Sarah Quinn

The average data center currently uses the same energy as about 100,000 homes; the largest one under construction at the moment is expected to use the energy of 2 million homes.

This is *really* fucked up.

Reporting from @zachschermele.bsky.social at USA Today with more details ⬇️

www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

I’m naming this a Type 3 error.

Moment of appreciation for @gitkraken.com being a delightful pun, using an excellent color scheme, and adding needed cuteness to my desktop rn.

Thanks @saratessa.bsky.social for introducing this to me and teaching me how to use it 😊

For context, 87% of school-aged kids are enrolled in public schools in the US.*

(* a statistic we only know because of work the US Dept of ED used to do to collect vital data on our nation's schools)

Teaching a math methods class and have discovered a new AI red flag: IEP goals related to rational numbers all include "sports stats or shopping discounts"

🙃

25 assignments remain, two productive meetings were had, several emails and random tasks were completed, one conference proposal was turned in. Fin.

It is quite literally on my calendar! :-)

I have 97 assignments to grade in Canvas, two meetings, and one million other things to catch up on today. Will report back. Happy Friday.

I was featured in a teaching spotlight for our faculty development center this week :)

www.emich.edu/facdev/teach...

Didn't take many pictures in Minneapolis but the jack-o'-lantern spectacular at the Minnesota Zoo was an excellent (spectacular) conference side quest.

In Minnesota for some IRL #SCRDchat 😎

Matthew McConaughey says he wants a private LLM, fed only with his books, notes, journals, and aspirations, so he can ask it questions and get answers based solely on that information, without any outside influence.

this exists it is called thinking

The Use of Pictorial or Graphic Representation in Reading Comprehension Interventions for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Meta-Analysis - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders This meta-analysis examines the effectiveness of pictorial and graphic representations (PGR) in enhancing reading comprehension among K-12 students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Through synthes...

Proud of my friend Seulbi Lee for taking this project, conceptualized during our meta-analysis methods course at UO, and getting it out into the world! Check it out in JADD!

doi.org/10.1007/s108...

Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13

@drjessicaknurick.bsky.social comes to mind- but on IG!

why is research gate emailing me about getting a green card

Confounding by Indication: A Research Bias You Should Know It’s September which means RFK Jr will soon be releasing his promised report on the ‘causes’ of autism. We can prepare by learning some key types of research bias.

RFK Jr has promised to release a report on the causes of autism in September. To prepare, it's a good idea to make sure we know what the common types of observational research biases are. First up: confounding by indication.
Read more here: open.substack.com/pub/epiellie...

No one would be confused about what is happening here if they saw it in another country.

Reviewer 0 is entering my vocabulary

Anyone have any favorite resources or papers about the inclusion of students with disabilities in secondary #science classes?

#specialeducation #edusky

Occasionally I do a peer review and when the decision letter is sent to authors, I see that the other reviews are 1-2 sentences that basically say "good job" (compared to mine which usually have 1-3 constructive suggestions along with some line edits)

Reader, am I reviewer 2? Genuinely wondering!

Foundational Reading Knowledge of Teachers of Students With IDD: Examining Experience, Degree and Time Use Esther R. Lindström 1 | Kimberly A. McFadden 2 | Qiong Fu 2 | Molly J. Ruiz 21University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA | 2 Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA Correspondence: Esther R. Lindström (elinds20@uic.edu) Received: 6 November 2024 | Revised: 29 April 2025 | Accepted: 18 August 2025Funding: This work was supported by the National Center for Special Education Research, Institute of Education Sciences (R324B210020) and LehighUniversity. Keywords: intellectual disability | reading | special education | teacher knowledge

🎉 New article! 🎉
Our latest in @jidr-wiley.bsky.social measures what teachers of students with IDD know about foundational word reading and how that relates to their training and classroom instruction.

#OpenAccess version here: doi.org/10.1111/jir....

@kimberlymcfadden.bsky.social

Anyone have any favorite resources or papers about the inclusion of students with disabilities in secondary #science classes?

#specialeducation #edusky

the early instagram urge to make it look like you rubbed your camera in dirt

Name the retro IG filter lol

12 years ago today setting up my very first classroom, the Salisbury Community School Learning Lab 🥲

⏰Today we launched the new and improved website! src.isr.umich.edu We highlight all the research, teaching, and services we provide for the public interest. Visit our website and find out about the breadth of what is offered at SRC! #LookToMichigan