When the world is in turmoil…
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08.04.2025 04:44
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Final episode of #severance season 2. Chef’s kiss. A perfectly constructed hour of tv.
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Map of the Pacific Ocean but labelled New Zealand Ocean
Think Big.
About 8 years ago, @siobhanleahy50 and I prepared a Quick Reference Guide for Embedding Formative Assessment. It's now out of print, so the copyright has reverted to us, and we are free to share it with anyone who wants it: bit.ly/EFAQRG (pdf).
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In light of Mark Zuckerberg's announcement that Facebook is ditching fact-checking during a time of heightened disinformation and polarisation, a colleague and I have written an op-ed about what this means for New Zealand's public sector.
www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
Hello friends here in Aotearoa. There are just SEVEN days left to make your submission on the Treaty Principles Bill. If you were one of the ~50k people at the hīkoi, now is the time to have your say via "official" channels.
I'll put some useful links in the thread below
#kikorangi #toitutetiriti
Thank you @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social for your wonderful
book. Lucky enough to get it as a Xmas present, now feet up in the New Zealand summer with a slice of Xmas cake reliving all the mad magic of the 90s. Joy x
Yes to this! If you are looking for joy and heartfelt clarity on what matters, subscribe and read issue #307 for proper Xmas feels 🥹🎄🎄
Vale, Michael Leunig
Life-giving cheer on a sunny day in Wellington - thanks to our musical Tree, Jarrod Wilson🎄🎄🎄
‘Exceedingly good needle drops: why a 1915 reading of a Kipling poem is the cherry on top of the 28 Years Later trailer’ > spent a happy few minutes delving into the rabbit hole of the poem ‘Boots’. Amazing recording. www.theguardian.com/film/2024/de...
Yup. Windows really flexing and not in a fun, cool way 😬😬😬
Today's (2nd) Poem by Brian Bilson:
Am teetering on the edge of further study so a coffee with the Dr may be in order soon 🙏🏻😉
Red brick traditional building hidden by trees where the academy sits
Mural of aboriginal child on building
Education words featured on a wall such as active learning
Have had a rich and productive couple of days working with Viviane Robinson and Jacqui Patuawa on our leadership work with the Victorian Academy for Teaching and Leadership☺️☺️ Got my geek on!
#edusky #eduskynz #eduleadership #leadership
I keep trying to write something eloquent and just being tired.
History matters. Philosophy matters. Languages and literature matter. Indigenous studies matter. Arts and humanities and social sciences matter. All of them.
Signed,
a physicist
Two stages of writing:
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
Stunning 🤩 And so light! I remember it as being dark and rather gloomy. www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...
New Zealand drug buying agency, Pharmac is planning to stop funding Estradot HRT patches. The planned alternative is universally regarded as shit by medical professionals. Please take a few seconds to sign this petition.
www.change.org/p/mandate-go...
Morning hike up the hill. Mōrena te whānau #wellington
So very sad. Regardless of one’s’ politics, she worked hard in the edu-tech space in ways that sought to bridge the digital divide www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Yes - and his book was picked up in this powerful piece today from @carolecadwalla.bsky.social - feels like it won’t happen until it does … www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It is beautifully written - and I can’t believe it took so long for me to read it (I know it is a popular senior text and can see why)
Just finished the astonishing Ken Burns / Lyn Novick doco on Vietnam and -finally- read O’Brien’s ‘The Things They Carried’ - late to the party on both but holy hecker. And how history is just on repeat…#booksky #filmsky
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OH at a leadership workshop on building trust as we discuss practice problems this week: “The more passionate I feel about something, the more controlling my language becomes.”
An ‘a-ha’ moment at the time - and feels pertinent to the times we are in…