What are the Hall of Fame flash fiction collections? Varieties of Disturbance? 99 Stories of God? Pieces for the Left Hand? Invisible Cities?
Michael Pershan
@mpershan.bsky.social
math teacher, writer in upper manhattan substack: pershmail.substack.com website with links to publications etc: michaelpershan.com
You'll never believe who Ben is talking about.
Benjamin Riley@benjaminjriley.bsky.social · yesterdaySome of the most interesting "theory of mind" work is done by teachers. This interview gets at the heart of the realities of the classroom while grappling with questions such as, what do we mean by understanding? How do we get there with students?
Some of the most interesting "theory of mind" work is done by teachers. This interview gets at the heart of the realities of the classroom while grappling with questions such as, what do we mean by understanding? How do we get there with students?
Michael Pershan@mpershan.bsky.social · yesterdayDo you want to see my stupid face and listen to my stupid voice talk about cognitive load theory for an hour? Good news. wegrowteachers.com/thoughtstret...
Do you want to see my stupid face and listen to my stupid voice talk about cognitive load theory for an hour? Good news. wegrowteachers.com/thoughtstret...
The ThoughtStretchers Podcast: Applying Cognitive Load Theory In The Classroom
Drew Perkins welcomes math teacher and author Michael Pershan to explore how he thinks about applying Cognitive Load Theory in his classroom.
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micros and nonfiction still open!
X-R-A-Y Literary Press@xraylitmag.bsky.social · last wk.flash fiction & micros will have the highest cap -- now is good time to submit flash & micros send us yr coolest & most interesting, work ! we are a place where cool & interesting things appear. thank u ! thank u !! xray.submittable.com/submit
Drumming vs. Music for 18 Musicians, Reichheads let's here your takes.
Before tomorrow's new edition, make sure to read our recent contributor Tracie Renee's (@tracierenee.bsky.social) heart-wrenching form-poem, "Our Last Walk," in @havehashad.com. 🔗 ⬇️
been having a great week of reading thanks to our local public libraries. here’s a Malena Mörling poem to celebrate, we love you public libraries
I would like to get into 50% more fights on social media.
This is a great history of cognitive load theory and points to both its usefulness and limitations. My conclusion is that, given its limitations, it should not be the primary focus of something with the label "science of learning."
Michael Pershan@mpershan.bsky.social · last wk.Back in 2016, I wrote a sort of intellectual history essay tracking changes/debates relating to cognitive load theory. I've been wanting to revise it (and slim it down) and I finally did. pershmail.substack.com/p/how-much-c...
What about announcing a youtube "crowd work special" and then doing a super tight 90 minutes of well-crafted material where you promise that the crowd work is coming in a minute, has anyone tried that yet
excited to be in @havehashad.com again with a tiny micro about a bar for ghosts. grateful to @aaronburch.bsky.social + any of you who read it 💀 🍻 👻 www.havehashad.com/hadposts/whe...
Nobody likes being lied to, and everybody wants their fiction to be written by a human.
This is where a bunch of older teens tried to bully us into giving them a slice of pizza and I licked the last piece then went to a movie at Village Crossing.
Chicago Tribune@chicagotribune.com · last wk.Skokie OKs $1.8 million for upgrades to Main Street corridor, to encourage businesses, vitality
This album is so good. Syreeta is wonderful and Stevie Wonder is one of one.
You ever hear of this guy, wallace stevens? basically he wrote bird poems?
Back in 2016, I wrote a sort of intellectual history essay tracking changes/debates relating to cognitive load theory. I've been wanting to revise it (and slim it down) and I finally did. pershmail.substack.com/p/how-much-c...
How Much Complexity Can One Theory Take?
A new edition of an essay about the creation of cognitive load theory
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“written with millennial compression, compassion, grace, and somehow even wit,” what is millennial compression???
OK so that Carver story "Popular Mechanics" where the fighting couple do that thing to the baby? A zine or anthology where different things happen with the couple/baby and each story is named after another magazine, e.g. "Scientific American" "The Economist" "Hustler."
Gave this to my first grader, told him I wrote a story short enough he could read it. He asked who is “he”? He said I should have made it the ghost of the general of the American army from the war of 1812. www.havehashad.com/hadposts/bli...
Blink and you’ll miss it by Michael Pershan
But he watched the whole thing.
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