Ai Icons to inform students

I'm sharing some AI icons to let students know how/if they can AI in their learning.

https://troypatterson.me/2025/12/19/ai-icons-to-inform-students/

#Education

Google Certification

I finally actually took the Google Certified Educator Exam.

https://edu.google.accredible.com/f95ca59e-9409-4745-a5eb-69dbee316660#acc.XSRHQWoN

https://troypatterson.me/2025/12/08/google-certification/

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Hypothesis, Awards, and EduGems

Some thoughts about educational stuff. These include a conversation (via Mastodon) with Alan Levine, awards for a friend, and some EduGems.

https://troypatterson.me/2025/11/04/hypothesis-awards-and-edugems/

#Education #Thoughts

Weekly Review 202505

"Padlet" in Moodle (H5P)

Oliver Tacke has created a wonderful resource in H5P that mirrors some of the functionality of Padlet. I haven't had a chance to play with it yet, but it looks interesting.

Joplin

I accidentally double-clicked on a note in Joplin. To my surprise, the note opened in an additional, separate window. This is awesome!

The latest update (or maybe before that

https://troypatterson.me/2025/09/13/weekly-review-202505/

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Twine

So, I downloaded the desktop version of Twine.Awesome.It appears to be very easy to use (especially if you've ever done anything with a wiki). Essentially, Twine allows you to create "stories".

Twine is an open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories.

You don't need to write any code to create a simple story with Twine, but you can extend your stories with variables, conditional logic, images, CSS,

https://troypatterson.me/2025/04/14/twine/

#Education

Vacation

Recently, we took our first cruise. We decided on the Treasures of the Danube by Viking Cruise.

We selected the river cruise by Viking as there were several things that struck us as positives:

Smaller boat (capacity of 190)

No casino

Viking's reputation

Cities of interest

Viking is really good at providing an organized experience. We were met at the Budapest Airport and shuttled back to the boat

https://troypatterson.me/2025/02/20/vacation/

#Thoughts

AI Thoughts

I've been following AI in education for a while. I am discussing with teachers about how they are using it. Here's the thing, the most popular real-world use case that I'm seeing is in creating multiple choice assessment options.

The second biggest use seems to be leveling material (and then creating multiple choice questions) for students. Leveling material changes the text to read at a different reading l

https://troypatterson.me/2025/01/03/ai-thoughts/

#Education

A Few Articles of Interest

I'm taking a look at a few education articles that I've been reading lately. There is some good stuff here. Learn about the Science of Reading, and the Limits of Data.

https://troypatterson.me/2024/12/17/a-few-articles-of-interest/

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