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"html": "<p>At the June 4 meeting of the Tackling a Wicked Problem instructors group, we were asked to develop an action plan to lay out things we need to learn about and/or do between now and our next meeting on July 30. Here is my action plan.</p>\n<ol><li>I want to start the first day of the class with a discussion of \u201cwhat is learning?\u201d I have an idea for an activity to practice, fail, and improve their yoyo skills (I got the idea from the <a href=\"https://www.kaospilot.dk/\">Kaospilot workshop</a> on designing learning spaces that I went to a year and a half ago). After that exercise (which will also serve as an ice breaker to begin the development of our classroom community), we will debrief the conditions necessary for the encouragement of learning. We will talk about how those conditions can be fostered in our classroom community. I need to plan this activity.</li>\n<li>I also want to begin the class with a spirit of inquiry and a sense of curiosity. So I\u2019m thinking that I\u2019d like to give students some phrases related to our wicked problem (climate change) and ask them what they know about those phrases and how they know those things. I will allow them to use their electronic devices during this exercise. I need to plan this exercise and determine a set of phrases that make sense and will result in discussion.</li>\n<li>I think I\u2019m going to use <a href=\"https://www.jessestommel.com/how-to-ungrade/\">ungrading</a> in this class. I have read a number of articles and blog posts by people who have used this technique in their classes and want to go read those articles and blog posts again so I can figure out which flavor of ungrading I will use.</li>\n<li>I read a <a href=\"https://www.hastac.org/blogs/cathy-davidson/2019/05/23/three-ways-transform-your-lecture-course-dean-anne-balsamos\">blog post</a> about transforming a lecture class but found the ideas about syllabus design fascinating for any class. In particular, I love the idea of thinking about the syllabus as an invitation to learning and getting META on the syllabus where we explain why we\u2019re doing what we\u2019re doing. So I want to think about my own syllabus for IS1115 as a real tool for getting students to think about their learning and the role that our classroom plays in their learning and development of the Habits of Mind.</li>\n<li><a href=\"http://elisabethjohnston.plymouthcreate.net/an-urgency-of-teachers/praxis-connections-to-reflections-of-my-teaching/\">Elisabeth Johnston</a> and I are having our students meet together once a week for an hour. We\u2019re both using the same wicked problem but think some benefit will come from our students talking together across sections. Elisabeth and I need to meet (a lot!) to talk about how we\u2019re going to use that hour, especially early in the semester when students aren\u2019t working on projects yet. I think we\u2019ll use the early meetings to build a community across our sections but we need to talk about how to do that.</li>\n<li>I need to think about how I\u2019m going to get students to choose things to read about climate change and how to share what they learn from those readings with the rest of the class. I had thought about getting every student set up with a domain of their own so they could create individual web sites where they could post what they learn. But it feels daunting to get them up and running with the technology given all of the other things we want/need to do with the class. So I need to do some research about innovative ways to share and figure out what might work best in the class.</li>\n<li>I also need to think about how I\u2019m going to get students into their project groups. When I taught First Year Seminar, we did concept mapping and they identified areas about fake news (our wicked problem) that they were interested in learning more about. And then I grouped them based on their interests. It was only somewhat successful. For example, I had a group of students who were friends because they played on a sports team together. They all indicated the same area of interest although I\u2019m not sure it was an authentic expression of their interest.</li>\n<li>I am going to incorporate regular (probably weekly) self-reflection on students\u2019 practice and development of the Habits of Mind. I\u2019m thinking that I will repurpose the 7-7 forms that I used when I taught FYS but I need to carefully think about how that might happen.</li>\n</ol><p>I have a lot more than this to do to get ready to teach this class but this is a good start on an action plan. I\u2019ll add to it as I think of more stuff.</p>\n\n<p>Image credit: Yoyos taken by Cathie LeBlanc (me!) on October 4, 2018.</p>",
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"text": "What's ridiculous is you thinking a single website is \"playing god\" or that this situation in any way silences the homophobic voices.",
"html": "<p>What's ridiculous is you thinking a single website is \"playing god\" or that this situation in any way silences the homophobic voices.</p>"
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"text": "This is ridiculous. YouTube is not the Star Chamber \u2014 stop playing God & silencing those voices you disagree with. This will not end well. #LouderWithCrowder"
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"summary": "Remember the iPhone sync issue I was having? Which had me switching back to my 6S and planning to sell the XR? Well, it started happening on the 6S too, a couple weeks ago, so I\u2019m glad I never managed to sell the XR. (That and it would have been a nightmare).\nAnyway both of my phones are now stuck in this no-sync state, so here\u2019s the Apple Feedback (n\u00e9e Radar) I submitted last night. Maybe someone else will enjoy reading it, or maybe it\u2019ll just get a bunch of search hits from other people with the problem. (I have a few acquaintences at Apple who are already looking at it, at least.)",
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This book by @anomalily definitely helped me get a handle on my money situation. 💵 You should have seen me before. 🙈 And now her Kickstarter for the second print run is just shy of the $10,000 stretch goal! Let's get it over the top! 🚀
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"text": "Your newsletter is lame and clogging my inbox. Get a blog and let me subscribe to feeds in my reader."
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"text": "Thank you @twitterDev team for resolving my API issues so quickly! Don't mind a false positive here or there if it helps to keep people safer."
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"text": "I think the short answer is the platforms like making money off the offensive content. :/",
"html": "<p>I think the short answer is the platforms like making money off the offensive content. :/</p>"
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"text": "if the right is gonna complain about \"anti-conservative bias\" on social media no matter what how about some platforms just go all in and make things they find \"clearly hurtful\" and \"deeply offensive\" against their TOS? websites don't actually owe anyone free speech"
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We’ll see how this goes. I liked Blue Apron; the food was delicious, but the prep time was usually more like 45+ minutes. That got old since I’m only cooking for myself. It was nice having lunch the next day, though, since they’re meals for two.
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"text": "Giving EveryPlate a try thanks to Sheryl. First three meals coming next week:\n\nGarlic Rosemary Chicken\n\tApricot-Sriracha Pork Chops\n\tBeef Bibimbap Bowl\nWe\u2019ll see how this goes. I liked Blue Apron; the food was delicious, but the prep time was usually more like 45+ minutes. That got old since I\u2019m only cooking for myself. It was nice having lunch the next day, though, since they\u2019re meals for two.",
"html": "<p>Giving EveryPlate a try thanks to <a class=\"h-card\" href=\"http://girlvsplanet.com/\">Sheryl</a>. First three meals coming next week:</p>\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https://www.everyplate.com/recipes/garlic-rosemary-chicken-5cdee654b7becd00112f7f26\">Garlic Rosemary Chicken</a></li>\n\t<li><a href=\"https://www.everyplate.com/recipes/2019-w24-r7-apricot-sriracha-pork-chops-5cdf052ea101670010100b58\">Apricot-Sriracha Pork Chops</a></li>\n\t<li><a href=\"https://www.everyplate.com/recipes/2019-w24-r8-5cdf0686a10167000d168923\">Beef Bibimbap Bowl</a></li>\n</ul><p>We\u2019ll see how this goes. I liked Blue Apron; the food was delicious, but the prep time was usually more like 45+ minutes. That got old since I\u2019m only cooking for myself. It was nice having lunch the next day, though, since they\u2019re meals for two.</p>"
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"text": "@sonniesedge are you familiar with @amyburvall's work on contraints and creativity. Here is a poem I wrote for her: https://quickthoughts.jgregorymcverry.com/2019/01/13/constraints-oncreativityseen-throughamyburvalls...",
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Not sure we need some new #oer techstack #apereo19 HTML and the web work just fine. In fact I believe it to be the most sustainable and resilient approach to learn tech and for online learning.
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