I can't reply, so trying this way. I've found it helpful for a few years now in a class where kids are writing code to have them submit short (usually 5 minutes or less) screencasts (really easy to make with Quicktime on the mac or Loom, etc). You can immediately tell what they actually understand.

Sarah Hörst@planetdr.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I can’t figure out how to teach one of my spring courses. It is project and problem set based. The project topic is vaguely ChatGPT proof (though I need to tighten up the execution) but my problem sets… Two years ago I gave a couple q’s to ChatGPT and the answers were garbage. Today not so much.

36 years ago today, 14 women, most of whom were studying engineering, were killed by an anti-feminist gun man at École Polytechnique in Montreal. I was a young graduate student studying physics at the time and I will never forget. #MontrealMassacre #NeverForget 🧪 👩‍🔬 ⚛️ 🎢 #AcademicSky 🇨🇦

Unbalanced forces problem solving stations—today in 10th grade Physics! :) #modphys #iteachphysics #scichat 🎢

I love having students work in groups to write sample exam problems in class. This time, I told them to take some existing problems and make them harder. It’s so cool seeing them dive into things like “well, we could give less information … what could we leave out?” #ITeachPhysics

#Teach180 Day 53 cont. Physics did a balanced forces lab based on @kellyoshea.bsky.social. They start off calling every force a force of gravity but end up with good results. All you need are the push pull scales, balances that can read in Newtons and some mystery masses. 🧪🎢

A lot of #iTeachPhysics folks use them to build the first model that students encounter: constant velocity motion. I find students enjoy it, because it’s easy enough to grasp, and it’s a hands-on experiment they can do right away. (1/2) @kellyoshea.bsky.social blog: kellyoshea.blog/2012/11/19/b...

Building the Constant Velocity Model

Here’s a binder. And the handshake. [As they walk in, I’m handing out their binders (with materials, labeled dividers, spare graph paper, their names on the sides) and shaking their han…

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Day 13 of #teach180 #iteachphysics: ALERT ALERT! If you use standards-based grading, and you can't use an outside grading program due to weird state laws, I can help! lerner180.posthaven.com/day-13-my-da...

@kellyoshea.bsky.social I took your CFPM Stacks of Curves Card Sort and started to build it in Desmos. I know it still needs some scaffolding but it is a start. classroom.amplify.com/activity/68b...

BFPM Stacks of Curves Card Sort

BFPM Stacks of Curves Card Sort (from Kelly O'Shea)

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chatgpt applies for a job

Adam Raine, 16, died from suicide in April after months on ChatGPT discussing plans to end his life. His parents have filed the first known case against OpenAI for wrongful death. Overwhelming at times to work on this story, but here it is. My latest on AI chatbots: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...

A Teen Was Suicidal. ChatGPT Was the Friend He Confided In.

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I am doing a #teach180 blog now, in concert with @barnettdreyfuss.bsky.social. Days -4 & -3 are about our professional days. lerner180.posthaven.com/day-4-convoc... and lerner180.posthaven.com/day-3-profes.... Shout out to @afreeparticle.com for the link hub template.

Day -3: Professional Development

Today was some professional development. We had some good PD led by Facing History and Ourselves. In the afternoon, we had a staff meeting, where a link hub I maintain that I fully stole from...

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Kevin Elliott@kjephd.bsky.social · last yr.

THEY LITERALLY DID THE ONION HEADLINE

High School Physics Teacher Camp is back! August 3rd in DC—the Sunday of the @aapthq.bsky.social Summer Meeting. Please tell every high school physics teacher you know. My favorite day of the year. tinyurl.com/AAPTcamp #iteachphysics #iteachmath #modphys Hope to see you there!

One of the best moments of the year in 10th grade is always the pure joy kids have the first time they connect a circuit and the bulb lights up. It's magic every time. #iteachphysics

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High School Physics Teacher Camp is back! August 3rd in DC—the Sunday of the @aapthq.bsky.social Summer Meeting. Please tell every high school physics teacher you know. My favorite day of the year. tinyurl.com/AAPTcamp #iteachphysics #iteachmath #modphys Hope to see you there!

NIH funding supports the vast majority of all biomedical research in the United States. Virtually every advance in American medicine and biological science comes from NIH. This is a blow against American science. Call Congress, 202-224-3121.

Jane Liebschutz, MD MPH (she/her)@liebschutz.bsky.social · 2y ago

All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.

Please PLEASE go comment in favor of this rule. The subminimum wage for disabled folks is vile and evil and *must* be eliminated. The poverty rate of disabled folks is astronomical compared to abled folks. There is no doubt this disgusting discriminatory policy is part of the reason why.

Dex Anderson@dexanderson.com · 2y ago

ALERT: The Department of Labor is seeking public comment on a rule that would ELIMINATE the subminimum wage for disabled people in the US: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

Unbalanced Forces problem solving stations this week in 10th grade Physics. A favorite day every year! #iteachphysics #modphys #scichat

Friends, this week marks a monumental step forward in my path towards pushing for a greater ecology of accountability in the age of AI. Thrilled to officially announce the AI Accountability Lab (AIAL) @theaial.bsky.social at Trinity College Dublin is launching today, Thursday Nov 28, 2024 aial.ie

I'm excited to share that an article I wrote on using group roles to help students collaborate effectively is in the latest issue of The Science Teacher! #EduSky #iTeachPhysics www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Using Group Roles to Promote Collaboration

Collaborating effectively in small groups is an important skill for students, especially in classrooms adopting science education reforms like the NGSS, but it is also an extremely challenging skil...

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We’re starting balanced force lab practical stations in 9th-grade physics! Students predict the hidden reading on the covered spring scales. This is their very first time solving problems with gravitational force. We’ll move on to more complex stations in next class! #modphys #iteachphysics

In case it is helpful to all you teachers, here is my... Visibly Random Group Generator v7.3 🍎 Free, no ads 🍎 Set # of groups or group size 🍎 Checkboxes for absences 🍎 Add pairs of Ss that can't work together, be alerted of conflicts 🍎 Editable names & color to match classroom Link in reply 🧬🥽🎢♾️

I'm visiting classrooms today and a teacher was excited for me to see his class do a version of mistakes whiteboarding frok @kellyoshea.bsky.social! It is great to see teachers trying new things to promote better student to student discourse! kellyoshea.blog/2012/07/05/w...

Whiteboarding Mistake Game: A Guide

The Mistake Game (which I’ll describe in more detail in just a moment) has become the default mode of whiteboarding (problems, not experiments) in my physics classes. I’ve written about…

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My 10th grade Physics classes did the kinematics card sort recently. kellyoshea.blog/2017/11/10/s... "Forgetting" to give them a few of the cards (the word ones) always lets them get 5-10 more minutes of useful conversation out of the activity when they think they are "finished". #iteachphysics

Stacks of Kinematics Curves as a Card Sort

I’ve been making major updates and changes to my materials in the intro physics course this year. It is the first year we are teaching a yearlong physics class to everyone (10th graders) in m…

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HS Physics Teacher Camp is back! Sunday July 7th in Boston! Registration is open now. Spread the word! #iteachphysics #modphys #AAPTSM24 sites.google.com/site/physics...

Hi :) Getting ready for #AAPTSM23