Jock Martin

Teacher, storyteller, drama and film enthusiast. Father, husband, son, brother. Learning to learn.

[Jock Martin @jockmart]

@CraigBaird The year before it was demolished, the Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival used it as (several) Fringe venues. Unfortunately, despite being on separate floors, the old department store layout was open concept, and not soundproof. Extra unfortunately mine was the loudest. Sorry.

[Craig Baird - Canadian History Ehx @CraigBaird]

There was a time when everyone in Winnipeg shopped at "The Big Store".
With a staff of 8,000, it covered 21 acres.
On a busy day, 10% of Winnipegers shopped there and 50 cents of every shopping dollar was spent there.
This is the story of Eaton's Winnipeg store.

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[Craig Baird - Canadian History Ehx @CraigBaird]

On this day in 1917, the Mont-Blanc exploded in Halifax Harbour, releasing a 2.9 kiloton explosion.
The largest human-made explosion in history to that point, it killed nearly 2,000 people and injured 9,000.
Let's learn about this dark day.

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[Winnipeg Blue Bombers @Wpg_BlueBombers]

WHO WANTS IT?!

re-share for a chance to win kill will's jersey 😤

#ForTheW | @KalTire

[CTV Your Morning Winnipeg @CTVYMWinnipeg]

Question of the day: Who is that special teacher who really made a difference in your life? Give them a shout-out:

[Jock Martin @jockmart]

Where are you Winnipeg? Not at @NHLJets ?

[Historica Canada @HistoricaCanada]

Labour Day has been a statutory holiday in Canada since 1894. It originated in the first workers’ rallies of the Victorian era. Historically, workers marked the day with parades, speeches, games, amateur competitions and picnics.
https://t.co/k3OPz5XW7C

[Juno Beach Centre @JunoBeachCentre]

🍁 Happy Canada Day! 🍁
📸 : Young Canadian guides walk along Juno Beach on Canada Day in 2016.

[Facing History CAN @FacingCanada]

Happy #CanadaDay! This land of beauty & possibility is the homeland of Indigenous Peoples & home to many who came to build a new life. Let's celebrate moments when we have been our best, learn our histories, honour our responsibilities & strive towards justice & belonging for all

[Winnipeg Blue Bombers @Wpg_BlueBombers]

a Zach Collaros jersey ⁉️

Retweet if you want it 😏

#ForTheW | @KalTire

[Ethan Mollick @emollick]

You really, really should not be relying on AI detectors for classroom use.

This new paper shows that not only are they very easy to defeat by just prompting a couple of times, but they have insane false-positive rates against non-native English speakers. https://t.co/SxRWCkagHV

[Lee Ann Jung, PhD @leeannjung]

👩‍🏫 Let's break the myth that formality of assessment determines the importance of assessments in the classroom. Informal conversation can be as valid as a formal test. 📋#LeadInclusion #edchat #edtech #spedchat #sblchat

[Juno Beach Centre @JunoBeachCentre]

#DDay 🍁79 years ago today, 14,000 Canads and 7,000 Brits landed on Juno Beach. From 7:30-8:00 am, the first Canadians launched attacks along a 8km stretch of beach. Despite the heavily entrenched enemy, by evening, a Canadian bridgehead was established on the coast of Normandy.

[Ethan Mollick @emollick]

This means, by the way, that AI can conduct scientific fraud on command. Just tell GPT to “fix” a dataset by making & justifying changes to make a regression work better. It will give a “better” CSV. Not showing prompts, but it is trivial & another threat to academic integrity.

[wayne davies @GuitarPrincipal]

Today I start at @UWpg_Education as their Director of Student Teaching! Thank you @uwinnipeg for this amazing opportunity! I am very excited to join your team! @mbteachers @COSLMBCA @MBSchoolSupers @srssnation @EcoleSelkirkJun @RSS_LSSD @nmcLRSD @gciLRSD @WSP_LSSD

[Canada's History @CanadasHistory]

Don't forget to submit your history project for the #GGHistAward for Excellence in Teaching. Join a growing network of award-winning #teachers! https://t.co/oxz84HGsdE

[Jock Martin @jockmart]

@MindShiftKQED @geoffreyfowler @washingtonpost With no direct source to compare as proof, beware teacher bias being used in a punitive way, harming teacher student relationships. The way forward is iterative learning and strong teacher/student relationships!

[MindShift @MindShiftKQED]

For many teachers, AI detection offers a weapon to deter a 21st-century form of cheating. Yet even Turnitin's executives say that treating AI as the enemy of education makes about as much sense as trying to ban calculators. @geoffreyfowler @washingtonpost

https://t.co/UyEYJTkIAq

[Jock Martin @jockmart]

@WPGMurat Magic number was 8, now it’s 6- could be 2 in 24 hours

[Mike McIntyre @mikemcintyrewpg]

#NHLJets Adam Lowry, on every player opting to wear Pride jersey during pre-game warmup tomorrow.

“We arrived at that decision as a team. It’s important. We want to make sure our rink, our facility is a welcoming place. Everyone can feel included.”

#wfp