Dr. Rebecca Weaver

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It's been an honor to work with @readywriting.bsky.social and my amazing co-authors. I'm excited that @clarissasorensenunruh.com--ungrader and pedagogical thinker/activist extraordinaire--will be the new NTLF columnist starting in January! Link to column in comments; PDF available upon request.

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I have deeply enjoyed writing my "Bad Ideas About Teaching" column for the National Teaching and Learning Forum, but this is my last one. I am now focusing on a book project and some other opportunities with my limited writing time.

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Oh, me? Just on a plane with my boss developing a new workshop on grading with efficiency and joy. #POD50

Many congrats!!

Don't Talk about Failure Click on the article title to read more.

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Image of text which says: I try to establish that failure is a necessary part of the writing process — I do so through repetition, readings which support that thesis, and sometimes my own writing failures. I know professors from all kinds of classes who do this as well — they talk about failed lab experiments, equations that never worked, the language phrases which result in unexpected food orders, and theories which never apply. The main idea is to get students to see failure not as a cost, but as a benefit.

In my latest "Bad Ideas About Teaching" column, "Don't Talk About Failure," I write about how we can help *very resistant* students understand how important failure is to learning and to staying motivated for learning. Link in comments, and PDF available upon request.

“Well, uh, things have gotten really crazy.”

Good lordt! This game!

The discourse in this game is something else.

Don't Use the Names Students Want Click on the article title to read more.

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Image of text which says: This way of learning students' names might seem a small gesture what with everything going on for us, our students, our institutions, and the world. But one of the most important things we can do at the beginning of a semester is set a tone for the communities that we would like our classes to become.

In my latest "Bad Ideas About Teaching" column, "Don't Use The Names Students Want," I write about my struggle to learn names and to speak from the integrity of my "teacher within" to use students' chosen names and speak to the student within. Link in comments, and PDF available upon request.

One of the most resonant activities in my writing classes centers, transparently & forcefully, definitions of parts of the writing process. It’s powerful because many FYS don’t know the difference between editing and revising, for ex, or why free writing is beneficial. I’m grateful for this thread.

Now many times are we gonna have to dance this dance before these people learn the goddam steps.

"AI" reproduces, exacerbates, and iterates the biases and values it was trained on. Those biases and values are, largely, very bad. There for the reproductions will most often be as bad and worse.

Jfc.

This is a fascinating read!

I’m really grateful for this thread from @lindsaymasland.bsky.social (belated though my finding of it is).

Degenerate: Against Education at Scale Ed-Tech Criticism. AI Refusal.

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You're welcome! Enjoy! I would have burrata every day if I could :)

Variations can include tomatoes and hazelnuts, or whatever!

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When nuts are done, assemble salad: tear up handful of mint leaves. Sprinkle half the nuts on the greens, then half the oil, and half the mint. Place the burrata in the center and pour the rest of the oil over it, then sprinkle the rest of the nuts & mint. Add more salt to taste.

2. Greens with burrata, mint, and pine nuts: create a bed of greens (mixed, baby, whatever suits you). Heat a tablespoon of EVOO with some chili pepper flakes. Pour heated oil into a dish, and roast a handful of pinenuts in that pan, add sea salt.

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1. Chickpea, cucumber, green bean, & tomato salad: Mix one can each of chickpeas and cut green beans with a cucumber and a large tomato. Add olive oil, sea salt, pepper, and curry powder to taste. Easy to scale up.

I loved this! So good! Am sharing it with my center. Here are two salad recipes:

That's a big ol' NOPE for me . . .