ZingerLearns @ZingerLearns@social.cleverlibre.org

@brndnpink @edutooter There’s a blended answer, here. A scattered approach driven entirely by individual teacher preference is no more an answer (nor any more respectful to the role of the professional educator in the powerful school) than administrative directives. There’s got to be a shared sense of direction, with consensus on (and accepted information supporting) need for specific kinds of capacity-building.

@brndnpink @edutooter Actions speak louder than words, it has been said. The way you treat teachers conveys how those teachers are to treat the children. When administrators pass down authoritarian edicts rather than protect and cherish the community of a school, the possibility of growth crumbles.

Friend to me just now: “On Mastodon every computer dude assumes women don’t know anything. It’s exhausting.”

Friend is worldwide expert in her field of [computer and other things]. Friend is also a woman. All info about her either linked in profile and/or easily googled. Just mansplained to re the area of research that she pioneered.

Dudes: before you reply, check and see to whom you’re speaking and adjust your assumptions accordingly. Or just don’t be a reply guy, period.

#Twitter rival #Mastodon rejects funding to preserve nonprofit status - https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/12/twitter-rival-mastodon-rejects-funding-to-preserve-nonprofit-status/

PLS Boost - ‘Part of our DNA': intergenerational family learning in informal science, published in International Journal of Science Education, Part B

50 Free Copies:

https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/4PSAACFEKTAPCC4JFA9B/full?target=10.1080/21548455.2022.2099032

Who'd have thought the winning tweet of the year would be such a late entry?!

People worry about leaving #Twitter for #Mastodon because of the community size, but in two months I have gained almost half the number of followers of what I had gathered on Twitter over a four-year period.

The Venn diagram of the skillset required to win an election and the skillset required to solve public policy problems are two circles that just barely touch.

“The irony is that thanks to the turmoil at Twitter, Mastodon is thriving .. Strangely enough, Musk may have created a better social media platform by transforming Mastodon into a more popular and attractive place to be.” https://www.barrons.com/articles/guide-to-mastodon-twitter-alternative-51669848601?mod=hp_LATEST

In 2024, Paris will ban non-essential vehicle thru-traffic from its city center. The plan is expected to cut around half of daily car journeys thru the core. Residents, public transit, emergency vehicles, & people with disabilities will find it EASIER to move. Via @citylab
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-18/paris-is-banning-traffic-crossing-the-city-center-from-2024

#Paris #cities #CarFree #urbanism #cars #city

JOB POSTING: Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning: Associate Director,
University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire https://www.higheredjobs.com/admin/details.cfm?JobCode=178231172

The lies are well-established but the heart of the George Santos story is MONEY.

How did Santos go from having essentially no money in 2020 to being a millionaire in 2022.

His “explanation” is not very credible.

NYT: Health experts say it’s time to wear masks again https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/13/well/covid-flu-rsv-masks-tripledemic.html

Also the NYT: “The Last Holdouts,” framing people wearing masks as isolated oddballs https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/26/us/covid-masks-risk.html

FEDI EVENT

We all love our dear fluffy ones and have so many stories with them.
Submit a memorable picture of your Cat/Dog or any other pet with a fascinating moment or story you have with them.
The story could be cute, funny, sad, anything.
The most voted buddy would become the profile avatar of every participate for a day

Participate by using the hashtag: #MyBestBuddy

So let's share the best moments of our lives with the best buddies of our lives

#Event #FediEvent #cats #dogs

Mastodon has rejected more than five investment offers from Silicon Valley venture capital firms in recent months, as its founder pledged to protect the fast-growing social media platform’s non-profit status. (open access link) https://on.ft.com/3YSq8PU
#twittermigration #mastodon

let's have an event on Fedi where everyone puts pictures of there cats/dogs while the community ranks which picture is the cutest, funnist, most unexpected, etc

This holiday season Twitter fires 4K workers, Amazon fires 10K workers, & Facebook fires 11K workers—all while US Billionaire pandemic wealth increased an absurd $1.7T.😳

A reminder that billionaires don’t create jobs—they exploit workers. Tax billionaires. Unionize workers.
#twitter

Our latest podcast: The City That Kicked Cops Out of Schools and Tried Restorative Practices Instead w/ Andy Kopsa #restorehumanity #restorativejustice #edchat

What happens when cops are replaced with restorative justice? Turns out a whole lot!

https://www.humanrestorationproject.org/podcasts/the-city-that-kicked-cops-out-of-schools-and-tried-restorative-practices-instead-w-andy-kopsa

I find myself thinking a lot about #goals these days, and my accompanying, almost-reflexive, skepticism of the utility of any mandatory #goalSetting regimen or process. Why do I find it so distasteful?