Spotted this teaching aid in the corner of the farm equipment hall.
Can never resist something like that. So amazing to look into a machine and see what's going on.
It's no longer used, the rest is modern equipment (including some John DRMeere), but at least they kept this around 
#teaching #oceans #ecology #conservation #VR
'Echo of the Abyss is a Virtual Reality (VR) experience that immerses users in a simulated deep-sea dive. The game aims to foster a sense of connection and curiosity towards marine ecosystems by allowing players to embody a diver, guided by aquatic animals, in a safe and contemplative virtual environment.
Don't miss today's #DiSCourseSeminar with Roberto Viviani at 12:00!
Topic: Using Large Language Models to Teach Statistics
Join us at DiSC, Innrain 15, 6020 Innsbruck or on Big Blue Button: https://webconference.uibk.ac.at/b/car-aab-cxf-o81
More info: https://www.uibk.ac.at/en/disc/events/discourse-viviani/
god, sometimes I'm glad I have stubborn students because it makes me learn new methods of teaching. here's a useful one:
"Don't ask me any more questions unless you can follow them with a hypothesis."
This year is the science department's turn to order curriculum materials. We asked if we could buy equipment instead of textbooks and our wonderful admin said that was fine. So I'm getting many, many upgrades and additions to my toolset.
Today, my first new purchase came in.
Another minor career milestone today - 15 students undertook a small lab exercise I put together. Barring a couple of instances that didn't work as expected, it was reasonably successful. Some constructive feedback from students and colleague. I'm very much enjoying this teaching malarkey. #CareerChange #teaching #CyberSecurity #InfoSec #apprentices #GlosCol
“At any given time, an individual holds multiple goals related to achievement, belongingness, identity, autonomy, and sense of competence that are deeply personal, cultural, and subjective.” From How People Learn 2 #teaching #learning #education
All that said, I'm not really feeling it today. I'm having a hard time snapping out of break and feeling distracted in class.
This is one of the hard things about teaching - when I'm here, I'm _here_. I need to carry those emotions and be human (I don't subscribe to "check yourself at the door" mentality) but model resilience and persistence in work when I don't feel like I have the energy to do the work.
Today, first year chemistry is continuing to work on dilution calculations with some practice problems and finishing a lab analysis. Then, we're doing an acid/base properties card sort before jotting some general principles down.
Advanced chemistry is weird because half the class is out taking the ACT, so it'll be a day of review and catch up for whoever is here.
Wed development is writing a proposal to update a school website based on an audit completed earlier.
#sharks #paleontology #AI #teaching #DigitalLiteracy
"We are researchers in AI literacy and STEM education who helped create a series of lessons that use fossil shark teeth to demonstrate the power and pitfalls of AI. The curriculum guides middle school students and teachers through building and evaluating computer vision models that can reliably classify fossil shark teeth."
Read books in their entirety. Let students read a full book; require it. Immerse them in the text, the story, and their imagination. #Education #ScienceOfReading #Teaching #Parents #Children
https://grumpyoldteacher.com/2025/04/09/on-tyranny-lessons-for-educators-9/
Looking for advice, resources, and textbook recommendations on
technical & professional writing.
I'm tutoring someone with extensive software development expertise who's now looking to improve her technical writing skills. She's also dyslexic, and any resources specific to strategies and pedagogies for adult learners with dyslexia would be appreciated.
It's been a long while since I've taught composition, and I was hoping the #rhetcomp community would have some suggestions. I appreciate your help!
Please feel free to tag anyone who you'd think I could benefit from following, too.
#rhetoricandcomposition
#writingcommunity #writing #writingpedagogy #composition #teaching #writinginstructor #highered #technicalwriting
Hey teachers and event professionals: we have lots in common because a class is a meeting! That's why I wrote this critique of a 2022 webinar on effective teaching.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2022/09/a-class-is-a-meeting
Students everywhere, this morning on campus.
Kids, it's only 8 a.m., your first class is in 50 minutes at the earliest. Why are you here?
Ha, incoming 1st years. Overzealous for a month or two and then, the same slackers as their predecessors.
#teaching
Teacher are you really going to be here on the last day of class? We won't.
- 99% of students
Teacher I'm really late can I do my in class presentation on the last day?????
- 1%
State testing this week in school, so students are all out of whack.
Advanced chem is going to design a microscale titration for first year chemistry students to do next week. It just needs to show acid/base neutralization, but using pipets rather than the whole buret mess. I'm looking forward to having them work that out.
First year chemistry is practicing dilutions and finishing up odds and ends. We'll do acids and bases next week.
“Perhaps my farm experience helped me to be good at math (...) as my classmates and I moved through high school, my female math ability seemed to make people turn away from me. (...) My teacher (...) was a (...) supportive example of ‘girls can do math’.” - JoAnne Growney
Congrats to our lecturers who received the Prize for #ExcellenceinTeaching and the Certificates of Honor for Excellence in #Teaching for their commitment to a hands-on #scientificeducation: http://go.tum.de/635562 
A. Heddergott
Here's my latest post reflecting on learning and teaching: A book review of Christian Moore-Anderson's "Difference Maker: Enacting Systems Theory in Biology Teaching"
#Teaching #Education #Pedagogy #EduSky #Edutoot #Edutooters
@cmooreanderson.bsky.social
