I'm not afraid of AI replacing teachers. I am afraid of public funds being streamed into private coffers with no benefit and quite possibly harm.
America, this is why you need to find your way back to us
Noir Beach Shack ♬@noirbeachshack.bsky.social · 2d ago70-foot-tall freestanding neon sign at Bob's Big Boy in Burbank, California...
America, this is why you need to find your way back to us
Noir Beach Shack ♬@noirbeachshack.bsky.social · 2d ago70-foot-tall freestanding neon sign at Bob's Big Boy in Burbank, California...
Another one of those strange nights looking in on the churning intensity of American life and politics Our elections are 4-5 week affairs and the candidate nomination process would, at best, be reported on in the local news
Call me old-fashioned, but I think the best approach a political candidate can take is to stand authentically for good, helpful things
Here's some Alberta poetry recommendations for anyone doing the #SealeyChallenge (reading one poetry book every day of August)! You can find reviews for all of them at: albertaviews.ca/category/dep... #BookSky #Reading #SummerReading #Alberta
Some people hang out in groups at cafes, chatting and laughing and discussing issues and common interests, while others wander around the cafe admonishing them for staying in their silos and bubbles
One person's bubble/silo is another person's "I hang out with people I like, I want to put the social back into social media"
No solutions to anything here -- just another piece of education discourse written by a non-teacher that is distinctly American, which is the only way I can explain its truly strange concluding sentence And before that, superficial, full of blind spots and logical gaps
Opinion | What Blue States Can Learn From the Texas Book List
Educational traditionalism is not the same as political conservatism.
nytimes.com
Spent a certain part of the weekend reconditioning an old, neglected picnic table that looked semi-rotted and destined for scrap. Repair, sand, stain. Felt really good to restore something, to put time and care into it instead of just giving up and tossing it away.
An important challenge in the high school English classroom is unsettling a student's negative self-image in reference to the subject. "I suck at English" or "I'm a math / science kid" can be fairly hardened identities by the time a kid hits grade 10; melting them down takes some concerted effort.
The desire to forget wrenching, traumatic events is natural, but needs to be resisted strenuously. Understanding how the pandemic has influenced our personal and political lives is a matter of urgent importance, as is defending ourselves against those who would distort or deny this history.
Why do we commemorate wars but not pandemics? | CBC Radio
We're used to public memorials dedicated to war but pandemics have also claimed millions of lives yet we see almost no commemorations dedicated to them. IDEAS examines the dynamics of public memory an...
cbc.ca
August is still time off, but work is being done. Preparing for a new year starts with revisiting first principles and core questions. What is the purpose of the high school English classroom? Rebuilding from the ground up via reflection prevents stagnation and creates conditions for improvement.
I'm not saying I'm middle-aged, I'm just saying that I sometimes wonder if Juice Newton is secretly Taylor Swift's mom
So if the GM can use the old nickname in an on-camera interview, and a TSN commentator can use it on the broadcast, and it can be on the side of the fire truck in-stadium, it's pretty clear there's a weak grasp of why the name was changed and why that's important. Mind-boggling. #CFL #Elks
3DownNation@3downnation.bsky.social · 4d ago‘I started unscrewing nameplates’: Ed Hervey details locker-room purge that turned Edmonton Elks around #CFL
how to deconstruct edutainment, that tempting televangelist
Carlos A. Pittella@pittella.bsky.social · 5d agoTWEAKING THE ASSIGNMENT: 😇 👉 Write a 5-7-5 haiku with 3+ words from your birth year — at least 1 per line. [1983] Defunct CD-ROMs... Funny to be WAN of them —cyberpunk Jedi www.merriam-webster.com/time-travele...
The good news is that all the tools we need to create a better world -- technology, artistic sensibilities, ethical frameworks, organizational structures -- are just sitting there, waiting for us to pick them up and start using them And indeed, many already are
In 2020, had a pandemic-induced fever dream that a collective tragedy would be the catalyst for the emergence of a better world. That seems hopelessly naive in 2026, but I still cling to it. The path was never going to be easy. And there are signs if you look for them.
Doing some work outside, Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car" came on the radio, and that got me thinking about what the most American song ever might be Pretty good candidate
Edmonton plans separation referendum to separate from Alberta separation referendum
Edmonton plans separation referendum to separate from Alberta separation referendum
EDMONTON - With the October 19th Alberta Separation referendum approaching, residents of the provincial capital have announced that they will be holding their own referendum to separate the city of Ed...
thebeaverton.com
That point in the summer when I will see a back to school sale in a store, in a flyer, or on tv and weep uncontrollably ... ... before getting excited about all the sweet deals I'm gonna get
"You’re running around like crazy trying to solve problems, and yet people who aren’t with you are always telling you what you need to do better”
Anne Lutz Fernandez@lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 5d agoThis new data compiled by @mattbarnum.bsky.social is invaluable. It makes clear that worries about the teacher shortage, downplayed by contrarians, were and are warranted. Importantly, it raises a largely ignored factor affecting student mental health, behavior, and academic success.
If you just saw The Odyssey and want to know how Penelope feels having a ton of suitors who are there to win her but are ultimately in it for themselves, spend the day online car shopping and then check your inbox
That lost scene in Hamlet where Claudius gives Rosencrantz and Guildenstern an AI-generated map that leads them directly into the path of pirates
After a film or performance, I reflect on the viewing experience, the degree of post-viewing conversation, and whether I'm still thinking about it the next day. A day after seeing The Big Movie, I am still thinking about it, but somewhat tellingly I'm thinking more about its images than its ideas.
As art becomes transmuted into content, nuance and complexity get replaced by "easter eggs" that the clever consumer in the know can pick out of a piece of media.
Highly recommended: see the film with people, then read through this together and discuss. Agree, disagree, explore, explain. Navigate themes, characters, adaptation, interpretation, artistic forms. Engage and build understanding. Basically, remember what critique is for and use it accordingly.
EMILY WILSON@emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · last wk.I wrote about the Nolan Odyssey for the LRB. I'll summarize some of my main points below, in case you don't feel like reading all that. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
Mentalwards Relaxing in Theater
Alt: one of the concluding scenes from Cinema Paradiso, a film I've seen countless times (and wept every single time)
static.klipy.com
Matt Carton@mattcarton.bsky.social · 7d agoFilm you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
