In planning this symposium, I placed high priority on a) making it hybrid and b) making it affordable. $10 streaming tickets for sale now, including full Q&A participation and access to the recording after the event. We hope you will tune in! marktwainhouse.vbotickets.com/event/Creati...
I love a writing prompt – especially thematic prompts that connect to our text. Often, a single word will work wonders. If your protagonist is going to be in an awkward situation, use “cringe” or something for the prompt and students will go wild with personal stories. The segues write themselves.
andrea tamayo@andreatamayo.bsky.social · yesterdayTeachers: What’s your go-to bell ringer—one that quickly gets students settled and thinking?
Here's my AKG recordings from all 18 shows on the Phish summer tour. I'll add the September Dick's shows to the folder after the run is done. Please feel free to share the link.
Phish 2026 Summer Tour - Google Drive
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Hear me out: a movie about teaching in the style of Office Space
they call it the "odyssey" because you really "should" see it
It’s awesome that Messi and Haaland are somehow both perfectly designed to score a lot of goals even though one of them could eat the other one as a light pre-game snack
Here’s the third of my 8th grade students that became a paid and published author this year 💪 www.thepitchkc.com/eat-this-now...
Eat This Now: Jerk chicken at Wah Gwan
Jerk chicken at Wah Gwan // Photo by Sarah Sipple Over at University Academy on Holmes Rd., Mr. Ryan Hall’s 8th-grade English class has a long-running practice of learning about food writing through t...
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This is what the American World Cup should’ve been the whole time, a celebration of our diasporas, a chance for all these countries from around the world to feel at home here because there’s a bit of their home already here
house of theolia. 🦊🌙⚧@valpix.tgirl.gay · 2mo agocabo verdean fans celebrating their draw against spain at full time at a watch party in dorchester, mass. massachusetts is home to the largest cabo verdean diaspora in the united states (approx. 90k.) (video from maher mezahi on the other site.)
getting rid of grades entirely would be much more effective at curbing surreptitious use of genAI than any amount of surveillance, would do vastly less harm to the pedagogical relationship at the heart of education, and wouldn't be another massive economic windfall for the creepiest people you know
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2mo ago“At UCLA, students in a recent sociology class said they were told in an email to ‘procure a mirror large enough to fully reflect your entire desk-area work space,’ and turn on their laptop camera so the professor could watch them during an online test.”
my student wrote this ❤️ www.thepitchkc.com/eat-this-now...
Eat This Now: Chicken quesadilla at Tiki Taco
Chicken quesadilla // Courtesy of Tiki Taco Over at University Academy on Holmes Rd., Mr. Ryan Hall’s 8th-grade English class has a long-running practice of learning about food writing through the “Ea...
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🖤💚💛 my student wrote this www.thepitchkc.com/eat-this-now...
Eat This Now: Rasta pasta at Wah Gwan
Rasta Pasta at Wah Gwan // Photo by Sarah Sipple Over at University Academy on Holmes Rd., Mr. Ryan Hall’s 8th-grade English class has a long-running practice of learning about food writing through th...
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My mentor retired today. My biggest, favorite influence. The person most responsible for me, educationally. He’s almost obnoxiously wise. A voracious reader and writer; a richly entertaining storyteller. Weird, funny, gentle, devoted. Teacher. Cheers, Bill.
Breaking News: Steven Rosenbaum, the author of “The Future of Truth,” acknowledged that the nonfiction book about the effects of A.I. on truth included misattributed or fake quotes concocted by A.I.
‘The Future of Truth’ Contains Quotes Made Up by A.I.
Steven Rosenbaum, author of “The Future of Truth,” said he had started his own investigation after The New York Times asked about the fake quotes.
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Jason Collins, first openly gay active player in NBA history, dead at 47 after cancer treatments. Story is unlocked and free to read @theathletic.com: www.nytimes.com/athletic/727...
Jason Collins, first openly gay active player in NBA history, dead at 47 after cancer treatments (Gift Article)
Collins announced in December that he was undergoing treatment for Stage 4 glioblastoma, a severe form of brain cancer.
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Heartfelt Apology Robs Man Of Cherished Grudge https://theonion.com/heartfelt-apology-robs-man-of-cherished-grudge-1819571566/
In the wake of Jason Collins’ death, Charles Barkley commented on the lack of societal progress towards homophobia since Collins came out as the first openly gay NBA player in 2013.
his article about having cancer was also an astonishing piece of writing
Jason Collins: I have Stage 4 glioblastoma
In an exclusive with ESPN, the 13-year NBA veteran and pioneer reveals that he is fighting for his life.
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Julia Poe@juliapoe.bsky.social · 4mo agoRest in peace to Jason Collins, an unthinkably brave person and incredible leader for the LGBT community. Over a decade later and his coming out column is still an astonishing piece of writing. Wish the sport had caught up more and that he could have lived to see it.
same here! we played “think on your feet!” wheel of names + wheel of topics = one minute speeches clearly you need quite a bit of trust established for the real magic to happen, so it’s usually a second semester game. that said, here are some of my favorite tips …
Marcus Luther@marcusluther.bsky.social · 4mo agoToday was a good day in the classroom, a really good day. (At some point in my life I'm going to look back and miss these type of days, and I don't for a second plan to take these days for granted.)
Concept art for ‘RAY GUNN’, a new animated film directed by Brad Bird (‘The Incredibles’) The film follows a private inspector drawn into a case involving aliens & murder all in the alternate futuristic city Metropia. Releasing later this year on Netflix.
