Nick Temple

Very cool - but no idea how to help. Can you direct me?

Is this an ongoing project?

Any old Aesop, or Aesop inspired. Most kids know tortoise and the hare - unpack multiple lessons within? Or go via parables - depending on your context.

Can I ask what age/year level you'll be trying this with? Really tempted to introduce critical lenses with some year 7 students (~12yo) to enliven studying fairy tales but a little unsure as to whether it's too much of a stretch.

strife guy

*well was brother in law playing Closer acoustic. Iykyk but not overt for the parentals.

We had Closer by NIN for our procession out of the ceremony post-signing. Oh and I wanna be yours by John Cooper-Clarke for the signing.

Both our vows were littered with stolen lyrics from songs. Had argued about acceptable # of Toto songs to include in playlists - wife snuck them into the vows.

As a teacher in Australian schools - most students already use VPNs to get around school blocking of Spotify/YouTube/games etc. they'll seamlessly continue to skirt boundaries while we erode any concept of an open internet with freedom to be anonymous.

Only stories getting boosted/deemed newsworthy are playing on the subtext that it's ok to do this - but it's shocking it's happening to *this* group.

Sorry - reply was in earnest and not intending to be inflammatory - was actually meaning I've noticed a trend in Aus media that the only stories re: US borders that get any inches are about semi-affluent white guys. Seems to me like bias, only newsworthy if it plays to shitty prejudices.

All detainments and deportations are equally abhorrent, but some are more equally abhorrent. Which? Hard to tell 🤔💭⚪💲

But then #4 is the only without 'misconceptions' - so maybe that's the coaxed one?

Could be way off. #4 sounds most like your voice. #1 is a possible. 2/3 have some odd moments which make them feel more likely to be generated/coaxed.

I think the mysticism is partially that those in the know don't know. What is implicit is not always easy to be made explicit. Complex systems waft and warp are attempted to be explained through processes - but true inhabitation of thought is not weave but web.

Rhythm is not music.

Gorgeous analogy, that painfully captures the loss..

I think part of the challenge is how do you quantify the aesthetic? Rubrics and mark schemes have tried - but it's all pinning the butterfly, death throes and all. Can we elucidate vibe?

What is deeply emotionally affecting to us as adults/parents/educators - may be nothing like that to them.

What could be emotionally affecting to them may not be depending on how it is presented to them - company, expectations etc.

I can't help but think that showing it is like the classic 80s after school special failure.

We obviously don't want young people to consume and assume the worldviews of these harmful bigots. But that outcome isn't necessarily achieved by showing them a story of the dangers of that pathway.

(alternatively - if you'd like - I'd be happy to throw down a gauntlet of something I think we might disagree on and see where the cards fall?)

What ideas do you hold that you want tester by your peers through debate? Open the channel up some.

Earnestly and inquiringly - how much is that the platform, and how much is that the evolution of social-professional educational digital spaces, combined with your position within them?

Do you find lots of worthwhile debates elsewhere that you don't find here?

That is simply a disagreement - not a debate as requested or paid for.

How to destroy angels - The spaces in between

Mura Masa -Today (with Tirzah)

Converge - Wretched world

James Blake - If the car beside you moves ahead

Rosetta - Homesick

Tei Shi - Keep running

John Maus - Do your best

Twinzero - Acceptance of the end

Pional - a new dawn

Seeing a lot of pay demands similar to Ambos - and as an underpaid public servant (teacher) earning much less than a police officer, but with a much larger HECS debt - livid.

Will the webinar be recorded/viewable afterwards? Would love to dial in so can ask questions etc. but Aus based.

Currently:
The Mandarins - Simone de Bouvier
Dusk - Robbie Arnott
Blade of Tyshalle - Matthew Stover
36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem - Nam Le

Recently finished:
Norwegian by Night - Derek B Miller
Heroes die - Matthew Stover
Foster - Claire Keegan
36 Streets - T.R. Napper

Had a lot of awesome ideas, concepts, etc. but characters felt subservient to the plot. Too many moments where everyones actions seemed preordained or deterministic rather than a fair and natural decision or development based upon their experiences. Imho lol

Though this runs counter to the 'preparing kids for the real world' argument that pushes to not restrict access. If an adult allows their focus to be drawn to their phone for social purposes while on the job, they'll be unemployed pretty swiftly.

Respecting Young People's Ability to Decide About Using Phones in School: A Historical Perspective - Teach Like a Champion Here’s an excerpt from the TLAC Team’s forthcoming book, Reconnect: Building School Culture for Meaning, Purpose, and Belonging by coauthors Doug Lemov, Hilary Lewis, Darryl Williams and Denarius Fraz...

I appreciate not everyone is a Doug Lemov stan, but I find the equivalence he draws to his experience of smoking in schools as a student in the 80s really cuts through for some. Similar arguments for student agency/autonomy short-circuited by reality. teachlikeachampion.org/blog/respect...

Sorry - also, did you provide guidance or promots to teachers on what kinds of things they should include in verbal feedback?

Appreciate your continual measured approach to AI in teaching.

What's the likelihood (or timeline) of this being an opt-in for general access on the platform? Or for use on internally set assessments?

So start from the text - exemplar of an interesting feature zoomed in on, then have students emulate in some fashion?