Miguel Guhlin 🦉 🇵🇦 🇺🇲 @mguhlin@qoto.org

#Introduction Mastodon newb here. Trying to figure this out. Interested in intelligent discourse about politics, actual facts about #COVID from health practitioners, #basicincome, #ClimateChange, just trying to ensure a better world for my future grandchildren.

Public Service Warning

Mastodon has a very big surge of new users right now. There's no way to tell if it will be sustained, but at this early point it looks similar to Nov 18 when when Musk pulled the employee purge.

It is very challenging for system administration to accommodate so many new users. If your server starts to struggle, it is not broken and will get sorted out.

We're all in this together. It's our social network. Be patient. What we are building is amazing.

#twittermigration

#MastodonNews Dec 15, 2022

Elon Musk’s Twitter bans CNN, NYT, WaPo journalists without explanation >>> https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/15/media/twitter-musk-journalists-hnk-intl

The accounts belonging to CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan, The New York Times’ Ryan Mac, The Washington Post’s Drew Harwell and other journalists who have covered Musk aggressively in recent weeks were all abruptly permanently suspended. The account of progressive independent journalist Aaron Rupar was also banned.

#twittermigration #news
More News >>> https://medium.com/@mastodonmigration/sharing-advice-and-assisting-with-the-great-mastodon-migration-53c1a286b805#cfd1

80% of Black Americans said social media help shed light on rarely discussed issues; the same share of White Americans said these sites distract from more important issues. https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2018/07/11/public-attitudes-toward-political-engagement-on-social-media/ #PewResearch #BlackMastodon @sociology

8 Ways to Improve the Quality and Effectiveness of College Teaching https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/higher-ed-gamma/8-ways-improve-quality-and-effectiveness-college-teaching #HigherEd #teaching #teachingHE #AcademicMastodon

The 10 Most Significant Education Studies of 2022 #curriculum #teaching

https://www.edutopia.org/article/the-10-most-significant-education-studies-of-2022 #research #education #edutooter @edutooter

I know, the content warning sounds like a spam email header, but the White House will soon be reviving their free at-home COVID testing program.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/14/free-covid-home-test-program-restart-00073962

Starting tomorrow, you should be able to request tests via UPS from https://www.covid.gov/tests

In the meantime, people in limited areas including Seattle are be eligible for another free tests-by-mail program.

Another domain that looks like a spam site, but I've used https://www.sayyescovidhometest.org/ repeatedly.

As you may have heard, in addition to permanently suspending the accounts of several national journalists & the official #Mastodon account:
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/twitter-suspends-journalists-covering-elon-musk-company-rcna62032
#Twitter now also flags links to many popular Mastodon servers as 'unsafe'.
#RIPTwitter

@heafnerj maybe it reinforces a fixed mindset (essentialist beliefs), which reinforces adoption of traditional teaching strategies https://www.lifescied.org/doi/10.1187/cbe.17-05-0084
hurts learning https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11218-022-09718-2
& racial equity https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aau4734
& gender equity https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0361476X21000825?dgcid=author

Students can detect instructor mindset https://www.researchgate.net/publication/359835166_Towards_Fostering_Growth_Mindset_Classrooms_Identifying_Teaching_Behaviors_that_Signal_Instructors'_Fixed_and_Growth_Mindsets_Beliefs_to_Students
and be inoculated against fixed mindset instructors by developing their own growth mindset https://www.researchgate.net/publication/355165738_Growth_Mindset_Intervention_Delivered_by_Teachers_Boosts_Achievement_in_Early_Adolescence
#STEMeducation #GrowthMindset #EdResearch

@mguhlin @edutooter Who would've thunk that #teacher generated highlighting leads to better #learning outcomes for #students? #edutooter #EdResearch

Some really interesting recordings from University of Kent. The Digitally enhanced #education webinar series. https://youtube.com/@digitallyenhancededucation554 #digital #teaching #learning

Want to read amazing international writing: fiction, non-fiction, poetry? Words that take you out of the global north silo?

I recommend Words Without Borders.

I have nothing to do with this site at all. I just love it.

#GlobalSouth #Literature #Fiction #NonFiction #Poetry #Books #Features #Learning

https://wordswithoutborders.org/

What is Measured Learning Measuring?

By Dr. Kecia Ray

If we’re going to improve education, we need to first improve how we measure learning

https://www.techlearning.com/news/what-is-measured-learning-measuring #naep #education #learning #schools #education

How A Midwestern State Became a National Leader in K-12 Robotics Teams in 4 Years

Indiana's State Robotics Initiative Emphasizes Educator Support and Combines Public, Industry, and Nonprofit Resources

By Kristal Kuykendall

https://thejournal.com/articles/2022/12/14/how-a-midwestern-state-became-the-nations-leader-in-k12-robotics-participation-in-4-years-time.aspx #stem #robotics #education #learning #school #teaching #edtech #indiana

Purdue University's Free STEM Degree for K-8 Students • TechNotes Blog

Dig into these cool STEM videos for K-8 students from Purdue University's College of #Science. Students earn a #STEM degree at the end! @purduesos

https://blog.tcea.org/purdue-university-stem-degree/?utm_source=TCEA+Emails&utm_campaign=6bf72c498a-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f3a5bb651e-6bf72c498a-40999907&ct=t(RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN)&mc_cid=6bf72c498a&mc_eid=470f1b78b9 #education #edtech #edutooter @edutooter #mguhlin #tcea

Hi! A few stories:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/12/15/twitter-journalists-suspended-musk/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/14/elonjet-twitter-suspension-jack-sweeney-talks/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/14/qanon-musk-revival-twitter/

Statement from Washington Post Executive Editor Sally Buzbee:

CNN: