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Blood Atonement Reflections on the American Counterpastoral

Almost exactly one year ago, I was road tripping through St. George, Utah, the home of Kirk's alleged killer. The sordid history of that area, specifically the Mountain Meadows Massacre, echoes to present-day America and the anti-humanity of the online world.

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“What makes a language… a language?” Are Two TED-Ed Bilingual Videos These TED-Ed videos could be useful in Theory of Knowledge classes. You might also be interested in: The Best Resources For International Mother Language Day The Best “Language Maps”

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What is he saying?

Useful resource here to rebut some of the tired arguments used to promote AI in education.

YouTube video by BBC Global Sal Khan on the best-case scenario for AI in schools | BBC Global

Sal Khan actually compares using AI in class to having four-or-five grad students in class acting as co-teachers. These guys need to give up making these outlandish claims. AI can help ELLs & help tchrs prep materials. That's not. nothing. Accept it www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vh6A...

YouTube video by Cognitive Resonance AI Will Not Revolutionize Education

In April 2025 I delivered a speech at the ASU+GSV ed-tech conference titled "AI Will Not Revolutionize Education." It touches on human cognition, gen AI, and the nature of scientific and social revolutions. I worked hard at this, I hope you'll watch and share.

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We’re bound to make it.
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Thanks to the courage of our youth, we’ve pulled a massive brick out of the “Wall of Fear”. In that space where fear once lived, hope now pours through. Because these young hearts stood up, we are all feeling more hopeful than we have in a long time.
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❝ Toplumdan korkarak değil, toplumla birlikte yeni bir “kuruluş” gerçekleştirmek bu dünyada ayakta kalmanın temellerinden birisidir. ❞

Devlet ve Erdoğan İmamoğlu’na neden karşı?

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Do your students *really* know the material? A new Tools for Practice helps students realize what they actually learned

A high school psych teacher saw that his students were overconfident in what they thought they knew before a test. So he designed a retrieval practice exercise to give them a better idea of what they really new. Today's letter, w/ @blakeharvard.bsky.social
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Pedagogy of the Depressed An illustrated guide to a smattering of online AI courses for educators

NEW POST: What is the Pedagogy of the Depressed? It's what happens when you sit through three online "AI for educators" courses as I have recently.
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a graph showing a drop in cognitive performance during the summer months in the ABCD Study dataset

☀️ New preprint! ☀️ Cognitive tests from 23,000+ participants in 4 datasets show cyclical fluctuations across the calendar year, including a small but replicable “summer slide” where youth show worst performance after school vacation. t.ly/OMzgl

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Fascinating; new data suggest summer slide is not just forgetting of academic material; seasonal variation observed on lab cognitive measures.