Updates from members of education on the Education Posse!
rozzin: RT @rozzin Is there really already a generation who has difficulty imagining that a possible use of books is... reading them?
rozzin's status on Sunday, 26-Jul-2020 23:39:07 EDT
RT @rozzin Is there really already a generation who has difficulty imagining that a possible use of books is... reading them?
rozzin: RT @rozzin Apparently the `if it looks like a book it must be an iPhone-charger' meme is due to this guy and his peculiar `love of books'...: http://ur1.ca/dz4cf
rozzin's status on Sunday, 26-Jul-2020 23:39:03 EDT
RT @rozzin Apparently the `if it looks like a book it must be an iPhone-charger' meme is due to this guy and his peculiar `love of books'...: http://ur1.ca/dz4cf
rozzin: RT @rozzin 17-year-old intern saw this #book on my desk, yesterday..., and asked me if it was an iPhone-charger: http://eduposse.org/url/123
rozzin's status on Sunday, 26-Jul-2020 23:38:43 EDT
RT @rozzin 17-year-old intern saw this #book on my desk, yesterday..., and asked me if it was an iPhone-charger: http://eduposse.org/url/123
rozzin: Oh, joy—my kid's 4th-grade science class is discussing #copyright licenses today, because the kids are afraid of getting in trouble when their teacher posts copies of a worksheet online for them.... #barf
rozzin's status on Thursday, 26-Mar-2020 10:27:17 EDT
Oh, joy—my kid's 4th-grade science class is discussing #copyright licenses today, because the kids are afraid of getting in trouble when their teacher posts copies of a worksheet online for them.... #barf
rozzin: Harry Baker's #poem about "Phil's Falafallöffel für Löffel voll Falafel" is the sort of cross !language #wordplay !hack I've loved ever since I started learning languages: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_98m4Vod6_8#t=479 (love his language !education #milestones too)
rozzin's status on Thursday, 20-Feb-2020 03:26:44 EST
Harry Baker's #poem about "Phil's Falafallöffel für Löffel voll Falafel" is the sort of cross !language #wordplay !hack I've loved ever since I started learning languages: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_98m4Vod6_8#t=479 (love his language !education #milestones too)
rozzin: Nicholas Christakis on balancing of conflicting needs in #young-adult !education / #pedagogy, and handling situations like the "shrieking girl" #Haloween incident at #Yale (and what lead up to it): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swA4un3sh-M
rozzin's status on Thursday, 19-Sep-2019 03:22:07 EDT
Nicholas Christakis on balancing of conflicting needs in #young-adult !education / #pedagogy, and handling situations like the "shrieking girl" #Haloween incident at #Yale (and what lead up to it): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swA4un3sh-M
rozzin: I have wondered this myself...: Why isn't Titus Andronicus taught more often? https://teachingshakespeareblog.folger.edu/2009/10/30/why-isnt-titus-andronicus-taught-more-often/ !education #shakespear
rozzin's status on Tuesday, 19-Feb-2019 03:57:16 EST
I have wondered this myself...: Why isn't Titus Andronicus taught more often? https://teachingshakespeareblog.folger.edu/2009/10/30/why-isnt-titus-andronicus-taught-more-often/ !education #shakespear
rozzin: Conversations with kids, about #umwelt, #superpowers, and #infosec: "Why are they looking at me?" "Because they heard you fart." "Whhhhat do you mean?!?!" "Hearing people can hear farts." … https://www.jwz.org/blog/2018/11/tell-them-to-stop-listening-to-my-farts/ !education !parenting #poop !security
rozzin's status on Wednesday, 21-Nov-2018 13:55:42 EST
Conversations with kids, about #umwelt, #superpowers, and #infosec: "Why are they looking at me?" "Because they heard you fart." "Whhhhat do you mean?!?!" "Hearing people can hear farts." … https://www.jwz.org/blog/2018/11/tell-them-to-stop-listening-to-my-farts/ !education !parenting #poop !security
rozzin: The idea of `travel kit #raspi' does lend a certain appeal to the #Pi-Top #hardware, similarly to realization from #OLPC that kids really do need to be able to take their !education tools with them. Wondering why nobody seems to be talking about that.
rozzin's status on Sunday, 15-Apr-2018 12:53:53 EDT
The idea of `travel kit #raspi' does lend a certain appeal to the #Pi-Top #hardware, similarly to realization from #OLPC that kids really do need to be able to take their !education tools with them. Wondering why nobody seems to be talking about that.
rozzin: The few actual reviews that I see of the #Pi-Top edugame software (+ the bug-reports in their issue-tracker) seem to indicate `it doesn't actually work all that well, the team isn't doing a great job developing/maintaining it, and it's not #open-source so nobody else can fix the bugs when their kids run into them'. "curriculum that can't be adapted or fixed" has always seemed like !education #fail....
rozzin's status on Sunday, 15-Apr-2018 12:46:04 EDT
The few actual reviews that I see of the #Pi-Top edugame software (+ the bug-reports in their issue-tracker) seem to indicate `it doesn't actually work all that well, the team isn't doing a great job developing/maintaining it, and it's not #open-source so nobody else can fix the bugs when their kids run into them'. "curriculum that can't be adapted or fixed" has always seemed like !education #fail....
rozzin: I think I like it--adaptation's an important part of learning, probably as much collectively as individually: "YOLO Juliet. srsly Hamlet. Macbeth #killingit. Shakespeare goes textspeak" https://status.hackerposse.com/url/9912 !education #shakespeare #freeculture
rozzin's status on Thursday, 25-Feb-2016 21:29:24 EST
I think I like it--adaptation's an important part of learning, probably as much collectively as individually: "YOLO Juliet. srsly Hamlet. Macbeth #killingit. Shakespeare goes textspeak" https://status.hackerposse.com/url/9912 !education #shakespeare #freeculture
rozzin: I think I agree literally w/ everything this guy's saying, including the `learn #physics #because…' bit at 3:40–5:04: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni4j5K4Lz3o !science !education
rozzin's status on Tuesday, 09-Sep-2014 16:39:39 EDT
I think I agree literally w/ everything this guy's saying, including the `learn #physics #because…' bit at 3:40–5:04: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni4j5K4Lz3o !science !education
rozzin: Student Records Kids Who Bully Him, Then Gets Threatened With Wiretapping Charge: http://eduposse.org/url/4693
rozzin's status on Sunday, 11-May-2014 23:42:43 EDT
Student Records Kids Who Bully Him, Then Gets Threatened With Wiretapping Charge: http://eduposse.org/url/4693
rozzin: The #history of Valiant Technology's !education !robotics, in pictures: http://roamerrobot.tumblr.com/
rozzin's status on Sunday, 11-May-2014 23:25:30 EDT
The #history of Valiant Technology's !education !robotics, in pictures: http://roamerrobot.tumblr.com/
rozzin: "The Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation" http://norvig.com/Gettysburg/index.htm Brilliant. #powerpoint #presentation #satire
rozzin's status on Sunday, 16-Feb-2014 20:41:33 EST
The Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation Brilliant. powerpoint presentation satire
rozzin: OMG this perfectly sets up for (but doesn't actually get into) the big problem I had with #college: #q "And then, in your late teens... The brain is basically saying I'm here to learn about adulthood. Show me what I need to know." http://www.npr.org/2013/09/06/211722893/is-30-really-the-new-20
rozzin's status on Sunday, 09-Feb-2014 00:49:27 EST
OMG this perfectly sets up for (but doesn't actually get into) the big problem I had with #college: #q "And then, in your late teens... The brain is basically saying I'm here to learn about adulthood. Show me what I need to know." http://www.npr.org/2013/09/06/211722893/is-30-really-the-new-20
rozzin: Temple Grandin is one of my new favourite people—and it's not because of the animals, and it's not because of the autism...: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99009110
rozzin's status on Sunday, 09-Feb-2014 00:32:57 EST
Temple Grandin is one of my new favourite people—and it's not because of the animals, and it's not because of the autism...: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99009110
kimqed: Really enjoying #OpenBadges weekly calls. https://wiki.mozilla.org/Badges/About
kimqed's status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2014 19:12:28 EST
Really enjoying #OpenBadges weekly calls. https://wiki.mozilla.org/Badges/About
rozzin: Whatever happened to the phrase, "tools for #independence"? Wasn't that a thing at some point? !eduposse
rozzin's status on Sunday, 29-Dec-2013 12:51:12 EST
Whatever happened to the phrase, "tools for #independence"? Wasn't that a thing at some point? !eduposse
rozzin: Wow: #photo of Nelson, Engelbart, and 14-year-old Aaron Swartz—"already a full-fledged delegate to whatever the conference was" http://hyperland.com/TN,Doug,AaronSwartz,Ca2001-eugenekim.PNG
rozzin's status on Sunday, 22-Dec-2013 14:53:56 EST
Wow: #photo of Nelson, Engelbart, and 14-year-old Aaron Swartz—"already a full-fledged delegate to whatever the conference was" http://hyperland.com/TN,Doug,AaronSwartz,Ca2001-eugenekim.PNG
rozzin: #TedNelson's euology for Douglas #Engelbart, last week: http://news.slashdot.org/story/13/12/18/1320201/ted-nelsons-passionate-eulogy-for-douglas-engelbart
rozzin's status on Sunday, 22-Dec-2013 14:35:26 EST
#TedNelson's euology for Douglas #Engelbart, last week: http://news.slashdot.org/story/13/12/18/1320201/ted-nelsons-passionate-eulogy-for-douglas-engelbart
rozzin: Struggling to #balance #learning vs. #doing: http://mimiandeunice.com/2010/10/04/knowledge/ #autodidact
rozzin's status on Monday, 16-Dec-2013 22:39:07 EST
Struggling to #balance #learning vs. #doing: http://mimiandeunice.com/2010/10/04/knowledge/ #autodidact
rozzin: "Transmission": an illustration of how ideas work http://blog.ninapaley.com/2013/11/28/transmission/ #NinaPaley
rozzin's status on Monday, 16-Dec-2013 21:29:04 EST
"Transmission": an illustration of how ideas work http://blog.ninapaley.com/2013/11/28/transmission/ #NinaPaley
rozzin: Adventures in #parenting: #language and #worldview http://status.hackerposse.com/url/4321
rozzin's status on Sunday, 15-Dec-2013 22:14:29 EST
Adventures in #parenting: #language and #worldview http://status.hackerposse.com/url/4321
rozzin: Illustrating the need for caution and discernment on the Internet: http://status.hackerposse.com/attachment/4316
rozzin's status on Sunday, 15-Dec-2013 13:04:55 EST
Illustrating the need for caution and discernment on the Internet: http://status.hackerposse.com/attachment/4316
rozzin: Interview-subject on NHPR today offered a browbeating for #Thrun about ‘Why Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) Failed’: http://nhpr.org/post/why-massive-open-online-courses-moocs-failed #moocs #college !eduposse
rozzin's status on Saturday, 14-Dec-2013 18:10:34 EST
Interview-subject on NHPR today offered a browbeating for #Thrun about ‘Why Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) Failed’: http://nhpr.org/post/why-massive-open-online-courses-moocs-failed #moocs #college !eduposse
rozzin: "We Say We Like Creativity, but We Really Don't" http://eduposse.org/url/283 #creativity #institution
rozzin's status on Friday, 06-Dec-2013 15:27:27 EST
We Say We Like Creativity, but We Really Don't creativity institution
rozzin: "The ones we don't know we don't know" http://eduposse.org/url/274 or: “why specialization is the biggest problem in the world”. Nice diagram. #knowledge #surprise #diagram #specialization
rozzin's status on Thursday, 28-Nov-2013 10:38:31 EST
The ones we don't know we don't know or: “why specialization is the biggest problem in the world”. Nice diagram. knowledge surprise diagram specialization
rozzin: #q #paulgraham "If you try to start a startup right out of #college and it tanks, you'll end up at 23 broke and a lot smarter. Which, if you think about it, is roughly what you hope to get from a graduate program." !eduposse
rozzin's status on Thursday, 28-Nov-2013 10:32:01 EST
#q #paulgraham "If you try to start a startup right out of #college and it tanks, you'll end up at 23 broke and a lot smarter. Which, if you think about it, is roughly what you hope to get from a graduate program." !eduposse
rozzin: It's important to note that Graham said not "companies" but "organisations" there. Big SCHOOLS may fit into that same category. !eduposse
rozzin's status on Thursday, 28-Nov-2013 10:22:39 EST
It's important to note that Graham said not "companies" but "organisations" there. Big SCHOOLS may fit into that same category. !eduposse
rozzin: #q #paulgraham: "The most productive young people will always be undervalued by large organizations, because the young have no performance to measure yet, and any error in guessing their ability will tend toward the mean." !eduposse
rozzin's status on Thursday, 28-Nov-2013 10:18:22 EST
#q #paulgraham: "The most productive young people will always be undervalued by large organizations, because the young have no performance to measure yet, and any error in guessing their ability will tend toward the mean." !eduposse
rozzin: Reasons people #dropout from the #institution and join #startups (and find themselves better off), and what deference to #certification costs us: http://www.paulgraham.com/hiring.html
rozzin's status on Thursday, 28-Nov-2013 10:16:04 EST
Reasons people #dropout from the #institution and join #startups (and find themselves better off), and what deference to #certification costs us: http://www.paulgraham.com/hiring.html
rozzin: Just ordered a set of these #mad-science alphabet blocks for @nanohacker's #early-edu: http://www.xylocopa.com/product/mad-science-alphabet-blocks
rozzin's status on Sunday, 24-Nov-2013 19:11:21 EST
Just ordered a set of these #mad-science alphabet blocks for @nanohacker's #early-edu: http://www.xylocopa.com/product/mad-science-alphabet-blocks
rozzin: Interesting #book list `on #creativity': http://creativity-online.com/news/whats-the-best-book-on-creativity-youve-ever-read/234040 !eduposse
rozzin's status on Wednesday, 20-Nov-2013 08:06:36 EST
Interesting #book list `on #creativity': http://creativity-online.com/news/whats-the-best-book-on-creativity-youve-ever-read/234040 !eduposse
rozzin: Sebastian #Thrun on his experience developing `Univeristy 2.0': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkneoNrfadk #college
rozzin's status on Monday, 18-Nov-2013 19:53:29 EST
Sebastian #Thrun on his experience developing `Univeristy 2.0': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkneoNrfadk #college
rozzin: Is a complete lack of #context better or worse than #pseudocontext? Love these comments: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=4405699&cid=45311475
rozzin's status on Saturday, 09-Nov-2013 12:13:48 EST
Is a complete lack of #context better or worse than #pseudocontext? Love these comments: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=4405699&cid=45311475
rozzin: #Math #testing "rotten to the #common-core" http://status.hackerposse.com/url/4187
rozzin's status on Saturday, 09-Nov-2013 12:03:16 EST
#Math #testing "rotten to the #common-core" http://status.hackerposse.com/url/4187
rozzin: #BretVictor on Learnable Programming: designing a #programming system for understanding programs http://worrydream.com/LearnableProgramming/
rozzin's status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2013 23:37:19 EST
#BretVictor on Learnable Programming: designing a #programming system for understanding programs http://worrydream.com/LearnableProgramming/
rozzin: Understanding !science: "why most published #research findings are false" (and what that even actually means) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBNeuG10-ac !eduposse
rozzin's status on Tuesday, 05-Nov-2013 17:18:50 EST
Understanding !science: "why most published #research findings are false" (and what that even actually means) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBNeuG10-ac !eduposse
rozzin: #q "Those who urge us to “think different,” in other words, almost never do so themselves. Year after year, new installments in this unchanging genre are produced and consumed. #Creativity, they all tell us, is too important to be left to the creative." !eduposse
rozzin's status on Saturday, 02-Nov-2013 11:46:29 EDT
#q "Those who urge us to “think different,” in other words, almost never do so themselves. Year after year, new installments in this unchanging genre are produced and consumed. #Creativity, they all tell us, is too important to be left to the creative." !eduposse
rozzin: "TED talks are lying to you" http://www.salon.com/2013/10/13/ted_talks_are_lying_to_you/ "Every book [on creativity seems] to boast the same shopworn anecdotes and the same canonical heroes.… If there is a non-fiction genre from which you have a right to expect clever prose and uncanny insight, it should be this one. So why is it so utterly consumed by formula and repetition?" #creativity #integrity
rozzin's status on Saturday, 02-Nov-2013 11:39:16 EDT
TED talks are lying to you "Every book [on creativity seems] to boast the same shopworn anecdotes and the same canonical heroes.… If there is a non-fiction genre from which you have a right to expect clever prose and uncanny insight, it should be this one. So why is it so utterly consumed by formula and repetition?" creativity integrity
rozzin: #q "`Because I'm clever!'… It could be the cry of a superhero…. To those of us who grew up not with Superman and Green Lantern but with Ford Prefect and Tom Baker." #drwho #tv #pbs http://www.tor.com/blogs/2011/01/because-im-clever
rozzin's status on Saturday, 02-Nov-2013 11:27:04 EDT
#q "`Because I'm clever!'… It could be the cry of a superhero…. To those of us who grew up not with Superman and Green Lantern but with Ford Prefect and Tom Baker." #drwho #tv #pbs http://www.tor.com/blogs/2011/01/because-im-clever
rozzin: I ♥ #SMBC's explanations of what it's like #teaching #children: http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=3106#comic
rozzin's status on Monday, 14-Oct-2013 12:46:23 EDT
I ♥ #SMBC's explanations of what it's like #teaching #children: http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=3106#comic
rozzin: "Respecting Science" http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/respectscience.php #science #scifi #integrity #writing
rozzin's status on Monday, 14-Oct-2013 12:40:36 EDT
Respecting Science science scifi integrity writing
rozzin: "Cargo Cult Science" http://neurotheory.columbia.edu/~ken/cargo_cult.html From a Caltech commencement address given in 1974. Also in `Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!' #feynman #science #integrity #teaching
rozzin's status on Monday, 14-Oct-2013 12:23:33 EDT
Cargo Cult Science From a Caltech commencement address given in 1974. Also in `Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!' feynman science integrity teaching
kimqed: Check out our Learner Sketch Tool to create your personalized learning report, complete with strategies : http://learnersketch.org Feedback welcome!
kimqed's status on Thursday, 26-Sep-2013 23:27:46 EDT
Check out our Learner Sketch Tool to create your personalized learning report, complete with strategies : http://learnersketch.org Feedback welcome!
kimqed: Color acuity test (not much in the way of khaki here, though, roz!): http://www.xrite.com/custom_page.aspx?pageid=77&lang=en
kimqed's status on Thursday, 26-Sep-2013 23:25:45 EDT
Color acuity test (not much in the way of khaki here, though, roz!): http://www.xrite.com/custom_page.aspx?pageid=77&lang=en
kimqed: "reprogramming classes" - http://mashable.com/2013/09/22/coding-curriculum/
kimqed's status on Thursday, 26-Sep-2013 23:24:16 EDT
"reprogramming classes" - http://mashable.com/2013/09/22/coding-curriculum/