#Learning

A Thread.Stuff I have been doing during lockdown.Drinking (obviously). However, it seems that small bottles of scotch no longer cut the mustard and the only way to avoid drinking for
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Imagine if 15 years ago universities had poured money into developing best practices in online learning--using technology to hold tuition costs down, building a culture around creative online pedagogy. We
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So, I have been struggling with finding my teacher-voice during this whole remote learning experience. I don't want to give out busy-work that students don't get anything out of. My
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To all the parents with school aged children: I know many of you aren’t happy with the decision your district is making... but please understand that no matter what, the
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My younger self, who kept changing jobs and careers due to boredom & dissatisfaction, should have read more leftist theory. I would have realized that under capitalism, the fulfillment I
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I have learned a lot about online teaching from watching one of my sons do virtual school. He has one teacher for 2 core classes and another teacher for his
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The push for minimum grading (ie. - giving 50% instead of 0 for missing work) often creates friction in a staff because it isn't approached correctly. It's a stop-gap solution
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Efficiency TipChoice vs Chore!Should Coding be like a chore?#100daysofcode #DEVCommunity It's a choice not a chore to do something. When you have to think to yourself I need to
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1/I’m taking 6 classes this semester. Literally the only one of those classes whose instructors were properly prepared for online learning is Philosophy 101The rest of them are shit shows...I
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A thread about instructional videos: My daughter is watching a *lot* of Brain Pop Jr. & Flocabulary videos during daily independent work time. When she walks away from videos talking
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What’s your idea of learning to code? Many picture a straight road. Then quit at the first sign of struggle. Or because they think they're dumb.But here's how to learn
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CHROMEBOOKS!!!! Attention all Trojans!!! Just a reminder that all grade nine students will be able to pick up their Chromebooks on Wed. Sept 2nd and Thurs. Sept 3rd Check out
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What if a course, instead of bringing all students along one linear path, was set up for exploration, with some curated paths predesigned? This thread is building on another fantastic
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The main thing is you realise that nobody should have their life sorted by 25.Because the switch up between. 25 - 30 is BIG.YOU wake up realising everything you thought
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A COVID TEACHING MOMENT My column in the Deccan Herald today.===Classes, black-boards and chalk, white-boards and pens, examinations ... a lot of familiar things in the world of learning have
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Matt Hancock to take action on ‘do not resuscitate’ orders after judicial review threat by @katemasters67 and @LeighDay_Law @AGoodDeath https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus-matt-hancock-do-not-resuscitate-judicial-threa
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