Peter Hoh

@MrZachG You rightly object to direct instruction being mischaracterized. The same is true for tinkering.

@MrZachG I’m a big proponent of tinkering, but wonder if we are talking about the same thing. Tinkering is an approach. I believe it can be modeled and learned. I see tinkering as a process of iterative expolration of materials and techniques, driven by self-directed assessment.

The principle that transfer is hard and rare can shape instruction. I just saw an advert for an edu toy called Bee-bots that claims to teach K-1 kids coding. Does it? IME, probably not. They are fun, but playing with them doesn't transfer to other excercises involving coding.

@zacharywefel How is all that new housing in Florida going to be able to get insurance?

Dems who ran on protecting democracy but failed to build housing have failed on both counts.

@rastokke I’m delighted to see the confidence with which he tackles this problem. This is an age-appropriate approach. He is developing a good foundation for or a 5 or 6 year old.

@mcmansionhell Minnesotan here. Spent the day away from screens. I’m sort of afraid to ask.

@thisone0verhere I have been not going to DisneyWorld for almost 62 years.

I will never ever get tired of not camping

It’s a beautiful day for restocking. @plantsale

@RadioFreeTom @JDVance1 @TheAtlantic That essay sure seems like a youthful indiscretion that can be dismissed with a little hand-waving.

@jsrailton @EmmaLBriant Got one of these ads in my Twitter feed today.

Please REPLY if you are seeing "Zelenskyy Unmasked" ads in the US. In FARA registrations, Ben Swann claims Russian millions are *not* for content targeting the the US. So who is funding this massive advertising spend to attack #Ukraine? FARA Example: efile.fara.gov/docs/7151-Supp…

@DanWuori Brown sugar toast turned out to be a tongue twister for our two-year-old. Thirty years later we still refer to it as “brown booger boast.”

Let’s go to the alligator! 🐊 I just love this little one, who hasn’t quite mastered the nuanced distinction between an “alligator” and an “elevator.” These kinds of linguistic substitutions are very common among toddlers - sometimes because they’re still working to master the pronunciation of certain sounds and at others because they’re mapping new meanings onto similar words they already know. Ask any toddler parent and they’ll tell you that these substitutions can yield some of parenthood’s most memorable laugh lines… not to mention lifelong family nicknames. A favorite memory in our house was when our youngest returned home from preschool eager to share news of a new classmate called “Pooper” (turns out a child named Cooper had enrolled). What about you? Did/does your little one have memorable substitutions? If so drop them in the thread below and drop a few likes on your favorites. This fantastic video was shared to IG by laureneicher.

@RadioFreeTom Seems like a good time to remember these words from H. L. Mencken: "For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong."

@notyouneek @elonmusk @shivon "For every complex problem, there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." H. L. Mencken

@elonmusk @shivon There goes @elonmusk stating some obvious facts that everyone else will overlook and ignore.

In China this would have been expressed in numbers of days, not years. We need to re-figure out how to make physical things with haste if we want to be a competitive society.

@dailystem To my eyes, the dominoes are in an unnatural position. If the action is from left to right, the dominoes on the left would be down and those remaining upright would be on the right.

Tinkering with some #dailySTEM logos to make into stickers… here’s version 1.0 & 2.0 Any thoughts (or better ideas)?

@ClayTravis Thank God he wasn't wearing a tan suit.

Joe Biden eating ice cream while answering reporter questions about serious issues isn’t charming, it’s super weird. Do you know grown men who go get ice cream by themselves? I don’t. It’s very strange.

@RadioFreeTom It seems that one of the problems with being a billionaire is that you can't hire people who will tell you what you don't want to hear.

@thisone0verhere Bottom-feeding invertebrates

Is there anything you categorically refuse to eat or drink?

@thisone0verhere The dining room.

Always the kitchen for us, in every house we ever lived in

People of a certain age, what room was “the phone” in when you were a kid?

@Trianglemancsd I’d like an invite. Ready to move on from this platform.

@thisone0verhere It’s a skill.

I’m the type of person to get up early for an appointment, pull into the parking lot 30 minutes ahead of schedule, and somehow still be late

@Makersgen I estimate the maximum height to be around 9 to 10 meters.

@PeterHohMN Nice concept. How high can it go?

Paper rocket launcher in action. Will be modifying this to make it easier for kids to use.