#Educational Workshop

[patiencescompassionate]

Creating inclusive communities is essential for fostering a sense of belonging for everyone, regardless of their abilities. A social services organization in Indianapolis, Indiana, plays a pivotal role at the center of this effort.

[garadinervi]

Walking as Research Practice, Soapbox Journal / Roma Publications, Amsterdam, 2023, Edition of 150 [The Most Beautiful Swiss Books, Federal Office of Culture, Bern]

Editors: Lynn Gommes (managing editor), and various (editorial team) Authors: various

Design: Jana Sofie Liebe

Printing: de Stencilzolder, Amsterdam

Walking as Research Practice (WARP), ASCA Research Group, Seminar organized by Tânia Cardoso and Alice Twemlow, Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis, Amsterdam 2023 sessions: February 20, March 20, April 17, and June 12

[grison-in-space]

the best thing about conferences hosted at your home institution is getting to have the entire experience of stumbling in bewilderment towards an unfamiliar alumnus building and repeatedly getting lost... all while being intensely cognizant that you are no more than half a mile from your usual daily parking spot.

[187days]

Day One

Well. It's my twentieth year of teaching. And I started it majestically... by tripping over my own two feet on my way to my classroom because my sneakers and the freshly waxed hallways didn't get along.

(I tripped like three more times throughout the day, twice in front of other people).

Buuuuut anyways.

In-service started with coffee, and The Principal's welcome back/welcome new people remarks. After that, we had four gloriously uninterrupted hours to set up our classrooms, but, if you've been following along at home, you know I did a lot of my set up when I was in for LT meetings last week- and I'm notoriously quick at doing many things anyhow- so I went and checked in with the teachers in my department. Then I started tackling the mess that is the English/Social Studies staff room. I didn't get very far on that, but progress is progress.

Lunch was pizza from one of the local restaurants. I introduced Ms. B and Mr. X to my Cacophonous friends, and they fit right in, which was awesome. A cacophony ought to expand and grow, after all!

After lunch, The Principal went over policies and procedures, new or continuing initiatives, and expectations for tomorrow's freshman orientation. He'd given himself an hour and a half, probably anticipating more questions than there were (I'd anticipated more), but only took maybe forty minutes. So everyone was free to wrap up the day however they needed to. I went over how to use PowerSchool and Smartpass with Ms. B and Mr. X, then went back to my classroom to fill out all the beginning-of-the-year paperwork I had to fill out.

I did text Mrs. T, too, to tell her it was weird to do this without her, but we're both in good places and doing what we want to do, so it's all good.

And that was that! Day one, in the books!

[bee-whistler]

I can’t believe I actually found an article about how hard moving is for Autistic adults. You try searching and all you get is advice to parents for helping Autistic kids with moving. But apparently adults are either expected to be over it or they just figure we don’t seek input and support from outsiders I guess? I dunno, but no one ever seems to want to hear the adult Autistic experience except for other Autistic adults.

[atherflame-theconcubus]

I was watching a fundamental paper, education short, and my brain just decided: “what if sun show was this?”

So that’s currently running through my brain. I might make a master post just for the character info (and if I get the motivation, I will draw them traditionally because I already have the lunar triplets looks planned out)

All I’m gonna say, solar gets into a situation similar to Claire in fundamental paper education, unlike her, he survives

[scavengedluxury]

Students of the industrial arts, 1975. From the Budapest Municipal Photography Company archive.

[annasellheim]

Teaching a free online workshop on Friday, 11-24 at 7pm EST. Sign up here.

(The drawing is wrong, it’s on 11/24 not 11/25

[rudjedet]

Talk and workshop went well, technical difficulties aside which meant I had 15 minutes less to cover all my material. It was, however, fun to ask the audience "which one would you like to hear me slag off more, mummy curses* or ancient aliens?" and for the entire group to bellow "ANCIENT ALIENS!!!" back at me. And afterwards a good number of people came up to me to say I changed their minds about the topic, so I call that a success.

*I summarised mummy curses with "just don't, it's racist" and they digged that, too

[stone-cold-groove]

The Electric Company - 1971.

[owlbelly]

spectacularly bad idea today to try to finally go through / organize / "deal with" the crate in my closet where i've stored everything related to the ~10 years of my life i spent as a teacher

i only managed about 1/3 of it. turns out the process goes like this: in order to answer the question "do i want to keep this [art/letter/photo/journal] for sentimental or posterity reasons" i have to put one of my feet into a hole labeled THE PAST, & to answer the question "should i keep this [lesson plan/handout/resource] in case i want to use it again" i have to put the other foot into another hole called THE FUTURE

& both of these holes are bottomless pits of trauma, disability & COVID grief

[garadinervi]

Otti Berger (Zmajevac, October 4, 1898 – KL Auschwitz, 1944)

♥

(image: Otti Berger on the Bauhaus terrace, ca. 1930; in Patrick Rössler, Bauhausmädels. A Tribute to Pioneering Women Artists, TASCHEN, Köln, 2019, p. 150-151)

[katiajewelbox]

Join me for Katia Plant Scientist's *first* live and in-person public event - "The World of Seeds" Branch Out workshop at the Garden Museum of London!

Learn about the biology of seeds while gaining hands-on experience setting up seed germination and planting seeds. As well as gaining useful knowledge on seed evolution and anatomy, you will take home up to four pots of vegetables and herbs to grow in your own windowsill or garden at home. The workshop will also include an exhibition of exotic seeds from around the world from the museum's historic collections.

Join me at the Garden Museum's Clore Learning Space on Thursday May 9th, 2024, at 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. The workshop is appropriate for adults and kids aged 8 or older. We can accommodate around 20 people at the workshop, and it is "first come, first served". Participation in the workshop is included with admission to the museum. The Garden Museum is well worth a look for plant lovers of all ages, so make sure to budget time to check out the exhibits and gardens at the venue.

Hope to see you there, and stay curious about plants!

Garden Museum info:

Address

Lambeth Palace Road

London, SE1 7LB

020 7401 8865

Opening Hours

Open Monday – Sunday

10am – 5pm

Adult: £15

Friends and Patrons of the Museum: Free

Senior citizen: £12

Student: £8.50

Unemployed: £8.50

Art Pass: £7.50

Child (6 and under): free

Child (7-18): £8.50

Family 1 (1 adult, 1 child): £18

Family 2 (2 adults, 2 children): £35

Members of the Community Access Scheme: Free

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[whimsycore]

I’ve been told since working at my job “Poc are trendy in the industry especially underequalified ones” and “I’m agnostic” and “I don’t like politics”

“Randomly” by the white people who work at this university and I’ve only worked here for 2 months.

[187days]

Day Two

All of our incoming ninth graders were in the building this morning for Freshmen Orientation, which was largely run by our student ambassadors (a group of about 40 juniors and seniors who were nominated by the staff to represent the school community). They got their schedules, toured the building, met teachers and other staff members, played some games, and had lunch together.

I liked it because I got to briefly meet my new Global Studies students, and do an initial "vibe check," as they might say. And I liked that many of the ambassadors who are also going to be taking APGOV went out of their way to find me and tell me how excited they were. That's awesome.

Also, free lunch is always nice.

After lunch, we had department meetings. At mine, we discussed the implementation of new policies, professional expectations, upcoming events, etc... And I told everyone to let me know if there's something they need; there was nothing immediate. Mr. X hung out for a bit to do some planning for Global Studies afterwards, which was good because I needed to bounce ideas for some more geography-focused lessons.

Then I had the last forty-five minutes or so to myself. I spent them reading IEPs, 504s, and health plans, and puttering on Google Classroom.

[winged-wolf-s-collection-of-arts]

thinking more thoughts!!

Kiley time-

I uh- kind of poured all my chaotic energy into her, and separated her from the rest of the npc cast? Otherwise the dialogue would get totally fucked, and my ‘I need to hit this story with a drama nuke’ desire would cause trouble.

So she’s uhhh off on her adventure of a different genre. (But stuff she does Will affect things... dun dun dunnnn) but dude Wow she would be so irritated by Jun. Good thing we’re going to Sanctuary to leave them and take Preston.... OR THAT IS WHAT I WOULD SAY if she didn’t want to be anywhere near the vault!! We’re going somewhere else, babeyyyyy! Maybe talking with him and Murphy would bring some understanding (is what I would say if I were doing big character development in the beginning but we’re not!!) Shoving my desire for conflict into this.