Busy day. Started homework at 7am, recorded an episode of our podcast, been to a party, watched Teengage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Didn’t apply for any jobs though… I guess I keep wanting my applications to be perfect. Which they can never be, can they?
Busy day. Started homework at 7am, recorded an episode of our podcast, been to a party, watched Teengage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Didn’t apply for any jobs though… I guess I keep wanting my applications to be perfect. Which they can never be, can they?
Dad says he’ll buy the kids a toy if they don’t have any screen time this weekend.
My Chinese credit card was rejected by the UK Passport service the email said. Can I call this number to sort it? My issue is, that giving personal info to the web chat to confirm the number was real and then calling the number felt indistinguishable from being scammed.
But there’s a growing body of evidence that trying to recall something is itself a powerful tool for learning, particularly when you are given the correct answer immediately after making a stab at it and then get a chance to try again. Testing your memory – even when you draw a blank – is a way to build new memories.
Flashcards prevail over repetition in memorizing multiplication tables - The Hechinger Report
Reading
Dermott talked about the need to spread love and positivity, and especially to show those values to kids who follow pro hockey.
“Like my parents said growing up, ‘How awesome would it be to be the guy that people look up to?’ That’s what really hit home when I was a kid, especially from my mom. You want to grow up and be that guy.”
Just read Kottke if you don’t, save me posting all the cool and interesting things he posts.
Descartes a Kant - After Destruction (Official Video) - YouTube
This video is awesome!
The format sees racers run a 4.166667-mile loop, called a “yard” in backyard ultrarunning, within a one-hour time limit, after which all finishers within the allotted time are tied for first place, and must present on the start line on the hour to go again. This continues until there is only one runner left standing, who must complete a solo yard to be awarded the win.
Just incredible.
Daring Fireball: Apple Again Hikes Prices for Its Media Services
I subscribe to Apple One with some extra storage so the price will go up and I won’t really notice. As Gruber says, it’d be nice for storage to increase.
17 Life-Learnings from 17 Years of The Marginalian – The Marginalian
I just applied for a job, an incredibly stressful affair but I’m glad to have a cleared the sizeable first hurdle. When i’ve calmed down I’m going to dig into this, I think.
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Thanks @lex, found this one easier then normal!
Cartoons of Teachers, Parents, and Students Dealing with School Report Cards | Larry Cuban
Shared a few of these with teacher friends. Some hit home.
Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz - Miss You (YouTube)
STUCK in my head.
Working and parenting and looking for a job.
Is one job too many.
Day 10?
We say, I’ll make time, I’ll find the time, I’ll free up some time. But by then, it’s already too late.
In short: our brains are probably not retrieving a particular memory from a particular part of the brain like a book from a shelf or a file on a computer (static view). It’s more likely our brains are creatively constructing our response at the point of recall in the context in which we are recalling it (dynamic view) (Edelman, 2001; Bryce & Blown, 2023). This means our memories change each time we recall them. So what might this mean for teaching?
The World’s Leading Marble Sports Event. The amount of work that goes into these is just incredible, and they’re so much fun to watch. This is the hurdles from the Marble League event. The final was so close!
Even Super Mario Bros. Wonder’s approach to difficulty is playful - The Verge
Elephant Mario. Yumo has been loving playing it this morning.
To be a person may be possible then, after all.
Day 3
The 5-minute daily playtime ritual that can get your kids to listen better : Life Kit : NPR
Definitely fancy them listening better.
I’ve been thinking about this list of “12 habits of highly effective dads” a lot since I first read it.