Blair Peterson

Why Tanzania is doubling down on elephant hunting semafor.com/article/10/08/…

Just remember that you're being recorded when Otter.ai is being used. Careful what you say. insidehighered.com/news/quick-tak…

Meet Figure 02 - the world's most advanced AI hardware

@kalebrashad @hthgse @GIoCT_official @EquitasIntl @bluedot_ed @4LearningEdu @UNLOCKEDHCD @LCCollaborative @equityproject @stanforddschool @ghascd Was Fatma Odaymat from Al-Rayan International School there? She is an amazing leader and educator. Nice to see you on the continent. Maybe we can find a way for something similar in Tanzania.

CO-DESIGNING SCHOOL for COLLECTIVE LIBERATION | Accra, Ghana🇬🇭 MasterClass | Leadership Summit 2024 THREE HUNDRED Ghanian school leaders, with direct support from the Ministry of Education, rally together to reimagine education for the FUTURE THEY SEEK and we’re honored to do this work alongside them. We will explore a community-driven approach towards system-wide transformation that supports the needs of learners, their schools, and the broader community. #deeperlearning #deeperlearningAFRICA #deeperlearningGHANA #loveandjustice We at the Centerforloveandjustice.org.

On August 29th the Whiteness Accountability Group for International Educators will host our fourth annual summer book/media study. Participants engage with the below options, then select a break-out room during the session to focus on one topic. More info & registration below:

At this time of year there are plenty of educators who can relate to this idea.

Crows are amazing problem solvers and some scientists claim their intelligence is like that of a seven-year-old.

We know that they're smart because we witness their behavior daily. There are millions of crows throughout Dar es Salaam. First time that I've seen them trained to do something like this.

Want to learn more about the potential of TZ? Check out @moodewji thoughts on the matter.

@SahilBloom I wanted to mention that I followed your advice and wrote a letter to myself for 10 years from now. It was an excellent experience to reflect back on my life and project out to he future. Puts a good pressure on me to deliver for myself. Thanks for sharing.

@eijunkie can't wait to release the full conversation

5 lessons from a conversation with a world-renowned happiness expert. This piece from @SahilBloom will get you thinking about your priorities! sahilbloom.com/newsletter/5-l…

This is what I did last week. Celebrating the last day of classes for our seniors. photos.app.goo.gl/ovZ8zvv4r8exud…

@wyojan108 @verge Yes, times are changing. On the other hand, this frees people up to do other important education work. Let's see how this goes. We are using AI more now to cut down on teacher workload.

@eijunkie @verge I am definitely against this. I believe in real people working together to get a job done.

Texas is replacing thousands of human exam graders with AI theverge.com/2024/4/10/2412… via @Verge

Nate White, a British writer penned the best description of Donald Trump I’ve ever read: “Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?” A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief. Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty. Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness. There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface. Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don’t. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He’s not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He’s more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege. And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead. There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless – and he kicks them when they are down. So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think ‘Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy’ is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that: • Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are. • You don’t need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man. This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss. After all, it’s impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum. God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump. And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish: ‘My God… what… have… I… created?' If being a twat was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set.”

@fossgreen @melanievrba @yasminlhenn Have you seen this new tool? Not available to the public yet. Right now you can generate prompts. This is amazing. Creating short videos will be simple.

When we work with some learners, particularly those who have a PDA profile, we have to see learning as a journey and not a fixed destination. We have to respect the learner with PDA’s autonomy and go with their flow, wherever that takes us. (continued)

Dylan Wiliam said that Cognitive Load Theory is ‘the single most important thing for teachers to know’. This poster summarises some key ideas from CLT and offers 6 strategies to optimise instruction and maximise learning.

@istafrica is hosting a showing of Vuta N'Kuvute (Tug of War) on February 28. Author Shafi Adam Shafi will be present for a Q & A. #istafricalearns kijiweniproductions.com/films/vuta-nku…

ABA insights from a dog trainer "It focuses on training children by holding their sources of happiness hostage and using them as blackmail to get the children to meet goals which are not necessarily in the best interest of their emotional health." neuroclastic.com/is-aba-really-…