Ramsey Musallam
When curiosity is sparked, deep cycles of learning can occur.
TED Speaker · Teacher · Consultant · Author · Creator of the Spark Learning app ↗
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A metacognitive end-of-year chemistry portfolio built with NotebookLM and Gemini, where the AI can only synthesize what the student actually learned.
Making the Lesson, Not Planning It
A month ago I wrote about how the app is the lesson. This week I crossed a quieter threshold. I am no longer building apps as enrichment, or as a special-occasion tool. I am building them instead of..
One Concept, Whole Unit
Something has been quietly shifting in the way I plan units this spring. In Neuroscience, it is action potentials. In Chemistry, it is single replacement. One concept sits at the center, and...
The App IS the Lesson
I stayed up late last week trying to record a lecture video on action potentials for my Neuroscience class. I kept redrawing the neuron, restarting the recording, trying to get the sequencing right...
Build the Tool, Don't Find the Tool
A student in my neuroscience class blinked. A lot. That's not remarkable in itself, we all blink. What was remarkable was the question that followed: How many times do we blink in a minute? And...
AI and Media Literacy Lessons
When most people hear I’m teaching a new class called AI and Media Literacy , they assume it’s a sharp turn from chemistry. In some ways, they’re right. My TED Talk, 3 Rules to Spark Learning...
Sparking Curiosity with Google Vids: Using Masks to Create Mystery
Sparking involuntary curiosity in students often comes down to creating an awareness of an information gap, a missing piece of knowledge that students naturally want to fill. Loewenstein (1994)...