Scott Tanaka

New structure, same plain English tutorials. Website refreshed. professortanaka.com ✨

May it please the algorithm: Super-short, tightly edited PowerPoint tutorials. Straight to the point. 🎯 #PowerPoint #PowerPointTutorial youtube.com/playlist?list=…

Just made the typo "studebts" and ... 💔

I might never get over how cringey it is when people write prompts like "You are a world-class, top 0.001%, expert thought leader in ... " 🫸🤖

Just realized that college students in Ontario don't *necessarily* need to read entire books to pass college courses. They should read books, no doubt, but this isn't always a true requirement. 🙃 linkedin.com/posts/professo…

Walk into many Ontario university classrooms today and you’ll see a system under strain: overcrowded classes, overstretched instructors, and growing instability. More and more teaching is being done on short-term contracts. This is the gigification of teaching. 🧵 #Fairness4CF

On the other hand I'd love to be responsible for implementing fast wifi, working printers and at least Adobe Acrobat 🆕⚙️⏩

What is an icon? This word has a specific meaning in computers terminology. Here’s a short explanation in plain English: youtu.be/O_2yezVR7IE #ESL #education

I mean some professors have always appreciated bad writing as an absolute learning necessity and some professors were all error-free writing absolutists complete with all the biases associated with—and then the machines came along. Now they love that error-ridden student writing!

After teaching computer skills to college students for years, I've learned that many things people are supposed to "just know" are not obvious. For example: username vs. password Short explanation here 🔽 youtu.be/ug1Ul36UtcI

Students > spas + tunnels !! @CAATfaculty @OPSEU

What Is an Icon? | Computer Vocabulary (Plain English) youtu.be/O_2yezVR7IE

i saw someone use ai;dr earlier in response to a post and i think we need to make this a more widely-used abbreviation

@waynecheung29 @TTCnotices Thx Wayne, appreciate you 🙏

@TTCnotices 2:55pm - Alternate travel option. Ride the 8 Broadview bus from Broadview Station to Warden Station. ttc.ca/routes-and-sch…

Line 2 Bloor-Danforth: No service between Broadview and Victoria Park stations while we fix a signal problem. Shuttle buses are on the way.

"AI-generated content may be incorrect" is the new "Objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are" 🍖🍞

Tidying my work calendars (plural) before booking off at noon. 3 calendars that don't sync with each other. 🙃

@dowellml One thing I hate more than rubrics is being told (by you know who) that every assessment requires a rubric, even if it's a lazy Likert scale with vague words "Fantastic!!" 🫠

I’d like my tombstone to read, “He hated rubrics.”

Most educators see governments come and go over the course of our careers and WE are the constants in the classroom, holding it all together while politicians pinch pennies, point fingers, and use us as scapegoats, pawns or whatever the political climate of the day calls for.

Souvankham Thammavongsa is the winner of the 2025 #GillerPrize for her novel, PICK A COLOUR. gillerprize.ca/souvankham-tha…

Didn't expect this one to take off: Remove Gridlines in Excel (Fast Toggle Tip!) #Excel #ExcelTips #Microsoft ➖🔲 youtube.com/shorts/zPZ5OuE…