Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers

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Stay Human in the Age of AI: Join me virtually July 13th and 14th

July 05, 2026

Right now, teachers are getting pulled in two completely opposite directions on tech use, particularly with artificial intelligence. Your admin may want you to use it to plan lessons, save time, stay current. And on one hand, it does save time, and we want to take advantage of the tools we've got, especially if theyre free. But a lot of us also have this nagging feeling that something about it isn't quite right, and we can't always articulate what exactly is bothering us. Is it what it's doin...

EP351 What does learning science actually say about AI in the classroom? (with Erin Mote)

June 28, 2026

Everyone has an opinion about AI in classrooms right now, but very few of those opinions are grounded in what we actually know about how kids learn. In this episode, I sit down with Erin Mote, CEO and founder of InnovateEDU and co-founder of Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School, to cut through the noise and talk about what the evidence actually shows about AI as a learning tool. This isn't a conversation about ChatGPT, cheating, whether to ban devices, or what kids are doing with AI at home on ...

EP350 The power of regret: using hindsight as a tool for growth

June 14, 2026

Teaching gives you a lot of opportunities to look back and wish you'd done it differently, and most of us carry those regrets way longer than we need to. In this episode, I'm sharing what I learned from Daniel Pink's book The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward, and how his research applies to the unique kind of regret that teachers carry.  I'll walk you through the four categories of regret most people have, the difference between "if only" and "at least" thinking, and a t...