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David Steckler

risk or rust

ISTE 2025

Great teachers aren't born with the answers. They're built by embracing questions they can't yet solve. Let's connect from ISTE virtual and continue our conversations beyond the chat!

The Classroom Truth

Nine years at Highlands teaching 7th graders has taught me that the most important lessons happen in the margins—between the curriculum and the conversations, between the code and the coffee breaks with my dog Pixie.

I believe in modeling curiosity over having all the answers. My students challenge me daily to find new paths, different explanations, and better metaphors. AI is just another tool in my workshop—helpful, sometimes brilliant, often frustrating. Like most useful things.

A simple question guides every lesson and decision: choose to act or watch potential fade.

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7th Grade Educator

9 years at Highlands, embracing the questions I can't yet solve

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AI in Education

Practical applications, real problems, honest perspectives

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Lifelong Learner

Stealing ideas from everywhere—classrooms to coffee shops

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Curious Mindset

Students who struggle most often teach me the most