“We all need to be challenged out of our mistakes, stupidities, and complacencies— especially when it is our own intellectual blinkers that prevent us from seeing them as such.
It is a good life. Envy is such a weird fluid emotion. I envy how deep erudition and mastery of relevant literature. There is always a lot of envy going around.
Yes, teaching is the work without which all the other stuff doesn’t make a lot of sense. Don’t want to become a disconnected ed techer who synthesizes over posts just to generate “content.” The work has to be authentic and emerge from real practice. The pace we set for it ultimately needs to be sustainable. For me... the start-up on Substack is a bit frantic, but now I just need to trust in the connections and the time I do have to create something meaningful as you say in a small manageable form. Thanks for the reminder! My school has a sort of J-term right now. I am working with the 9th grade on building a productive academic and social culture they can carry with them through graduation. It is big work. A lot of out of pocket kind of work, so extra exhausting. Next week we are going to an away camp. So I am trying to catch my breath before full immersion. Meanwhile I am trying to throw together a presentation for Educon in Philly at the end of the month. I didn’t time things well. But at least I am teaching a lighter load in the spring so after great industry will come needed calm!
Wow.... Terry, you are really pumping it out. I am envious. I am back in the teaching grind. My writing time has collapsed into a null set. Squeezing a little time in the evening, but would love some sustained time. This is a great topic. It runs nicely parallel to our use of AI as we have to de-bias it to get the kind of text or feedback we desire. And yet, as we the human brain, the process of de-biasing always comes up against hard limits.
Hang in there, Nick. Teaching takes precedence, I know. It’s hard to do much else if a person is doing it right. Fortunately, you’ve got access to learners and are positioned to try out procedures I can only imagine now that I’m retired. Maybe try some short vignettes from your teaching that illuminate AI and learner interactions@?
It is a good life. Envy is such a weird fluid emotion. I envy how deep erudition and mastery of relevant literature. There is always a lot of envy going around.
Yes, teaching is the work without which all the other stuff doesn’t make a lot of sense. Don’t want to become a disconnected ed techer who synthesizes over posts just to generate “content.” The work has to be authentic and emerge from real practice. The pace we set for it ultimately needs to be sustainable. For me... the start-up on Substack is a bit frantic, but now I just need to trust in the connections and the time I do have to create something meaningful as you say in a small manageable form. Thanks for the reminder! My school has a sort of J-term right now. I am working with the 9th grade on building a productive academic and social culture they can carry with them through graduation. It is big work. A lot of out of pocket kind of work, so extra exhausting. Next week we are going to an away camp. So I am trying to catch my breath before full immersion. Meanwhile I am trying to throw together a presentation for Educon in Philly at the end of the month. I didn’t time things well. But at least I am teaching a lighter load in the spring so after great industry will come needed calm!
You’ve got a full plate. I envy you, Nick. I loved everything about teaching when I walked in your shoes.
Wow.... Terry, you are really pumping it out. I am envious. I am back in the teaching grind. My writing time has collapsed into a null set. Squeezing a little time in the evening, but would love some sustained time. This is a great topic. It runs nicely parallel to our use of AI as we have to de-bias it to get the kind of text or feedback we desire. And yet, as we the human brain, the process of de-biasing always comes up against hard limits.
Hang in there, Nick. Teaching takes precedence, I know. It’s hard to do much else if a person is doing it right. Fortunately, you’ve got access to learners and are positioned to try out procedures I can only imagine now that I’m retired. Maybe try some short vignettes from your teaching that illuminate AI and learner interactions@?