Mike Paul

@mikepaul
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Technomancer of learning. Running on caffeine, sci-fi, and the radical notion that students should actually enjoy learning. Probably plotting a rebellion.
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Mike PaulMay 16

This week’s newsletter includes:
✅ A rant about testing
✅ Book recs that aren’t edu-fluff
✅ Harlan Ellison
✅ The War of Art
✅ A 700-year-old Magna Carta

https://open.substack.com/pub/mikepaul/p/summer-things?r=epunt&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Summer Things

We're all in strung out shape

The Eclectic Educator
Mike PaulMay 16
I really need Spotify to create a "Block Artist" feature so I never ever have to see anything related to Morgan Wallen ever again. Yes, you can block playing an artist. I want to erase some folks from my Spotify existence entirely.
Mike PaulMay 14
Lots of thoughts coming on how teachers use AI to design instruction. Of note: if the tasks you create, no matter how ‘fun’ you think they are, if they look like what you’ve always done or look like 99%+ of what you find on TpT… you’re not leveraging the tool properly.
Mike PaulMay 13
"Knowledge is limitless. Therefore, there is a minuscule difference between those who know a lot and those who know very little." (Leo Tolstoy and Peter Sekirin, A Calendar of Wisdom)
Mike PaulMay 12
Mike PaulMay 7
Happy 50th to the Altair! https://open.substack.com/pub/goto10/p/altair-at-50-remembering-the-first?selection=bbdba507-9755-41d5-984f-b90fcb311eef&utm_campaign=post-share-selection&utm_medium=web
Altair at 50: Remembering the first Personal Computer

You might think that Apple, Commodore or perhaps Radio Shack made the first personal computer, but you’d be wrong.

Goto 10: Retro Computing & Gaming
Mike PaulMay 5

On doing the thing you’re meant to do, even if very few people, or no one, ever sees it:

“The first Velvet Underground album only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it formed a band.” - Brian Eno

Mike PaulApr 25
For a political party that believes the federal government should have no say in what teachers and students do in public schools, there sure are an awful lot of "orders" coming down this week from the Republican in office...
Mike PaulApr 20
Star Trek Minus ContextApr 20
He is risen
#StarTrek
Mike PaulApr 20
Steve HermanApr 20
A draft of an executive order to gut the State Department includes eliminating Africa operations, ending the foreign service exam and closing offices that focus on climate change, democracy and human rights. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/us/politics/trump-state-department-overhaul.html?unlocked_article_code=1.BE8.-3Av.cybP8CQS60DZ&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Trump Draft Order Would Drastically Overhaul U.S. State Department

The draft executive order would eliminate Africa operations and shut down bureaus working on democracy, human rights and refugee issues.

The New York Times