Thoughts on science literacy Science literacy is knowledge of science, sure, but more so, it is understanding of the scientific framework by which people make decisions based on facts. /1

🦀🐝🧠🤖 How should we make decisions when faced with systems of uncertain sentience? My new book The Edge of Sentience: Risk and Precaution in Humans, Other Animals, and AI is available online for free at academic.oup.com/book/57949. Please download it! Just click on PDF to get a PDF of the whole book. Individual chapters are also available as PDFs - just click on whichever chapters you want. The book is completely free to everyone and I'm grateful for all shares and forwards.

Why did past societies build so much "useless" beauty everywhere — and why did we stop? It might be a measure of a culture's health... (thread) 🧵

5 million followers. A more sophisticated thinker would just attack the notion of scientism: the complete faith in the authority of or the enterprise of science. Instead, Owens promotes the complete denial of science. 🤦 and people eat this up.

According to biologists, the function of zebras' stripes is to ward off insects. Based on that idea, a team of scientists painted zebra stripes on cows. This reduced the number of biting flies on the cows by more than 50%. Applied evolutionary biology! stevestewartwilliams.com/p/h…

Integrating Loose Parts Play Into Recess edutopia.org/article/loose-p…

"Cornell notes" offer a well-known structure for note-taking and summarizing. Have we got more recent, more useful systems? @MrGoodwin23 is on the case: ow.ly/5Q6e50RCp6F h/t @OliCav

buzzsprout.com/881980/149607… Today’s conversation is with Daniel Carcillo, two-time Stanley Cup winner with the Chicago Blackhawks, and ten-year veteran of the NHL. Daniel also played with the Philadelphia Flyers, Los Angeles Kings, Phoenix Coyotes, and one season with the New York Rangers throughout his career.  Having had 4 Stanley Cup appearances over the last few years of his professional playing career, Daniel brings so much insight and wisdom into today’s discussion with me. From the highs of being an athlete at the top of his game to the lows of debilitating injuries that required multiple surgeries that ultimately resulted in a opioid addiction, he has seen and experienced it all and shares many gems of insight in this conversation. It’s clear that Daniel knows what it takes to be the best he can be when it comes to pursuing true passions in life, both personally and professionally. Despite having an amazing career that spanned ten years and two Stanley Cups over the course of 429 games and 164 fights in the NHL, Daniel is more defined by the human he is.  He has done so much internal work to better understand his past trauma in order to live with much more authenticity, courage, resilience and purpose in his life. As a result, he continues to have such a positive impact on those who are lucky enough to come across his path. In our conversation today we cover the following themes: ~Early days in Daniel’s life and the strengths he developed that went on to serve him so well as an athlete and entrepreneur ~The power of our internal voice and how to navigate it in ways that helps to bring out our best in life ~The importance of having a mindfulness practice to help combat tough emotions brought on by past trauma ~The power of vulnerability as a tool for being as honest as possible about our experiences, needs, and wants in life ~How to maintain motivation and purpose regardless of our pursuits After his playing days, Daniel began to suffer from mild-like dementia symptoms brought on by the many concussions he sustained while playing in the NHL. He knows all too well the physical and emotional toll that can accompany these injuries. Since retiring, Daniel has devoted his life to sharing his experiences, insights, and the transformative impact of emerging therapies, as well ancient and natural medicines in regaining brain health and quality of life. This conversation with Daniel was a special one that I hope you find value in. Please share it with anyone who you feel will benefit from listening. And a very special thank you to @CarBombBoom13 himself for his time and energy and for coming on my podcast!!

From 1967-1977 the US government carried out the largest educational research project in history. The results of which were - effectively - buried. It’s a story of intrigue, ideology and education failure. A thread 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

Excellent illustration of the misconception of sight words and what this means in terms of teacher/system knowledge and skill. Reading Recovery apologists have recently resurrected protests to my RR blog, and I will direct them to this in reply. pamelasnow.blogspot.com/2024…

Sure. In some correlative, analogical way. Same goes for anything in the psychological sciences.

Building a fish observation tower using physics principles. [📹 Bored Panda Art] x.com/i/status/1763041580879…

Thrilled to announce that my newest book is available for preorder! Ships in April. Read more about it and reserve your copy on Amazon: amazon.com/Teaching-Reading-… Or Corwin: us.corwin.com/books/teaching…

I think this hot take is more about generating controversy than actually arguing for the premise. My feelings pre-reading. Stay tuned for post reading.

A different look at integration in the @ibpyp. How can single subject teachers/classroom teachers integrate in regards to social & emotional learning? This post shares 2 different ways this can happen. Please share if you find it useful. Thanks. #PhysEd andyvasily.com/all-things-te…

Found this tool in the back of the garden shed.

@benmcallister “What kind of person do you want to be? Someone who is certain that they know all the right answers or someone who wonders whether we are asking the right questions in the first place ?” Great Ted Talk on Scientism

AI is the it thing right now.

In case you weren’t sure: All human activity can be reduced to evolution and our genetics. @MatttDavies cracked the code 🤣

It's normal to clear on expectations, routines, & rules that you want your students to follow, especially at the beginning of the year, but how do you find out what their expectations are of you? #PhysEd This is how I'm trying it this year. andyvasily.com/all-things-te…

First exit ticket of the year in #PhysEd I asked students ‘What do you need from me to be able to help you try your very best in PE this year? Activating student voice right away to help them know I listen and care about their learning