Month: March 2019
🎞️ Captain Marvel (2019) | Walt Disney Pictures
Directed by Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck. With Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Jude Law. Carol Danvers becomes one of the universe's most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races.
ArcLight Pasadena, 336 E Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Cinema 2
Seat: Row H, Seat 15
Rating:
Watched with my friend Dave Harris while he was on Spring break.
This was a fantastic action flick with a great female empowerment theme underlying the plot. It’s interesting to note that there were really only three white males in the entire film outside of background players. One was co-lead at best and the other two had smaller supporting roles. All the rest of the cast were women, people of color, and “aliens”. Definitely fits into the time period in which we live, but where have movies like this been all these years?
Quote of the year at the end: “I have nothing to prove to you.”
The scenes with the cat were just too awesome even though I completely saw it coming.
Aaron Parecki (Aaron Parecki)I haven't found a digital planner that can properly deal with how often I hop timezones. Sometimes you just have to stick to paper. Most planners are so big that I don't want to take them with me, so I'm very happy I found this stick planner in Japan! Finally I have a planner that I'll actually toss in my travel bag!
👓 Three teaching habits that support active learning | Robert Talbert
Teaching is behavior and behavior is founded on habits. How can teachers build good teaching habits for active learning?
🔖 Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning by James M. Lang
Employ cognitive theory in the classroom every day
Research into how we learn has opened the door for utilizing cognitive theory to facilitate better student learning. But that's easier said than done. Many books about cognitive theory introduce radical but impractical theories, failing to make the connection to the classroom. In Small Teaching, James Lang presents a strategy for improving student learning with a series of modest but powerful changes that make a big difference—many of which can be put into practice in a single class period. These strategies are designed to bridge the chasm between primary research and the classroom environment in a way that can be implemented by any faculty in any discipline, and even integrated into pre-existing teaching techniques. Learn, for example:
- How does one become good at retrieving knowledge from memory?
- How does making predictions now help us learn in the future?
- How do instructors instill fixed or growth mindsets in their students?
Each chapter introduces a basic concept in cognitive theory, explains when and how it should be employed, and provides firm examples of how the intervention has been or could be used in a variety of disciplines. Small teaching techniques include brief classroom or online learning activities, one-time interventions, and small modifications in course design or communication with students.
hat tip: Robert Talbert
📺 Sing (2016) | Universal
Directed by Garth Jennings, Christophe Lourdelet. With Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane, Scarlett Johansson. In a city of humanoid animals, a hustling theater impresario's attempt to save his theater with a singing competition becomes grander than he anticipates even as its finalists find that their lives will never be the same.
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Me goes to sign up for a Reclaim Hosting account tout suite. I’ve been meaning to do it for a long time just to support them.
The tough question is what domain name shall I choose for experiments?
Kevin Marks (Twitter)I add utm_source=indieweb
— Kevin Marks (@kevinmarks) March 24, 2019
Says the kind man who once turned me onto a great bookmarklet that will scrape off that very cruft… http://known.kevinmarks.com/2017/day-7-to-amp-or-not-to-amp-100daysofindieweb
📺 “Meet the Press” with Chuck Todd | 03/24/2019 | NBC
Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Ari Melber, Chuck Rosenberg, Dan Balz, Kristen Welker, Claire McCaskill and Carlos Curbelo
📺 This Week with George Stephanopoulos: 03/24/19: What to Expect as Washington Awaits Mueller’s Report | ABC
Rep. Schiff says it's Congress' 'duty to expose' Trump's relationship with Russia; 'If it's released I want it all released': Rep. Jim Jordan on Mueller report
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With Alejandro Aranda, Jake Durkin, Caleb Lee Hutchinson, Eddie Island. Aspiring singers from Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, Louisville, Ky., and Los Angeles see if they have what it takes to earn a coveted golden ticket to Hollywood.
Watching passively while I’m setting up a few new websites, including a wiki and a Wallabag instance.
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