Bonni Stachowiak

Drawing of a white house with a black room and a bright orange door. In the background is the blue sky and desert mountains.

I keep practicing my new #Procreate / drawing skills. Getting a bit more muscle memory with layers, clipping masks, and alpha lock. This time, on a cool spot we stayed at in #JoshuaTree

I even made a custom brush with a “stamp” of the plants on the hillside.

Episode 51- (De)Radicalizing Accessibility In this episode we discuss how accessibility is seen as radical in terms of outlier, instead of radical as foundational, which is what it means etymologically. I provide 3 areas where we can reflec…

I enjoyed listening to @anngagne.bsky.social's latest Accessagogy episode this morning: (De)Radicalizing Accessibility. She shares how the word radical comes from a word meaning root or foundation, as drawn from the works of bell hooks and @thetattooedprof.bsky.social.

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Mike Caulfield’s SIFT + AI: Fact-Checking Nursing Pay I test a claim made on The Ezra Klein Show about nurses + wage discrimination using Mike Caulfield’s SIFT framework and his AI fact-checking tools.

I fact-checked a claim I heard on The Ezra Klein Show about gig nurses, credit scores, and wage discrimination.

I tested it two ways, using approaches fr @mikecaulfield.bsky.social:

• SIFT
• AI critical-thinking (and doing)

#InfoLiteracy #FactCheck

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I kept thinking about you and your #LearningOutLoud today, Karen. So grateful to know you and to keep learning from and with you. ❤️

POD Conference – Teaching in Higher Ed SLIDES RESOURCES PHOTOS FAQs View Go Somewhere POD25 on Beautiful.ai EXTERNAL LINK TO PRESENTATION DECK How did you create the Go Somewhere game? First, I designed and ordered the original set of…

Thanks for the kind words, David. In case you're interested, tucked under the FAQs of this post is a link to the metaphor cards, themselves, which are available to anyone who would like to use them. Your game sounds like a blast.

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All humans learn in the same way YouTube video by Itchy Brain

All humans learn the same way.

Cooney Horvath's book & @bonni208.bsky.social's modeling inspire me to #learnoutloud.

This video youtu.be/eiu_NAWQRCs?... is in my How Learning Happens course at @sunypotsdam.bsky.social.

Share your thoughts!

@olicav.bsky.social
#extendedmind
#cognitiveloadtheory

Thanks for this kind encouragement, @polarisdotca.bsky.social. I continue to be blown away by how generous people like you have been with sharing your expertise and ideas through these conversations. So grateful.

a man with glasses and a mustache is wearing a white shirt and saying yesss ! thank you ! Alt: a man with glasses and a mustache is wearing a white shirt and saying yesss ! thank you !

Tomorrow feels really special. I’ll be airing episode 600 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcasts. That translates to Producing an episode every single week since June of 2014. 😮‍💨

Feeling grateful and so full of joy.

Thanks for letting me know it resonated. Your post made me reflect on how “failing” at auditions is actually rehearsing, in many ways.

But I’ve never been very good at that framing. Since not getting the role as Tigger but landing the role of Piglet years back, our daughter is better at it.

The Relationship Between the Fundamentals and the Emergent – Teaching in Higher Ed Last night was our daughter’s dance recital. She is 11 and in middle school now, and the performance combined the middle school and the upper school. It was such a delight to see all these performers…

Enjoyed doing some writing this morning about our daughter's dance recital last night, the fundamentals, emergence, and a "random" connection with a recent post from @cogdog.bsky.social

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5 educational developers smile at the camera

Hello #POD25 reception!

@thomasjtobin.bsky.social @jamesmlang.bsky.social @thetattooedprof.bsky.social @bonni208.bsky.social

Teaching Presence in a Time of Isolation: Turning the Wheel Toward Connection Cheese wheels of various shapes and sizes.

Honored to speak at the University System of Georgia eCampus conference today. We talked about teaching presence in a time of isolation: turning the wheel toward connection.

Also: the cheese puns were legendary. 🧀💛

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No Frogs Were Actually Harmed in Describing Systems Thinking – Teaching in Higher Ed This post is one of many, related to my participation in Harold Jarche’s Personal Knowledge Mastery workshop. As we round down our time in the PKMastery workshop, I’m now presented with a topic that…

Just wrapped another #PKMastery reflection—this time on systems thinking and Senge’s The Fifth Discipline. No frogs were harmed 🐸, but a few mental models were definitely stretched.

#PKM

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This episode of the #ThinkUDL podcast from @lilliannave.bsky.social about conversational quizzes is spectacular. Full of practical, values-based approaches. Highly recommend. #UDL

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What Happens When We Start Making the Work Visible – Teaching in Higher Ed This post is one of many, related to my participation in Harold Jarche’s Personal Knowledge Mastery workshop. Jarche informs us that when we narrate our work, we don’t experience knowledge transfer…

New post inspired by Harold Jarche’s #PKMastery workshop—on why narrating our work matters, even when it feels messy, vulnerable or unfinished. Reflections on bookmarks, journals, and keeping a digital “starfish folder” for encouragement.

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I Can See Clearly Now The Frogs Are Here – Teaching in Higher Ed This post is one of many, related to my participation in Harold Jarche’s Personal Knowledge Mastery workshop. Sometimes we think we need experts, sure. But we shouldn’t dismiss the power of finding…

We don’t just need experts — we need fellow seekers.
Curiosity grows when we learn alongside others, experiment in public, and stay willing to not-know together.

New post on #PKM, “deliberate amateurs,” Ig Nobels & more:

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#PKMastery

Network Weaving as an Antidote to Imposter Syndrome – Teaching in Higher Ed

Network Weaving as an Antidote to Imposter Syndrome.

Turns out, the best cure for “I don’t belong here” might be remembering who we’re connected to +helping others close their triangles, too.

Written from an airport, powered by curiosity.

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#PKMastery #PKM

I'm excited to watch a recent @screencastsonline.bsky.social tutorial from @mikeschmitz.bsky.social on MindNode. However, given how behind I am from a trip I just got back from, I have to save it as a treat for myself, once fewer inboxes are on overflow.

On Ep 592: Metaphors, Free Speech, and How We Learn with Barbara Oakley.

We talk why free speech matters in every discipline. Barbara also shares practical tools for teaching with metaphors + create classrooms that invite disagreement and are intellectually challenging.

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“Goals are good for setting a direction, but systems are best for making progress.” James Clear

An important distinction and why having a #PKMastery system is so vital. Also, goals only help if you know where you want to go, but #pkm can spark new ideas and pathways to deeper learning.

It looks like maybe my alt text didn’t come through when I used my scheduled publisher app. Hmm.

Map of the US showing a flight going from the West coast to the East coast. On the left hand side, it says, ETOM conference.

If you missed Teaching in Higher Ed 591, Rethinking Student Attendance Policies w/ Simon Cullen + Danny Oppenheimer, I encourage you to check it out. Their research shows when students choose attendance and assessment paths, they engage more deeply.

Listen: teachinginhighered.com/591

#HigherEd

Banner for the 50th Annual POD Network Conference in San Diego. Text reads: “Go Somewhere: AI, Ethics, and Emergent Thinking Through Play – Wednesday Nov 19, 2025 / 02:00PM – 05:00PM.” Includes POD Network logo, Bonni Stachowiak headshot, and abstract geometric background. #GoSomewhere #AIethics #POD25

I’m leading a pre-conference workshop at #POD25 in San Diego:

Go Somewhere: AI, Ethics, and Emergent Thinking Through Play
🗓️ Nov 19, 2–5 PM PT

We’ll use the Go Somewhere card game to explore AI in #HigherEd through curiosity + play. Join us?

Ha! Didn’t realize you were “here” or I would have tagged you. Looking forward to tomorrow’s conversation.

Between the Lines: One Classroom at a Time by David Gooblar YouTube video by Teaching in Higher Ed

I'm starting a new video series for Teaching in Learning:

Between the Lines: Books That Shape Teaching and Learning

This video is 3 teaching moves fr One Classroom at a Time: How Better Teaching Can Make College More Equitable (Gooblar)

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#HigherEd #HigherEducation #Teaching

Can You Keep a Secret? – Teaching in Higher Ed This post is one of many, related to my participation in Harold Jarche’s Personal Knowledge Mastery Workshop. Shhhh… Don’t tell anyone, but our 13 year-old son will likely be getting his first “smart”...

Can you keep a secret?

I reflect on Harold Jarche's #PKMastery workshop topic: Understanding Media

Specifically, I attempt to explain McLuhan's Media Tetrad in my own words and come up with an example from what we will be getting our son for Christmas. 😇

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Why Isn’t RSS More Popular By Now? – Teaching in Higher Ed

Why isn't RSS more popular than it is?

#PKMastery

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Getting Curious About Network Mapping – Teaching in Higher Ed I’ve just embarked on Harold Jarche’s Personal Knowledge Mastery (PKM) Workshop (October–November 2025). The first invitation Jarche gives is to examine our networks. We begin with a naming exercise…

Enjoyed diving into Harold Jarche's #PKmastery workshop this morning. I did some more private reflecting, in addition to this public post about the process of mapping my network and exploring the resources provided. #LifeLongLearning #PKM

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Unlock the Power of Planned Dates in OmniFocus - Learn OmniFocus Planned dates allow you to earmark tasks for a given date and time without having to assign arbitrary defer or due dates.

Do you use @omnifocus.omnigroup.com? If so, the new planned date feature is opening up all sorts of possibilities... Check out @learnomnifocus.bsky.social's quick tip to learn more.

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Bases in Obsidian Ever wish you could have Notion-like databases inside of your plain-text Obsidian notes? Well, now you can. With the release of the Bases core plugin in version 1.9.10, you can now use property metada...

As I continue to develop my @obsidian.md knowledge, I'm excited to dive into this @screencastsonline.bsky.social tutorial fr @mikeschmitz.bsky.social about the Bases core plugin. As the description mentions, this seems like such a "game-changing feature."

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