Steve Ladbrook

Lover of good music and coffee

[Curiosity @CuriosityonX]

New Zealand seen from the International Space Station 😯

[Lyn Stone @lifelonglit]

This is the kind of sports trivia I can deal with.

[Bus Driver Dan @Dan_Christensen]

Ask an #Economist a question and “get a compared to what?” Then I see this photo and suddenly think “Oh yeah I get it” @EconTalker. I’m getting smarter but slowly, oh so slowly.

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

ChatGPT is the modern version of Flaubert's "Dictionary of Received Ideas" (Dictionnaire des idées reçues), that is, a powerful cliché parroting engine.

And, as they say in trading: "what most people know isn't worth knowing."

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

Watch Covid come in at the end and absolutely destroy medical literature for a generation

[Tanya Evans @DrTanyaEvansNZ]

NZ Mathematical Society's response to the Common Practice Model (MoE):
"the pendulum of reforms to instil student-centred pedagogies has swung too far, thereby reducing the role of the teacher to a facilitator of learning
with detrimental effects" #NZ

https://t.co/44VYyRIYh1

[Steve Ladbrook @ladbrooks]

Artificial Intelligence: The Aliens Have Landed and We Created Them - Bloomberg https://t.co/DVEWfUQxR4

[Adam Boxer @adamboxer1]

Possibly the worst edu-training slide I've seen in my life, and that's an extremely high bar.

[Donald Clark @DonaldClark]

He could be right... https://t.co/f9cNxqQXHM

[Richard Tutt @richardtutt]

Every Minute Matters.
Disruption free learning essential.

[Aaron Dahmen @dahmenaaron]

For the first time in history, New Zealand's Cabinet is 50% women.

[The Education Hub @educationhubnz]

Interested in the #traditionalist vs #progressive debate in education? Read this article by @DrSamSims and John Jerrim, which tests common claims. Some fascinating findings, which are so relevant to NZ education at present.

https://t.co/wJR2JvSMBj

[Peps @PepsMccrea]

Not all teachers are aware of this idea, yet it sits at the heart of so many problems in education.

A thread on 'means-ends conflation':

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[Big Think @bigthink]

Want antifragile kids? Get out of their way. NYU Professor @JonHaidt explains why kids born after 1995 are more anxious and depressed.

[Simon Breakspear PhD @SimonBreakspear]

I always learn a great deal from my time in schools and working alongside educational leaders in New Zealand. I’m blown away by their work on cultural responsiveness which lies deeply at the heart of their collective commitment to equity and shared progress.

[Jeff Gusky @hiddenwwi]

S. Isaac and A. Angene were Maori tunnelers from the Cook Islands in the Pacific but participated in WWI as New Zealand Maori soldiers
#ww1 #blackandwhitephotography

[geographile @geographile]

a human head with the Mercator projection

[North Landesman @MrLandesman]

"69,000 American children were hit by public school staff - 30% of them in Mississippi. Though intentionally wounding a pet cat is punishable by six months in prison, teachers in Mississippi can legally strike kindergarteners with wooden paddles for speaking out of turn"

[The Sun @TheSun]

Shocking moment entire flock of birds drops dead from the sky

[Paul Fairie @paulisci]

A List of Predictions Made in 1923 About 2023

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