This was an excellent plenary talk by @alondra.bsky.social in which she artfully reframes what can often seem like a binary abyss of bad and worse choices regarding ai:
www.youtube.com/live/IZFurJB...
(First ~ 30 mins)
#iaseai26
This was an excellent plenary talk by @alondra.bsky.social in which she artfully reframes what can often seem like a binary abyss of bad and worse choices regarding ai:
www.youtube.com/live/IZFurJB...
(First ~ 30 mins)
#iaseai26
As always, thorough and thoughtful reporting from @jillbarshay.bsky.social
"The damage is cumulative and will unfold over years. ... the deeper loss belongs to the children and teachers who will never benefit from the knowledge that would have been generated."
Birds on telephone wires
We are all…
24.11.2025 00:53 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A refreshing critique of Haidt's oft-cited tome that refers to an entire generation of youth as the anxious recipients of unregulated access to smartphones.
"We’re not “anxious” just because of TikTok. Sometimes, the world is just objectively overwhelming — phones or not."
Learning requires friction. Good learning environments reduce unproductive friction. They also provide support so learners can work through productive friction. Using AI to remove all friction removes the learner from what is to be learned. Doing difficult things is entirely the point!
18.11.2025 02:51 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
"I saw Tracy Chapman open for Sting"
i will be forever envious of this.
#popplaypod
and if forced to choose something from this century... robyn's 'dancing on my own' is a sure bet. you can't not bop to it. just try resisting its infectious beat and deeply human lyrics.
#popplaypod
nirvana's unplugged album is a winner every time i listen to it.
zenyatta mondata will never disappoint.
i could listen to tracy chapman read the phone book, but i'll settle for a repeat listen of her titular album.
#popplaypod
the leo/clare R&J soundtrack was excellent. garbage - perfection.
#popplaypod
different speeds, tones, moods for reading, writing, cooking, doodling, being, and generally putting up with it all.
#popplaypod
first stanza lyrics from mmmbop by hanson
there's a version of mmmbop 25 years later that's slowed down slightly and that downshift makes the lyrics seem poignant somehow, in a way that eluded many of us when it was just a 'bop'
#popplaypod
i like this nod to the materiality that provides access into different registers of play and the unfettered nature of experimentation that less about a preset goal & more about the temporal urgency to play now. even -- especially -- when there may be forces pulling in other directions.
#popplaypod
not quite teen, and was into music before this, but i remember madonna's 'true blue' vinyl 45 being quite a get. we all crowded around my jack and jill (was that a thing?) record player, removed my large lp of the 6 million dollar man, & watched the little blue disc go round 'n round
#popplaypod
is that like when the audience starts singing auld lang syne during the nye concert at the nyphil?
(dont judge me for my limited cult outings)
#popplaypod
Will you be replying exclusively with references to people named toby?
#popplaypod
(to be clear, i mean the magician, not a waxed dickensian figure)
#popplaypod
I went to the one in London many moons ago and was freaked out by a flying david copperfield -- as in, his wax figure was suspended in air wearing a slightly menacing expression.
(shudder)
did i say cereal? i meant surreal...ity.
#popplaypod #isitfriday
ok, fine. i'll play.
lalitha. opalite. the album is about cereal(s). #popplaypod
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Apparently we are doing this tomorrow (see @snowdaylearninglab.org's post 👇)
It's been a while since I last stretched a social media muscle, so expect a rusty and clunky performance on the part of yours truly. I assume I'll go full Buscemi.
#popplaypod
Sobering and important interview with Tom Brock, Director of Community College Research Center at
@teacherscollege.bsky.social on how loss of federal funding stalls research insights that impact educational policy, practice, and overall student experience.
www.insidehighered.com/news/institu...
More on the impacts of fed funding cuts, via @hechingerreport.org
hechingerreport.org/what-the-whi...
Always happy to join Haeny Yoon & @snowdaylearninglab.org on Pop & Play. In this pop-off, we discuss the direct & immediate impacts of federal funding cuts to research infrastructure & related programming (afterschool, extracurricular) that directly serves children and their communities.
13.06.2025 15:12 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
Live from NASA GISS, kicking-off the Weather and Climate 100-hour livestream
Beginning Weds May 28, at 1 p.m. ET, the “Weather and Climate Livestream” will span five days, ending on Sunday, June 1, at 5:30 p.m. ET.
www.youtube.com/@wclivestrea...
200+ scientists are in the middle of a marathon livestream to show why weather and climate science is so important and needs all our help to continue.
It is here: wclivestream.com/watch
