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  1. Sep 2025
    1. transhumanist agenda to me is a very dark force. It's a force that wants to extinguish humankind while telling us it's going to be great.

      for - adjacency- transhumanism - consciousness - quote - dark force of transhumanism - The transhumanist agenda to me is a very dark force. - It's a force that wants to extinguish humankind while telling us it's going to be great. - Consciousness is going to be key here

    2. by calling it a hard problem. Yeah. Hard problems you can still solve and we shouldn't have called it a hard problem

      for - quote - We shouldn't have called it the hard problem of consciousness - By calling it a hard problem, - Yeah. Hard problems you can still solve and we shouldn't have called it a hard problem. - We should have said okay materialism just died.

      Comment : insightful observation!

    1. Even the best students, however, need to make big adjustments to learn the conventions of academic writing. College-level writing obeys different rules, and learning them will help you hone your writing skills. Think of it as ascending another step up the writing ladder.

      I’m definitely aiming to improve my writing and reading skills. Perfection isn't the goal, but by continuously striving for progress, we can develop our own unique approach to writing a paper.

    2. Regardless of your field of study, honing your writing skills—plus your reading and critical-thinking skills—will help you build a solid academic foundation.

      This statement emphasizes the importance of writing, reading, and critical thinking is; no matter the specific area of study. Writing is crucial because it helps you clearly communicate ideas, while reading deepens your understanding of various topics. Critical thinking allows you to analyze, evaluate, and form reasoned conclusions.

    3. Depending on your education before coming to CNM, you will have varied writing experiences as compared with other students in class.

      I find this relatable because there are gonna be people better at something than you for sure. I'm not the best when it comes to reading & writing I don't do it as much as I think I should but alas I am not Shakespeare.

    4. CNM students have access to The Learning and Computer Center (TLCc), which is available on six campuses: Advanced Technology Center, Main, Montoya, Rio Rancho, South Valley, and Westside

      Taking advantage of resources availability is only going to help you succeed in the colloge atmosphere

    5. This textbook will cover ways to communicate effectively as you develop insight into your own style, writing process, grammatical choices, and rhetorical situations. With these skills, you should be able to improve your writing talent regardless of the discipline you enter after completing this course.

      The textbook will help build my discipline. When writing, I will be more attentive with my grammar choices and rhetorical situations. After I complete this course, I should be excellent in my writing in every form..

    1. That principle means that before deciding on the shape of a new building, an architect should first understand how that building will be used.

      This is an interesting principle I have never heard of. Of course the durability of a building must be strongly considered by an architect in its design.

    2. intended student learning outcomes

      I really like how the Backward Design begins with the Academic Standard, then the learning goal, then the assessment, then the learning activity.

    1. It assumes that all features are independent of each other

      It is based "Bayes Theoram" and it works on the assumption of the independence between every pair of featues

    1. Visual just as important as what is written, the "SLAP"s are placed in a way that makes it seem like the speaker is chasing the mosquito around. Uses pattern poem method

    1. The Bean Eaters -A lyric? Doesn't follow a linear story, sounds like it talks of an old couple -Assonance of the a sound in stanza 1 -Enjambment "...their rented back room that / is full..." -Old objects to represent the aging subjects

    1. “Okay, what’sBlack film? It’s not Hollywood or it’s ‘againstHollywood’ ” so that’s a fairly radical ideawhen you’re first confronted with it.

      The same can be asked about Indigenous film, specifically Pacific films. What makes a film Indigenous? Does it have to follow particular themes, ideas, or structures?

    2. “The Three Evils of Society,”Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., gave us a message and a gravewarning; “We as a nation must undergo a radical revolution ofvalues...when machines and computers, profit motives andproperty rights, are considered more important than people,the giant triplets of racism, materialism and militarism areincapable of being conquered.”

      It's incredible how Dr. King's words are still so relevant, even today. It's as if society has not learned. As a student of history, I am reminded that change is slow but it does happen.

    1. you may need to read no more than five or ten pages in one sitting so that you can truly understand and process the information.

      time is needed to fully understand the text.

    2. Knowing what you want to achieve from a reading assignment not only helps you determine how to approach that task, but it also helps you stay focused during those moments when you are up late, already tired, or unmotivated because relaxing in front of the television sounds far more appealing than curling up with a stack of journal articles.

      It establishes the importance of having clear objectives before reading. Clear goals help in choosing the right reading strategies.

    3. Pre-reading is a smart strategy that means exactly what it sounds like. It’s something you do before you actually start reading. The time you spend on pre-reading, five to ten minutes, actually saves you time in the long run.

      I did not know "pre-reading" was a term used but I have caught myself doing this before actually reading the book and in most cases it has helped me understand my reading.

    4. Read when you’re awake, not when you’re about to take a nap or go to sleep for the night.

      I have a hard time reading during the day since I do work a full time job. So the only time i am able to read is at night.

    5. Annotate (write notes in the margins) – in the form of questions, comments, personal connections, and answers to the questions you read during pre-reading. Writing down your thoughts while you are reading serves as a visual aid for studying and makes it easier for you to remember what you’ve read. This is a brain-friendly practice because the human brain can only hold information for about 20 seconds in its working memory before the next idea comes and boots the previous thought off its workbench, so be sure to write down anything you want to remember before it evaporates into thin air!

      Writing down the assignment questions (if attainable) will help you understand what you are looking for and as you're reading, jot down the quick answer and where you found it in the text. That way when it comes down to essay time, you have your outline basically done.

    6. How deeply do I need to understand the reading?

      As important as it is to do well in all assignments submitted no matter the grade impact. It is always nice to know when and what classes require more attention or less. If the assignment is asking for a clear understanding rather than a detailed understanding it might be helpful to save some time and energy for the detailed readings.

    7. the first step in handling college reading successfully is planning. This involves pre-reading, managing your time, and setting a clear purpose for your reading

      If there is anything I've taken from the advice given to me by upperclassmen, it's to manage your time with a written schedule. Dedicate specific parts of your day to classwork and it will become more of a routine. It just takes discipline and motivation especially with an online course.

    8. And it is difficult, if not impossible, to write effectively about a text that you do not understand. Even when you do understand the reading, it can be hard to write about it if you do not feel personally engaged with the ideas discussed.

      This is why doing your own research beyond the given material is important.

    9. Planning strategies.To help you manage your reading assignments before you begin reading. Active Reading strategies.To help you understand the material while you read. Application strategies. To solidify your understanding at a higher and deeper level after you finish reading.

      How to develop strong reading strategies - Plan, comprehend & remain active.

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    1. Thus the sitcom, around 1970, shifted away from the "one dramaticconflict series" model of The Beverly Hillbillies and toward an expandedconception of the domestic comedy. 1

      Around 1970, sitcoms like All in the Family replaced single-conflict formats with deeper family dynamics and social issues, showing the shift toward richer domestic comedy.

    2. Of course, the audience itself no doubt changed from the late 1960s tothe mid-1980s-specifically, the baby boomers matured during this period. And of course, cultural changes no doubt influenced the genericshifts in the sitcom. But they did not directly cause the genre to change.

      If cultural shifts and audience aging influenced sitcoms, why didn’t they directly cause the genre to change?

    3. Drawing on Aristotle, the literary critic Northrop Frye attempted inthe 1950s to further develop the idea of classifying literature into typesand categories that he called genres and modes.

      Just as Aristotle classified living beings by essential traits, genre theory, developed by Frye and applied by Feuer, uses taxonomy to organize scripted TV shows by shared narrative features, helping audiences and producers make sense of meaning and structure.

    4. Taxonomy dissects the general category of "animal" into a systembased on perceived similarity and difference according to certain distinctive features of the various phyla and specie

      How does television genre act like biological taxonomy—sorting scripted shows into categories based on shared traits like setting, tone, and character types, just as animals are grouped by species and phyla?

    5. The term genre is simply the French word for type orkind.

      The Office is a modern example of the sitcom genre, using mockumentary style and workplace humor to meet audience expectations.

    1. First, we have to realize that, for the most part, we can’t rely on most whitepeople. It is a recurring historical truth. Sure, there are white exceptions whoare antiracist and want liberation, but they are rare. I am glad to see a largenumber of white people in the streets protesting on behalf of Black lives. Iremain cautious, though. I have seen countless videos of white millennialsescalating out-of-control situations when we know that Black and Brownpeople are going to experience the brunt of white supremacy’s force. I’m stillstruggling with the video footage of a young white woman yelling in the faceof Black police officers, including a Black woman, that “they are the problem”and telling the Black woman to “smile for Breonna Taylor.”4 While I dobelieve the police need to be abolished, this white woman was more engagingin an act of whiteness than one of genuine protest. She might have sincerelybelieved in police abolition and desire justice for Breonna Taylor, but she mustnot forget that she is white, and even though Black police officers can showout for their white officer peers, and they are working for the state, it stilldoesn’t sit right by me. Just because you are anti-police, that does notnecessarily mean that your whiteness has disappeared or that anti-Blackracism is gone.

      This is interesting to bring up because I have also thought about this when it came to indigenous movements like the protest for TMT. I also sometimes question the motives of some indigenous "spokespeople" who claim authority on knowledge. I wonder what others think about this.

    2. t might seem controversial to call Africans and their descendants’Indigenous peoples, but it is not. To reclaim, insofar as we can imagine, theIndigenous roots of Africans in the diaspora is neither an attempt to replaceIndigenous peoples of the US nor to act as settlers in some real or imaginedreturn to Africa, as previous generations have done. However, we do have toaccount for the fact that, besides some cultural remnants that were able tosurvive historical erasure, Africans living in the US, because of enslavement,were stripped of their heritage

      This is a poignant argument to make. I cannot imagine the horror of having to be forcibly removed from your homeland, taken somewhere you've never been before, and stripped of your cultural identity. It's incredible to see how African slaves tried to hold onto their identity and use it to persevere, but also how it evolved due to their horrific experiences.

    3. According to political scientist William Galston, liberal democracyhas four components: republican principle, democracy, constitutionalism, andliberalism. He defines “republican principle” as popular sovereignty. Peoplelegitimate the government. “Democracy” means that all citizens have equality,and the structure of the government is inclusive citizenship.“Constitutionalism” means that the structure of the government exists inwritten form, a document like, for example, the US Constitution. Liberalismcenters on people’s individual rights and privacy. us, liberal democracycombines all these elements, though popular sovereignty is limited.8 USliberal democracy has been “living beyond its means” since the beginning.9e Founding Fathers have built debts that they or contemporary whiteAmericans will never be able to pay off.

      I am glad that Mays points out the hypocrisy of American democracy. As a teacher who teaches both US Government and Hawaiian History, I cannot help but always recognize the dichotomy between the two histories. I try to remind my students that, despite the ideals that the US nation is founded on, it has fallen short of what it promises.

    1. Page 259 : “ I suppose it was a inevitable that as my Wordbase rotten in. I could for the first time, pick up a book and read and now begin to Understand. What The tampoco se anyone who has read a great deal. Can imagine that the new world that opened.” - This was significant to me, because once you can learn how to read and can advance to bigger dialogue books. You really do open up a new world of fiction and nonfiction.

    1. equences of these basic instruction

      With a sequence of instructions, the code will be able to run the code and create an output, because it's using conditional execution and repetition, since some of these sequences may be repeated

    1. I also, however, want to focus mostly on what humans did in response to these environmental conditions, not so much on the conditions themselves.

      It's interesting because I have never heard this before and I would love to research more about it.

    1. So it is CollcectiveSenseCommons.org Mattermost is shutting down. Should do a project /task to extend the life of CSC Mattermost held conversations via OpenLearningcommons/IndyLearningCommons what an opportunity to demonstrate the value of hyperpost! and engage with people not just as Users but co-creators

      make it lifelong and autonomous andmutualy owned by its participants as they join the Indy/web

      or even without that!

      on the hypothesis.margins

      No signup to spaces but the opportunity to own their own spaces. Control their own(ed) information spaces, control and shape their own destiny

    2. This content is snarfed from

      chat.collectivesensecommons.org/

      by one of its participants

      for sharing with other participants and interested trusted individuals

      without requiring sing in or sing up

      This is important as the site itself is slated to be discontinued

      It is a conversation following the anouncement for OGM's MatterMost forum, that is, as announced here, slated to be shutdown net month

      Would like to use hyperpost.peergos.me to keep it alive and thriving on the IndyWeb by lead envisioneer and first developer of the IndyWeb and Hyperpost itself Warning This is alll new development/test in progress

    3. HyperPost is dedicated to

      Content Liberation from ephemeral silos, for evergreen conversations

      Snarf key conversations by the participants and share over the web for keeping the conversation autonomous evergreen continuous without being synchronous hosted by the participant's owned autonomous named networks of Indy.Web.Spaces

    4. Use annotations on the margins via hypothes.is and eventually other tools to provide links to evergreen Individual and/or community owned evergreen conversational spaces that provide full verifiable provenance and recapitulate-able history of their co-evolutions and emergent mutual learning

    1. The succeeding culture, named after its own distinctive pottery style, the Bell Beaker, has been discovered to be about 70% Yamnaya in its ancestry. Percentages of ancestry vary quite a bit, by region; showing that there was quite a bit of chance involved in these meetings of natives and immigrants.

      This passage shows that the Bell Beaker culture was largely descended from the Yamnaya people, with about 70% of their ancestry coming from them. It also notes that ancestry percentages differed by region, suggesting random variation in how native and immigrant groups mixed.

    2. Although archaeology shows that there were definitely many small bands of nomadic hunter gatherers struggling to survive in remote and barren regions of the ancient world (like the ancestors of the Beringians, whose 29,000 year old camps have been found in Siberia), it's probable that most people would have preferred to live in "rich" environments like temperate river valleys.

      This passage explains that while some ancient people lived in harsh, remote areas, most likely chose richer, more comfortable environments. It contrasts survival in barren regions with the preference for fertile river valleys.

    3. By about 9,000 to 7,000 years ago, agricultural techniques including farming and herding had spread from the places they had developed into surrounding regions. The best-studied of these spreads is from the fertile crescent into Europe (but we can assume expansion in other regions happened over similar time-scales and in similar ways), from Anatolia (Turkey) by way of the Mediterranean Sea and the Danube River.

      How did farming and herding move into Europe, and how did it change the way people lived?

    4. By about 7,500 years ago, longhouses, distinctive pottery designs, and intensive farming techniques had reached Hungary and Germany along the Danube

      This explains how well how farming has spread. It also explains how it's methods were developed and shared. However, it's yet to address the origin of farming. Is the origin of farming really this mystery that we are unable to find a unanimous answer to?

    5. It's easy to imagine some continuity from the lifestyle of hunters in regions of relative abundance like river valleys, to that of transhumant shepherds. A bit more difficult to connect this lifestyle with that of nomadic pastoralism.

      This is interesting because it shows how people changed their way of life over time to survive in different environments.

    6. easily have been understood in spiritual terms and led to something like religious reverence for the locations of these events.

      It's remarkable how religiosity played an enormous role in the prehistoric world. I thought it would be assumed that they were too busy surviving and providing for themselves and their family to put any significance on religion. It's truly revealing of their complex social and spiritual life.

    7. n the past, it had been believed that these earlier "species" in the genus Homo were primitive "Cave Men", and were only distantly related to us. New discoveries have recently been made by archaeologists, who have found that the tools used by Neanderthals were very similar to those used by neighboring H. sapiens.

      I remember learning this in class. I was so fascinated by this concept of species.

    8. So if we imagine a culture of people who hunted, fished, gathered, and began cultivating valuable food plants near their camps, we would be thinking of people who supported themselves in a similar way to the woodland Native American tribes of the Northeast.

      I find it really interesting that people actually found this as the normal way to live. It makes me very grateful to live how I live right now. I would want to learn more about this.

    9. The most significant of these cultures was known as the Yamnaya. These cart-using pastoralists originated in what is now Ukraine and eastern Russia about 5,300 years ago and spread through Europe over the next 700 years.

      I found this very informative. I did not hear about this before. I found the map very helpful and it helped me visualize it better.

    10. Although these agricultural innovations spread partly by the migration of people and partly through cultural exchange (people learning things from neighboring cultures), there was a significant amount of migration.

      This is interesting it shows how farming spread both by people learning from neighbors and migration. This also shows how connected and mobile people were even in ancient times.

    1. the practice of foot-binding, which rendered generations of Chinese women crippled and semi-mobile for the sake of what amounted to a fetish of Chinese fashion.

      I find this interesting because this shows that even though Chinese society had so many advancements, they still had a lot of flaws.

    2. well as a variety of technological inventions including the compass, gunpowder, paper-making, mechanical clocks, and moveable type printing.

      China invented all this stuff way before Europe. These inventions eventually shaped the world today, even though Europe gets more historical credit for using them.

    3. Zheng He’s first expedition left China in July 1405 with 62 large ships, over 200 smaller ships, and 28,000 soldiers.

      I think this is really interesting and most people would just read right over this and not actually understand how many ships and people this is. Hutch has about 15,000 people and there were almost twice that many that left on the first voyage.

    4. even a scholar from a poor family could take the exam if he could educate himself; success on the top exam was a ticket to the highest levels of imperial society.

      I find this interesting because the Chinese were based on someones own education getting them power and no one could get them there but themselves, it didn't matter how much money you had or who you knew.

    5. After a final voyage in 1433, expeditions were halted and the fleet was retired and ultimately burned. Ending China’s navy was one of the major changes made by Yongle’s descendants. The burning of the Chinese fleet left a power vacuum in the South China Sea, which in the sixteenth century was filled by Japanese and Chinese coastal pirates. Finally, shortly after Yongle and Zheng He’s deaths, China was challenged from the north again. Sixteen years after Zheng He’s final expedition, Yongle’s great grandson, the sixth Ming emperor, was captured and held hostage by Mongol raiders in 1449.

      This was a very dissapointing thing to read for me. You'd think that after hearing about some of the successes of Zheng He under the Imperial Power, that the Chinese navy wouldn't have gone under so easily.

    6. Zheng He’s first expedition left China in July 1405 with 62 large ships, over 200 smaller ships, and 28,000 soldiers. The largest ships were 425 feet long, over six times the length of the 65-foot caravels the Spanish and Portuguese would use on their explorations nearly a century later. China’s four-decked, 1,500-ton flagships had shallow drafts to allow them to navigate in river estuaries and watertight bulkheads to protect them from sinking. Their nine masts were up to two hundred feet tall and fitted with rattan sails.

      I liked this section a lot. Giving us more of a takeaway with the ships being used by Zheng He. There is a picture above this section displaying the very large size of the ships being used by Zheng He, and they are exceptionally large! Finding out more information about how they are able to operate and their strategies of efficiency across the water our quite intriguing, in my opinion.

    7. But when his first son, the crown prince, died, Hongwu  left his throne to the son of his favorite son, rather than picking one of his other sons.. Hongwu’s grandson became emperor at 20, but his reign was a short one. His uncle Zhu Di, the emperor’s younger son, had been passed over for the crown but remained prince of a northern territory around Dadu, the previous Yuan capital close to the Mongol border.

      I think that this is an interesting passage because of how Hongwu is willing to give up the throne just because he is unable to give it to his eldest son. In my last post, I had mentioned that Hongwu was a great leader. Perhaps in motivation from the terrible and possibly impoverished childhood. However, I wouldn't expect him to make such a harsh decision. He'd rather give up his title, his life, to someone else rather than one of his own sons!

    8. Administration of the empire by Confucian scholars was reinstated, along with the elaborate system of civil service examinations. Remembering the suffering and famines during his youth, partly caused by the flooding of the Yangtze River, Hongwu promoted public works and infrastructure projects including new dikes and irrigation systems to serve an agricultural system dominated by paddy rice. He organized the building or repair of nearly 41,000 reservoirs and planted over a billion trees in his land reclamation program.

      I think this is a very good section of the chapter due to the actions Hongwu takes in memory of the dysfunction of his youth. The way society wasn't very beneficial for the greater good. Hongwu is able to work with irrigation and agriculture. Creating better environments of his land.

    9. “Don’t complain about the snow on your neighbor’s roof when your own doorstep is unclean.

      I like this saying. People often judge others when they themselves do the same thing or even worse. Before you judge someone, look at yourself first, clean your entry way before you talk about someone roof top.

    1. Life in college usually differs in many ways from one’s previous life in high school or in the workforce. What are the biggest changes you are experiencing now or anticipate experiencing this term? __________________________________________________________________

      Having all of my work given to me at one time for the entire week.

    2. Which of the following are benefits of a college education? A better understanding of the world Developing problem-solving skills Meeting interesting people Making wiser financial decisions in the future All of the above

      All of the above

    1. Although this bacterium later caused bubonic plague, in this wave the disease seems to have been pneumonic plague.

      it's interesting because it shows how the same germ can cause different kinds of disease, changing how it spreads and how deadly it is.

    1. it’s likely that many of the terms and concepts would be unfamiliar, and a geologist would have the same problems in a conversation about audiology.

      this is like trying to explain to someone there where never plums in Sugar plums.

    2. discourse community is a group of people who share basic values and assumptions and ways of communicating their goals. In the academic world, discourse communities are usually defined by field and subfield

      Shared values and opinions and how to communicate a groups end result. For example, as a Patient Care Tech in the NBICU we might discuss where something is the inventory but someone from another unit, i.e. Neuro ICU would understand what or where a specific item is.

    3. read a few articles published in the field and identify the questions these articles raise at the beginning of the texts. Of course, these questions are not always explicitly stated, so identifying an article’s motivating questions might take some work. Write the questions out, make a list of defining characteristics, and assess your own questions next to this list.

      Reading different articles and identifying what common goals, question they have on the topic.

    4. The figure down below illustrates a fitness discourse community and the roll of an active member of that community.

      Discourse communities share common goals, genres, expertise.

    5. Also, pay attention to the types of questions your teacher poses either in assignments or in class.

      Paying attention to the different types of questions posed by your teacher can give you a better understanding of what is meant to be gained as well as the purpose, which can give you a better understanding and possibly help with future assignments

    6. Once you’ve selected a major, one way to develop a sense of the types of questions posed in your selected discipline is to read articles published in that field.

      Doing your own research beyond the material provided to you, helps to connect to the topic more. It offers interesting facts that aren't always school appropriate.

    7. Each of these academic fields had their own goals, their own genres, their own writing conventions, their own formats for citing sources, and their own expectations for writing style. I thought each of the teachers I encountered in my undergraduate career just had their own personal preferences that all felt pretty random to me.

      It's helpful to know that every prompt and style of writing expected from me has an underlying purpose. If something seems more challenging, it's to help push me further into the discourse community of my field.

    1. contain skeletons with smaller body sizes and reduced horns, again suggesting domestication.

      Humans in different parts of the world could not have communicated with each other and taught each other farming... is this the same case with domestication? If they did not teach other domestication, did a more simple circumstance incite this discovery?

    1. dithyrambic

      Dithyrambic- described a powerful, emotional song performed by a chorus in ancient Greece to celebrate Dionysus( the god of wine and ecstasy).

    2. . What shimmers with life on the page may die within minutes in the theater precisely because prose is a language to be spoken to an individual, recreated in an individual reader’s consciousness, usually in solitude, while dramatic dialogue is a special language spoken by living actors to one another, a collective audience overhearing.

      O: Oates seems to be trying to enforce the idea that prose fiction is a space for readers to take in the 'art' of the novel/story/etc., and grow an interpretation. I think the earlier statement, "Where in prose fiction the writer is accustomed to shaping subtleties of meaning by way of carefully composed language," explains this best. While the play on the other hand is given directly to the viewer, with little space to fill in imaginative blanks (although the depth behind acting should not be disregarded.) I find this comparison impactful because it demonstrates the depth of prose fiction that may not be initially realized. A play becomes a predominately collective experience and interpretation, while prose fiction becomes a living document. I can think back to times when I was so immersed in a piece of prose fiction that I began to imagine it in my free time, the characters coming alive in my head, my imagination becoming incredibly involved in the story.

    1. If they achieve network effects (large user base, ecosystem of integrations, proprietary data flows), they could become the “operating system” for interacting with AI.

      important

    1. As an educator, one of your goals is to help students gain knowledge that will help them become thoughtful and well informed citizens.  Reflect on how philosophy can be a positive foundation for curriculum and student learning.

      Philosophy helps educators analyze and shape their position on the goal of education, and make decisions based on values that shape their beliefs and behaviors. This will shape their choices of teaching strategies and guide them in developing relationships with students and embracing their career.

    2. A curriculum describes not only what the student should know, but how it can be taught, and in what sequence. The curricula that is based on standards may be adopted at the state level or by a local school district. The resources required to teach the content, include textbooks, workbooks, computer programs, and tests are made available by publishers, non-profit agencies, states and districts. The teachers develop unit and lesson plans with goals, objectives, and activities for their classrooms. McTighe (2012) describes it this way:

      At the end of a long and vital process intended to reach the student, we find the teachers developing unit and lesson plans and activities. They are at the stage of learning experience, and their role is crucial to the success of the students. Whether they are seen as facilitators, guides, or coaches, so much depends on the way they approach their work, their values, and professionalism.

    3. A common misconception is that standards are the same as curricula

      Another misconception is that instructional design is the same as curriculum development. They are not.

    1. Both groups are in a race to the bottom of commoditization, where only brand, UX, or network effects (e.g., Perplexity’s model-switching) can provide some edge

      why?

    1. Additional caution was engendered when the CLASS study demonstrated that the advantage of celecoxib in preventing GI complications was offset when low-dose aspirin was used simultaneously.

      Celecoxib is safer for the stomach than standard NSAIDs, but if the patient is also taking aspirin (even baby aspirin), the GI safety advantage is lost.

    1. Twenty-first century technologies and techniquesdemand expanded and extended documentation efforts tocontinue human progress. Documentation challengesinclude managing records of manufacturing and supplychain events in complex, global production (e.g., Apple'smicro etching of quick codes on iPhone screens); manag-ing records of 3D printed objects and organisms(e.g., StanfordBASE Lab's additive printing of layers ofcells to generate a human heart); and documentation sys-tems for the inevitable development of bit-level water-marks.

      TLDR: technological advancement and globalization means we need to do more work keeping track of where things are coming from and going to

    2. Just as importantly, we must work todevelop understanding of the nuances of different algo-rithms so that training sets may be well-suited to theproblem domains to which the generative tools areapplied

      different algorithms are better for doing different things

    3. To do so, we must build upontraditional collection development strategies to make thestructure and provenance of data sets transparent or atleast documentable

      i.e., take the old strategies n use them to make the AI better at its job/ make sure the AI gives us the backstory on where we got the info

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    1. Not every writer follows the same process, and part of the work you will do in your writing classes is to discover the writing process that works best for you. Even though the writing process is often presented as a linear set of steps that writers follow from beginning to end, composition scholars now recognize the recursive nature of writing

      Everyone has there different way of writing up a esay or even a noval so when it comes to having your own style its common it what makes you differnt and possibly even a great writer

    2. Not every writer follows the same process, and part of the work you will do in your writing classes is to discover the writing process that works best for you.

      The individual nature of writing and the importance of discovering a personalized writing process through exploration.

    3. The textbook Successful Writing explains that high school teachers generally focus on teaching you to write in a variety of modes and formats, including personal writing, expository writing, research papers, creative writing, and writing short answers and essays for exams.

      I have been out of high school for so long. When i do help my nephews who are in high school I do not understand what they are being taught.

    1. I do not deny that we may make mistakes of procedure as we carry out the policy. I have no expectation of making a hit every time I come to bat. What I seek is the highest possible batting average, not only for myself but for the team.

      I deeply admire FDR’s humanity in this statement. He openly acknowledges that he is not perfect and that mistakes are inevitable along the way. Yet, he reassures the people of his unwavering determination to do everything in his power to ensure success. To me, this reflects not only his humility but also his strength as a practical and transparent leader.

    1. Restructuring is a capacious word. I would equate the word restructuring with the wordrevolution. Our transformations, the reforms mapped out at the April plenum and theXXVII Congress are a genuine revolution in the entire system of relations in society, inthe minds and hearts of people, in the psychology and understanding of the presentperiod, and, above all, in the tasks engendered by rapid scientific and technicalprogress.4

      I think this is a very interesting quote that not only shows how the author gets his perspective across, but also how extreme the changes used to be back then.

      The author gets his perspective across in a mostly objective and evidence-based way. The use of this quote (and many others throughout) shows that well. Instead of subjectively saying what his own opinion is that the reforms became more radical, he gives the primary source of Gorbachev's own words. This allows him to build a credible argument by not only pointing out that he believed the changes to be more and more extreme, but also by showing that Gorbachev himself believed so. He shows Gorbachev's personal and subjective viewpoint that simple reconstruction wasn't enough anymore.

      That’s also why this quote itself reveals how extreme the changes got. Gorbachev himself changes wording from restructuring to revolution, which is something many people connect to things like the French Revolution, which were inherently violent. This really shows how he later on wasn't just trying to fix the economy by fighting the deeper issues, he wanted a genuine revolution of the entire system and society. The goal shifted into a complete psychological and also cultural transformation. This, among other things, also explains why the reforms caused opposition, as extreme changes almost always do.

    2. First, Soviet economists could not agree on a blueprint for reform that wouldinitiate qualitative changes without jeopardising political stability. And second,Gorbachev and his allies began to realise that the country's economic malaise wasintrinsically linked to a deeper moral, social and cultural crisis. To decrease thealienation gap between government and society, a prerequisite of economicreform, Soviet reformers understood that they must first overcome public apathyand inertia. This could only be accomplished by promoting popular participationin the daily life of the country. If decisive changes are to occur, Soviet citizens mustunderstand the need for, accept, and be willing to participate in the reformprocess. During the ten-month period between the April plenum and the XXVIICongress the glasnost' campaign was directed towards this end.

      This caught my attention because it highlights an important lesson in political reform. This is the point where Gorbachev and his allies realized that the issue is a deeper lying one, and not just one that can be fixed with a more simple economic focus. Gorbachev's team started to realize that countries’ economic struggles were actually just the symptom of the underlying "disease," which is a social and cultural one. It also makes apparent that Gorbachev's steps weren't one whole master plan; his strategy evolved over time. He realized that earlier measures were either unsuccessful or constrained by a too rigid system and the elites, and that they needed a deeper lying change and more support within the country. The move towards glasnost can be seen as the turn around from trying to treat the symptoms (the economy) to attempting to treat the underlying social issues by getting the public’s support. This reminder and also takeaway stays relevant today. Economic problems, maybe even in modern European countries, are often just the surface of, in reality, much deeper lying and more complicated societal issues.

    1. “In front of the movie theater,” Russell Lee, Chicago, April 1941.

      Esta foto me resulta muy interesante. Todas las demás fotos de esta lista me parecen muy deprimentes, tristes y sucias. Sin embargo, en esta, todos están bien vestidos, el hombre está feliz y todo parece estar limpio. ¿Por qué esta es diferente y significativa para la lista? Solo sé que esta foto fue tomada durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial y están haciendo fila para ver una película.

    2. “In front of the movie theater,” Russell Lee, Chicago, April 1941.

      Me gusta que esta foto muestre un poco de alegría en esa época. Ver a tanta gente haciendo fila para ver una película sin duda despierta la felicidad en muchos. Y esta foto lo demuestra a la perfección.

    1. 10 roles common to the work of all managers, the ten roles are divided into three groups . 1. - Interpersonal Figurehead Leader Liaison 2. -Informational Monitor Disseminator spokesperson 3. - Decisional Entrepreneur Disturbance Handler Resource Allocator Negotiator

    1. Depending on a coach’s primary responsi- bilities, he or she may choose to develop the capacity of other teachers to serve as mentors for novice or new-to-the-school teachers.

      It is interesting that until now as a coach I did not have to include student data as part of my evaulation. This year I do and I am struggling with how to write my goal. It is hard to do when my goal is buidling capacity in the teacher and there is nothing in the rubric about students.

    2. hen the district or state requires in- duction and mentoring, a coach serving as a mentor or mentor coordinator may support new teachers or mentors in meeting and documenting various induction and orienta- tion requirements,

      Our district redid the induction process this year and it is much more clear which is really helpful!

    3. Acclimation, often referred to as orientation or on-boarding, is the process of helping a new employee understand the rules of the road, such as the schedule for the school day, where to find answers to questions about employment benefits, or procedures for per- formance reviews. This type of information is 91

      This year I created a new to the document with lots of important links and went over it with all that were new to the building. I got a lot of positive feedback on it. I spoke with people who were relatively new and asked them what they wish they knew when they started to help me.

    4. I am an Instructional Coach and in our district we define a mentor as teacher in a similiar job that offers basic support. New teachers have an Instructional coach and a mentor. Mentors in our district Job-alike/ job-adjacent Side-by-side observations Expert in the field Conduit to understanding grade level/ content/ team More informal Nuts & bolts “What I might do ” and Instructional coaches Coaching cycles Trained expert in coaching, facilitating and teaching adults including PD Conduit of district vision Student data-driven Goal-oriented “What might you do _”

      I find it kind of confusing.

    1. that writing well is the hardest subject to learn

      I feel like a lot of my STEM friends and colleagues would disagree with me if I said this to them.

    2. Linguistics attributes this to the concept of “bursts” in writing.

      This is a new concept to me, but I can recognize that I have done it in my own writing. This is interesting.

    3. Rather than using vocabulary intended to impress at a cocktailparty, AI writing uses words that seem appropriate for a Silicon Valley press release.

      does not equate to the course expectations and/or content

    1. Successful inclusive classrooms should set forth a vision where all children are not only welcomed, but challenged and supported to be their best.

      Reflects the goal of true inclusion: every student is valued, supported, and encouraged to grow academically and socially. How can teachers create a classroom culture that values each student’s unique contributions while supporting social and academic growth?

    2. Simply implementing major behavioral approaches to deal with children with special needs fails to examine the underlying need of all children to be recognized as a contributing member of their peer group.

      Shows that inclusion is more than behavior management—it’s about social belonging.

    3. it's important that educators consider models that place social, emotional and academic development on equal footing and do so by making use of social learning programs such as the Responsive Classroom

      Highlights the importance of balancing academics with social/emotional learning for all students, including those with disabilities.

    4. Mrs. Sheridan stated in her interview, "…all students benefitted from the social experiences of the Morning Meeting. Social behaviors were taught and modeled for all...The humor, songs, and positive statements created a 'campfire' atmosphere where they could be successful.

      Shows fairness, respect, and individualized support in practice; could reflect on how these strategies might be applied in your own classroom experiences.

      How can teachers create a classroom culture where all students feel valued and supported, not just treated equally?

    5. 19 out of 20 students within the class who were interviewed could provide examples of how their teacher made everyone feel included.

      Evidence that the Responsive Classroom approach effectively promotes inclusion

    6. Responsive Classroom® activities get everyone participating and help them internalize the expectation that all students are valued members of the classroom community.

      Emphasizes the focus on inclusion and community, not just academic skills.

    7. How the adults at school work together is as important as individual competence: lasting change begins with the adult community.

      Which principle would be hardest to implement in a real classroom? I think knowing each child individually can be challenging in large classrooms but is essential for supporting inclusion and social growth.

    8. Knowing the children we teach – individually, culturally, and developmentally – is as important as knowing the content we teach.

      Emphasizes understanding students needs to support inclusion.

    9. Morning Meeting.

      Morning Meeting is important because it gives all students a predictable routine to participate, build friendships, and practice social skills. I notice in classrooms that activities like Morning Meeting help students with disabilities feel part of the group and learn from peers. I also see them eager to participate in the classroom.

    10. Mere placement of students with disabilities within a general education classroom does not necessarily promote the growth and development of their social skills.

      IDEA requires that all students have access to general education, but I see firsthand that placement alone isn’t enough for true inclusion. Planned strategies and support are essential to help students with disabilities develop social skills and participate fully in the classroom community.

      What other strategies could help students like Matthew besides peer support?

    11. . Rachel helps him regain his focus by demonstrating the motions that Mrs. Sheridan showed them earlier, standing in front of Matthew just as Mrs. Sheridan had done in front of the class. She also taps him on the shoulder to redirect him when he turns away from the group.

      Rachel’s modeling of the song’s motions for Matthew is an example of peer tutoring, showing how classmates can support students with disabilities and help them feel included in classroom activities. This is so important, I see firsthand in classrooms how peer support helps students with disabilities feel included and participate.

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      The person I'm describing has wavey raven hair, brown eyes, no taller than 5ft 5inches tall with a hue that is a deep tan in color. We are the same ethnically, speaking the same language with identical religious backgrounds.

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    1. Three civil brawls, bred of an airy word, By thee, old Capulet, and Montague,

      Good point to be noted he these two family been fighting and their war destroyes the city, that’s why they called it a civil brawl

    2. First Citizen.

      This character represents group of older people that were fed up both families of Montague and Capulet for disrupting the peace. They attacked both families as a result.

    3. I will bite my thumb at them

      Through careful research, This act of biting of the thumb is equivalent to giving someone the middle finger. Sampson seems to be antagonizing the men of the house of Montague. This act clearly shows that he essentially itching for a fight.

    4. will be cruel with the maids, and cut off their heads.

      This statement highlight Sampson's disdain for the women of the house of Montague. This extreme violent act of stating cutting their heads went so far that it made Gregory question Sampson "the heads of maids"?, he literally meant are you being serious right now? Are aware of what you are saying?

    5. Marry, that 'marry' is the very theme I came to talk of. Tell me, daughter Juliet, How stands your disposition to be married? 450 Juliet. It is an honour that I dream not of.

      Disapproval from Juliet to be wed?

    6. What, drawn, and talk of peace! I hate the word, As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee: 85Have at thee, coward! [They fight] [Enter, several of both houses, who join the fray; then enter Citizens, with clubs]

      Shows the conflict from the two houses

    1. He returned to his work of making more forms from the edge of the pond, but now he wasn't careful and made some without eyes or some with misshapen limbs. He thought they all were beautiful, although later he realized that he had erred in drinking the wine and vowed to not do so again.

      Symbolizes the fact that no one is perfect but Obtala thought they were beautiful

    2. He put that in his pack, along with palm nuts, maize, and other seeds that he found around the baobab tree.

      Egg, palm nuts, maize and seeds from baobab tree seem like they are symbols for things.

    3. Obatala was the curious orisha who wasn't content to live blissfully by the baobab tree.

      He has powers that are unlike others. Sounds like he might be the "hero" in the story.

    4. Olorun lived in the sky, and with Olorun were many orishas. There were both male and female orishas, but Olorun transcended male and female and was the all-powerful supreme being. Olorun and the orishas lived around a young baobab tree.

      The use of imagery of where the story is set.

    5. This creation story comes from the Yoruba people of Nigeria, Togo and Benin. In the religion of the Yoruba, the supreme being is Olorun, and assisting Olorun are a number of heavenly entities called orishas.

      Gives us a lot of context to the upcoming story.

    1. They’ll never haveto write essays in the adult workforce, so why bother putting effort into them

      But they will have to write and speak (I think a lot of writing skills translate over into speaking) for the rest of their lives and careers. A friend of mine that just started teaching recently talked to me about how she had to emphasize to her students that no matter their field they will need to write.

    1. I have heard talk and talk but nothing is done. Good words do not last long unless they amount to something. Words do not pay for my dead people.

      He is over hearing words he wants actions.

    1. Your active participation must demonstrate a willingness to explore beneath the surfaceof an idea, and to make connections between the readings you have completed

      Seeing this as one of the requirements for a passing grade is refreshing to see listed. We sometimes forget, as students, when we are navigating new courses, job opportunities, and everyday life, that it is vital to feed our minds with ideas that don't initially come to mind. Thinking deeply and forming connections with past readings and courses has helped me tremendously as a student when it comes to passing a class. I believe it's excellent that you brought this to students' attention in hopes of them succeeding within your course.

    1. Leehopes people will use Cluely to continue AI’s siege on education.

      Lee seems like a villain, I wonder if that is based on my reactions to/perception of him, bias, or the way he has been portrayed by the author.

    2. it might rely on something that isfactually inaccurate or just make something up entirely — with the ruinous effect social media has hadon Gen Z’s ability to tell fact from fiction

      Interesting and something I have recognized, but I dont think it is just Gen Z. I think this is a multi-generational problem, especially when it comes to recognizing how truthful AI content is.

    3. How can we expectthem to grasp what education means when we, as educators, haven’t begun to undo the years ofcognitive and spiritual damage inflicted by a society that treats schooling as a means to a high-payingjob, maybe some social status, but nothing more?”

      This is so interesting!

    4. The students kind of recognize that the system is broken and that there’s not really apoint in doing this.

      Mirrors what Lee said at the beginning of the article.

    5. Every time I brought it up with the professor, I got the sense he was underestimating the power ofChatGPT

      Another point of interest for this conversation is the power dynamic between Williams and the professor.

    6. studies have shown they trigger more false positives for essays written by neurodivergentstudents and students who speak English as a second language

      Is it bias in the AI detector? or is it just that the way that these students write is similar to how AI was trained to respond?

    7. counterpoints tend to be presented just asrigorously as the paper’s central thesis

      I wonder if I can find examples of this online. I have an idea of what the author is discussing but I have a hard time visualizing it in my head.

    1. ESSA requires states to be more accountable for the achievement of students within their public schools. Its purpose is to provide equitable opportunity for students with diverse backgrounds to include those living in poverty, minorities, special needs, and English language learners.

      This is so important. But is this still being practiced or implied in schools today? Many schools do not have proper funding to keep up with students who are living in poverty, minority, special needs, and English learners.

    2. All members of the school community have the right to due process with the purpose of providing a fair trial.

      I think this statement is huge, especially with all the Ice raids happening, specifically at schools and with all the hatred towards immigrants and LGBTQ+ community, BLM, and everything in between and beyond. Many people are not getting the right of due process in the U.S and I think everyone should understand what Due Process is.

    3. Always consider that you must treat all students equitably, not necessarily equally.

      Like the example above, with calling on the shy student rather than the dominate one, can be seen as treating them differently. However it can also be seen as trying to get the shy student to speak up/out because that is a good life lesson to learn as you grow. And it teaches the more dominate student, that just because you know the answer does not mean you will always be rewarded for it.

    4. Consider how each decision that this teacher makes impacts the functioning of the school, the well-being of the students, and the personal goals of the teacher in pursuit of the profession of teaching and supporting student learning.

      I think that this makes use think that the decisions teachers make affect both the student and the teacher in several ways. And can support or possibly diminish what we are teaching and what is being learned.

    1. The term is rapidly becoming an empty signifier, though. Tesla’s new master plan boasts of “sustainable abundance.” The Silicon Valley variant of the abundance agenda is just warmed-over techno-optimism — less “let’s rebuild the administrative state and make government work again!” and more “the government should hand big sacks of money to tech startups and exempt them from taxes and regulations. Let our genius builders build!”
    1. a rise in the use of experimental and self-aware storytelling techniques

      Back in the day, storytelling was much different from what it is nowadays. If you were to ask an older person, they'll tell you how modern TV storytelling isn't that good. But ask a younger person, they'll tell you why TV shows were much better due to the new techniques shows tried.

    2. a rise in the use of experimental and self-aware storytelling techniques

      Back in the day, storytelling was much different from what it is nowadays. If you were to ask an older person, they'll tell you how modern TV storytelling isn't that good. But ask a younger person, they'll tell you why TV shows were much better due to the new techniques shows tried.

    3. he spread of high-definition TVs and digital broadcasting to the growing adoption of DVRs

      One example is the TV show Frasier. They updated the quality and releasing the older episodes. They also have remade shows like Frasier, but they weren't as successful as the original show was.

    1. further engineering of C. pacifica could improve protein yield and range
      1. This is super interesting work! Wonder if you’re considering the flip side: to use either phylogenetic comparative methods to hypothesize candidates that could give rise to the extremophilic properties of pacifica/other extremophiles vs reinhardtii/others such that they can be tested/targeted in reinhardtii or screening of reinhardtii mutants that share growth conditions with pacifica so that you can leverage all the fine tuning properties for biotech applications that are more mature/optimized in reinhardtii. I suspect the later may have been tried but maybe not genome wide or conditions this extreme.
    1. The law of increasing opportunity cost holds that as an economy moves along its production possibilities curve in the direction of producing more of a particular good, the opportunity cost of additional units of that good will increase.

      the more you produce one good (a) over another (b), the more the opportunity cost of producing that good (a) will increase.

    2. Plant 3 has a comparative advantage in snowboard production because it is the plant for which the opportunity cost of additional snowboards is lowest.

      slope is the smallest, OC is the lowest, plant 3 has highest comparative advantage

    1. How different is this from the modern psychology of, say, a Hobbes where concern for virtue is absent, and all human beings are impelled by a restless drive for power in order to ward off death at all costs.

      something about this quote makes me think of the civil rights era - past and present. is there a difference between rights and power for those who are seeking to survive?

      if Hobbes believes that all human beings are impelled by a restless drive for power in order ward off death, how can you tell the difference between a rights issue and a power issue?

    1. spotify sound recognition

      I have all of the same feedback on this case study as the issues appear to be at the level of your template.

      Images and all sections need to have responsive behaviour. Images all need to open in lightbox or new tab when clicked!

    1. builds trust.

      Same issue as above with all the remaining images on the site. They aren't responsive. Also they all need to open in ligjtbox or new tab.

    1. Results & Impact

      one smaller devices these headings should just stack on top of the body text...the two panels doesn't work very well on narrow view ports.

    2. User PersonaThis project focused on users who frequently hear music in the real world and want to identify and save songs effrotlessly. Based on user interviews, I created a primary persona to represent these spontaneous discovery eneds.

      The persona image needs to be expandable in a light box or openable in a new tab.

      Also this section is not responsive.

    1. An integrated Spotify feature that enables users to instantly recognize songs playing around them and save them directly within the app. Through competitive analysis, user interviews, and iterative prototyping, I designed a seamless experience that reduces friction in music discovery and turns spontaneous listening moments into lasting engagement.

      For each of these i'd reduce the text to just one sentence describing the solution. They will drill in to learn more about the process and your outcomes.

    1. Page 151 - although I stand more on the side of Peruvian culture, I do not think everything is the bewitchment of another. the solution to the stated bewitchment in the culture are efficient for long-term stability. I believe that most issues start with the self in some way. for example: rosa's case could very well have been revenge but it could have also been a case of regret, depression, loneliness(page 149). in berta's case, she could have simply found another man sexually attractive after several years of marriage - this is not bewitchment, this is simply a test of temptation.

    1. “a given”—that is, something taken for granted.

      This highlights someones experiences or bias if as something that is a given is not always the same across the board.

    1. Newborns are also routinely screened for different conditions. Within the first 24 to 48 hours after birth, babies born in hospitals undergo a simple heel stick and a few drops of blood are collected on a special paper card.

      This is one of the hardest things for me to watch after giving birth. I don't do well watching my baby get the heel stick screening done, especially in my case being diabetic, my babies are screened many times during their first 24 hrs. to screen for diabetes.

    1. pedagogy - teaching (study of)

      comportment - behavior; bearings

      mnemonic device - memory trick or memory device is any learning technique that aids information retention or retrieval in the human memory, often by associating the information with something that is easier to remember.

      perdition - (in Christian theology) a state of eternal punishment and damnation into which a sinful and unpenitent person passes after death.

      tee·to·tal·er /ˈtēˌtōdlər/ noun a person who never drinks alcohol.

      pre·cip·i·tous /prēˈsipədəs/ adjective 1. dangerously high or steep. 2. (of an action) done suddenly and without careful consideration. "precipitous intervention"

      con·tem·po·ra·ne·ous /kənˌtempəˈrānēəs/ adjective existing or occurring in the same period of time.

      prurience: : marked by or arousing an unwholesome sexual interest or desire.

      ab·ject /ˈabˌjek(t)/ adjective 1. (of something bad) experienced or present to the maximum degree. "his letter plunged her into abject misery" 2. (of a person or their behavior) completely without pride or dignity; self-abasing. "an abject apology"

    1. from me you shall hear the whole truth, though not, I assure you, fellowAthenians, in language adorned with fine words and phrases or dressed up

      I will speak plainly, no fancy embellishments/flowery language

    2. nless indeed they call a "clever" speaker one whospeaks the truth

      Socrates is saying that one of the most astonishing things stated by the accusers is that he is a clever speaker. He debates that he is someone who tells the truth and they might deem that in a negative light. He believes they are using clever in a negative way.

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