Andy Smart 💙

Education and publishing consultant / Co-convener, / Vice-president,

[Andy Smart 💙 @AndySmart2]

Baring the soul ...

[NISSEM @NISSEM_SDG4]

Co-convener @AndySmart2 responds to @audreypoststruc's @COMPARE_Journal article, “From ‘the conscience of humanity’ to the conscious human brain: UNESCO’s embrace of social-emotional learning as a flag of convenience” https://t.co/IZJsjHjWVn @jordannaidoo1 @BenavotAA @jbernard44

[Andy Smart 💙 @AndySmart2]

@DoctorSam7 Oh how I wish that Dr Sam
(I speak as a BlueSkyer)
Might one day become an ex-X
And instead become a butterflyer.

(Fully acknowledging that I have not yet quit this monolettered platform yet!)

[Ben Phillips @benphillips76]

Absolutely brilliant letter.

[Andy Smart 💙 @AndySmart2]

@fundypost @LBFlyawayhome And what is the collectiom of things on the coffee table? The man's two pipes. His wallet? What besides?

[Andy Smart 💙 @AndySmart2]

@nelsabbey Enjoying your contributions 🙂 but I was wondering what Jor-DAN was. The country name of Jordan rhymes with the name Gordon not with the name of the country Sudan. (In Arabic, the first syllable is also the one that's stressed... Al-Urdun الأُرْدُن.)

[Mukhtar @I_amMukhtar]

Twitter do your thing and make him famous.

[Andy Smart 💙 @AndySmart2]

I'm looking forward to speaking at this webinar. I'll include recent work on textbooks in Tonga, working with #CurriculumFoundation @NISSEM_SDG4 @matthewchjukes @maryamakmal @APCEIU @TVandenbosch @Esthergoldschm

[IARTEM1991 @IARTEM1991]

🎺🎺🎺 Webinar: 'How to meet the demands of 21st century skills and local values in a new approach to writing textbooks for teaching reading and writing?'
3 February, 1-3 pm CEST.
Register: [email protected]
@AndySmart2 @AymeCatherine @subirshukla @EEPG_org @LewisBirchon

[Andy Smart 💙 @AndySmart2]

@karekenj @ZackPolanski There was no line of police officers across the street. Therefore it could not be crossed. The lines of police were alonside the Whiteall buildings, allowing protestors to walk normally from Whitehall into Trafalgar Square.

[Andy Smart 💙 @AndySmart2]

@LearnusUK Thanks. I can now see MHIY's talk there. 🙂

[Andy Smart 💙 @AndySmart2]

@LearnusUK @USCRossier @UCL_IOE_PHD @Cambridge_Uni I was sorry to miss this (I didn't hear of it thanks to twitter being so poor these days... please join BlueSky!). I'm looking forward to watching the recording. (The videos of past annual lectures only seem to go up to 2019?)

[richard bacon @richardpbacon]

Netanyahu was wilfully wiping out thousands of civilians. If you want to argue that was justified, that’s up to you. But there’s no longer any doubt that he did it.

[Far Out Magazine @FarOutMag]

🎥 Nina Simone looking for David Bowie at her show in Montreux (1976): "David Bowie, are you here man?" ⚡️

David Bowie drew other musicians in and attempted to soothe their troubles by letting them know they were not alone. If he saw someone feeling held down by the pressures of the industry, he was quick to remind them that their unique artistry was a strength, not a burden. At least, this is how his friendship with Nina Simone started: after attending the same member’s club one night, he called her up to remind her of her power.

As Simone recalled, “He said, ‘The first thing I want you to know is that you’re not crazy—don’t let anybody tell you you’re crazy, because where you’re coming from, there are very few of us out there’.”

Bowie went on to describe her as “gifted”, telling her that her “genius overshadows the money”. He also admitted that he was never a genius, he just wanted to be a “rock and roll singer” who found out “the right formula”. In his view, Simone was the real deal whose artistry deserved to be shared with the world. Afterwards, Simone found Bowie to be the most authentic person she ever crossed paths with.

“He’s got more sense than anybody I’ve ever known,” she explained. “It’s not human—David ain’t from here.”

Although the ‘Starman’ would later pay homage to Simone by recording a version of ‘Wild Is The Wind’, it’s clear that he regarded her as a true visionary. In his eyes, the world needed her artistry more than it needed his science fiction-infused creativity, and he was keen to draw it out of her with positive encouragement and uplifting compliments. Bowie may have frequented the stars, but to him, Simone was the North Star.

[Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry @TheJCPP]

With our children being our future and our long-term societal #Wellbeing depending on them, @ProfKEPickett & @ProfRGWilkinson explore the impact of socio-economic #Inequality on #CAMH in this fascinating podcast. https://t.co/5LCV560PMC

[Andy Smart 💙 @AndySmart2]

@cbokhove Thank you. If you have a moment, could you kindly post a couple of recent links on this?

[Ann Miller @blacknwhitecat]

No Qualms even as things get worse…and worse? Poems by Michael Rosen https://t.co/uEMD4GSHeD

[Robin Yassin-Kassab @qunfuz2]

This is powerful.

[Kim Ghattas @KimGhattas]

Slaughter on an industrial scale. Harrowing report as locals reveal the site of a mass grave thought to contain over 100,000 people. The healing that Syria and Syrians will need to go through is beyond human words.

[Schools Week @SchoolsWeek]

🔬 'Strong research evidence suggests that all teachers can learn to interact in ways that improve the quality of pupils’ motivation'

@Ambition_Inst assistant director, Steve Farndon
https://t.co/v5hZSktCiz

[Andrew Dancer @andrewdancer97]

@VictoriaCoren @chrismccausland Totally agree and his partner Dianne is amazing as well - he has shown that dance really is for everyone - what a man!Here's Andrew - who has Down's syndrome and moderate/severe deafness - doing his favourite Chris/Dianne dance!

[Andy Smart 💙 @AndySmart2]

@bbcworldservice Day after day, World Service and other presenters interview Syrian respondents who pronounce the name of Bashar al Asad with the stress on the 2nd syllable of the 1st name and the 1st syllable of the 2nd name. Day after day, the presenters do the precise opposite

[Qalaat Al Mudiq @QalaatAlMudiq]

This is Raghid Al-Tatari.
He is a Syrian Air Force Pilot who refused to bomb the city of Hama on Hafez Assad orders in the early 1980s.
He was freed today from Saydnaya prison after 43 years of jail.
#Syria.