tradeoffs that still affect farming today.
populationeducation.org
🌿 What role does nature play in healthy communities? Green Spaces invites students to explore, analyze, and design cities that make room for people and green space. ⏬Download the Free Lesson: buff.ly/h62kJRT #sschat #edusky
🚨🌍 The World of 8 Billion Video Contest is OPEN! ⚡ Energy | 🌿 Wetlands | 💰 Economics 📹 Students in grades 6–12 worldwide: Create a 60-sec video with creative solutions for a sustainable future. . 👉 Learn More: buff.ly/ZNM0IV0 #WorldOf8Billion #StudentVoices #edusky #sschat #Edusci
Look for a two-part series in @edweek.org this week featuring several educators sharing their suggestions for how to teach during these chaotic times. Contributors include @christienold.bsky.social , @scmaestra.bsky.social and others!
