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Morgan Benton retweeted
I’ve been gratified hearing from many people who have said that they’ve followed my lead in deciding what they'll do, and not do, in various stages of the pandemic.
It’s a particularly confusing time now, so today’s 🧵 is a summary of the choices I'm making these days. (1/25)
Morgan Benton retweeted
der8auer is building a PC in the O11D EVO, and you get a chance to win it! Click here to vote on the PC configuration and join the giveaway bit.ly/der8auerEVO
Morgan Benton retweeted
Only once one is lucky enough to experience learning without grades does it become clear in retrospect how much damage grading has done. (That's probably what Nathaniel Hawthorne was getting at when he wrote, “She had not known the weight until she felt the freedom.”)
Morgan Benton retweeted
The underappreciated educator Selma Wassermann once remarked that taking away students' right to make decisions because they've failed to make "responsible" choices is like taking away their right to read because they can't yet read well.
Morgan Benton retweeted
I feel like there should be more collective soul-searching about commuting. Millions of us did it five days a week, year after year, and it was horrible and expensive, and it turned out to be almost entirely unnecessary.
Morgan Benton retweeted
When I first moved to SF I attended a "social good hackathon". The project introduction phase went like this:
My project: a small bias reduction app
Other people's projects: FREE the COUNTRY from the TYRANNY of FIAT CURRENCY
That made me cynical about tech for a long time. /
Morgan Benton retweeted
When folks talk about college students and say, "but in real life blah blah blah...," I put "real life" in quotes, because college is real life. High school is real life. Elementary school is real life. "Real life" is not a useful distinction for pedagogy or policy. #RealCollege
Morgan Benton retweeted
Built an online playground for Vue 3 SFCs: sfc.vuejs.org/
- Uses actual @vue/compiler-sfc, bundled to run in the browser, deployed for every commit
- Supports features like <script setup>
- Sharable URL (useful for reproductions)
- Download as Vite project
Morgan Benton retweeted
One of the least noticed harms of the standards-and-testing movement is that its focus on individual subjects (ELA, math, history) discourages interdisciplinary teaching, which begins with broad questions and problems so students can draw from whichever disciplines are relevant
Morgan Benton retweeted
Really sitting with this piece and feeling very, very conflicted. No doubt, this is a fantastic program for the students who participate. Potentially life-changing at the individual level. But... (1/)
nytimes.com/2021/02/18/us/po…
Morgan Benton retweeted
A 🧵 on COVID Living Room Spread:
Saturday:
- Older, out of the house brother wants to visit younger siblings.
Mom says "get a test on the way, if you are negative you can come."
- Rapid test is (-), family spends a day together inside, laughing, playing, eating.
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Morgan Benton retweeted
📣🎉 Win a complete YouTube Studio worth over $4,000!
2021 is going to be your year to conquer YouTube.
Enter to win a Canon M50 Camera plus tons of gear and YouTube strategy courses!
👉 Head to WinThisTech.com to enter ⚡
Morgan Benton retweeted
Many fans have been requesting an all white MINI, so we're giving away 2 for Christmas! Join the Snowy Xmas Giveaway for your chance to win 1 of 2 O11D MINI Snow Edition! To join: bit.ly/snowMINI
Giveaway is global, ends 12/28/2020 midnight EST. Happy holidays everyone!
Morgan Benton retweeted
We're giving away 200 #LTXGoldSample bundles with our friends @LinusTech and @CoolerMaster!
Follow & RT to enter to win:
✅Intel Core i9-10900K "Golden Sample" up to 5.7Ghz
✅Cooler Master ML360 Sub-Zero powered by Intel Cryo Cooling Technology
Rules: intel.ly/3l1lg6a
Morgan Benton retweeted
.@LinusTech put our reviews to the test and built a PC based on parts chosen solely from reviews, and we're giving it away PLUS an additional EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3! So watch the vid, see what parts were the top reviewed, and enter for a chance to win.
Enter: newegg.io/tw-linusreviewpc
Morgan Benton retweeted
[THREAD]
A transgender highschool student has started a petition to ask for uniform regulations in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward to be loosened up, so that other transgender students won't have to go through the same pain he went through in middle school.
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tokyo-np.co.jp/article/35340…
Morgan Benton retweeted
ALERT🚨 A majority of universities in Virginia plan to open for face-to-face instruction. Reopening campuses puts students, workers, faculty, and community members at risk of contracting covid-19. Universities need to stop putting profit over people and actually ensure adequate..
