Interesting tree.
Aaron Davis (Read Write Collect)In a speech about a new book The Shepherd’s Hut, Tim Winton says that it is men who need to step up and liberate boys from the culture of toxic masculinity that has come to mark Australian society. In the absence of explicit, widely-shared and enriching rites of passage, young men in particular ar...
Thanks for sharing this Aaron, I found it to be a carefully thought out piece. The idea of Art being a toy rather than a tool was a great hook. Looking forward to reading one of his books now.
I huffduffed the audio from here. About the boys: Tim Winton on how toxic masculinity is shackling men to misogyny
From a container. Sunlit test.
Warming up the mic for 8pm uk tonight I’ll be talking to @sfm36 Sarah Clark on Radio #EDUtalk: listen about Using technology when teaching science. Should be a fascinating show.
Luna Carmona at @wp_glasgow
Event #51: “Build a Community with WordPress and Social Media”, by Luna Carmona
Luna started by giving Mark Z of FB as a good model for communication. Someone to be trusted! I guess this indicated I was not the target audience;-)
I did enjoy the talk. Luna covered the way she had used social media to support building a community around Achieve More Scotland. This is a small but valuable organisation. In a couple of years they have greatly increased online engagement.
Takeaways:
- try multiple channels don’t be scared of dropping the ones that have little engagement.
- Meet community where it exists using the channels folk already use.
- Twitter in the morning, Instagram in the middle of the day and Facebook in the evening.
- Try for community rather than followers.
- Respond quickly.
There are lessons for online educational communities here.
There wasn’t much specific WordPress information I wonder if some IndieWeb tech could help?
The Blue Fox by Sjón ★★★★✩ 📚magical realism in a cold climate. Short, disjointed lyrical, tale. I’ll read this again.
At @wp_glasgow, WordPress Glasgow Event #51: “Build a Community with WordPress and Social Media”, by Luna Carmona
“Twitter friends in Scotland would you be able to help my local school with their project. Thx”
Twitter friends in Scotland would you be able to help my local school with their project. Thx pic.twitter.com/5tInad5KH5
— MosesG68 (@mosesg68) October 19, 2018
Classroom Links 21 Oct 2018
Some links I’ve put on my virtual pinboard recently. Ready for the new term?
- Fold N Fly ✈ Database of paper aeroplanes and instructions
- Getting Started with Using Green Screen Technology in the Classroom | The Techie Teacher®
- interactive times tables | multiplication square | whiteboard | fish | visnos visnos.com has a pile of maths resources for primary.
- Lesson Plans
has over 1,150 Project Ideas in all areas of science
- The Free Universal Construction Kit | F.A.T.
The Free Universal Construction Kit: a matrix of nearly 80 adapter bricks that enable complete interoperability between ten* popular children’s construction toys. By allowing any piece to join to any other, the Kit encourages totally new forms of intercourse between otherwise closed systems—enabling radically hybrid constructive play, the creation of previously impossible designs, and ultimately, more creative opportunities for kids.
This looks as if it could be very useful for schools.
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"Batteries in parallel and in series. 3D visualization of energy, voltage, and the flow of electric current in a circuit." https://t.co/PXURXHEdm6
Never seen circuit electricity presented quite like this. Interesting #Physics— Ian Guest (@IaninSheffield) October 5, 2018
- Our Forest Our Future – Educational resource for schools
Our Forest, Our Future helps teachers and pupils to explore the interdependence of people and forests and the vital role forests play in sustaining our environment – in the past, the present and hopefully the future.
- Monday Morning Teacher – Literacy Resources Blog with resources some aimed at NLC literacy