Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social
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Ph.D. in Instructional Design. Career educator. Cancer Survivor. Collector of Interesting People. Tech lover. Big blue dot in south Alabama. Air Force Brat. Former ALSDF officer. Please do an “about” if you want a follow.
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@scerruti @AlliFlowers Stephen, I’m not sure we can make it safer except by law, and there are many spaces beyond the control of adults in one locale. To motivate children, we first have to teach them how to interact well, build trust, and learn. That is a job, as Dr. Flowers points out, for parents or teachers in loco parentis. A few thoughts that remain true from my perspective: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/in-loco-parentis_b_771926
@tedcurran @scerruti @mguhlin Nothing wrong with lime in your PBL. I’d object to lime in PB&J though.
Educators, if you are not following EduMatch, now is your opportunity. @EduMatch
@tedcurran @scerruti @mguhlin Sounds a little lime PBL.
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@AlliFlowers @scerruti @mguhlin Applying the concept of scaffolding to this issue tells me that they need a safe, supported, non-public space to try, fail, make mistakes, get feedback about those mistakes, and learn-by-doing what works and what doesn't. I had great success introducing juniors and seniors to blogging this way. An authentic intro to copyright issues, digital citizenship, and web tech they wouldn't get otherwise.
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Trickle down economics was invented by conservatives in the 1980s to justify massive tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. It’s been nothing short of a disaster.
@benjaminwittes And most of us are still on the Post waiting list. <sigh>
@benjaminwittes You do realize, of course, that you are advertising Twitter on Mastodon?
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At Protests, #Guns Are Doing the Talking
Armed Americans, often pushing a right-wing agenda, are increasingly using open-carry laws to intimidate opponents and shut down debate.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/26/us/guns-protests-open-carry.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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💯🎯✅
RT @jimrosecircus1@twitter.com
"I think sometimes we need to take a step back and just remember we have no greater right to be here than any other animal." - David Attenborough
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/jimrosecircus1/status/1596520637736288258
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I do not like that this needs to exist, but I'mma boost it until it's not. Do likewise, as you will.
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This is very cool.
A new, modernized National Archives Catalog just launched. The new Catalog’s focus on scalability will allow the agency to reach its goal to get 500 million digitized pages in the Catalog by September 2026.
The fully redesigned online public access Catalog makes accessing the agency’s holdings more intuitive for the user and improves the search experience by generating faster results.
@manners I had a professor in my Master’s program who insisted that the purpose of education was sorting. He had a point.
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Early in-person voting starts in Georgia today
PLEASE get out there and vote
PLEASE help others to get it done too!
PLEASE support Senator Warnock
LET'S GO!
Here's a resource to find your polling place, check mail-in ballot status and more:
https://mvp.sos.ga.gov/s/
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Future Americans will look back on this as the era when billionaires ruled U.S. elections. https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/billionaires-provided-15-percent-funding-midterms
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If folks want to prevent these outcomes, for example to preserve a system where everyone logs on through small communities where they know the admin and moderators personally, the governing principles need to be put in place now. The technology won't do it by itself, and in fact it may create conditions that favor the opposite outcome. /fin
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Ph.D. in Instructional Design. Career educator. Cancer Survivor. Collector of Interesting People. Tech lover. Big blue dot in south Alabama. Air Force Brat. Former ALSDF officer. Please do an “about” if you want a follow.
Do not PM me to say hello.
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