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@johnpatrickisme.bsky.social

He/him. Spec Ed educator in Ontario, Canada. Most posts are probably about education, technology, sports, or music. Hoping to find some respectful discourse. (The other place has become a total train wreck now.)

44 Followers  |  10 Following  |  32 Posts  |  Joined: 11.11.2023  |  2.3416

Latest posts by johnpatrickisme.bsky.social on Bluesky

Thanks to @neaptidez.bsky.social for letting me know about this.

There is a great video from Derek Muller explaining how you can end up with random spikes growing out of your ice cubes! Here is the link.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RLQ...

#EduSky #GoogleEDU #teachers #science

20.07.2025 23:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Maybe it is ice fairies! Your guess is good as mine. ๐Ÿคฃ

20.07.2025 22:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Random question for any #scienceteacher friends out there.

I was making ice cubes in my freezer. The first time I pulled the tray out after they were frozen, my ice is growing little spikes out of them! What's going on here?

#EduSky #GoogleEDU #teachers

19.07.2025 00:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I've just been teaching some students about how to research, assessing reliability of sources, etc. I wish I had this picture when we started!

#EduSky #EdTech #GoogleEDU

03.06.2025 23:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Kind of hoping CBC loses track of the time and let's Sum 41 go as loooong as they need to.

#JUNOS
#JunoAwards
#Junos2025

31.03.2025 01:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

OK, I've been thinking about this for a while...

It would be super cool if Stevo32 could join Sum 41 on stage tonight for one final go.

I don't know what the relationship is with all the guys now, but just selfishly as a music fan, it would be cool to see.

#JUNOS
#Junos2025
#JunoAwards

31.03.2025 00:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Is this true? I didn't notice them. How cool would that be though? Punk rock bands from around the world showing up at the #JUNOS to support the final performance of Sum 41!

#Junos2025
#JunoAwards

31.03.2025 00:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Time for my favourite celebration of Canadian music each year. Time for the #JUNOS! Let's get it!

Even if you're not in Canada, you can stream it with the CBC Gem app. Let's gooo!

#Junos2025
#JunoAwards

31.03.2025 00:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Always enjoyed Jason Williams on the court. A lot of his games were way out in California. Before we could stream all the games online, we didn't get to see as many of his games here. Was always guaranteed viewing when we had the chance. I wonder how many younger NBA fans know about him. ๐Ÿค”

19.12.2024 23:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This one. Not even close. It's true there appears to be less action here, but I'll take it if it means I'm surrounded by more mature adults who can conduct themselves as such. The other place has just become an unruly mess since Elon bought it.

08.12.2024 18:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

One of my favourite apps I've ever had.

07.12.2024 00:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah, I'm not sure. I would imagine it boils down to people are trying to build up their networks all over again and the responsiveness of the server to new posts seems to be still under development. Oh, and I guess there are less users here.

02.12.2024 23:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think so, although I haven't quite figured it all out yet. As far as I can tell, there doesn't appear to be a place where you can see trending hashtags or explore random hashtags.

02.12.2024 23:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This needs to be someone's #Halloween costume next year.

Where does someone get one of those jackets? Asking for a friend.

#HomeAlone #HalloweenCostume #LittleNerosPizza

30.11.2024 00:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a man in a suit and tie is sitting on a couch and saying `` somebody get me a drink please '' . ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting on a couch and saying `` somebody get me a drink please '' .

Anyone else surviving through their week of teaching and feeling like this?? ๐Ÿ‘€

Just me?

Please tell me it's not just me.

#EduSky #EdTech #teacherlife #Educatorlife

29.11.2024 23:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Google Santa Tracker Explore, play and learn with Santa's elves all December long

Hey everyone. Want something fun for your students to explore? Give this a try!

Just search "Days until Christmas" on Google. Or if you want to be inclusive for those don't celebrate Christmas, as I do, just give the direct link!

#EduSky #EdTech #GoogleEDU

santatracker.google.com/intl/en/

25.11.2024 23:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This sounds great, but I just hope there is a stronger moderation system in place here. The other place was better when it had standards of conduct & they were actually enforced. Now it's just an unruly mess where people hurl insults, try to dox each other & post anything whether it's true or not.

23.11.2024 23:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Man, after the way the first half went, incredible that the #Bengals still have a chance in this game as we near the end of the 3rd quarter. Wild stuff.

#NFL #SundayNightFootball #Chargers

18.11.2024 03:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

OK, let's get the obvious out of the way. The #Bengals defense is awful & that is being proven again tonight. HOWEVER...

That's three phantom calls in a row from the refs, all against the Bengals, to close the half. In the interest of integrity, #NFL needs to look at this.

#SundayNightFootball

18.11.2024 02:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sports BlueSky! Quote post with your favourite teams and introduce yourselves...

#Sports

NBA: Raptors
NFL: Bengals
NHL: Maple Leafs
NCAA: Don't follow it much
MLB: Blue Jays
Soccer: Canada women's and men's national teams

17.11.2024 23:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

NBA: Raptors
NFL: Bengals
NHL: Maple Leafs
NCAA: Don't follow it much
MLB: Blue Jays
Soccer: Canada women's and men's national teams

17.11.2024 23:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Is that the mom from Home Improvement?? ๐Ÿค”

16.11.2024 03:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you! Over 7000 starter packs! Now we just need some filters to narrow it down. What a great idea to start building a network though.

12.11.2024 23:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hey everyone. I've heard about these 'starter packs' on Bluesky. Does anyone know if there is a way to browse through the different starter packs? How does one find them?

#bluesky #bsky #teachertwitter #EduSky #EdTech #GoogleEDU

12.11.2024 23:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I don't know about extended sick leaves, but we have definitely had teachers away for a couple weeks or so at a time after getting COVID. Some have had it multiple times now.

11.11.2024 22:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hello again! Thank you for the link. I filled it in. Hoping my response arrives.

10.11.2024 00:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hey everyone. I'm a special education teacher in Canada. Hoping to hook up with some fellow educators on here so we can bounce ideas off each other, share resources, etc. I was doing that at the other place, but it's become too much of an unruly mess now. Any PLN chats happening here?

#EduSky

10.11.2024 00:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hello! Thank you for your message. I tried loading your form but it only gives me an error screen. Is the form out of order right now?

09.11.2024 23:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hello! Just a quick question about the spreadsheet. I tried searching for myself on there tonight and it says I'm there, but in a "hidden cell". So no one can find me? What am I missing? How can I make my cell so it's not hidden from everyone else?

07.11.2024 22:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Borders was good. Addresses the topic of 'national identity' from the perspective of Indigenous Peoples.

03.12.2023 00:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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