Michelle Davidson

I am spending a lot of time praising authentic voice.

The lede is buried: AI detection tools determined that some media outlets (including the NY Post) altered the woman's image to make her look more like Lopez. Misrepresenting truth for clicks is the modus operandi these days.

The lede is buried: AI detection tools determined that some media outlets (including the NY Post) altered the woman's image to make her look more like Lopez. Misrepresenting truth for clicks is the modus operandi these days.

My indoor Little Free Library is ready for the college students, faculty, staff and administrators who walk the hall next to my office. @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social .

Well, they violated their own "Don't be evil" policy a long time ago....

Half the planet is having a massive fight about how to correctly interpret an Ancient Greek poem but go ahead, close some more humanities departments.

Hey folks: even if you aren't involved, consider signing this petition in solidarity with your fellow academics? Interdisciplinary translation: this is like if they canceled APSA for political scientists, AMS for musicologists, AHA for historians, MLA for lit studies, etc. etc.

Wikipedia now has higher standards than all universities

Sought a sticker. Found my people. #4C26

Taking a brief bit of quiet time before the next session. #4C26

Give the gift of knowledge and resistance...and/or put these in your holiday wishlist! #AIhype #AIresistance #booksky

Give the gift of knowledge and resistance...and/or put these in your holiday wishlist! #AIhype #AIresistance #booksky

I was born in January 1966. My parents had been trying to settle on my name when they heard Michelle in the car radio...

How privileged this man is to be protected and left to believe he is fine, if not invincible.

And this is just one more reason to love Vince Gilligan.

Imagine household appliance that just keeps electrocuting people do death, and the manufacturer just shrugs, and keeps selling more of them. bsky.app/profile/hype...

Last weekend, we timed our first-ever fall visit to NW Michigan to experience the peak colors...and arrived to find it delayed because of higher than normal temps. Our backyard today:

Commencing year 27 teaching first-year writing @ UToledo. #GoRockets #Utoledo

"Writers have been using me long before the advent of AI. I am the punctuation equivalent of a cardigan—beloved by MFA grads, used by editors when it’s actually cold, and worn year-round by screenwriters. I am not new here."

Outdoor office temp: 85-degrees. Major road construction one street over. Roofers are executing a tear-off next door, and I wouldn't be surprised if they start shingling before 2 pm. No matter. This is my favorite place to write. #Writingsky, #academicsky,

To comply with a state law banning diverse, equitable and inclusive programming and initiatives on campuses, my alma material and employer renamed its nearly 50-year-old womens center....

Excuse me while I troll AI images and presidents posing as popes.

Comp community: Asao Inoue is keynote speaker this year. This will be my 4th time attending this virtual conference. I recommend. It is so well organized and draws together faculty and administrative across disciplines.

Abstract submissions are now open! Please submit your abstract to present at the 2025 Grading Conference which will be held virtually June 11-13. Abstract submission information available at www.centerforgradingreform.org/grading-conf...

I present the title page of my latest narrative for my annual evaluation: #AIresistence #AIinhighered #Edusky

The insanity of being a fire ecologist in the epicenter of a major fire event, bags packed and ready to evacuate, watching active fire from my window, while taking media requests and explaining to the public, for the 100,000th time how climate change is largely responsible for this

Merry Christmas from my home office, where I am playing Wridges and patiently waiting for everyone else to wake up.

The teaching case for AI in the university humanities classroom seems to be: Admit that you hate teaching and don’t want to prepare materials, run classes, prepare or grade student work.” I’d say this was odd and depressing but then a remember “teaching release” is the holy grail of academic success

This makes me so happy....plus, I kept the Styrofoam out of the landfill. #Rudolph #Christmas

A 27yo student whose HS counselor told her "college is not for you," did not believe me when I told her she won an award for her writing Showcase presentation. "Come on," she said. "Did I really win or did you do this?" I told her that 5 judges chose her project. She burst into tears. #fywriting

A2: For 27 yrs, I have offered unlimited revision with shadow grades and used the 4.0 scale. I fully shifted to feedback over all grades while in a COP focusing on equitable teaching. I was asked to coach STEM faculty in alt.grading & I realized that I could do better myself! #Ungradingchat

"When we step into school, we enter an environment that can feel really high pressure and artificial—because we privilege print." @angelastockman.bsky.social #ungrading #ungradingchat growbeyondgrades.org/blog/angela-...

Waking up to the last week of the semester...a week of possibilities. My students--and I--are looking forward to a break, but there are plenty of learning opportunities before portfolios are due. Onward.

Spent the past 2 days talking to FY students at #UToledo's celebration of public writing. I am always impressed by the learning that happens when they transfer a paper into visual form, but the real reward is seeing them present and recognize that they are doing scholarly work.