Patrick Martel

Teacher, tutor, academic coach
Ukulele player

[Patrick Martel @patthetutor]

I can tell you almost anything you want to know about cats, apples, and picnics #Duolingo365

[Patrick Martel @patthetutor]

@JonHaidt is one of the most important voices out there when it comes to identifying which of our societal habits and shibboleths have had unintended, sometimes disastrous consequences.

Everyone should read "The Anxious Generation," and "The Coddling of the American Mind."

[Patrick Martel @patthetutor]

The 7 Best Ways to Help Your Kids in School https://t.co/UwKRaAP7lV via @LinkedIn #parenting #executivefunctioning #leadbyexample

[Patrick Martel @patthetutor]

We tell students:
- Write in your planner!
- Keep your papers organized!
- Don’t procrastinate!

Meanwhile, half of us have:
- A lesson plan that exists only in our heads
- 2,147 unread emails
- A pile of ungraded papers we "meant" to grade last week...

[Patrick Martel @patthetutor]

Check out my latest article: Why Nobody Was Learning Anything In My Class https://t.co/zhi893NHwt via @LinkedIn

[Jonathan Haidt @JonHaidt]

A boys' school makes boy-friendly changes and gets great results! Some are as simple as opening the playground for 20 minutes before school starts.

They drew on @LetGrowOrg for our "play club" program

https://t.co/BF7uW6ivYT

[Patrick Martel @patthetutor]

Check out my latest article: Why Parents Are Leaving Traditional Schools (and What It Means for the Future of Education) https://t.co/8Ko6WCrIpM via @LinkedIn

[Patrick Martel @patthetutor]

What happens when teachers use AI to design their assignments, and students use AI to complete them?

#artificialintelligence #AIinEducation #EdTech #AIethics #ethicsintech #responsibleAI #futureofeducation

[Patrick Martel @patthetutor]

What will kids discover AI can do that we never could have foreseen? What happens when all the kids except yours are using AI to ‘assist’ them?

[Patrick Martel @patthetutor]

New post on Ai and Education -

What happens to the human mind as it adapts to using AI over decades? Does it enhance us or does something essential erode in the process?

https://t.co/JiN9m2C3Ed

[Patrick Martel @patthetutor]

Christmas is a time to remember that hope is real:

Recent CDC and NIMH surveys show over 40% of high school students report hopelessness; nearly 1 in 5 have considered suicide.

https://t.co/cue04NFy90

#MentalHealth #Resilience #EducationMatters

[Jonathan Haidt @JonHaidt]

Education Week's word of the year is "cellphone ban." The OED chose "brain rot."

2024 is the vibe shift year: We now see that a phone-based childhood is not just bad for mental health, but also for education and cognitive development.

https://t.co/uoiVQSKBe0

[Patrick Martel @patthetutor]

🎄 Last-Minute Christmas Gift Ideas for Your High Schooler! 🎄

Help them kick off 2025 with style and motivation by creating a clean, functional homework space they'll love 💻✨

https://t.co/k2ftjAi4E3

#ChristmasGiftIdeas #HighSchoolerLife #StudySpaceGoals #HomeworkMotivation

[Patrick Martel @patthetutor]

Somehow or other, it seems that the material from which we are made is as unsnappable as we believe it is

#education #studentteacher #perseverance #specialed #humannature #teaching #TeachingFeeling

[Patrick Martel @patthetutor]

The greatest successes always start with replacing ‘there is no way’ with ‘there might be a way

[Patrick Martel @patthetutor]

New article: Agony and Ecstasy in Learning: The Topography of Despair https://t.co/cue04NFy90

#education #teaching #perseverance #specialeducation #parenting

[Patrick Martel @patthetutor]

Everyone needs to know this

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

We learn more from reading on paper than on screens.

54 studies, 171k people: we process print more deeply than digital content—as long as it's informational rather than purely narrative.

The paper advantage holds across ages and has grown over time. Long live physical books.

[Patrick Martel @patthetutor]

At some level, we all already knew this, right?

[Jonathan Haidt @JonHaidt]

Yet more reasons to roll back the trend for the school day to be dominated by Chromebooks and iPads.

[Jonathan Haidt @JonHaidt]

Yet more reasons to roll back the trend for the school day to be dominated by Chromebooks and iPads.

[Patrick Martel @patthetutor]

@ToK_ScienceTree There’s no such thing as free lunch.

The question you’re really posing is, “should everyone in the country be forced to pay for the college education of those who qualify and want to go?”