David W. Deeds

AI saves me hours every week — here are the 9 ways I use it "Stop wasting time on busywork. Discover nine practical ways to use AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Gemini to automate your daily routine, summarize documents, and reclaim your free time...."

AI saves me hours every week — here are the 9 ways I use it #edusky #eduskyai

Gen Z Teachers Grew Up With Tech. Now They're Seeking Better Boundaries for Students Gen Z teachers grew up in an era of unbridled tech. It shapes how they approach classroom technology.

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Teacher Morale in 2026: Five Takeaways See five highlights from EdWeek's annual, national survey of U.S. teachers.

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Are Teens Just Using AI to Cheat? Well, Not Quite (If You Ask Them) There’s fear among many educators that students are using AI to do most of their critical thinking.

Are Teens Just Using AI to Cheat? Well, Not Quite (If You Ask Them) #edusky #eduskyai

Teachers Say Behavior Problems Aren't Just About Students. It’s the Parents! Parents are the third rail of the discipline conversation. Teachers say they need backup from their school leaders.

Teachers Say Behavior Problems Aren't Just About Students. It’s the Parents #edusky

What's Holding Educators Back From Adopting AI? Three-plus years after the public release of ChatGPT, teachers' experiences with AI vary enormously.

What's Holding Educators Back From Adopting AI? #edusky #eduskyai

Are Schools Assigning Less Homework? A New Survey Offers Answers The EdWeek Research Center looked at whether schools are giving more or fewer out-of-school assignments, and why.

Are Schools Assigning Less Homework? A New Survey Offers Answers #edusky #eduskyai

What It’s Like to Grow Up With A.I.: The Winners of Our Multimedia Challenge  Via essays, poems, videos, artwork and graphics, 35 students across the globe reflect on how this technology is affecting teenagers.

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Beyond "Appropriate Use" of a Chatbot: The AI Literacy No One is Teaching "Most AI literacy curricula begin and end with the same lesson: here’s how to use ChatGPT responsibly. Learn to prompt. Check your sources. Don’t plagiarize. That’s not AI literacy. That’s a typing tutorial for 2023."

Beyond "Appropriate Use" of a Chatbot: The AI Literacy No One is Teaching #edusky #eduskyai

A.I. Dating Apps Complicate China’s Efforts to Boost Birthrate As China grapples with a shrinking population and historically low birthrate, people are finding romance with chatbots instead.

A.I. Dating Apps Complicate China’s Efforts to Boost Birthrate #edusky #eduskyai

OECD - Feb. 2026 - AI to support Neurodivergent Learners - focus on vocational education

OECD - Feb. 2026 - AI to support Neurodivergent Learners - focus on vocational education #edusky #eduskyai

What Students Gain When Teachers — Not AI — Grade Students’ Work How a lawyer-turned-teacher-turned-AI ethicist used assessment to personalize instruction before AI-powered edtech existed.

What Students Gain When Teachers — Not AI — Grade Students’ Work #edusky #eduskyai

Most students must use AI for classwork, but universities are slow to offer AI courses Research uncovers a critical gap in preparing college students for real-world careers that will be largely AI enabled.

Most students must use AI for classwork, but universities are slow to offer AI courses #edusky #eduskyai

‘A.I. Literacy’ Is the New Drivers’ Ed at This Newark School  Teachers say they want to equip high school students to drive artificial intelligence, rather than be mere passengers steered by chatbots.

‘A.I. Literacy’ Is the New Drivers’ Ed at This Newark School #edusky #eduskyai

Why Media Literacy Efforts Are Failing to Keep Up With Misinformation Classroom educators need support from district and school leaders in addressing flashpoint topics.

Why Media Literacy Efforts Are Failing to Keep Up With Misinformation #edusky #eduskyai

VFIS! The test avatars are ready for the debut of Virtual Footprints International School. School laptops have passed the graphics test, next up is the network load test. Goal is to show it off at the Festival of Learning in March. 🤓

Kids Are Entering Preschool More Comfortable With Screens Than Books. What Now? Screen time is rising among the youngest students. Experts explain its effect on literacy skills.

Kids Are Entering Preschool More Comfortable With Screens Than Books. What Now? #edusky #eduskyai

AI Is Different From Other Ed Tech. Here's How (Opinion) Debates over artificial intelligence are really about asking some big philosophical questions.

AI Is Different From Other Ed Tech. Here's How #edusky #eduskyai

Do Teachers Have the Skills to Use AI? New Test Aims to Find Out ETS, known for licensing tests, wants to gauge teacher readiness for new technology.

Do Teachers Have the Skills to Use AI? New Test Aims to Find Out #edusky #eduskyai

What Do A.I. Chatbots Discuss Among Themselves? We Sent One to Find Out.  We interviewed our bot about what it learned on Moltbook, the A.I.-only social network.

What Do A.I. Chatbots Discuss Among Themselves? We Sent One to Find Out. #edusky #eduskyai

Can AI Help Students Navigate the Career Chaos It’s Creating? College and career counseling is tough these days. Some schools are banking on the idea that AI can help.

Can AI Help Students Navigate the Career Chaos It’s Creating? | #edusky #eduskyai

New CoSN report underscores importance of intentional, reliable edtech use Strength, creativity and humanity of educators and IT leaders will be the driving forces behind true edtech innovation.

New CoSN report underscores importance of intentional, reliable edtech use #edusky #eduskyai

ATEK Grid is back – Hypergrid Business We are pleased to formally announce that ATEK Grid is officially back online at atekgrid.com. Over the past several weeks, we have quietly brought the platform back up and stabilized core systems. With that groundwork complete, our focus now turns to rebuilding ATEK Grid as a technology platform designed to support the OpenSim community and the broader metaverse ecosystem through practical tools, infrastructure, and collaboration.

ATEK Grid is back – Hypergrid Business #opensimulator #virtualworlds #metaverse #edtech #edtechchat #edchat

An ‘AI afterlife’ is now a real option – but what becomes of your legal status?  Would you create an interactive “digital twin” of yourself that can communicate with loved ones after your death? Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has made it possible to seemingly resurrect the dead. So-called griefbots or deathbots – an AI-generated voice, video avatar or text-based chatbot trained on the data of a deceased person – proliferate in the booming digital afterlife industry, also known as grief tech. Deathbots are usually created by the bereaved, often as part of the grieving process. But there are also services that allow you to create a digital twin of yourself while you’re still alive. So why not create one for when you’re gone?

An ‘AI afterlife’ is now a real option – but what becomes of your legal status? #edusky

I’m Not Worried AI Helps My Students Cheat. I’m Worried How It Makes Them Feel AI is undermining students’ trust in a shared reality. Here’s how schools can step up.

I’m Not Worried AI Helps My Students Cheat. I’m Worried How It Makes Them Feel #edusky #eduskyai

How This Leader Uses Gaming to Change Students’ Lives Laurie Lehman helped her district see the power of esports to illuminate new career paths for students.

How This Leader Uses Gaming to Change Students’ Lives #edusky #eduskyai

Tech Tools for Literacy Practice in Elementary School Digital platforms can help make reading aloud independently more engaging and get kids excited about literacy practice.

Tech Tools for Literacy Practice in Elementary School

The 2026 Driving K-12 Innovation Report: A Roadmap for What’s Next: Download Your Free Copy Today The pace of change in K-12 education has never been faster…and it’s not slowing down. From the rapid rise of generative AI to escalating cybersecurity threats, shifting approaches to assessment, growing workforce challenges, and the expanding role of data in decision-making, school systems across the world are navigating unprecedented complexity. …

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The 2026 Driving K-12 Innovation Report: A Roadmap for What’s Next The pace of change in K-12 education has never been faster…and it’s not slowing down. From the rapid rise of generative AI to escalating cybersecurity threats, shifting approaches to assessment, growing workforce challenges, and the expanding role of data in decision-making, school systems across the world are navigating unprecedented complexity. …

The 2026 Driving K-12 Innovation Report: A Roadmap for What’s Next #edusky #eduskyai

Virtual World in Cambodian International School!  First connection with our OpenSimulator cybercampus within the Footprints International School firewall. I've now introduced virtual worlds to schools in Korea, Georgia, China, Mexico, Guatemala, Egypt, Ghana, Costa Rica and Cambodia! 

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