How to Teach a Good First Day of Class
The first day of class is crucial both for your students and for you. This guide will help you make opening day as effective as possible.
From the Archives: On the first day of class, your students arenβt just forming a lasting impression of you. They're forming judgments about your course, too. Here's how to start the semester off on the right foot. chroni.cl/4mlh6GH
18.08.2025 00:37 β π 10 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
That's certainly not oatmeal. Cheers!
11.05.2025 01:39 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Remove a letter, ruin a movie
Lone Wars
03.05.2025 02:44 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Where and when was this taken?
26.04.2025 18:24 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Movie you've watched more than six times using gifs.
(βHard modeβ no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LoTR)
26.04.2025 15:45 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The link leads to a different article.
11.04.2025 11:17 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 3 π 0
Plus cats typically don't like water
31.03.2025 23:55 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
January has 31 days
31.03.2025 23:55 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
The new #AI glasses arrived. They project notes right onto the inside of the lenses... I wonder how many students will be trying these in their upcoming final exams? #AcademicIntegrity
26.03.2025 00:42 β π 9 π 3 π¬ 4 π 3
Rolling Stoners
21.03.2025 19:13 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
A Bitmoji character smiles and waves a flag while confetti falls around her. The flag is made up of a green Ontario health card.
Every time I'm a hospital visitor or patient, I leave feeling so grateful for caring and capable medical professionals and a system that lets people receive treatment without fear of medical debt or bankruptcy.
Our health care system is worth saving, Ontario.
Please vote accordingly.
#OnPoli
21.02.2025 18:50 β π 240 π 68 π¬ 6 π 6
Mama bear wrestling with her cub. She's got him by the rear paw, nibbling on his toes I guess. They're in spring grass with a tree on the left.
Musk's censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by about 95% since he bought it.
So we moved over to blue sky.
Help us build another great following right here where the skies are clear and the water is fine ;-)
Please do
Follow
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11.02.2025 04:40 β π 10671 π 3417 π¬ 144 π 82
Academic Integrity violation by Poilievre #Cdnpoli
07.01.2025 05:48 β π 21 π 5 π¬ 2 π 0
That scenario says more about the power the professor wants to feel rather than redirecting behaviour to learning.
09.01.2025 01:32 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Message to the convicted felon in Mar-A-Lago:
Unlike you, Canadians don't need to boast or brag.
They are fair and they are steadfast.
They won't lose sleep when a slob like you hurls insults.
That's because Canadians know who they are.
And when push comes to shove, Canadians are as strong as fuck.
08.01.2025 19:39 β π 16510 π 3377 π¬ 775 π 308
The censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by roughly 95%, and seriously, who does that to a wildlife biology & advocacy group ?
So we moved π over here to BlueSky
If you could, please help us regain our following
Follow
Retweet and
Repeat ;-)
Together we can change the world.
04.01.2025 17:56 β π 22492 π 9275 π¬ 565 π 329
Can You Tell Me How to Get Someone to Save 'Sesame Street'?
With its Warner Bros. Discovery contract about to expire, TV critic Alan Sepinwall explains why the beloved children's series deserves to survive.
We have larger concerns heading into 2025, but I can't let go of the idea that the next season of Sesame Street could be its last. So I wrote about why the kids' TV institution is still vital after more than 50 years:
30.12.2024 17:10 β π 4586 π 1664 π¬ 83 π 100
βYouβll be visited by three spirits.β
The three spirits:
25.12.2024 05:05 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
One of the best! I love the Golden Girls.
25.12.2024 04:57 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Could two followers please copy and re-post this tweet to show that someone is always there?
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
23.12.2024 19:37 β π 700 π 589 π¬ 43 π 113
Respectfully, and sincerely- if you are a Canadian entertaining the notion of joining the Americans, because the spray-tanned plutocrat in Washington said so - kindly take a big step back and literally go fuck your own face.
We're staying Canadians, come hell or high water. π¨π¦
#canada #strong&free
18.12.2024 19:51 β π 306 π 75 π¬ 25 π 10
Layoffs have started at a number of Ontario colleges. Due to the budget cuts, I will likely not be attending #ICAI conference in March. Disappointed but necessary
06.12.2024 20:45 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Here,here!!!
03.12.2024 13:01 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
@opseusefpo.bsky.social not sure whether a there will be a reply, but wondering if you will be encouraging locals to open Bluesky accounts to communicate with members when labour action occurs.
26.11.2024 13:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
A poem for my last day working at the writing center for the semester (by Joseph Fasano)
23.11.2024 02:09 β π 15608 π 3303 π¬ 148 π 132
What's your favorite movie
17.11.2024 03:13 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Just deleted the X account. There's more to be treasured here.
16.11.2024 14:41 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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Doppelganger. This Changes Everything. The Shock Doctrine. No Logo. On Fire.
UBC Professor of Climate Justice.
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Substacker, radio & TV guest. PhD in political science from UBC, just in case.
Work in the Washington Post, Globe and Mail, Jacobin, TVO, the Guardian, etc.
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Doting grandmother, among other things.
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