Nicole Vickerman

The Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Project The Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Project explores the meaning of freedom through the example of one extraordinary life. #Tubman200

A treasure trove for ways to learn about (and teach) the visionary Harriet Tubman. (& so mich context!) #sschat #teachinghistory msmagazine.com/tubman200/

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.

Even healthy brains decline with age. Here's what you can do
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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.”

Her research laid the groundwork for the Global Positioning System, GPS, a technology that has made getting lost a thing of the past.
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Alliance of Native Seedkeepers Discover unique heirloom and non-GMO seeds at Alliance of Native Seedkeepers. As a Native American-led store, we specialize in over 1,500 varieties, preserving the rich heritage and biodiversity of in...

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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

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

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.

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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...

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

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 …

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...

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 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?

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

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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.

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.
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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.

🌾 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...

🌿 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.
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👉 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!

So excited about Magic School resources that I spend my snow days taking the courses! As someone who has spent a huge amount of time searching for a one stop shop for the ideal AI, I finally found it! @magicschoolai.bsky.social #Edusky

I'm excited to share that I have completed the How to Use MagicSchool Image Generator Course. MagicSchool is the leading AI Platform for educators - helping teachers and students productively and safely interact with AI to make magic in the classroom. @magicschoolai.bsky.social #EduSky

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Blown away by the quality of Magic School AI. Clearly designed with and for teachers to make magic with their students. app.magicschool.ai/tools #MagicSchoolAI

Absenteeism May Hurt Academics Long Before It Becomes 'Chronic' The 10% threshold for chronic absenteeism may be too high to predict academic risk, study says.

Absenteeism May Hurt Academics Long Before It Becomes 'Chronic': The 10% threshold for chronic absenteeism may be too high to predict academic risk, study says.

How These 3 States Are Building a Principal Pipeline Principal apprenticeship programs aim to remove barriers to school leadership.

How These 3 States Are Building a Principal Pipeline: Principal apprenticeship programs aim to remove barriers to school leadership.

Our 2025 Wrapped reflects a year shaped by educators worldwide. Every milestone represents teachers guiding AI with care, intention, and trust. Thank you for the impact you make every day. 💜

#2025Wrapped #Educators #Teachers #AIinEducation #EdTech #GlobalEducation #ResponsibleAI

I will be headed back to school soon. I teach 1st grade at a title one school in the Metro Detroit area.

I would love this contact paper to cover up some rust on my desk.

Any help would be amazing🥹

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New to teaching? Get support, not stress.
🎙️ AFT’s Welcome-to-Teaching podcast has tips, tools & community for early career educators.

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Chelsea participated in our #TEACH25 conference and shared her experience learning about AI and other tools to help students in special education programs. Get free lesson plans and professional development resources through @sharemylesson.bsky.social

Introducing the Digital Library of Japanese American Incarceration Films - Densho: Japanese American Incarceration and Japanese Internment The Digital Library of Japanese American Incarceration Films makes available more than 100 films documenting Japanese American WWII incarceration.

Amazing resource on Japanese American internment🗃️
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The World at War A summary of the globe’s ongoing conflicts reveals why peace is so hard to build.

"Recently, I gave a kind of global SITREP briefing to a civilian group. Many were surprised—not by the number of ongoing conflicts, but by the depth of the historical, cultural, and political complexities."

How many of these conflicts did you know of? A tour of war from @markhertling.bsky.social

Congo and rebels have committed to ending war in the east. Here's what to know. The ceasefire agreement, brokered by Qatar and backed by the African Union and the U.S., aims to end one of Africa's deadliest and most complex conflicts.

Congo and Rwanda-backed rebels have signed a declaration of principles for a permanent ceasefire in eastern Congo, where ethnic tensions and quest for rich minerals have resulted in one of Africa’s longest conflicts with thousands killed this year.

Tapping my "writing is thinking" sign in the key of @biblioracle.bsky.social

Every year on Memorial Day, I share this video of French caretakers who take sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy, and scrub them into the letters to give them the gold coloring.

They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died.

France also gave us this land as American soil.