This Is Spinal Tap Will Get a Sequel 40 Years Later, Reuniting Rob Reiner, Michael McKean, Christopher Guest & Harry Shearer The Rolling Stones released Paint it Black on May 13, 1966 How to Enter a ‘Flow State’ on Command: Peak Performance Mind Hack Explained in 7 Minutes Smithsonian, with first exhibition, previews planned National Latino …
In one demo, a Google product manager tells someone wearing the glasses, “You should be seeing what I’m saying, just transcribed for you in real time — kind of like subtitles for the world.” Later, the video shows what you might see if you’re wearing the glasses: with the speaker in front of you, the …
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Today’s Links No Butts About It We’ll Ban All the Books, Even the Digital Ones Colophon No Butts About It In case you haven’t heard, an assistant principal was recently fired because he chose to read the children’s book “I Need a New Butt” to a group of students. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/03/11/toby-price-principal-fired-childrens-book/ Toby Price found out that, …
OK, this is a total brain dump post as I just need to get some thoughts down. My mind is racing with ideas and I just need to write. But I’m going to share this with you because… reasons… I love reading. However, I’ve not always been the most dedicated reader. Far too often I …
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Today’s Links Rethinking the Honor Roll Stop Cancelling Recess Linkus Randomus Colophon Rethinking the Honor Roll It’s time for educators to make honor a core value in schools. It’s time to build honor into our curriculums and establish it as one of the primary social and emotional learning goals we work to help students achieve. …
Today’s Links How I would learn to code (if I could start over) Service-learning isn’t just for after school clubs Personalized certificates with The Google Linkus Randomus Colophon How I would learn to code (if I could start over) I was a computer science major back in the early part of this new millennia in …
One of the most fulfilling tasks I do on a regular basis is updating my commonplace book. What’s a commonplace book? Simple: it’s a place to store all those quotes, lyrics, poems, passages, etc. that mean something to you. It’s a way to store all the things you read, regardless of their format, in one …
Fake news. Disinformation. Misinformation. We see it all and so do our students. We can choose to ignore it or we, as educators, can help students see what is real, what is fake, and what is somewhere in-between. Kimberly Rues writes as she tries to get a better understanding of fake news herself: Eating the …
“Today, various pathways exist for future success that value all learning. We need to move beyond a narrow focus on success as only a four-year college degree that ignores entrepreneurial opportunities, career and technical education, and the evolving nature of work… When we expand our vision to encompass all these pathways, we see that social …
Today’s Links We need social media for schools We don’t need social media for schools Linkus Randomus Colophon We need social media for schools In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, schools looked for any way possible to maintain contact with students, families, and the community. Resilience, Reorientation, and Reinvention: School Leadership During the …