#Educational Effectiveness

[drjvh]

Advancing Innovation and Access in Higher Education: A New Podcast Episode

I hope this message finds you well. I’m thrilled to share with you a recent podcast episode where I had the pleasure of discussing some of the most pressing topics in higher education today. As Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at Western Michigan University, these issues are close to my heart, and I am excited to delve into them with you. In the episode, hosted by Jacob Easley II,…

[egophiliac]

C'MON TO THE THEATER!

I love these guys so much. forget NRC, I want to attend their terrible disaster school for disaster children that might actually be plastered on top of the smoking remains of an actively sinking ship. I may or may not actually learn anything, but I will have the time of my life.

[krakenattack]

Mild spoiler for The Last Graduate ahead, but:

Having just reread the whole series, I love how at odds El and the Scholomance are. Like, El's pessimism is a great way of making your narrator unreliable, since El is sometimes right and sometimes wrong always expecting the worst response from everyone around her(a thought worthy of another entire post), but it becomes very funny once she realizes that part of the problem at school is that she can't do small spells? Like, she spends the whole first book being like 'this school is the devil tempting me to evil, it wants me to become a maleficier, I can't even ask for a simple cleaning spell without getting horrible spells for summoning mortal flames and enslaving an army of people, I hate it', and meanwhile the Scholomance is flipping frantically through its catalogue of spells gathered over thousands of years, desperately trying to find a spell in a language El knows that she can also cast with her affinity for working incredibly large and powerful spells. El's over here driving a bulldozer and saying, 'I would like to build a Jenga tower' and the Scholomance is looking at her with the weary despair of a preschool teacher knowing they're going to be suffering through a temper tantrum soon but unable to stop it.

El, a furious teenager who doesn't know as much as she thinks she does: I don't wanna summon a mortal flame! I want my room clean!

The Scholomance, a giant building that cleans its own hallways, floors, dishes and various and assorted other workings with mortal flame: Why is this child testing me

Also hilarious in retrospect is El's blithe statement in the first book about how no one would ever give her that much mana to do these high volume spells bc mana isn't free or easy to acquire and so the school is clearly telling her to turn maleficier and kill her fellow students all while Orion is humming to himself as he kills mals and dumps oodles and oodles of mana into the New York power sharers.

El "I'd rather die than ask for help" Higgins: I won't do these spells bc no one will give me mana

The Scholomance, as loudly as a building who may or may not be partially sentient and who can't speak human languages: Wow, those sure are some HIGH MANA VOLUME spells you got there! If only there was SOMEONE around who would be able to provide you with a NIGH LIMITLESS FLOW OF MANA so that you'd be able to cast them!

Orion: :)

El: *hisses like a feral cat*

Orion: :(

The Scholomance: oh my freaking god

Hilarious. Top tier humor.

[reality-detective]

When nature doesn't mess around 🤔

[stoopkidlisteningtocsh]

Some objectums in the tag: damn date everything sucks even though literally from the start it was pretty clear the objects would turn humanoid. As seen by. The every single advertisement for it. But i need to be upset!

People into date everything in the tag: uh hey so what does it mean if the object dating games makes me blush looking at the ac vent? Like the real one? Is this what its like??

[neon-glowing-rainbow-stims]

🌋 ~ Magma ~ 🌋 (MonsterX)

(Credit if you use please!!)

[amidoobles]

Maria

Ilustration before the effects below!

Made a really rough doodle idea of this in my sketchbook, and couldn't resist temptation. Didn't know much about Shadow's backstory/Maria before the movie, and now I love her.

One thing that's fun about being a being a digital artist for... seven(?) years is that I finally know how certain layer types can help me achieve the effect I'm looking for. For example, I got the coloring like this by making a layer with some spots of pink and other spots of blue and setting it to "overlay".

[homoquartz]

i think it is very funny that crystal went from being a hardcore party girl to completely dry when she lost her memories. i think it's kind of endearing, like when she's offered gin she's like "GIN gin???" like i want her to try some and be like "ew who drinks this"

the boys can't party anyway

[greenwichtraders]

More from Slay News.

[hubridbunny]

Why does no one ever seem to have a child the normal way. Why’s it always gotta be some shit like “I stole your dna and combined it with mine in a lab”

[intelligentchristianlady]

More good news. Suggest it to your town/city council.

[bikkiebytes]

Quick Update!

Just dropping in with a quick update: Our online shop is almost ready to launch next Friday on Patreon! So soon you'll be able to browse and buy our zines and related goodies. We’ve been busy putting together product images, writing descriptions, and working on some fresh content for our Sonoran Series.

In the mean time, we want to share something special with you. We're offering a free PDF version of our ‘bystander effect’ educational handout in both color and high-contrast black and white. You can grab them on Patreon - absolutely free! We truly believe that as artists and community members, it's important to use our skills and voices to raise awareness about Earth Care, People Care, and Fair Share. This project touches on two - because supporting just causes and community is what it's all about!

Our goal is to spread knowledge and inspire folks to look out for all community members - whether in your local neighborhood or across the country - or world! But especially for those who are the most vulnerable. Feel free to download, print, share, and use this handout to support your local community, groups, and initiatives!

[floortile34]

not sure if this is a hot take but school is extremely traumatic and needs huge reform. it causes immense damage to everyone who goes through it. no large-scale school system is exempt from this. this happens in all countries, not just the ones where it's worst. this problem's also inextricably tied to capitalism and neither can be fixed without also fixing the other

school genuinely breaks people (and others) with even worse being done to those with intellectual disabilities and neurodivergents and those with other psychiatric disorders

[reality-detective]

Hutchison Effect

What if Zero-Point Energy already existed? 🤔

[pinksilvace]

Blorbo will have you doing all sorts of research you never thought the future would contain

[neon-glowing-rainbow-stims]

🔴🟢 ~ Vil3 Vials ~ 🔵🟠(MonsterX)

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