Chelsea

As part of my current role, I often get to have really hard conversations with students that shape their future. This might be because they failed an important prerequisite, their behavior was… | Chel... As part of my current role, I often get to have really hard conversations with students that shape their future. This might be because they failed an important prerequisite, their behavior was unaccep...

I wrote a thing over on LinkedIn about how I structure hard conversations with students.

The Billion-Dollar AI Startup That Was Founded by Teenagers The team behind Aaru is attracting brands including McDonald’s and EY by betting AI bots can predict human behavior better than humans can.

“Instead of paying humans to join focus groups and complete surveys, Aaru uses thousands of AI agents, or bots, to simulate human responses. It feeds demographic and psychographic information into its models to create human profiles that match clients’ needs…”

Build Your Own Mickey & Castle Tiaras with Additional DIY Designs at Walt Disney World - WDWNT Two new customizable tiara bases have arrived for the DIY tiara experience at Arribas Brothers experience in Crystal Arts at Magic Kingdom.

Husband has really enjoyed the build-your-own light saber experience and I joked with him that after I get my PhD I'm getting a sparkly crown... And now I have more options!

Kevin talking on a large stage.

Taking a little uncouth victory lap because I have worked very hard on this book and getting its message out. And because I’m away from my family, so you’ve gotta find joy amidst the costs. But got to share this work with a big student affairs conference, and it was just so, so cool.

But, yeah, there's a whole thing about how the utter abandonment of colleges of ed is a good signal of the abandonment of higher ed's commitment to the public good. One of our very best contributions is preparing good teachers, speech therapists, literacy experts, etc. But it doesn't generate $

Tiny Warty Frogfish Was Surprise Birth at Shedd, Is First-Ever Raised in Aquarium “This little fish is truly one in a million,” said Jenny Richards, senior aquarist at Shedd Aquarium.

Fancy!

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As part of my current role, I often get to have really hard conversations with students that shape their future. This might be because they failed an important prerequisite, their behavior was… | Chel... As part of my current role, I often get to have really hard conversations with students that shape their future. This might be because they failed an important prerequisite, their behavior was unaccep...

I wrote a thing over on LinkedIn about how I structure hard conversations with students.

And flagship status doesn't matter much here. It may be worse. Because the colleges of ed are trying to keep pace with institutional ambitions and AAU crap, while the university is like...you are poor and that's a you problem good luck.

Like, there’s not a budget model out there that’s kind to colleges of ed, with their internships, field placements, heavy part-time grad students, lower grant revenue, etc.

I have a whole lot of thoughts about this campaign, but cash-paying grad students wasn't even on my radar for FAFSA completion numbers

A thing I did not realize, I guess, is that SUNY's "academic momentum" campaign that includes goals like "100% FAFSA filing" includes... PhD students. I'm not sure how else to explain the FAFSA email I got today.

We got someone's 1pm Walmart delivery that included frozen and hot items (a rotisserie chicken). I got home at 5. That was a lot of money I just threw away. There is no address on the order for me to take the dry goods to.

In 1983, Ruth Schwartz Cowan published a book called More Work for Mother where she argued that modern household tech (washing machines/vacuums) didn't reduce women's housework time, it just raised standards of domesticity. Household work is never shortened by tech & you can extrapolate that out.

Yes. This is why the "best practices" include a centralized space on campus, run by a person with at least a Master's Degree, and include a ton of constant, consistent professional development for working tutors.

Good morning friends!
Remember to take meds if needed, drink some water, and most importantly, be kind to yourself.

I got gas at this exact same gas station on Wednesday for $2.85. this morning, it is $3.49. are we winning?

Oh. This explains the dreams.

And now I'm hungry, come on body, let's get it together

More anxiety dreams, at least I'm not waking up sticky. Gah

That's very much what's happening in this book but without the fancy words (or constructions, but if it's for postsecondary faculty development, I'm all for it)

"but why do you read fantasy, Chelsea?"

Because sometimes fantasy and the characters and their reality breathe life into me

"She liked being alone. She was good at it. Had never trusted or taken to people.

But these weren't people, not really. They were something else. Allies. Friends. Family."

I just checked my StoryGraph profile for something and apparently I've read 157 books since I started using the app in 2022. I guess that's an accomplishment of some sort.

Dr Emma Tippett has long, dark curly hair. She is wearing a dark top and smiling at the camera

The next speaker is Dr Emma Tippett, who is an infectious diseases specialist who now specialises in diagnosing and treating long COVID. She is the founder and Director of Clinic Nineteen, a long COVID telehealth clinic.

"But because students have to translate this complex material to a less-informed audience, they are forced to own the material in ways they otherwise would not."

Dewey would call that experiencial learning, I think. Needing to pose a hypothesis, explain and defend it, and then find the next problem

I'm very much enjoying it and feel like I could hand it out to many of my faculty colleagues!

I love seeing my (pocket) friends in books! This time it's @olinj.bsky.social!

And then we get into the "why" pedagogy! Yes, you can assign weird bits of chapters across the textbook and then EXPLAIN WHY you're doing it like that. "faculty have a rich understanding of the relationships in the content that our novice students do not have." p. 53

"this approach would foreground for students my priorities." p. 48

I highly recommend on the first day of class having an activity where small groups of students connect assignments to learning outcomes, and then connect LOs to their own goals. Help them find your motivation & their motivation.

Izzy, a calico cat, is rubbing her face on the top right corner of the book.

Izzy is, uh, helping

And then tying the reorganization to predetermined goals! What categories match the goals, or which ones don't!

And also: you might not have to structure your course based on how the book is written