Sean HC🦋
@seanhc.bsky.social
Teacher, robotics coach & occasional blogger. Optimist & incremental revolutionary. Introvert. Idealist. I enjoy audiobooks, long gravel rides, travel & coffee. Wabi-sabi proponent.
Like a map projection: “A grade tells us something about performance in a particular context. A behaviour record tells us something that happened… but none of it amounts to a child.” serendipities.blog/2026/09/05/t... #edusky
The Equiminous Child
equiminous, adj./ɪˈkwɪmɪnəs/ Of a representation: giving due proportion or weight to the things represented; avoiding distortion arising from convention or convenience. Hence, of a person: recognis…
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“When children are taught that mistakes are failures rather than milestones, they are being set up for a lifetime of anxiety and stagnant growth.” #EduSky www.thezenparent.com/lifestyle/mo...
The Most Harmful Thing Being Taught To Children - TheZenParent
The pursuit of perfection might seem like a noble goal for young students to chase in the classroom or on the sports field. Many well-meaning adults believe that pushing kids to achieve flawless results is the best way to prepare them for a competitive world. However, this relentless focus on being perfect is actually one of the most harmful lessons that can be imparted to a developing mind. When children are taught that mistakes are failures rather than milestones, they are being set up for a lifetime of anxiety and stagnant growth.
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The Debate About Kids and Technology Is Asking the Wrong Question #edusky open.substack.com/pub/stewartf...
The Debate About Kids and Technology Is Asking the Wrong Question
Why the real issue isn’t just whether technology helps or harms students but whether students understand the systems shaping their lives.
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Pondering this: Life Advice That Sounds Good But Will Destroy You www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uiz2...
Life Advice That Sounds Good But Will Destroy You
YouTube video by Daniel Pink
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Food for thought: The real cost of phone bans #EduSky www.readtangle.com/otherposts/t...
The real cost of phone bans.
By Jack Ballard Teenagers in the United States and across the world have a phone problem. In 2023, more than 50% of teens in the U.S. spent 4 hours a day or more on social media, per Gallup. That’s m...
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“What AI actually breaks is a Pavlovian model of education that has dominated for more than a century. The bell, the assignment, the paper, the grade, the credential—each step designed to translate effort into a visible signal.” #EduSky #AIEdu www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...
AI Isn't Killing Education
Personal Perspective: AI doesn’t crush education, it reveals how brittle its rituals have become.
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On brainrot: “… something fundamental broke in how human beings process information, form beliefs, and engage with reality. We became a global fragmentation of doom scrolling, context-lacking, uncurious, blindly accepting, regurgitating masses.” flip.it/VlATKV
On Brainrot
The conservative commentator Erick-Woods Erickson observed on his Substack this week that Twitter has now convinced large swaths of the American right that Europe has been completely overrun by Muslim...
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Thinking on this: The Art of Effortless Action: Achieving More by Doing Less. flip.it/EccqHw
The Art of Effortless Action: Achieving More by Doing Less
Pushing for success often pushes it away. Discover the "art of effortless action" and how finding joy in the process can actually lead to your greatest achievements.
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“The more we can enlist students in taking charge of their education, the more they will be able to make decisions about when, how, and under what circumstances AI can be helpful in their own growth.” #EduSky #AIEdu www.nextgenlearning.org/articles/ai-...
AI Can Revolutionize Education, but Not in the Way We Think
The more we can enlist students in taking charge of their education, the more they can make decisions about when AI can be helpful in their own growth.
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A really interesting read from a different perspective: The Real Way Schools are Failing Boys - time.com/7335723/auto... #EduSky
The Real Way Schools are Failing Boys
“If we really want boys to succeed, we need to ensure that they know how to both beat—and lose— to girls."
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“It seems wrongheaded to feel wistful for a time when students had far less information at their fingertips. And who can blame them for letting AI do much of the work that they are likely to let AI do anyway when they enter the real world?” #AIEdu #EduSky www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
My Students Use AI. So What?
Young people are reading less and relying on bots, but there are other ways to teach people how to think.
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Why conflating technological tools with teaching practice reveals a fundamental misunderstanding of what education actually is. #AIEdu #EduSky readysaltedcode.substack.com/p/ai-is-not-...
AI is Not Pedagogy: The Human in the Room Matters
Gist: Examining why artificial intelligence, despite its considerable capabilities, cannot replace the pedagogical expertise and relational work of teachers.
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The first in a series. I actually like this one: “Critical thinking is the art of analysing and evaluating thinking with a view to improving it.” Paul, R., & Elder, L. (2002) #EduSky #philosophy #criticalthinking #education peterellerton.substack.com/p/critical-t...
Critical Thinking Explained
Introducing some key challenges and solutions in teaching critical thinking
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“An essential part of any educational journey is the gradual development of self-competence, an independent work ethic, personal discipline and accountability. These are not innate traits, but learned habits; muscles strengthened through consistent effort…” mg.co.za/thought-lead... #EduSky
There’s a quiet crisis in our schools
At the heart of every successful school is a thoughtfully designed educational journey, supported by a respectful partnership between school and home
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A little confusion can prompt students to think harder and improve their understanding of complex matters, even if it’s a bit uncomfortable for them. #EduSky #Teaching #Learning www.linkedin.com/pulse/confus...
Confused? I hope so.
I’ve been spending time in lessons this week – just dropping in and out of classes for a few minutes. It’s good to see what’s happening in the various areas, to talk to students about how they are fin...
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Researchers simulated a social media platform that was populated entirely by AI chatbots, to see if there was anything they could do to stop social media from turning into echo chambers. And to stop polarizing content from becoming the most popular futurism.com/social-netwo...
Scientists Created an Entire Social Network Where Every User Is a Bot, and Something Wild Happened
Researchers simulated a social media platform that was populated entirely by AI to see if we can stop them from turning into echo chambers.
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Beyond the loop: Reclaiming pedagogy in an AI age. Rethinking 'human-in-the-loop' design logic reveals the need to reassert pedagogy as the foundation of education #EduSky #AIEdu www.unesco.org/en/articles/...
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In The Ends of Tests, Cope, Kalantzis, and Saini propose a transformative vision for education in the era of Generative AI. cgscholar.com/community/co... #Edusky #AIEdu
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Beyond the Tool: Why True AI Literacy is About Critical Thinking, Not Prompting www.theaugmentededucator.com/p/beyond-the... #EduSky #AIEdu
Beyond the Tool: Why True AI Literacy is About Critical Thinking, Not Prompting
How to cultivate a critical, cultural, and human-centered approach to AI in the classroom.
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A great read: The Real Report Card: 10 Questions for the AI Age #EduSky #AIEdu open.substack.com/pub/jcasap/p...
How Are We Really Measuring Success for Students?
If the traditional report card is our only guide, we are in serious trouble
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The best way to 'dumb down' a curriculum? Cram it full of content. Content is not king. Thinking is just as important. peterellerton.substack.com/p/the-best-w... #EduSky #AIEdu
The best way to 'dumb down' a curriculum? Cram it full of content.
Content is not king. Thinking is just as important.
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Definitely a growing trend: A Staggering Proportion of Teens Say Talking to AI Is Better Than Real-Life Friends #EduSky #AIEdu futurism.com/teens-ai-fri...
Your Teen Says Her Best Friend Is AI. What Next?
A new study shows that over half of teens are regular users of AI companions — and some prefer them to their human friends.
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Stop Chasing High-Tech Cheaters In life, we all use Google and cellphones to get information, says Ira Socol. Why shouldn’t students do the same? #EduSky #AIEdu www.insidehighered.com/views/2006/0...
Stop Chasing High-Tech Cheaters
In life, we all use Google and cellphones to get information, says Ira Socol. Why shouldn’t students do the same?
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When we’re bored, the brain shifts away from external attention networks and activates introspective systems like the default mode network, encouraging creativity and self-reflection. neurosciencenews.com/boredom-over...
Boredom Is Good for You: Why Embracing It Calms the Brain - Neuroscience News
Boredom, often seen as a negative state to avoid, may actually serve an important role in emotional regulation and brain health.
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When Our Phones Throw Stones: Rethinking the “Stolen Work” Critique of Generative AI #EduSky #AIEdu stefanbauschard.substack.com/p/when-our-p...
When Our Phones Throw Stones: Rethinking the “Stolen Work” Critique of Generative AI
Debating model training is worthwhile, but confining our outrage to that arena lets us off the hook for the cobalt in our phones, the child labor in our wardrobes, and the radioactive dust...
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