After a few semesters of living under the "cloud" of AI, here's where I think I have landed...?
#AI #TrustStudents #ungrading
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Lately, beyond teaching online, I've been destroying toys and spray painting everything... also known as "crafting"? 🤓🦄📿 #ArtsAndCrafts #Unicorns
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Meme: Make human looking at a lot of paper information on a table. Text says: “Me trying to figure out which idea to use for my #tycamw proposal.”
Proposals for #TYCAMW25 are due today!
bit.ly/TYCAMW25
This year’s theme, “Who Are We (Now)? Reimagining English Department Identities,” offers an excellent opportunity to engage in a timely conversation taking place across the country.
We hope you’ll join us Oct. 16-18th !!
Screenshot from How People Learn II highlighting the single section about working and long term memory
"Memory" makes up just 8 pages of How People Learn II, or 2% of the total volume, and yet some in the #EduCogSci crowd think that 2% represents the sum total of how we should think about teaching, learning, and schooling. 🤷
The #unicorn, #dinosaur, and #PurpleElephant necklaces have been my favorites so far (pics attached). #DIY #rave #festival #OOAK #CreationOverConsumption #Poshmark #toys
As the teaching gig quiets down, my new passion of crafting weird things is ramping up... I've been "destroying" toys, spray painting things, and generally creating items I would want to wear and use. 😜 😍 🤓 #DistractionFromEverything
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Join us Thursday May 29th at 7pm Cairo (4pm UTC, 12pm EDT) for a Taste of MYFest25 session. Join us to meet others from the community & learn more about what Mid-Year Festival is all about, share your hopes & expectations, and ask any questions. Register (free) here:
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Another Midwest Messenger update is coming to you in the form of a VLOG! Yep… We connected w/a couple of our board members & got to hear a bit about who they are, their experiences w/#tyca, & what they are excited about as they take on their new roles! Check out the Vlog here: youtu.be/9UEouh9I_9k
art work of Chicago
#CFP for #TYCAMW25 is now live!
bit.ly/TYCAMW25
> College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, outside of Chicago, IL.
> "Who Are We (Now)? Reimagining English Department Identities."
> Oct. 16-18
Please consider submitting your proposals by June 1st if you would like feedback. The final due date is June 13th.
Finishing up my first #QualityLearning @QMProgram course & here’s a draft of the Course Map I will use in order to tweak one of my classes: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
While listening to a webinar with people from @mitopencourseware.bsky.social, I found this helpful #syllabus #checklist: tll.mit.edu/syllabus-che... #OER #GoOpen
Pink background, human as a bitmoji. Text states: “I’ll be watching online; tune into Canva Create."
Wherever you are, get a virtual front row seat to Canva Create 2025. 🌍 I’ll be tuning in live on April 10 to discover all the game-changing launches that will change the way we work. You coming? Register for free at canva.me/WatchingCreate #CanvaCreate #VirtualEvent
Headline from The Nation states: Trump is unpopular - and so are the do nothing Democrats
#Democrats #Republicans
#OnePartyNotTwo
#WorkerParty #ThirdParty
“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”
A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.
A federal judge ruled in favor of the Trump administration, allowing it to proceed with mass terminations of probationary federal workers. The administration has already dismissed 6,700 employees from the IRS, with plans to lay off an additional 50,000 workers from the Defense Department next.
Today in National Parks News
There's a more recent WAPO article but it's pay per view and I didn't want to frustrate the readers.
From Vox
www.vox.com/down-to-eart...
What are you/Dems doing to protect people?
Bison, his cape covered in snow, walking along the road in front of a scattered pine forest.
Today needs more Bison
very annoying how doomy bad things go viral and then folks don't see the stories of resistance
I want women, minorities, and poor white people in the US to know that our system of human economic organization was never built for you, it was built against you. You owe nothing to a racist, classist patriarchy that funds warlords and billionaires while keeping you poor, powerless, and obedient.
"This constant lying is not aimed at making the people believe a lie, but at ensuring that no one believes anything anymore.”
- Hannah Arendt
(14 Oct 1906 – 4 Dec 1975) German historian and philosopher
“It’s so important that you don’t just have one book by a Black author in your curriculum, or one sort of story. We have to build a full picture.” —Chanea Bond, Teacher
These 10 books featuring Black protagonists, recommended by @heymrsbond.com and other educators, can deepen the spectrum of lived experiences represented in your school or classroom library: https://buff.ly/4hA09FB
#TLSky #SchoolLibrarians #literacy
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
If it’s not important enough for a teacher to read it, why would it be important enough for a student to write it?
I know I'm fighting years of them being told that GRADES matter the most... so when I squeak about #learning and use #ungrading methods, I'm up against a giant. They will do anything FOR THE GRADE, and I sometimes don't blame them.
Also, the infiltration of #AI was evident to me the most during my HUM 101 #Intersession course. Usually, students write reflections w/3-5 sentences + errors. Now, I'm getting those kinds of reflections AND ones that are very long w/intriguing vocabulary + no errors. I feel all I can do is shrug.
I don't like to gripe about #ungrading, or students in general, but it does bug me when I take late work and they want it assessed immediately. Like, um, you completed this when it worked for you, and I will do the same. #Patience goes both ways.
We should have some unprecedented events that are good for once
Based on a wonderful suggestion from @jaustinedu.bsky.social, I've created a rough Starter Pack for those involved with #ungrading & alternative #assessment.
If I forgot someone (I'm sure I have!), please forgive me & let me know if you want to be added to the list. Thanks!
go.bsky.app/G6hA6Ru
