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Deanna

@deestemteach.bsky.social

Science educator 👩🏽‍🏫 🧬🧫🧪🔬 I like to talk about good food still just trying to stay hydrated Queen of typos Support Unions Classroom wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2OATR4AD7YIBV?ref_=wl_share

created May 13, 2023

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Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social) reply parent

🙏🏽

2/9/2025, 9:17:27 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Francine K (@galfromkivu0.bsky.social) reposted

#FreeCongo - #MutualAidFunds It's been a week now without any donations and we're relying on them for our survival and evacuation. Please be a blessing to us and kindly share/donate!! gogetfunding.com/help-francin...

1/9/2025, 5:56:50 PM | 8 10 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social) reply parent

Let them figure it out. The school will survive. Turn those email notifications off. Check it when you get back.

2/9/2025, 8:48:07 PM | 6 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social)

I want all teachers going on maternity leave, medical leave or any other leave to remember that is not your job to support the sub while you are out. They should be contacting the administrator and the admin should be supporting the sub. You are OFF. That means not working on school.

2/9/2025, 8:48:07 PM | 52 7 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Preeti Chhibber (@runwithskizzers.bsky.social) reposted

Hi did you move your newsletter away from substack? drop it in the replies so people can find you and subscribe! I am big on rewarding good choices

2/9/2025, 12:22:17 AM | 948 421 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social) reply parent

That’s the one I was leaning towards. Thanks!

2/9/2025, 10:19:24 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social) reply parent

lol that’s why I’m looking for some input. I can’t choose!

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Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social) reply parent

Thank you!

2/9/2025, 1:41:24 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social) reply parent

Thanks!

2/9/2025, 1:41:16 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social) reply parent

lol these are all on my “currently reading list” I was just trying to narrow it down because I’m the same way.

2/9/2025, 1:40:53 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social)

#booksky #blackbooksky

2/9/2025, 1:36:14 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Shana V. White (she/her) (@shanavwhite.blacksky.app) reposted

I hate it here.

2/9/2025, 1:33:41 AM | 23 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social) reply parent

Thanks for sharing!

2/9/2025, 1:34:33 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social) reply parent

Thank you!

2/9/2025, 1:34:07 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Not Just Phlogiston (@notphlogiston.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

underrep.com www.genderinclusivebiology.com www.sciencehistory.org/education/ed... And this is just useful: symbolsalad.com

2/9/2025, 1:30:06 AM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social)

Which book should I read next?

Cover of book Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Cover of book Fledgling by Octavia Butler Cover of book Oathbound by Tracy Deonn Cover of book Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
2/9/2025, 1:33:21 AM | 5 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social) reply parent

www.newvisions.org/curriculum

2/9/2025, 1:00:49 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social) reply parent

openscied.org

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Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social) reply parent

sites.google.com/3d-grcscienc...

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Profile picture Denise Ferreira (@ferreiraeng.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

www.bctf.ca/classroom-re...

2/9/2025, 12:43:36 AM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Denise Ferreira (@ferreiraeng.bsky.social) reposted

This has lots of brilliant resources!

2/9/2025, 12:43:03 AM | 2 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) reposted

Lots of good responses here

2/9/2025, 12:13:46 AM | 6 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Christine Esposito (@msespo.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

www.sciencejournalforkids.org

2/9/2025, 12:10:01 AM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social) reply parent

Thank you!

1/9/2025, 11:53:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jess W-G (@frogsandgrubs.bsky.social) reposted

#WaldenGrayScienceClass teaching resources!

1/9/2025, 11:49:31 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social) reply parent

Thanks!

1/9/2025, 11:42:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1/9/2025, 11:42:11 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social) reply parent

My first and last time

1/9/2025, 11:41:53 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ررييتتاج (@uuiwbaba.bsky.social) reposted

Less than $3,000 is needed to achieve my goal of saving my daughter, Retaj's life. I beg you and I kiss your feet to donate or share this post so it can reach donors. Save my daughter's life. She is in danger, and I have no one but you to save her. Donation link👇🏻 chuffed.org/project/1285... 🙏🏻

25/8/2025, 3:34:38 PM | 116 268 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social)

youtu.be/bWl_M9LNPPY?...

1/9/2025, 11:39:46 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social) reply parent

Thank you!

1/9/2025, 12:27:44 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social) reply parent

Thank you!

1/9/2025, 12:27:33 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social) reply parent

Definitely always trusting my instincts from now on 😭

1/9/2025, 12:27:25 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social) reply parent

We absolutely did 😭😭 Long story short, we had car troubles had the car towed to the shop but then my husband and I said we’d try them to get home instead of a damn Lyft. Thankful the kids were at my mom’s but I wouldn’t have gotten on the scooter if they weren’t!

1/9/2025, 12:27:01 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social)

I’ve always said those electric ride share scooters were dangerous and said I would never ride them. Well, I rode one for the first time today and fell and hurt my knee. 🤦🏽‍♀️

31/8/2025, 11:38:00 PM | 12 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jane Rosenzweig (@janerosenzweig.bsky.social) reposted

Two things to read together this weekend. Thing #1. @biblioracle.bsky.social on the risks of deskilling in the AI era, the fact that the doctors in the study he talks about did not perceive their own decline in skills, and why this matters for all of us biblioracle.substack.com/p/the-labor-... /1

A recent story in the New York Times explored the phenomenon of AI “deskilling,” where doctors used a detection tool to flag precancerous growths detected during colonoscopies. Multiple studies have shown that these tools can help identify growths that humans alone might miss. But this study went one step further doctors who had previously used the tool went back to working without it. After three months of using the AI tool, doctors now working solo saw their detection rate drop significantly below the previously established baseline. Their abilities had literally eroded.
31/8/2025, 12:17:53 PM | 44 17 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jane Rosenzweig (@janerosenzweig.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

Thing #2: A high school student writes that no one at his school is talking about AI, everyone is using it, and his concern "If we keep going this way, we might end up graduating without even noticing that we’re not having thoughts of our own." theimportantwork.substack.com/p/at-my-high...

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Profile picture Mrs. Bayek of Siwa 🇯🇲 (@gingiesmom.bsky.social) reposted

Someone on the Nazi App tried to tell me that she looks horrible and is built bad. Boy, byyyyyyeeee

31/8/2025, 5:23:14 AM | 19 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Leia🇨🇴🇺🇸 (@theswprincess.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

Jill Stein is in hibernation until the next presidential election.

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31/8/2025, 1:45:18 AM | 332 68 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social)

I’m starting to suspect that Teacher Bae is not a real teacher

30/8/2025, 8:12:05 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Haymarket Books (@haymarketbooks.org) reposted

Remembering Fred Hampton born Aug. 30, 1948, assassinated Dec. 4, 1969 by Chicago police and the FBI

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Profile picture Nick Covington (@covingtonedu.bsky.social) reposted

I took PragerU's Oklahoma Teacher Certification Exam so you don't have to. Question highlights in this thread:

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Profile picture Matty! (@mattythemouse.bsky.social) reposted

What people think they 80s were like versus what the 80s was actually like.

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Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social)

Decided to grab this to try when I was wandering around the Asian market. Sooooo good. Reminds me of a sweet potato with mochi around it.

Picture of package of sweet potato bread from Asian grocery store
30/8/2025, 11:41:44 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social)

music.apple.com/us/album/afr...

29/8/2025, 9:48:56 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted

Reason 4857 why health care should never be for profit: AI DEATH PANELS. This is the same kind of program used to deny claims at United Health, and they want to use this for VA claims, too.

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Profile picture jenn m. jackson (they/them) (@jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social) reposted

Young, fit Black women dying suddenly of heart attacks should concern all of us. www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-ne...

29/8/2025, 6:28:20 PM | 284 104 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Solomon (@solomonmissouri.bsky.social) reposted

a computer Can never be held accountable Therefore a computer must never make a management decision
29/8/2025, 6:28:31 PM | 153 37 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social)

Please help if you can!

29/8/2025, 5:59:35 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social)

music.apple.com/us/album/do-...

29/8/2025, 5:01:00 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social)

Phew - made it home from open house

28/8/2025, 10:31:34 PM | 12 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social)

My 1st grade teacher just commented “rest in joy” on a post about someone passing away and I really like that saying. I don’t think I’ve seen or heard it before and will be using it.

28/8/2025, 7:40:10 PM | 18 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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28/8/2025, 5:18:48 PM | 4 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BlackEduSky (@blackedusky.bsky.social) reposted

@deestemteach.bsky.social grew a student to a teacher so the very best we can do is show our support...financially. Thank you!

28/8/2025, 6:49:47 AM | 3 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social) reply parent

Thank you!!

28/8/2025, 10:06:40 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social)

gofund.me/7e380016

27/8/2025, 11:30:47 PM | 9 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social) reply parent

lol the kids will just all say sixxx sevennn if you say either number. It doesn’t really bother me. It’s just them being silly.

27/8/2025, 10:53:37 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social)

Sixxxxx sevvennnnnn

27/8/2025, 9:11:23 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social) reply parent

@phonisha.bsky.social can you please share to Blackedusky when you get a chance? Brand new baby educator needs some things for her class 😊

27/8/2025, 8:59:19 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social)

My former student will be teaching 8th grade science and Biology this fall. I am so excited for her and proud! I am sharing her wishlist. Please help if you can! #BlackEducators www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...

27/8/2025, 8:28:26 PM | 13 7 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ursula (@ladyofsardines.bsky.social) reposted

Fewer LLMs and more human creations & organizing efforts honoring & channeling Ida B Wells-Barnett

26/8/2025, 6:05:08 PM | 11 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Shannon Carey (@scmaestra.bsky.social) reposted

Well, it appears that our district's AI policy is written by a guy whose research consisted of helping his kids with their homework. No brain studies, no environmental impacts, no political ramifications. Just vibes and a power point.

27/8/2025, 1:14:13 AM | 15 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social)

👀👀👀👀👀👀

25/8/2025, 5:49:29 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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24/8/2025, 1:40:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marcus Luther (@marcusluther.bsky.social) reposted

If students aren't talking to each other regularly and purposefully in the classroom then what is the point of the classroom?

24/8/2025, 1:39:38 PM | 34 7 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social)

Thank you so much to the person that donated the headphones! They will make a big difference 🙏🏽

24/8/2025, 12:50:30 AM | 7 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TAKA! TORA! BATTA! (@sourcedumal.bsky.social) reposted

Lmao they really were on that carceral shit in elementary school.

23/8/2025, 2:23:13 PM | 51 19 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ben Williamson (@benpatrickwill.bsky.social) reposted

Grammarly's '“AI Grader” tool claims to be able to estimate an assignment’s grade by “looking up your instructor,” “reviewing public teaching info,” and “identifying key grading priorities... @janerosenzweig.bsky.social, director of Harvard College Writing Center, found nothing redeeming in testing"

22/8/2025, 8:29:49 PM | 10 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social) reply parent

I’m happy he can read but why and where did you learn to read cuss words??????

22/8/2025, 12:40:49 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social)

Not my 4 year old asking my story I’m reading has a cuss word in it

22/8/2025, 12:39:38 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Arif "Felonious Munk" Shahid (@feloniousmunk.blacksky.app) reposted

"People i never interacted with blocked me!" Yes. We saw how you interacted with other people and decided not to wait for our turn.

21/8/2025, 7:38:04 PM | 2068 590 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social) reply parent

That is good to know because I’m already worried about time. Thank you!

21/8/2025, 7:36:45 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social)

I am teaching an Open Sci Ed unit this year for the first time. Does anyone else use the curriculum? Do you have any tips for me or my students (high school)?

21/8/2025, 3:05:58 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social)

I haven't been interacting on here as much. Back to school has been A LOT but going well overall. The students are amazing. I am excited for this year. My own kids meet their teachers tonight ❤️

21/8/2025, 3:04:59 PM | 11 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social) reply parent

This is really great. Thank you!

21/8/2025, 2:59:32 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marcus Luther (@marcusluther.bsky.social) reposted

oh my—each of these is 🎯 and so cool to imagine! (working on writing out mine for next week right now)

20/8/2025, 9:38:34 PM | 8 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social) reply parent

I’m definitely team comp and team science

21/8/2025, 2:56:45 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jamie (@itsthejam.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

We don’t allow cell phones at all any more during the school day. One thing we’ve done is promoting use of the office phone when a kid expresses a need to call home. We teach them how to use it and make it clear that it’s available for them, without an adult standing over listening to their convo.

20/8/2025, 10:49:41 PM | 8 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social) reply parent

This - stay away from them. I used to be around a lot of negative colleagues and Twitter is where I found a lot of support I needed. Not in my building.

21/8/2025, 2:54:37 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Black Aziz Anansi (@blackazizanansi.blacksky.app) reposted

Please share, Nour needs $100

21/8/2025, 2:47:42 AM | 3 6 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social) reply parent

I’m glad you have asked this. I sent a letter/email and invited parents to email me. We have done a lot of community building and will continue to do more. I’m interested to read other comments to see how I can do more.

21/8/2025, 12:08:31 AM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marcus Luther (@marcusluther.bsky.social) reposted

For teachers/educators with schools implementing stricter phone policies (students having zero access all day): what are you doing to make sure students and their families still feel safe and a sense of belonging?

20/8/2025, 10:14:17 PM | 7 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Clanker Defender; Anti 3 Laws (@jacky.wtf) reposted

Right. And with the current moves of the State, folks who hold on to the permitting of such moves will be stand for *literally* nothing.

20/8/2025, 10:16:45 PM | 10 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social) reply parent

Thank you ❤️❤️❤️❤️

20/8/2025, 10:34:58 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social) reply parent

Definitely!

20/8/2025, 10:34:48 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social)

I am so grateful for the help we have already received. Is there anyone who can help my class with wired headphones? Our district policy does not allow them to use Bluetooth headphones anymore, and we need headphones in class sometimes. www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...

20/8/2025, 9:18:53 PM | 5 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture AyMarie (@indeedagem.bsky.social) reposted

You have party voters saying that they won’t vote in the future. You have voters who didn’t show up. You have voters who made their way to red magaland. Whose job is it to get their voters back?

20/8/2025, 7:37:55 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Prisonculture (@prisonculture.bsky.social) reposted

US Chattel Slavery cannot be *overemphasized* That's the thing about world historical violence.

20/8/2025, 7:21:19 PM | 1456 325 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social) reply parent

The secretary said she thought I was one of the kids today so it all balances out 😂

20/8/2025, 7:38:01 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social) reply parent

thanks!

20/8/2025, 7:37:35 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social) reply parent

Wow! Thank you, again!

20/8/2025, 5:49:37 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social) reply parent

Thanks! I have used screencastify but I don't pay for it so it puts a time limit.

20/8/2025, 5:45:56 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social) reply parent

THANK YOU!! I never even knew Google Vids existed. I will check out Screenpal also.

20/8/2025, 5:45:36 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social)

If you record videos for your students (such as for a flipped classroom), which platform do you use? I usually just record a Google Meet session with just me, but I was wondering if anyone had any better options.

20/8/2025, 5:10:47 PM | 5 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deanna (@deestemteach.bsky.social)

I don’t even know

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Profile picture NPR (@npr.org) reposted

"The Museums throughout Washington, but all over the Country are, essentially, the last remaining segment of "WOKE," he wrote.

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Profile picture Clitasaurus Rex 🦖 (@naiijah.bsky.social) reposted

Once that $1k turn into $900 it’s already gone

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Profile picture Princess (@themultiplemom.bsky.social) reposted

😭😂😂😭😂

19/8/2025, 9:37:23 PM | 12 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.Reaux⚜️ (@iheartdance.bsky.social) reposted

Today’s lesson: Neva let a 🥷🏾see you sweat.

19/8/2025, 6:12:46 PM | 3 2 | View on Bluesky | view