Flying in the US gives me a sense of a nation struggling to keep going. Flailing, not advancing.
It feels like an exhausted country waiting for something better.
People aren't rebelling much. I have only seen one angry man, wearing a t-shirt designed in bullets and quietly furious at anyone who talked with him.
Otherwise people keep on, nudging alcohol or bad food, sighing or smiling under the benevolent glares of models.
Our @SouthwestAir flight ac hasn't really kicked in and we are taxiing for takeoff. Passengers swelter in good spirits.
Zeroth world is farther away.

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21 Sep
There's a fascinating and at times depressing sketch of campuses responding to Delta at @insidehighered this morning:

insidehighered.com/news/2021/09/2…
@insidehighered "Colleges without mandates -- located in different geographical regions -- include Pennsylvania State University, which as of Monday reported a 67 percent student vaccination rate..."

Just 2/3rds.
@insidehighered "the University of Alabama... reported that at least 61 percent of students and 73 percent of employees had received at least one dose of a vaccine at its main campus in Tuscaloosa."
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13 Apr
Gearing up for tonight's ed tech seminar.
The topic: VR, AR, XR.

Most of what I say boils down to go follow @DigitalBodies @mayaig @emorycraig
@DigitalBodies @mayaig @emorycraig Other topics I've set out for XR:
-ethics
-scaffolding learning
-building community in these spaces
-users as creators

Also an interesting museum case study.
@DigitalBodies @mayaig @emorycraig One example to show tonight comes from the great @HardcoreHistory :

warremains.com
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11 Apr
@gsdiment This is terrible.

All right, I'll share some updated data.
@gsdiment Where does the #pandemic stand today?

Let me offer some current stats.

Thread.

(1/n)
@gsdiment Btw, I'm working from this #covid19 resources page I launched more than a year ago:
bryanalexander.org/coronavirus/co…

I hope it's useful to other folks.

(2/n)
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13 Mar
I wanted to share some quick thoughts about one aspect of the #Cuomo story.

It's about information literacy.

Specifically, it's about reading vs tv watching.

(1/n)
I've been seeing so many Democrats suddenly realize that #Cuomo is a terrible person.

As a native New Yorker, politics junkie, and person of the left, I've been wondering why it took them so long.

(2/n)
After listening to tons of Democrats who adored the man, I started to form a suspicion that it was about media literacy and habits.

Then @pareene and @onthemedia confirmed my guess.

Cuomo fans: tv watchers.
Cuomo critics: readers.

(3/n)
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29 Jan
We are coming to the last few minutes of today's #COVedStories chat.

Looking back through our conversation, I'm impressed by how much ground you all covered.
Read 4 tweets
29 Jan
It's 1 pm ET, which means the first #COVedStories has begun.

Greetings to everyone in the instructional design and ed tech space!
Here's our plan.

Over the next few hours I'll share questions about your experience during the pandemic. The fine @gu_ldt faculty, staff, and students put these together.

They include:
-the shift to remote learning
-equity and social justice
-data
-innovation

#COVedStories
@gu_ldt I'll ask each question with a number (Q1), and you can reply in the same way (A1).

Please tag #COVedStories so we can see them all.
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