Summary:
Shawn and Troy are back! Dave addresses misconceptions.
Jokes:
Cosmetic surgery used to be such a taboo subject.
Now you can talk about Botox and nobody raises an eyebrow.
Patron: “Do you have any books on shelving?”
Librarian: “Yes, all of them.”
Are houses to be demolished visited by a home wrecker?
How do you teach a kid to climb stairs?
- There is a step by step guide.
What do you call it when a cat wins a dog show?
- A cat-has-trophy.
I mistakenly leaned against a printer cartridge, and now I have toned abs.
Fries, cheese curds, and gravy on a crushed cracker crust.
- Poutine on the Ritz.
I’m gonna call medium drinks the “mini Grande”
There was a leper who failed his driving test…
- for leaving his foot on the gas
Why should you never trust palindromes?
- They always go back on their word.
Why is 40 a big birthday year in Italy?
- Roman numerals: XL
Middle School Science Minute
by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com)
12Science Podcast: Buoyancy Misconceptions
I was recently reading the November/December 2024 issue of “Science and Children” a publication of the National Science Teaching Association.
In this issue, I read the “Early Years” column, written by Alissa A. Lange. She wrote an article entitled, “Deconstructing Common Misconceptions in Early Science.”
Misconceptions are common in science—even into adulthood. Instead of feeling guilty when we discover our misconceptions, what if we, as adults, turn this feeling into curiosity? What if we help our students to do the same?
http://k12science.net/buoyancy-misconceptions/
Reports from the Front Lines
- Apple Intelligence
- Camera
- Competencies vs Standards
- Department Head
- Technology Plan
- Students using H5P
The Social Web
Tidy desk = empty mind. Discuss.
Word of the Day is ‘biblioklept’: the friend who borrows yet another book from your shelves, and quietly takes permanent ownership of it.
Wow… NVIDIA dropped by 17% because of DeepSeek? I wonder if the investors realize that NVIDIA and DeepSeek aren’t competition. DeepSeek was trained using NVIDIA GPUs… People installing and running it locally are mostly using NVIDIA GPUs too… Scratching my head at this…
Word of the day is ‘matutolypea’: extreme grumpiness in the morning. From the Latin ‘Matuta’, Roman goddess of the dawn, and the Greek ‘lype’, ‘grief’. Put them together and you get ‘morning grief’.
AIwithAileen @aiwithaileen.bsky.social
If you are thinking about using #curipod or have just started & are looking for ideas, you won’t go wrong with this webinar on the 19th of Feb. The @eduguardian5.bsky.social will be chatting all things orange with cofounder Eirik Berre
🔗 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
The Contingent Professor @contingentprof.bsky.social
Ah, the weekend. Time to unwind with these 200 papers I need to grade. #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd
Strategies:
Whose Notes are They Anyway?
I realized my class notes needed a makeover the day I saw all of my students close their journals and put them away after the lesson when it was time for independent practice.
https://education.apple.com/story/250014117
Notability: https://notability.com/
Resources:
8 Words Named After People
https://interestingfacts.com/words-named-after-people/
SceneryStack
SceneryStack is an open-source TypeScript framework designed to create powerful, interactive, and accessible web experiences. SceneryStack offers web development libraries for building engaging simulations, educational tools, or next-generation web applications. Included is support for robust accessibility features like dynamic screen-reader descriptions and alternative input (e.g., keyboard navigation).
https://scenerystack.org/#get-started
Curriculum for SIFE Equity
Open source resources, activity, and professional development. (*Some of the resources are not currently shared).
Safer Internet Day
Each year, stakeholders across the globe join together to make the internet a safer and better place for all, and especially children and young people. We are almost ready to celebrate Safer Internet Day (SID) 2025 on Tuesday, 11 February 2025, and throughout the month of February. Will you join us?
https://better-internet-for-kids.europa.eu/en
AXIS The Culture Translator
Suit, Countersuit
What it is: Justin Baldoni’s legal team has published a website of “receipts” meant to refute Lively’s claims that Baldoni sexually harassed her on the set of their film, It Ends With Us.
Why teens are buzzing about it: The website is a trove of gossip fuel that connects a wide web of A-list celebrities. The site, “thelawsuitinfo.com,” contains a comprehensive timeline of events, including texts, interview transcripts, photos, and emails. Like seagulls flocking to a bucket of boardwalk french fries, prominent Gen Z commentators on TikTok and YouTube have descended on this timeline, picking apart the chain of events and adding their own theories and speculations on what went so wrong. The documents have provided an intimate and not-often-seen glimpse at how people in Hollywood actually talk to, and about, each other.
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