u/Hogwire

Hello everyone, I'm a TC and I'm taking a class where we have to learn all about technology in the classroom. I had a disagreement with some of my classmates and professors that I wanted to ask about here. I've fallen into the role of angry old man who yells at clouds, because from what I've seen in my practicums technology in the classroom (mainly chromebooks/laptops, phones, and AI) seem very detrimental to student learning. Especially given that my goal is that I don't want students to memorize facts, but to be able to think critically. In all of the real classrooms I've observed so far, almost all the students are really behind on their reading/literacy levels.

So I wanted to ask some of you who are more experienced what your positive interactions with tech have been? Specifically, do you think that there are any kinds of new technology that help improve student literacy/reading ability?

As a humanities teacher, my view is that students should ideally have a desk, a book, a piece of paper, and an overhead projector or chalkboard. Are there any forms of technology that I would be wise to embrace if I want students to improve their ability to read and analyze complex texts?

I'm also primarily an I/S teacher with history, english, and philosophy as my teachables.

I'm thinking of splitting the box with someone who wants the Orks, but I was wondering what everyone's recommendation is. Is it worth it for the amount of models you get if I want to make add them to a BT army?

I'll of course paint up the Librarian as an Ultramarine then make a little scenery piece where he has been hanged. Suffer not the witch to live after all.

Hello everyone, I'm a TC from OISE and I am asking these questions here because I don't want to face possible ire from my teachers, because these questions are kinda throwing their life's work under the bus. I'm halfway through my MT, and I've done two practicums and I feel very nihilistic. Also, it's possible all my assumptions here are wrong. I'm just an MT and I'm just going by what I've seen in pracitcum and heard from my nieces and nephews about their schooling:

Basically, from everything I hear everyone agrees that schooling and students are getting worse. Some general take aways are:

• Students cannot read. That all classes are below the reading level they are 'supposed' to be at. (I feel a little sympathetic too this because I was, and still do, read much slower than my peers but that's a 'me' problem)

• All students are behind in many of their classes. Many grade 8 students now reading or doing assignments at the 6th grade level.

And we're now living in an age where schools like OISE are doing all of their research and having developed all this pedagogy that basically throws out all the teaching methods that were popular 50 years ago.

Now maybe this is purely vibes based, but from what I saw in my pracitcums these students are way less advanced and capable of way less than me and my classmates were at their age. And this most apparent at schools that are adopting the kind of attitudes that I'm seeing promoted at OISE, (Ie: Lack of teaching students how to write academically, moving away form giving marks at all, letting students sit in groups of their choosing rather than their own desks, letting students use laptops and phones in the classroom).

The students at those above schools were often incapable of being me an answer without just reading the answer on chat GPT.

The school was also very insistent on giving students texts/media that 'represented' them (so from diverse sources), but the problem was that the students never read or engaged with such media. Instead they would take any free time to play games on their phones.

Meanwhile, the best school with the most shockingly insightful and intelligent students were at UTS. And based on my observations there, those class rooms looked like the classrooms of the past: Students sitting in rows, no phones allowed out, looking at a teacher/projector at the front of the class.

So like... what gives? If OISE has done all this research, then why are student's reading levels going down? And why does the school that is following it's advice so behind, and the ones that reject it have students that are so much more insightful?

And if this research doesn't survive contact with reality, why am I wasting so much time learning it?

Hi everyone, I got a craving for thin crust pizza, but since I rarely eat pizza I'm not sure who to order from. Anyone got any advice on places that do good thin crust? I'm by Dundas and Mavis.

Hello everyone, I've realized that so much of the things that I throw out can be used in stock. I'm posting this idea that I've had, and I want to know if this is a good idea:

I keep a large container just for scraps/leftovers. Everything that I cut up that gets thrown up. Onion skins, the bottom of celery stalks, the trunks on broccoli, chicken bones, steak bones, raw bits of the chicken that I don't use, and put them all in this big container. And i keep that container in the freezer.

Then when I've added enough to it I take it out, let it thaw, and then I throw it all in a big pot of simmering water for a few hours. Is this a good idea, or is there anything in this plan that's a bad idea? Ex, freezing it, or putting raw chicken in it and boiling that raw chicken. (Seriously, I need to know if it's safe to boil raw chicken and then drink that stock.)

Thank you.

So, let me say that I do believe that writers must read. And I myself try to find some time to read everyday. But the thing that makes me anxious is how I'm supposed to be able to read ALL the stuff that I really ought to read as someone who wants to be a writer.

If I were a film maker, or a painter, I could observe thousands of paintings, and watch hundreds of films somewhat easily. A typical film is at most 2 hours when you include pausing to pee.

But like... books man?

I can't read nearly the number of books as I can watch films within a single year. And you can spend a life time only reading ONE type of thing. Want to read 'classic literature?' You could spend your whole life reading that and never need to read the same thing twice, while never having time to read new releases, or modern short stories. A single literary magazine's monthly release can give you enough short stories to last you for quite some time.

And then you have to figure in re-reading things you've already read, which helps you get a deeper appreciation. Which is vital, maybe even more vital than reading new things you haven't read yet.

I myself have always been a slower reader than my peers, ever since I was a child. It takes me longer to read than it does for other people. I just bought an Ereader and that's been a big unexpected help, letting me always carry a book with me no matter how bit the text time be

I actually just finished 'Spy who Came in from the Cold' in less than two weeks. Which yes I know it's a short and punchy book, that's still a big accomplishment for me. Not only am I slow, but I have so many responsibilities as an adult that I don't have as much time to read as I'd like.

I'm currently doing a graduate program at OISE and I'm a little confused about how to collect on our insurance. I am formerly a student at UTM, and we did our insurance through Greenshield (we'd submit our dental/health receipts and be reimbursed for them). Does OISE have something similar?

Or at least, does anyone a place to point me in the right direction? The Student Center at UTM had someone who helped show me how to go about collecting this info, but now that I'm a grad student I'm a little lost on where we do this.