👓 Conservative Bible Project aims to rewrite scripture to counter perceived liberal bias | NY Daily News

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The Conservative Bible Project's authors argue that contemporary scholars have inserted liberal views and ahistorical passages into the Bible, turning Jesus into little more than a well-meaning social worker.
Another thousand years from now portions of the “christian” bible will have strayed so far from the original that they will be completely unrecognizable. You can choose to reinterpret them into a new modern setting, but it still doesn’t change the words that were originally inscribed.

👓 Elon Musk drops surprise rap single about Harambe | The Hill

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk, weeks after the Securities and Exchange Commission asked a judge to hold him in contempt, has dropped a surprise rap sing
Because I’m reading it on April Fool’s Day, it could be insane, but then again so is Elon Musk, so we’ll have to do some research to see if this is actually true. Though it is also most likely an Elon Musk joke that’s getting widespread attention.

The tune is kinda catchy though…

👓 IWCNHV19 Keynote: Connected Learning & the IndieWeb | Kimberly Hirsh

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Where are we going? Who am I? What is Connected Learning? How can the IndieWeb support Connected Learning?

❤️ OnlineCrsLady tweeted I was already excited about #Domains19 ……….. and now I am REALLY excited!!! this is perfect moment for me to learn about HAXcms! https://t.co/bMsXpYhHls

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👓 If All You Have is the Web, Everything Looks Like a SPLOT | CogDogBlog | Alan Levine

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I tried really hard, really hard, to turn make cleaver use of Maslow’s Hammer as this post’s metaphoric title “if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail” And…

👓 Take a SPLOT Test Drive or… Instant SPLOT? | CogDogBlog | Alan Levine

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Are SPLOTs becoming a thing? Spotted this tweet this morning… I’m thinking about this kind of request as I get stuff ready for the Staking Your Claim on the Open Web workshop I am doing…

👓 About | splot.ca

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What mean ye SPLOT?

Smallest/Simplest * Possible/Portable * Open/Online * Learning/Living *  Tool/Technology

Yeah, we still have some work to do on tightening up that catchy acronym…

SPLOT comes from the conviction that there is great value in learners and educators sharing their work on the open web. All too often, doing so gets derailed by two problems. First, open web tools are perceived by users as difficult to use, and by organizations as complicated to support. This is why most organizations direct or even restrict activity into a consolidated Learning Management System (LMS).  Second, online identity and privacy concerns (and laws) scare people off. Not every learner is ready to share their work with the world on a medium that “never forgets”. We know that most free online communication tools capture and exploit the data of their users.

So the tools on this site are designed with two core principles in mind:

  • make it as easy as possible to post activity to the open web in an appealing and accessible way
  • allow users to do so without creating accounts, or providing any required personal information

We are mindful of Norman’s Law of eLearning Tool Convergence, that tools will tend to become more complex and LMS-like as they are more widely used. SPLOT tools are deliberately limited in scope. They try to meet a single need, and to do so as simply as possible.

The tools here are built utilizing the WordPress platform, and should be readily sharable to other WP installations. If you would like to use a SPLOT tool in your environment, please let us know.

But there is no reason that the problems that SPLOT tools try to address cannot be addressed in other frameworks. If this approach appeals, we hope others will find better ways to support more accessible, sustainable, and user-friendly ways to get publicly-engaged learning happening on the open web.

👓 The SPLOT? Billboards for the Mystery of the Internet at #PressEdConf18 | CogDogBlog | Alan Levine

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It’s one of those things to keep your attention on long drives. From hundreds of miles away are billboards enticing you to check out The Thing in southern Arizona. From a piece in Vice: The T…

👓 Network Heuristics | Hapgood

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There’s a story going around right now about a “reporter” who was following people shorting Tesla stock and allegedly approaching them for information. I won’t go into the w…
A great piece on the low cost of being a fake and how to judge sources on how expensive it is to create authenticity.

👓 If You’re Using The Storefront Theme For Your ECommerce Site, There Are Some Accessibility Improvements In Store For You | Customer Servant Consultancy

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After a user of the Storefront WordPress theme, (WooCommerce’s default theme), reported accessibility challenges with the theme’s focus outlines and text decoration with regard to links, the Storefront theme has been modified to address the issue with focus outlines by modifying the default outl...

👓 Help us host WordCamp for Publishers 2019! | WordCamp for Publishers

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We’re already starting to plan WordCamp for Publishers 2019, which means we have one very important thing to do first – pick a new city! Unlike most WordCamps, our organizing team is distributed across the US, so it’s important for us to have a local organizer to help facilitate venue coordina...
RSVPed Attending Hathaway-Sycamores’ Celebrating Children Gala 2019
On Saturday April 13th, we’ll be hosting our annual Celebrating Children Gala. Join us for this intimate evening at the stunning Vibiana in downtown Los Angeles to support Hathaway-Sycamores’ critical efforts in providing homes and hope to hundreds of young adults facing homelessness across Los Angeles County.