Christina DiMicelli @MrsDi@qoto.org

Folks, a reminder to fill out your profile *before* you start following folks, so those folks who know who you are, perchance to follow you in return.

Apparently, TheTweetOfGod has abandoned the birdsite for Mastodon: https://universeodon.com/@TheTweetOfGod/109540957263260927

P.S. You can also find the GodPod here: https://universeodon.com/@godpod

Well played @NSA_PR #InfoSec

Curious about moving from #Twitter to #Mastodon – a Twitter alternative? Read this article to learn how to join the Mastodon migration.

Please give it a #boost and click through to blog, maybe leave a comment about your experience making #TwitterMigration and responses to your #Introduction

Trying to raise awareness about the reach possible in this #federated space. 😉

https://blog.tcea.org/how-to-join-the-mastodon-educator-migration/

#tcea #education #edtech #edutooter @edutooter @edutooters ##Mastodon #Tutorial #k12 #teachers #learners #school #educator #maestros #docent #highered #welcome #googleedu

#mguhlin

Stupidly, I paused to look online at the world news and reminded of this quite by so many different news stories today…

“The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerated the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself. That in its essence is fascism: ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or any controlling private power.”

Franklin D. Roosevelt

A spectacular sight 1225m (4019 ft) beneath the waves off Baja California as E/V Nautilus encounters the amazing Halitrephes maasi jelly.

Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D0eyl7-XQA

#ocean #nature #science

What do teachers and students need to know about fungi? Free resource -
* Classifying fungi on the tree of life
* How fungi are like and unlike animals
* Difference between fungi and plants
* How some fungi cause disease
* molds, fungus, mushrooms,
* fungi in baking, and in making chocolate and coffee?!

https://kaiserscience.wordpress.com/biology-the-living-environment/classification/fungi/

@edutooters
@science
@scienceteachers
#science #STEM #NGSS #highschoolteachers #scienceteachers #fungi #coffee #biologyteachers #biology

If you're trying to find journalists on Mastodon, I've created a verified database of several hundred here: http://presscheck.org. Since the backlog has become enormous, the unverified waiting list is now public also: http://presscheck.org/pending

Before leaving Twitter, consider archiving your Tweets on the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. https://help.archive.org/help/how-to-archive-your-tweets-with-the-wayback-machine/

Spectacular aurora seen from space.

Many of the journalists Elon suspended today on Twitter are here on #Mastodon. Please follow and boost:

Drew Harwell, Washington Post
@drewharwell

Donie O’Sullivan, CNN
@donieosullivan

Steve Herman, VOA
@w7voa

Micah Lee, Intercept
@micahflee

Tony Webster
@tony

Matt Binder, Mashable
@MattBinder

#freepress #journalism #journalists #news

Twitter is considering forcing users to let the company sell their data and phone numbers to advertisers, in potential breach of Apple rules via #techmemepodcast cc #edtechSR #technews #MediaLit #privacy https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-plans-to-force-users-to-share-data-with-advertisers-2022-12

I'm convinced that there is a direct correlation between extreme wealth and an increasing inability to relate to fellow human beings on even a basic level.

Cool cool we automated away artist's jobs but we still have to fold laundry

For those interested in the use of AI in education (including a section on ethical challenges), there is a new open access book by Springer called “AI in Learning: Designing the Future”, edited by Hannele Niemi, Roy Pea, and Yu Lu:
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-09687-7. #aied #AiInLearning #learningsciences #learningscience #edtech #edresearch

30 Recommended Podcasts for Educators https://blog.tcea.org/30-recommended-podcasts-for-educators/

Need a boost to keep you excited about teaching and learning? Want to learn something by listening to other educators? Try these podcasts.

#Education #Podcast #EdTech #TCEA #Canva #UDL #EvidenceBasedTeaching #edutooter @edutooter