David Pier

Educator. Analytical. Creative. Words won't do it justice.

[David Pier @david_pier]

Thanks Isaiah Rashad for spending 424 minutes with me in 2022. I couldn’t stop listening to What Typa Time. #SpotifyWrapped https://t.co/SBe7OQehyU

[Jerry DeQuetteville @jdeq]

An important reminder about public education. . .

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

“The only thing that isn’t worthless: to live this life out truthfully and rightly. And be patient with those who don’t.”

Remembering Marcus Aurelius, who died on this day in the year 180, with his immortal wisdom on mortality and the key to living fully https://t.co/W7fBIVO4fy

[Yousef Munayyer @YousefMunayyer]

We spend $750 billion annually on "defense" and the center of American government fell in two hours to the duck dynasty and the guy in the chewbacca bikini

[David Pier @david_pier]

Thank you @FlatbushZombies for spending 12 hours with me this year on @Spotify. You are my #1. #spotifywrapped

[Matteo Salvini @matteosalvinimi]

Disastro a Venezia, quasi due metri di acqua alta, due morti. Tutta la mia vicinanza. L’Italia fa il tifo per voi.

[Daniel Pink @DanielPink]

Interesting idea for remaking high school schedules:
- Scrap semesters & 50-minute classes
- Instead, students have 2 long classes per day for 6-to-8 weeks
- Study 1 subject in the morning, another in the afternoon
- When term ends, go to new subjects.
https://t.co/9JQIEL0LOz

[Todd Nesloney @TechNinjaTodd]

Yes yes yes. #kidsdeserveit

[The Marginalian (formerly Brain Pickings) @brainpickings]

“In this great chain of causes and effects, no single fact can be considered in isolation.”

How Alexander von Humboldt pioneered the notion that nature is a web of intricately entwined elements, each in constant dynamic dialogue with every other https://t.co/PBS4Xdddbi

[David Pier @david_pier]

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[David Pier @david_pier]

Introvert-Friendly Cooperative Learning https://t.co/wnYTRkC7Zv

[David Pier @david_pier]

Ditch Your Lame PowerPoint And Try These Apps Instead https://t.co/VBq2iDe9Zb

[David Pier @david_pier]

Daily Stoic Giveaway https://t.co/4B2SPpj6e5 via @dailystoic

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

“The fundamental fallacy of utopianism is to assume that everyone wants to live in the same utopia.” https://t.co/OcEVbdzKMT

[David Pier @david_pier]

The missing context of the Marshmallow Test https://t.co/cpclkAo36v

[The Marginalian (formerly Brain Pickings) @brainpickings]

The psychology of writing and the cognitive science of the ideal daily routine https://t.co/eZp4RKISel

[Alex Corbitt @Alex_Corbitt]

12 New Ideas Every Teacher Should Try 🎮🎨💻💡 (by @TeachThought) #edchat #education #elearning #edtech #engchat #mathchat #satchat

[Co.Design @FastCoDesign]

These visualizations compare the "innovation signatures" charting the last 10 years of Apple & Google patents https://t.co/RPTazq4zEn

[The Marginalian (formerly Brain Pickings) @brainpickings]

Remembering Leonard Cohen with his unpublished, astonishingly prescient verses on democracy and its redemption https://t.co/15rQanVT8k

[David Pier @david_pier]

Trump’s victory offers teachers a challenge and an opportunity https://t.co/DOGcM7DPxX