“Man is pushed by drives but pulled by values.”
-Viktor Frankl
Chicken coop progress update
The math classroom that we math teachers enjoy being part of won't be optimal for mathematical novices. We should generally resist the urge to use that environment as our aim.
(This remains true until and unless students have mastered the concepts that they will be working with.)
Merry Christmas!
(We are torching our Christmas tree on this fine spring evening.)
Will end users notice anything once this happens?
Now substack has reels/tiktoks front and center. An app built for writers of words and newsletters with WORDS has put an ungodly amount of resources into video. Specifically short form video which will probably drive people to read the actual fucking newletters less.
Why can't a thing just be a thing.
We have two Isa Browns, two Rhode Island reds, and two Barred Rocks. We are in Michigan so we wanted breeds that would be hardy in the winter.
We are starting a flock. All you permanerds wore off on me (at least a little bit - haha). Also one of my colleagues has been raising hens for a few years and convinced me. I buy eggs from her and we love fresh eggs from chickens who can free range. We’ll see how it goes!
It took a week long vacation but I finally finished a book. I highly recommend it! Especially if you are wondering why anyone cares about math (hint: it’s not the math you learned in school).
I will never stop beating this drum. #education
"Get good at explaining things clearly so students understand that you’re competent and trust that you can teach them well. This will help you manage your classroom, especially early on in your career before you’ve developed a reputation. It will give you richer knowledge of your content. Then gradually bring in inquiry activities in targeted ways. To bring in one more analogy, you can’t build a nice house on a weak foundation. It doesn’t matter how nice the landscaping looks if the house is on a slant and basement fills with water every time it rains. Even if the landscaping is what people see when they drive by – and your favorite thing to talk about. "
https://z-cress.micro.blog/2022/12/23/explaining-well-is-foundational-to.html
Gm
Never bow the knee. Never kiss the ring.
We must speak out against tyrants and authoritarians, even when they’re on our own side. In fact, this may be the most important time to do it.
Gn, Nostr. Keep building a better world.
Good morning, everyone! The days are getting longer and I love it. We had a real winter here in Michigan for a solid 3 months and even if we get more of it, at least the days will keep getting longer.
Is anyone familiar with micro.blog and know of an alternative built on Nostr? Habla.news is close. Maybe Damus is basically it as it allows long form and short form posts, rendered as such. But it's not quite like having a blog. (What I like about micro.blog is that I post short or long thoughts and also add a few stand alone pages. It feels like a website. You can see what I mean: https://z-cress.micro.blog ) #asknostr
What I don't like about it is that, as near as I can tell, the only way for anyone to interact with posts on micro.blog is for someone to have an account, which basically no one does. I feel like Nostr fixes this.
Interesting advice here. #shorts
"You can resolve to live your life with integrity. Let your credo be this: Let the lie come into the world, let it even triumph. But not through me."
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
#quotes
This is fantastic. And goes well beyond just laying out the problems with technology in schools. #education
Jonathon Haidt put it well: As parents around the world try to save their kids from a phone-based childhood, their efforts are undermined by schools that put a laptop or tablet on every desk. This video is the most compelling one I've seen, about why this must stop.
Everything is fine.
Yeah, sometimes it's really helpful and sometimes it's a swing and miss.