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Darren E. Draper @ddraper

Administrator of Technology and Digital Innovation •• Husband, Dad, CETL, EdD •• Openness ∩ Education ∩ Technology #EduCoach

Joined March 2007
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Such an incredibly important and well-articulated post by @ddmeyer. Bravo! danmeyer.substack.com/p/educ…
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Excellent advice for all school leaders. Creating a powerful culture of growth means that all school community members should embrace the opportunity to learn. learningforward.org/2025/08/…

Starting Strong: Tell Parents Teachers Are Learners, Too | Learning Forward

Taking the time to help parents understand how teachers learn and connecting it to student success is one of the best ways to elicit their support for high-quality professional learning that makes a...

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Searches on Safari dipped for the first time in 22 years, Apple’s Eddy Cue admits, and it’s because more people are using AI instead of Google fortune.com/2025/05/08/apple…

Searches on Safari dipped for the first time in 22 years, Apple’s Eddy Cue admits, and it’s because...

The Apple senior VP testified as part of a Justice Department lawsuit against Google that Apple is considering revamping its web browser to integrate AI.

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Instructional coaching is one factor many school leaders agree is essential for supporting teachers’ work & students’ learning, especially when coach time is protected for actual coaching. The importance of instructional coaching, now and in the future nwea.org/blog/2025/the-impor…

The importance of instructional coaching, now and in the future

One of the best methods for supporting the needs of schools is through sustained, personalized, and collaborative instructional coaching.

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This week's 60 Minutes bit on AI at DeepMind. "It learns like a human being might learn... It's the duality of these types of systems that they're able to do incredible things..." youtube.com/watch?v=1XF-NG_3…
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One of the most interesting TED talks I've ever watched. Awkward, relevant, tense, and with insights that point to a possible future. I think OpenAI's Sam Altman is sincere in his desire to help humanity, and maybe in a little over his head. ted.com/talks/sam_altman_ope…
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Terrific SchoolAI interview of Oak Canyon Portuguese teacher Priscila Prestes, wherein she discusses the importance of feedback for student learning, and how AI can be used to provide efficient and timely feedback when students need it most. schoolai.com #AIinEdu
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Great to be able to facilitate a discussion today at Utah's Personalized, Competency-Based Learning Summit! Terrific thinking by participants. It's an exciting time to be in education. Here are the slides we shared. buff.ly/fdbmKyp #AIinEdu #EdChat
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Interesting Cornell piece on how writing is changing. I still wonder what it means to create, and how well we’ll cite our sources in future works. The Widespread Adoption of Large Language Model-Assisted Writing Across Society buff.ly/J2FJOv0 #EdResearch #AI
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Fascinating findings, important area for future research. Educator Attention: How computational tools can systematically identify the distribution of a key resource for students buff.ly/3CZ2fAo #EdResearch
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Interesting and helpful list of studies, not all peer-reviewed, but helpful. Also still fascinating to see various perspectives on what constitutes "high quality" research. bit.ly/3F83VI9 #AIinEdu #AIinEducation #PHDChat
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Looking forward to an exciting #UCET25! Hope to see you at either of my sessions or around the Salt Palace. 👍🏼 What do you hope to learn this week?
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I agree there’s still a lot of confusion in schools about what “AI” is and what it isn’t. The Defining Problem for AI and Education bit.ly/41nCsLw #AIinEdu

The Defining Problem for AI and Education

A tech-savvy English professor turned part-time AI consultant helps us sort through what we're even talking about. GUEST COLUMN | by Jason Gulya I talk about Artificial Intelligence and the future of...

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Excellent metaphor describing its current state. “Digital plastic is, like its physical counterpart, synthetic, ubiquitous, helpful and potentially toxic.” GenAI as Digital Plastic: Understanding Synthetic Media Through Critical AI Literacy bit.ly/3WYYFNl #AIinEdu
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The more students and teachers understand about AI and its shortcomings, the more critical thinking they’ll practice in its use. Addressing AI Use Proactively in the Classroom edut.to/4i2d1EA #AIinEdu #EdChat
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I love working with this incredible team! Hope to see you there. 💪 #UCET25
ASD Innovative Learning@InnovateAlpine
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Check out who is reppin' ASD and the innovative ideas they are presenting at this year's UCET conference! #innovatealpine
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I love that UEN has started to develop this toolkit for educators, which includes their HUMAN framework, links to research, and a self-paced course for them to learn more. When teachers learn, students benefit. #AIinEdu #ProfessionalLearning bit.ly/3D4nBfr
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Strong, practical ways to move forward, by Richard Culatta. This is real #EdReform. The Real Way to Stop Cheating in an AI World bit.ly/3QhHSkU #EdChat #AIinEdu
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Terrific work by Stanford! I wish more K-12 teachers were familiar with the research. Repository - Generative AI in Education Hub stanford.io/42MK0IN #edchat #AIinEdu

Research Study Repository

A comprehensive collection of academic research on generative AI in preK12 education organized into three categories:

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Even in K-12, teachers should ask themselves “who is doing the thinking” when designing student learning experiences. Higher order prompting: Applying Bloom’s revised taxonomy to the use of LLMs in higher education bit.ly/4hGJf8m #AIinEdu #Blooms
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