Tom Mullaney
Tom Mullaney (he/him) helps teachers design creative, inclusive lessons and think critically about generative AI, EdTech, and pedagogy.
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- "Scathing reviews on Rate My Professors." Using generative AI in your practice risks generating this kind of response. Why would a student bother writing something their teacher or professor won't read? #EduSky
- Now it's the professors using ChatGPT. Students aren't happy about it. I talked to professors. I talked to students. I read the scathing reviews on Rate My Professors. Here you go: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/t...
- "After a second professor appeared to use ChatGPT to give her feedback, Marie transferred to another university." Generative AI is not a student-feedback tool. Good for Marie. #EduSky
- Now it's the professors using ChatGPT. Students aren't happy about it. I talked to professors. I talked to students. I read the scathing reviews on Rate My Professors. Here you go: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/t...
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- Reposted by Tom MullaneyToday is the 40th anniversary of the MOVE bombing in Philadelphia. In case you thought the horrors were over, the Inquirer just published an investigative report on Penn's mistreatment of the remains of the children who died in the blast. www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
- If I'm Cooper Flagg, I'm seeing what Duke can pay me and if one of the big March Madness sponsors is willing to back up the Brinks truck for some ads in next year's NCAA tournament.
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- Are PK-12 schools doing students a disservice by promoting generative AI usage? #EduSky
- Reposted by Tom MullaneyA new Coke ad proudly features a quote from a J.G. Ballard book, only he didn’t write the words and it’s not his book. www.404media.co/ai-powered-c...
- Reposted by Tom MullaneyYeah but what about all the times it didn’t produce dangerous results.
- Asking a big oak tree has as much merit as asking ChatGPT. Or, as @emilymbender.bsky.social said, asking a Magic 8 Ball for all the connection to reality ChatGPT has. #EduSky
- Reposted by Tom Mullaney“I asked ChatGPT-“ okay well I asked the big oak tree at the center of the woods and she said you’re a lazy dork
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- Reposted by Tom MullaneyI went to a private Waldorf high school in the 2000s that was filled with the children of tech professionals - who explicitly wanted a lower-tech education for them. Many tech execs believe in careful exposure to tech for their kids, while also thinking AI teaching is fine for the great unwashed.
- Reposted by Tom MullaneyA social sciences and humanities reading list on AI in education 🧵
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- Reposted by Tom MullaneyThe best students do this instead of using AI.
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- We need to consider how frequent interaction with chatbots can affect children. #EduSky www.criticalinkling.com/p/generative...
- For the Environmental Science teachers: How AI Demand Is Draining Local Water Supplies from Bloomberg. #EduSky www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
- I see so much excitement about generative AI in educational technology circles. What I don't see often is talk about its harms and limits, or acknowledgement of it's deep unpopularity. #EduSky
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- Reposted by Tom MullaneyIt's Teacher Appreciation Week. Here's how to appreciate teachers: pay them better.
- This Josh Gottheimer ad using generative AI has 3.2 million views and just 22 likes. They had to turn comments off. Yet I'm seeing people argue with religious fervor that schools must teach kids how to use #genAI. Why? To draw the public's anger? #EduSky youtu.be/WnTLUYmYfRI?...
- Reposted by Tom MullaneyI have my beef with image generation, but ChatGPT is truly the most nightmarish creation in human history. If the majority of humanity accepts this as a source of truth: whoever controls the algorithm controls all information. Please teach your children to read, write, and think critically.
- The whole point of being a politician is to come off as authentic. Maybe don't use generative AI. If he won't hire artists to create ads as a candidate, how will he treat those harmed by generative AI as governor?
- It's probably worth considering whether we want students generating content and if we do, whose needs it serves. #EduSky #GenerativeAI #GenAI
- The AI Slop Presidency 🔗 www.404media.co/the-ai-slop-...
- We need extreme caution in using generative AI LLM chatbots with children. #EduSky www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
- Environmental Science teachers should read this @ieeespectrum.bsky.social essay about the health costs of the pollution generated by generative AI. #EduSky spectrum.ieee.org/data-centers...
- "AI literacy" is not enough. We need to be extremely cautious about using generative AI chatbots with children. #EduSky www.engadget.com/ai/joint-stu...
- This @pbs.org Origins video about water and environmental racism is especially pressing, considering that water consumption and environmental racism are two inherent harms of generative AI. #EduSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QnK...
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- This is a great new @pbs.org Origins video about water in the American Southwest. Anyone teaching about hydrology, environmental racism, or US History can use it with students. #EduSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QnK...
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- Along those same lines, Microsoft Copilot has 20 million weekly users. That sounds impressive until you consider how many people can access Copilot in Microsoft apps. People are declining to use Copilot in droves. #EduSky www.newcomer.co/p/microsofts...
- If students need "generative AI skills" to thrive, why are products associated with generative AI selling so poorly? #EduSky www.tomshardware.com/pc-component...
- If students need "generative AI skills" to thrive, why are products associated with generative AI selling so poorly? #EduSky www.tomshardware.com/pc-component...
- When you hear that generative AI is like the printing press or Google, please remember that researchers are finding it has had a middling impact. #EduSky www.theregister.com/2025/04/29/g...
- The First Amendment should not shield companies behind generative AI apps that generate harmful text, as Character.AI did in this case. That is a scary and bleak future where legal protections for people allow companies to inflict harm. #EduSky www.fox35orlando.com/news/orlando...
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- Good 🧵 for PK-12 teachers. #EduSky
- Check out the quote posts of this. The general public feels very different about generative AI than the enthusiasm in the PK-12 edtech discourse. #EduSky
- “Professional development programs focused on AI education will empower educators to confidently guide students through this complex and evolving field.” www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
- It is jarring seeing folx voice legitimate concerns about the Trump presidency, racism, misogyny, and climate change, but also enthusiasm about using generative AI with children. #EduSky
- “Professional development programs focused on AI education will empower educators to confidently guide students through this complex and evolving field.” www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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- As @emilymbender.bsky.social says, keep people in the frame. What do artists think of AI-generated action figures? #EduSky www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...
- They [teachers] love it [generative AI] for themselves. Supported by: - Former tchr/founder venture capital firm founder - Charter school admin - Googler - District tech admin - Private school tchr No research, study, survey. No P-12 public school teacher. #EduSky www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...
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- I'm using DuckDuckGo to avoid the environmental degradation of Google Search AI overviews. It's jarring to see so many AI slop action figures on social media. How is this worth wrecking out ecosystem? 🌎 #EduSky www.criticalinkling.com/p/gen-ai-los...
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- Bob Trevino Likes It is the best new film I have seen in a long time. Perfectly acted. It was a tear-jerker that made me feel better than when I entered the theater. John Leguizamo's performance has me proud to be a Knicks fan. www.bobtrevinolikesit.com/home/
- I have some reading to do. #EduSky #GenerativeAI Cut to Rodney Dangerfield studying montage from Back to School.
- Goes for me too and my art doesn't go much further than Substack posts and YouTube thumbnails.
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- Happy Trans Visibility Day! From @glsen.bsky.social: "The day is dedicated to celebrating the accomplishments of transgender and gender nonconforming people while raising awareness of the work that still needs to be done to achieve trans justice." #EduSky www.glsen.org/TDOV
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- A fantastic essay by @tressiemcphd.bsky.social about how technology is lagging in the 2020s and its implications for education. #AILiteracy #AILiteracyDay #EduSky www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/o...
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