Sunrise in the kayak... what I did with my extra hour! 20 minutes between the 3 pictures. Can't believe it's still a relatively comfortable temp (for WI) to still be in my kayak. Might be all we see of the sun today.

I do a little work with teachers and the Library of Congress - in looking around for some resources this morning I stumbled upon this video explaining WW2 Food Rationing. It is stunning how unlikely something like this would work today. #sschat www.nps.gov/media/video/...

Point Rationing of Foods

A US Government-produced animated video about point rationing of foods during World War II.

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I have a feedreader that includes an incredibly wide range of content - The Public Domain Review is always bringing incredibly unique stories forward.

The Public Domain Review@publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 3w ago

NEW ESSAY — “Men with Queer Nerves”: Ross Bullen on the odd phenomenon of “Jumping Frenchmen”, French-Canadian lumberjacks in 19th-c Maine who, at the slightest stimulus, seemed to jump, strike out with their limbs, or mimic languages they could not speak: publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-ju...

If your Saturday needed a glimpse into small town WI - My niece won the Cross Country Sectional, making her the first runner to ever qualify for the State Competition in her school's history. They are presently having the fire trucks escort the bus's return to their small town HS. #sogood

Well - this seems... wrong. Yikes!

Will Craft@wcraft.bsky.social · 2w ago

Justice of the peace courts in Louisiana allow judges to directly profit from the volume of evictions they handle. We figured out how much judges across the state were making and how many evictions the highest paid judge handled over a year. I want to talk about how we figured this out

I also do this series 4 the LOC posts abt taking apart a random Front Page of an old newspaper. I've been recently interested in how much social media is 'present' in these pages - could be an interesting class disc. For ex, I bring you Challis, ID 1902 #sschat #edusky www.loc.gov/resource/sn8...

I'm working on a post for my small gig w/ the LOC looking up teaching machines in Chronicling America. This stuff cracks me up, how the rhetoric hasn't really changed (I know @audreywatters.bsky.social already figured all this out) but it's fun to go get it out of the hist. record myself. #edusky

A combination of my favorite things - dataviz, maps and primary sources! #sschat #edusky

Attila Bátorfy@attilabatorfy.bsky.social · 4w ago

stunning data maps of Washington from 1880. attilabatorfy.substack.com/p/how-many-t...

I call this weather ominously comfortable... Three straight days in the 80s, in the middle of Oct in WI. Taking advantage!

A rural electric cooperative provides the power to my house. My Oct. bill was *way* too low, 40% low, which was weird. I went to the bill & realized that I've been here long enough to get Capital credits - a refund 4 unused funds (from a previous service yr). Here's to being part of a cooperative!

Sharing - #sschat & #engchat -"Piloting the Policy, Poetry, & Primary Source Lessons- We're looking for secondary classroom teachers (ELA, USH, Civics, or Govt) to pilot some (or all!) of the lessons & give us some feedback!" floridacitizen.org/policypoetry... docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #edusky

With my work travel schedule always subject to changes... Sending my absentee ballot back today! There's still time to request and return if you feel like you can't make it in person. If you're in WI, myvote.wi.gov/en-us/Reques...

I am part of a farm family, if you were picking teams for farming I would be picked last. If we got grades, mine is a D-. Today, however, for the *second* time... I fixed the skid steer/bobcat. #talesoftheD-farmer

One of the most impactful and dense sentences in American governance - there are semi-colons and everything. #edusky #sschat

News Literacy Project@newslit.org · last mo.

#Educators: The First Amendment is in the news again & it's a good time to see how well your students understand 1A. NLP resources include: 💡 10-question quiz (short): bit.ly/1AQuiz 🔎 Full Checkology lesson (long): bit.ly/Checkology1A

The Autumnal Equinox is tonight and you know what that means... FAT BEAR WEEK! katmaiconservancy.org/fatbearweek #edusky

Katmai Conservancy | About Fat Bear Week | Join the Conservation Celebration

Discover the story of Fat Bear Week, a celebration of resilience and survival among Katmai's bears. Vote for your favorite and support conservation efforts.

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The menu for the food truck at the local orchard... This is a very WI menu.

Visiting classrooms at SLA-MS today... There is just something about a Philly classroom that you don't necessarily get elsewhere. It's somewhere in the alchemy of diversity, personality, energy. Helping to build this place will forever be one of my favorite things. #edusky

Grateful to release an update to the Responsible AI and Tech Justice Guide for K12 that I authored. Helps the K12 space think more responsibly and critically about AI tools and empowers students to refuse and mitigate the harms of these tools. kaporfoundation.org/justicecs/

Responsible AI and Tech Justice for K12 Education - Kapor Foundation

We envision a computer science education ecosystem where all students experience inclusive and equitable learning environments that enable the interrogation of the creation of technology, the examinat...

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In case your Wednesday needs some color... Sunset in very rural WI last night. The way light creates these vistas perpetually captivates me.

One could get lost in this information for quite some time... I could run a whole class off of this data. Dang. data360.worldbank.org/en/atlas/ #edusky #dataviz

Atlas of Global Development

The Atlas of Global Development presents interactive storytelling and data visualizations on key global trends related to people, prosperity, our planet, infrastructure, and digital transformations.

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I feel like @kinlane.bsky.social and @audreywatters.bsky.social need to know about this... nyctreegenusmap.com

NYC Tree Genus Map

An interactive map of ~1.8 million individual tree crowns in New York City, classified by genus from PlanetScope satellite imagery and airborne lidar.

nyctreegenusmap.com

If I were to start over - I would aim to be skilled enough to create things like this from @pudding.cool - pudding.cool/2026/07/esse... So many ways this could be used in a classroom be it ELA, Social Studies, Math - Ask questions, be curious, immerse kids in 'the words' #edusky

How the Words We Teach English Language Learners Changed

Differences between “essential vocabulary” lists, 1953 vs. 2023

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Topics that seem to be transcending right/left; liberal/conservative reactions - flock cameras and data centers.

Random realization - I use 'find' (cmd/ctr F) all the time - lost something in a document, looking for a reference on a page, jump to a place in a long document... blah, blah, blah. Last week I worked with three different people who didn't know about 'find'. Was I having a weird week or?

I've ignored my feed reader for the past two months - today is the day that I dig back in. It might tell you what kind of content I seek when some version of this article was in the first 3 blogs/content sources I looked at. Expect more randomeness. www.reuters.com/world/africa...

US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference

A U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a State Department presentation at ‌a global conference taking place in Brazil this week, causing a stir among attendees who took screen...

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If you're looking for something to feel good about in the world... this fits the bill. @karlfisch.bsky.social

NPR@npr.org · 3mo ago

NPR asked an aspiring scientist in Philadelphia to interview an adult who is living his dream about his career in conservation science. n.pr/3TtUaeQ

I used to make a similar comment abt farmers/farms being our original makers and makerspaces. Add in the river trips that I was lucky enough to organize over the years for students & I 100% cosign this sentiment from John Spencer. The Best Makerspace Might Be Outside spencereducation.com/biomimcry/

This time of year when I'm not working, I'm generally outside and sometimes I also work on my computer outside. Today is the Summer Solstice and we got an absolute stunning sunset. Don't waste all that sunlight and comfortable temps, Wisconsin!

Grades continue to flummox folks - at it core , this is problematic - if a student learns the requisite information, evidences that at a high level of expertise but happens to be in a particularly high achieving group, they get a lower grade? Good luck with that!

Josh Eyler@josheyler.bsky.social · 5mo ago

My op-ed about Harvard and its new grade cap is out today in The Hill. I’d love to hear what you think. thehill.com/opinion/educ...

For the #sschat folks - Seeking Civics Framework Panelists - www.nagb.gov/about-us/joi...

Seeking Civics Framework Panelists

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