An Experiment in Arts Education That Paid Off

Education Week http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2019/02/arts_education_benefits_other_learning.html

How playing Dungeons & Dragons has helped me be more connected, creative and compassionate | http://blog.ed.ted.com/2018/09/17/how-playing-dungeons-dragons-has-helped-me-be-more-connected-creative-and-compassionate/

Michigan’s ‘band-aid’ for filling teaching jobs is expanding. Here’s what you need to know. https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/detroit/2018/09/17/michigans-band-aid-for-filling-teaching-jobs-is-expanding-heres-what-you-need-to-know/

Create custom operating systems for Raspberry Pi with CusDeb - The MagPi MagazineThe MagPi Magazine
https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/create-custom-operating-systems-raspberry-pi-cusdeb/

#opensource #raspberrypi #linux

Readers respond: Expanding the reach of arts education | OregonLive.com

https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2018/09/readers_respond_expanding_the.html

#arted #teacher #teaching #arteducation

Student-Created Videos in the Classroom

https://www.edutopia.org/article/student-created-videos-classroom

#education #teaching #teacher #mediaarts

It's my understandiing that a lot of schools have been holding onto their Win7 images for dear life. Things are going to get interesting soon, and by that, I mean scary.

(I'm not as concerned for my own school, as we'll likely be converting computers too old for Win10 into Chromebooks.)

Microsoft 'Confirms' Windows 7 New Monthly Charge

https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2018/09/08/microsoft-windows-7-monthly-charge-windows-10-free-upgrade-cost/

Trying out the solo instance thing over at @theartguy.

It was only a matter of time before I gave admin stuff a try. I enjoy pressing buttons too much.

(Also my employer's web filter has blocked scholar.social but not my own domain, so that'll give me more opportunities to be active on Mastodon.)

"Haven't you read that book before?"
"No."
"I'm sure you have."
"No, that was a different me."
"Why, what's changed?"
"I read this book."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

Internet of Things that Don't Really Belolng on the Internet When You Think About It

@bgcarlisle Happy birthday!

Firefox will block all trackers automatically https://www.fastcompany.com/90230864/if-you-havent-already-switched-to-firefox-do-it-now

New blog post: "Mastodon and the challenges of abuse in a federated system" https://nolanlawson.com/2018/08/31/mastodon-and-the-challenges-of-abuse-in-a-federated-system/