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kearnsn.bsky.social @kearnsn.bsky.social · 3d

And honestly art, how do we perceive color, what is the difference between primary colors of light and paint.

kearnsn.bsky.social @kearnsn.bsky.social · 3d

If you really want to reach you could get to logarithms by asking about distances to the stars. Especially those that are the same colors.

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kearnsn.bsky.social @kearnsn.bsky.social · 3d

Colors of the stars get to so many things. Temperature, life cycle, nuclear reactions. Color is amazing!

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kearnsn.bsky.social @kearnsn.bsky.social · 7d

I been watching the fall warblers moving though. I have seen several of them eating persimmons. Tennessee and black throated greens. This is new to me. I thought they only ate bugs. They definitely stick their bill into the ripe fruit repeatedly and come out covered in pulp.

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kearnsn.bsky.social @kearnsn.bsky.social · 8d

Yeah, I will eventually get used to saying amplify classroom....

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kearnsn.bsky.social @kearnsn.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks this worked! Id been able to access my custom activities that Ive built but not the ones that were built and shared by others.

I hadnt book marked those before the transition I just moved them forward from my archived classes each year and those activities are gone but I can find them now

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kearnsn.bsky.social @kearnsn.bsky.social · 9d

I'm sure they changed their back end to encourage us to buy their curriculum but it's really frustrating for those of us who have no class fees and no money to purchase curriculum at all. Desmos was the best thing that happened to equity in math education in the 18 years I've been doing this.

kearnsn.bsky.social @kearnsn.bsky.social · 9d

Does anyone have a solution to not being able to find desmos activities anymore. Over the years I have found some great ones that I have assigned. Usually I can go back and find them again in my #desmos classroom. Since amplify bought them out I cannot find any of those activities. #mtbos

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kearnsn.bsky.social @kearnsn.bsky.social · 11d

That was that weird computer guy right?

kearnsn.bsky.social @kearnsn.bsky.social · 11d

I don't know what I'm going to do. That's the second useful thing I've learned on the Internet today.

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kearnsn.bsky.social @kearnsn.bsky.social · 11d

I have enough stray marks on all my clothes to make a new box of markers. It never washes out!

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kearnsn.bsky.social @kearnsn.bsky.social · 12d

AIM Messenger!

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kearnsn.bsky.social @kearnsn.bsky.social · 12d

I kinda want to print this out next time I have to sit through a conference session ab6AI

McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 12d

"This technology that is ruining education has incredible potential to save education, if only I could figure out how to use it better to improve my students’ education."

I Need AI to Write Better Lesson Plans So My Students Stop Using AI to Write Their Papers

I care deeply about my students’ learning, but with all the new technologies available to help them cut corners, I worry that they’re not doing the...

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kearnsn.bsky.social @kearnsn.bsky.social · 15d

Watching Raiders with the kids tonight on VHS. Welcome back to 1989.

kearnsn.bsky.social @kearnsn.bsky.social · 16d

I keep thinking that it is an alternate universe Beck in the best possible sense.

kearnsn.bsky.social @kearnsn.bsky.social · 16d

The geese album is amazing

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kearnsn.bsky.social @kearnsn.bsky.social · 18d

Too late! Nothing until 9th grade. Same for my daughters now in a totally different area.

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kearnsn.bsky.social @kearnsn.bsky.social · 18d

I overheard some seniors quoting it's always sunny last year and it made me happy

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kearnsn.bsky.social @kearnsn.bsky.social · 18d

My deep red district is in the worst off category. I hate this

Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 18d

New from #SCIMaP - analysis of the White House’s Proposed FY 2026 National Science Foundation Budget.

Take-home: Slashing NSF by >50% will lead to ~$11 billion in economic loss and extensive job loss and reduced training opportunities in communities nationwide.

Report: osf.io/e8rnc

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