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Some of my favorite graphics from @Newsela were simple ones showing a simple phenomenon.

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#geology #physics #sciencefigures #astrophysics
April 15, 2026 at 12:32 AM
I really liked drawing these neurons in this fun cartoon style!

Created for Newsela

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June 2, 2026 at 1:01 AM
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September 26, 2024 at 8:08 PM
It's difficult to picture how big some animals in the ocean are. Especially fish! This is a graphic showing the size of the largest sunfish ever found.

Created this for Newsela

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#biology #K12
May 27, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Common eye traits among prey and predator animals. I made this graphic for a Newsela article.

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#lifescience #biology #animals #sciencefigures
April 23, 2026 at 11:33 PM
It's supposed to be based off a nonfiction article, but everything on newsela looks stupid to me rn
December 20, 2024 at 2:23 PM
It’s not finished quite yet, but one step forward! #schoollibrary
August 26, 2024 at 3:24 PM
My school is putting in smartboards, which feels so...passé? No one uses those things anymore because they suck. It's just a $5,000 TV mounted in front of your whiteboard so you can't fucking use the white board.

But still no word on the NewsELA subscription we've been asking to get renewed. 😭👍
February 11, 2025 at 9:52 PM
A small story of AI in education. Looking at schoolwork with my middle schooler, noticed that he was getting Ds and Fs in assignments on Newsela, which is a reading comprehension/social studies edu site. Why?
March 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
It’s interesting that despite many different search terms, there are no current articles on Newsela about deportations, Abrego Garcia, El Salvador prisons, etc. it’s certainly a choice made by the largest provider of differentiated reading materials for teachers. #SSChat #edusky #Newsela
May 5, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I place him at a level 3-4 grade. He could be remediated through hard work and practice. I highly recommend Fast Track Reading along with daily NewsELA articles with comprehension questions.
February 14, 2026 at 12:36 AM
The quizzes on these articles didn't read as if they were written by humans. And they aren't. I checked - Newsela switched to using generative AI sometime in 2023 to generate quiz questions. They are nearly impossible to answer correctly.
March 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Best way to cool your house down? Wind catchers in many ancient Persian houses used passive ventilation to keep buildings cool in hot climates.

Illustration made for Newsela

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#geology #physics #sciencefigures
March 26, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Know someone who worked at NewsELA, an ed tech literacy platform, who said the company understood that title 1 middle schools are their “bread and butter”—we’re not making this up or being conspiratorial.
August 16, 2026 at 12:19 PM
📰 2025 is off and running. 🎉 Tennessee was up first. Enjoyed my time with some of the 5th grade educators talking all things EL Education and @newsela.bsky.social ! Got a couple of great pieces of feedback too 🤗 #lovemyjob #WorkTravel #education #friedfan
January 9, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Atoms come together to form all sorts of patterns. How do they stack up?

Illustrations made for Newsela

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#geology #physics #sciencefigures
March 25, 2026 at 8:48 PM
My school district just sent out an email about all these great new professional development opportunities to learn how to use the new rainforest-torching plagiarism machine software they got for us. So glad they got us that instead of renewing the NewsELA license 👍
January 28, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Putting genAI junk in front of kids abdicates our responsibility to provide high quality and accurate instruction. Newsela used to pay humans to write quizzes (not a lot). The AI version is not equivalent and is actively harmful. This is a small example but a worrying sign.
March 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Earthquakes release P waves and S waves, but what do they look like and how do they traverse through the earth?

Illustration originally made for Newsela

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#geology #physics #sciencefigures
March 20, 2026 at 8:43 PM
✏️ Short story writers

Newsela is paying 1,500 dollars for original fiction for grades 3 - 12
1,500 - 5,000 words
All genres, classroom friendly

Deadline March 15, 2026

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December 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I can’t say enough about Newsela (pronounced Newzella, not News ELA). They’re a phenomenal resource. We’re begging them to let single teachers buy in. At present it’s district only so if you have access, USE IT. My ELA partner and I collaborated w/it constantly. Changing Lexiles in articles is A+++!
November 25, 2024 at 7:30 PM