Alex Saslow (he/him/his)

A Jewish nerd, geek, gamer, science teacher, master freemason, and father. I am working on bettering myself through antiracism.

[Alex Saslow (he/him/his) @AlexanderSaslow]

All I want is for #CriticalRole to do a kid friendly one shot, where everyone played characters loosely based off of characters they voiced from kids media...with @robbiedaymond playing a little artificer with a monkey tail and a tool belt.

[Alex Saslow (he/him/his) @AlexanderSaslow]

@mgolding "Pressure like a drip drip drip that'll never stop..."

[Alex Saslow (he/him/his) @AlexanderSaslow]

@UnprepCasters @whippedjack @GusRachels @posneg @Nice_One_James There is not a single thing about Omen that isn't made better by him being 10. My personal headcanon.

[Alex Saslow (he/him/his) @AlexanderSaslow]

@drvictorrios You are the first person to tell me that I don't need to work more hours to do better by my students. Thank you.

[Alex Saslow (he/him/his) @AlexanderSaslow]

Getting ready for the year! What do you think a student notebook should be used like? My answer is: a recipe book. Reference that you annotate, and with experience need less and less. #teachertwitter

[Alex Saslow (he/him/his) @AlexanderSaslow]

I made some guided notes! Thanks, @EPA for the data, and @canva for the tech. #teachertwitter #ngss #STEM

[Alex Saslow (he/him/his) @AlexanderSaslow]

3/3 Most days I manage to get decent engagement, I'm a pretty damn good teacher after all.

Yesterday in one class, I got none.

Is it any wonder I don't want to get out of my warm bed today?

Welcome to teaching.

#teachertwitter

[Alex Saslow (he/him/his) @AlexanderSaslow]

1/3 Imagine being a stand-up comedian. You go out on stage and there are only three people in the audience, and a video camera.

The live audience listens politely, cracks a smile every now and then. But does not engage. No laughter, not even any heckling.

#teachertwitter

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2/3 Those watching on the Facebook Live via the camera don't hit any reaction buttons. Post no messages.

Imagine you do this for 48 min. Six times a day.

This was once my teaching nightmare. Now it is the reality I fight against every day.

#teachertwitter

[Alex Saslow (he/him/his) @AlexanderSaslow]

Teacher hot take: a good day should not be as emotionally exhausting as this.

#teachertwitter

[Alex Saslow (he/him/his) @AlexanderSaslow]

Stop looking at death rates.

Start looking at transmission rates. At the rates of people who develop permanent damage to their lungs. At the medical costs associated with survival.

[Alex Saslow (he/him/his) @AlexanderSaslow]

Unexpected difficulty with in person teaching: I apparently open my mouth really big to lecture.

Each word pulls my mask down a little. This in turn causes a spot on my big nose to get rubbed a little raw.

#teaching

[Alex Saslow (he/him/his) @AlexanderSaslow]

Heeeeeeeeey I spent 7 hours Sunday doing grading and giving feedback for the end of the grading period (and planning for the week) only for students today to do nothing and want to be spoon fed.

[LatinXChem @LatinXChem]

Do you know the great contributions of Latinx chemists to science? Today is the turn of Héctor D. Abruña, an electrochemist from Puerto Rico working at @Cornell.

#LatinXChem shares Latinx chemical talent worldwide.

🔗Join us: https://t.co/RdWS4x2lhp

[Alex Saslow (he/him/his) @AlexanderSaslow]

If only there was some way to get education the funding it needs to function the way our needs to....

Oh, wait...

#EatTheRich

[Alex Saslow (he/him/his) @AlexanderSaslow]

Our education system spends more money on richer, and whiter kids. We spend money on students who are already achieving academic success.

It makes more sense to spend less on those groups and more on poorer, browner students.

#antiracist #teachertwitter

[Alex Saslow (he/him/his) @AlexanderSaslow]

@DandDiaspora I always read Genesis to say that G-d made a human in G-d's image (so both genders), and then split that person to make the male Adam and female Eve from the stories.

In other words: I always figured G-d was non-binary, even before I knew the term existed!

[Alex Saslow (he/him/his) @AlexanderSaslow]

#teachertwitter I need help. Does anyone have a 3rd party closed captioning service for Zoom that they like?

Does anyone have one that will also translate into another language?

Thanks!

#TeachingOnline #teachinginapandemic

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#teachinginapandemic

[Alex Saslow (he/him/his) @AlexanderSaslow]

I've started telling my students "You are all my children now, and I love you all."

That laugh and smile at their screens.

I feel it is helping to build that community we all do desperately want right now.

#teaching