BritniBrownO'Donnell

I don't know anymore. Into learning and everything tangled up with that.

[BritniBrownO'Donnell @bmbod]

Everything I tweet is an invitation for conversation.

[BritniBrownO'Donnell @bmbod]

@oremia @Cabbidges @naomicfisher But I do think that there is a shift where young generations feel they can barely support themselves--materially & emotionally. This combined w/ the means to make more choices in reproducing, has led to having less kids being the better option for an increasing amount of ppl

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@oremia @Cabbidges @naomicfisher I don't think there is anything wrong with being childfree, or even declining birth rates, tbh. The world can hardly sustain what it has & the notion of needing increasingly large generations of ppl to be born in order support growing numbers of the aging population is gross

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@alcharalambous @Cabbidges @naomicfisher I clicked the ❤️not because I like what you said, but because I want to send you--and your son--lots of love.

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@KathrinLuddecke @Cabbidges @naomicfisher Kids definitely aren't the only, or even the best, answer.
...I just suck at being friends so, that one's not my best area to contribute. Hahaha

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@KathrinLuddecke @Cabbidges @naomicfisher But it IS HARD.
It's so easy to be broken by the current state of affairs & projected future. To give up hope, and love. To turn inward and retreat, and accept the monumental loss.
But that makes a self-fulfilling prophecy- as all prophecies are. And I'd rather prophecise hope

[BritniBrownO'Donnell @bmbod]

@KathrinLuddecke @Cabbidges @naomicfisher The future does look forlorn but that has been true before
I am glad I have kids b/c love, compassion &cooperation ARE necessary
I need that at a personal level
I need the world to have more of that collectively
So I must do my best to make sure it exists, spreads, & brings hope

[BritniBrownO'Donnell @bmbod]

@naomicfisher Reflective moment: I've always been at odds w/ my field and have a hard time embracing the identity as an "instructional designer" b/c THIS is largely what I want to design for- but it is entirely in contrast to & conflict w/ the history & ethos of the field.
Wow.

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@heymrsbond I had my littlest at 35 wks in June. Sudden severe atypical preeclampsia. I feel my panic rising just thinking of this for you& the hospital I delivered at keeps NICU babies with their mothers- the extra stress you must be feeling... I'm so sorry. May your babe be healthy& strong

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@HeatherKEvans This is definitely useful for making concise notes, and keeping for later reference. However, I find one major question missing: what methodologies did they use to collect and interpret the data; is the methodology appropriate, and how does it support/weaken their claims?

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@coach__rex @ryanr_lester Absolutely not. I am asserting that the only value in grades is as a tool for teachers to formatively evaluate where their instruction is and isn't meeting the desired learning objectives, so that the instruction can be iteratively modified to meet learner's (varied) needs.

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@ryanr_lester Grades provide the feedback on the effectiveness of the *instruction*, not the knowledge state of the learner. They are a largely useless parameter for the learner, but should be used by the instructor to find and address inadequate instructional materials and methodologies.

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@naomicfisher Sudbury Schools exist, and focus on a democratic, student-derived curriculum. If only they, and other "alternative" schooling options were more mainstream and accessable.

[Claire Honeycutt | ClarifiED 🕊️❤️ @HippyMomPhD]

I'm a university professor who homeschools her kids

Why do I not trust the school system to teach my kids?

Because I study learning for a living & schools do not create independent, innovating, stewards of the future

Here are the top 5 academic reasons I homeschool

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@MongoosePower17 @Jessifer When the goal of education is to maintain the inequities found in society, to perpetuate that entire system, grades serve this purpose.
But schooling, and society, don't *have* to work this way. There are other things that could be valued and motivating in a different system.

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@MongoosePower17 @Jessifer The need for grades to incentivise learning in a schooling system highlights the failures of schooling as a means of learning.
However, grading fits perfectly into a system that idolizes competition and drives the notion of work and individual value in our capitalist society 2/

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@ColbyFrantz How we reconcile this learning with intended instructional success/failure is a major question that I don't think has been asked in education much, if at all.
How to respect all lived experiences as learning events, and not just formal education that has value is another big one

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@ColbyFrantz IMO learning is the most basic way we interact with the world. The consistent thread between the external (behaviorism & sociocultural paradigms) & the internal (cognitivism). It will occur regardless if we are aware of what exactly we are learning: conscious & unconscious change