MrsHackett305
@mrshackett305.bsky.social
#OntEd English Teacher | Reimagining assessment and instruction in the classroom | Supporter of all kids 📚 📖 ✍️ . Always learning. (she/her)
I’m just going to shout this to the void, but the purpose of a 4 point assessment scale is to have 4 possible levels of achievement to improve accuracy of assessment and set standards for learning and achievement; having 20 different “marks” and then categorizing those into levels misses the mark.
The Point Over Your Head
ALT: The Point Over Your Head
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September 3, 2026 at 2:00 AM
I’m just going to shout this to the void, but the purpose of a 4 point assessment scale is to have 4 possible levels of achievement to improve accuracy of assessment and set standards for learning and achievement; having 20 different “marks” and then categorizing those into levels misses the mark.
This is what we are seeing and going to see. Students who already have the foundational literacy skills able to use the tools. Those who don’t, left behind yet again. More time spent on learning to use AI tools means less time spent on foundational skills. The gap widens.
May 17, 2026 at 2:01 PM
This is what we are seeing and going to see. Students who already have the foundational literacy skills able to use the tools. Those who don’t, left behind yet again. More time spent on learning to use AI tools means less time spent on foundational skills. The gap widens.
After my parent interviews last night, I suspect that anyone not in a classroom is soliciting parent voice. Parents want their kids to do the thinking themselves. They want them to embrace messy learning.
The push to use AI in the classroom, especially reading and writing classes, may be what finally breaks me. I need anyone who is not in the classroom to just stop. I need parents to start asking more questions about why districts are forcing/allowing educators to upload student work to an AI abyss.
March 28, 2026 at 12:37 AM
After my parent interviews last night, I suspect that anyone not in a classroom is soliciting parent voice. Parents want their kids to do the thinking themselves. They want them to embrace messy learning.
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Digging around some thoughtful writing about teachers using AI to help with their course curriculum and materials and no doubt, some of the stuff they've developed is neat, but the question I have is, "is it necessary?" and at least from the outside, the answer for me, is "no."
January 30, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Digging around some thoughtful writing about teachers using AI to help with their course curriculum and materials and no doubt, some of the stuff they've developed is neat, but the question I have is, "is it necessary?" and at least from the outside, the answer for me, is "no."
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"Although it once seemed like a good idea to give every child his or her own device, it’s clear that those policies have been a failure."
I don't agree with everything here but I do worry a lot about the % of a school day a student is staring at a personal device...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/o...
I don't agree with everything here but I do worry a lot about the % of a school day a student is staring at a personal device...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/o...
Opinion | The Screen That Ate Your Child’s Education
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November 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"Although it once seemed like a good idea to give every child his or her own device, it’s clear that those policies have been a failure."
I don't agree with everything here but I do worry a lot about the % of a school day a student is staring at a personal device...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/o...
I don't agree with everything here but I do worry a lot about the % of a school day a student is staring at a personal device...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/o...
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wowwww this is incredibly beautiful. tagging some friends who will love this: @ladyofsardines.bsky.social @heymrsbond.com @marcusluther.bsky.social
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Human Error Is the Point: On Teaching College During the Rise of AI - The Rumpus
My syllabus is a mess of half-remembered intentions. I re-use icebreakers that I know don’t work. I forget to grade the first assignment until Week Four. I write emails that begin with “So sorry for t...
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October 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
wowwww this is incredibly beautiful. tagging some friends who will love this: @ladyofsardines.bsky.social @heymrsbond.com @marcusluther.bsky.social
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It’s a good day to read this.
The four arguments tackled:
Schools need to prepare students for the jobs of the future.
AI is a tool, just like a calculator.
AI won’t replace teachers, but it will save them time and improve their effectiveness.
Students are already using AI, so we have to teach them ethical use.
Schools need to prepare students for the jobs of the future.
AI is a tool, just like a calculator.
AI won’t replace teachers, but it will save them time and improve their effectiveness.
Students are already using AI, so we have to teach them ethical use.
Resisting School AI Mania Help Sheet (2).pdf
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September 26, 2025 at 1:05 AM
It’s a good day to read this.
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Reading is more than pronouncing words. Writing is more than producing simulations for the purpose of a grade. These things have been OBVIOUS for well over a decade and yet the systems that want to rank, sort, and track, rather than engage and develop students ignore this reality.
September 23, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Reading is more than pronouncing words. Writing is more than producing simulations for the purpose of a grade. These things have been OBVIOUS for well over a decade and yet the systems that want to rank, sort, and track, rather than engage and develop students ignore this reality.
First writing unit for #ENG4C with a focus on writing for multiple purposes. We started with Critical Review Lists with ideas from the NYTimes writing curriculum! www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/l...
Lessons: docs.google.com/presentation...
Assignment: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#iteachEnglish📖
Lessons: docs.google.com/presentation...
Assignment: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#iteachEnglish📖
03: Writing Cycle #1: Critical Review List Writing
Writing Cycle #1: The Critical Review List
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September 12, 2025 at 10:46 PM
First writing unit for #ENG4C with a focus on writing for multiple purposes. We started with Critical Review Lists with ideas from the NYTimes writing curriculum! www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/l...
Lessons: docs.google.com/presentation...
Assignment: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#iteachEnglish📖
Lessons: docs.google.com/presentation...
Assignment: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#iteachEnglish📖
Heading back to work with a full day of PD tomorrow. This is on my list of thing I hope to not hear about.
Spent hours this morning hearing about all these AI tools that “can save time for teachers” with lessons and feedback and all I could think was how disappointed I already am about what the K-12 writing experience is likely going to be for my own kids who are just about to enter into that journey.
August 28, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Heading back to work with a full day of PD tomorrow. This is on my list of thing I hope to not hear about.
#PoemADayJuly I learned so many things Googling parts of this poem:
*The Pink Moon gets its name from creeping phlox that blooms at the same time
*Luna moths live in adult form for 10 days, have no digestive system & are nocturnal (yes, I’m making connections to the kids’ show PJ Masks in my head)
*The Pink Moon gets its name from creeping phlox that blooms at the same time
*Luna moths live in adult form for 10 days, have no digestive system & are nocturnal (yes, I’m making connections to the kids’ show PJ Masks in my head)
-the luna moths are spectacular (google them!) and also momentary in terms of life span, which is really all of us
-they also don't eat, "thinks only" (so much science imbued in this poem) and feels like a reborn sense by the end of what matters: "legacy, new moon, lift, glow" #PoemADayJuly
-they also don't eat, "thinks only" (so much science imbued in this poem) and feels like a reborn sense by the end of what matters: "legacy, new moon, lift, glow" #PoemADayJuly
July 8, 2025 at 12:45 AM
#PoemADayJuly I learned so many things Googling parts of this poem:
*The Pink Moon gets its name from creeping phlox that blooms at the same time
*Luna moths live in adult form for 10 days, have no digestive system & are nocturnal (yes, I’m making connections to the kids’ show PJ Masks in my head)
*The Pink Moon gets its name from creeping phlox that blooms at the same time
*Luna moths live in adult form for 10 days, have no digestive system & are nocturnal (yes, I’m making connections to the kids’ show PJ Masks in my head)
#PoemADayJuly
Day 6: “…piled against slippery planks.”
An action that happened off the page. Life that’s been intentionally stowed away in a dark place to be forgotten, but refuses, hunting for a sliver of light in the dark.
Day 6: “…piled against slippery planks.”
An action that happened off the page. Life that’s been intentionally stowed away in a dark place to be forgotten, but refuses, hunting for a sliver of light in the dark.
"Nothing would sleep in that cellar, dank as a ditch,"
For today's #PoemADayJuly, another shift: an older poem, a shorter poem, and a tone shift, too (perhaps? maybe not?)
"Root Cellar" by Theodore Roethke
(There's a lot going on in just 11 lines!)
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For today's #PoemADayJuly, another shift: an older poem, a shorter poem, and a tone shift, too (perhaps? maybe not?)
"Root Cellar" by Theodore Roethke
(There's a lot going on in just 11 lines!)
@thevogelman.bsky.social @heymrsbond.com
July 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
#PoemADayJuly
Day 6: “…piled against slippery planks.”
An action that happened off the page. Life that’s been intentionally stowed away in a dark place to be forgotten, but refuses, hunting for a sliver of light in the dark.
Day 6: “…piled against slippery planks.”
An action that happened off the page. Life that’s been intentionally stowed away in a dark place to be forgotten, but refuses, hunting for a sliver of light in the dark.
#PoemADayJuly
Day 5 - This poem took me to those moments of grief when you are physically present, but there is a thick “static” barrier between you and the reality in front of you.
Day 5 - This poem took me to those moments of grief when you are physically present, but there is a thick “static” barrier between you and the reality in front of you.
“What is static if not the sound of the universe’s grief?”
Our #PoemADayJuly today: “Places With Terrible Wi-Fi” by J. Estanislao Lopez
Maybe a bit different than the “poems” you’re used to but SO much within this gem to explore.
So let’s explore! 🔍
@heymrsbond.com @thevogelman.bsky.social
Our #PoemADayJuly today: “Places With Terrible Wi-Fi” by J. Estanislao Lopez
Maybe a bit different than the “poems” you’re used to but SO much within this gem to explore.
So let’s explore! 🔍
@heymrsbond.com @thevogelman.bsky.social
July 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
#PoemADayJuly
Day 5 - This poem took me to those moments of grief when you are physically present, but there is a thick “static” barrier between you and the reality in front of you.
Day 5 - This poem took me to those moments of grief when you are physically present, but there is a thick “static” barrier between you and the reality in front of you.
#PoemADayJuly
I love how the speaker says, “But look” to the audience near the end. The act of saying something out loud makes it real for him (“I remember”). He chooses to anchor himself in life and beauty and youth.
I love how the speaker says, “But look” to the audience near the end. The act of saying something out loud makes it real for him (“I remember”). He chooses to anchor himself in life and beauty and youth.
July 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
#PoemADayJuly
I love how the speaker says, “But look” to the audience near the end. The act of saying something out loud makes it real for him (“I remember”). He chooses to anchor himself in life and beauty and youth.
I love how the speaker says, “But look” to the audience near the end. The act of saying something out loud makes it real for him (“I remember”). He chooses to anchor himself in life and beauty and youth.
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Today’s harbinger of the apocalypse: a summer campfluencer I follow (shut up) shared ChatGPT prompts for “writing” letters to your child
If there is a reader who cares less about technical proficiency and more about about authentic feeling than a child at summer camp, I can’t think of them
If there is a reader who cares less about technical proficiency and more about about authentic feeling than a child at summer camp, I can’t think of them
June 19, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Today’s harbinger of the apocalypse: a summer campfluencer I follow (shut up) shared ChatGPT prompts for “writing” letters to your child
If there is a reader who cares less about technical proficiency and more about about authentic feeling than a child at summer camp, I can’t think of them
If there is a reader who cares less about technical proficiency and more about about authentic feeling than a child at summer camp, I can’t think of them
Agreed. They should always be linked. Building relationships needs to happen within the context of learning. It actually increases inequities to provide an environment of comfort and care in the absence of academics and high expectations for all.
One of my bigger frustrations from this school year: the false dichotomy too many buy into that you can EITHER have positive rapport and relationships in the classroom OR rigorous, academic challenge.
Both/and. Both/and. Both/and.
Both/and. Both/and. Both/and.
June 14, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Agreed. They should always be linked. Building relationships needs to happen within the context of learning. It actually increases inequities to provide an environment of comfort and care in the absence of academics and high expectations for all.
Yep.
You can say maybe we shouldn’t teach kids how to use an untested, unregulated thing that exploits workers, steals work, consumes a huge amount of limited resources, will hasten climate change, could lead to widespread job losses, makes up crap and presents it as facts, can be used to spread…
June 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Yep.
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Say it with me: writing is not a learning style.
May 27, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Say it with me: writing is not a learning style.
Just grade 9s, their books, some chart paper and conversation today. Integrated some morphology into our vocabulary and character study. #LowTech #ITeachEnglish📖
May 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Just grade 9s, their books, some chart paper and conversation today. Integrated some morphology into our vocabulary and character study. #LowTech #ITeachEnglish📖
Started our book club unit this week and borrowed @marcusluther.bsky.social ‘s writing reflection idea adapted for reading. Where am I as a reader? What kind of reader do I hope to be?
May 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Started our book club unit this week and borrowed @marcusluther.bsky.social ‘s writing reflection idea adapted for reading. Where am I as a reader? What kind of reader do I hope to be?
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Lots of folks talk about using AI to brainstorm, organize thoughts, plan, and/or revise and edit, but that’s where the magic of writing and creating happens. Even if a student isn’t plagiarizing, how much of their thinking is changed and shaped by machines?
May 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Lots of folks talk about using AI to brainstorm, organize thoughts, plan, and/or revise and edit, but that’s where the magic of writing and creating happens. Even if a student isn’t plagiarizing, how much of their thinking is changed and shaped by machines?
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This is SUCH a thing. I think much of it has to do with the fact teachers are hungry for forms of recognition, growth, status, and a sense of career verticality that traditional school structures don’t offer. These are 100% legitimate needs, but it really sucks that edtech filled that void.
But instead of emotionally rewarding teachers for becoming experts in their disciplines or child psychology, we find them being rewarded for becoming experts in and evangelists for costly technology. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
May 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
This is SUCH a thing. I think much of it has to do with the fact teachers are hungry for forms of recognition, growth, status, and a sense of career verticality that traditional school structures don’t offer. These are 100% legitimate needs, but it really sucks that edtech filled that void.