Alex Weatherall

@aweatherall
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Father of 3; Husband; Physics Teacher at MountainView school in New Zealand; was Digital Curriculum @XPTrust; Tech Co-founder @TeacherTapp;
Humanist; Woke; Green.
Was on twitter... @a_weatherall.
Alex WeatherallJun 1, 2025
Sabine SeggelkeMay 31, 2025

Excellent interview with former prime minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, in The Guardian, reflecting on #leadership, #empathy & lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic

https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2025/may/31/jacinda-ardern-kind-leadership-public-rage-life-trump-america

‘Empathy is a kind of strength’: Jacinda Ardern on kind leadership, public rage and life in Trump’s America

Young, progressive and relatable, the former prime minister of New Zealand tried to do politics differently. But six years into power, she dramatically resigned. In an exclusive interview with the Guardian’s editor-in-chief, she explains why

The Guardian
Alex WeatherallJun 1, 2025
Sara HjelmJun 1, 2025

Sunday & 2 links added to this searchable & translatable collection of links to free access #edu content
https://saraslistofedresources.wordpress.com :1 full anthology - results from a research project - plus one long article

Thanks to Gunnlaugur Magnússon & team at Sthlm Univ. & David Didau❣️
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Have a restful day!


@edutooter @edutooters @socialscience @teaching
#teaching #politics #schoolsystem

Alex WeatherallApr 28, 2025

Who can tell me something that's improving... all seems gloomy or much worse.

I'm keeping myself mentally healthy by removing all social media off my phone and listening to music that gives me a harmonic hug to soothe my brain & playing music with others over the last month - humanity FTW.

Alex WeatherallApr 28, 2025
TheReturnOfPEBApr 27, 2025

Lack of ships and cargo at the Port of Seattle

https://reddthat.com/post/40033059

Lack of ships and cargo at the Port of Seattle - Reddthat

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/42999669 [https://lemmy.ca/post/42999669] > International shipping to the USA has slowed dramatically and the word is this is just the beginning. This is extremely rare to see these docs without cargo. > > https://www.seattletimes.com/business/tariff-tit-for-tat-has-seattle-waiting-for-the-ships-to-come-in/ [https://www.seattletimes.com/business/tariff-tit-for-tat-has-seattle-waiting-for-the-ships-to-come-in/] > >

Alex WeatherallApr 20, 2025
Jan Lehnardt Apr 19, 2025
Gonna play this Andor (S01E05) clip whenever I’m asked why I’m staying away from vibe coding.
Alex WeatherallMar 23, 2025
Colin BeveridgeMar 22, 2025

Hang on a sec.

Paul Erdős played himself in the documentary N Is A Number (1993), alongside Tomasz Luczak.

Luczak had a minor role in The Mill and The Cross (2011), alongside Charlotte Rampling.

Rampling and Martin Sheen both have acting credits for Jerusalemski sindrom (2004).

Sheen was in JFK alongside Kevin Bacon.

If I've counted right (and imdb is correct about Luczak), Erdős has a Bacon number of 4.

Alex WeatherallMar 23, 2025
DennyMar 22, 2025
Alex WeatherallMar 22, 2025
Violet BlueMar 21, 2025

Zuck said Meta is in a "partnership" with White House; Google is following suit. They are all that stand between you and Trump admin data grabs.

Law enforcement requests for user data from Apple, Google, and Meta mean Big tech can decide whether US authorities have access to your personal info, like location data.

Meanwhile, Europeans are starting to see US data services as “no longer safe”

Here's a resource collection of non-US services, and more:

https://www.wired.com/story/trump-era-digital-expat/

How to Avoid US-Based Digital Services—and Why You Might Want To

Amid growing concerns over Big Tech firms aligning with Trump administration policies, people are starting to move their digital lives to services based overseas. Here's what you need to know.

WIRED
Alex WeatherallFeb 8, 2025
Pedro De BruyckereFeb 8, 2025

Did the effect of collective teaching efficacy just drop (or did John Hattie's team make a mistake?)

I'm a nerd on effect sizes and have been following the Visible Learning MetaX website for a long time. Little was I surprised to see a considerable drop in the effect size of Collective Teacher Efficacy. While in October, it still was 1.34-136, now it suddenly dropped to 1.01-1.11: Many average effect sizes in Hattie's work have been dropping because science is…

http://theeconomyofmeaning.com/2025/02/08/did-the-effect-of-collective-teaching-efficacy-just-dropped-or-did-john-hatties-team-made-a-mistake/

Did the effect of collective teaching efficacy just drop (or did John Hattie's team make a mistake?) *updated*

*update*: check John Hattie’s reaction under this post. It was indeed a mistake, and it will be corrected. *Not updated*: I’m writing this on November 4th, 2025, and it’s still not corrected! I’m a nerd on effect sizes and have been following the Visible Learning MetaX website for a long time. I was surprised to… Read More Did the effect of collective teaching efficacy just drop (or did John Hattie’s team make a mistake?) *updated*

From experience to meaning...
Alex WeatherallFeb 2, 2025
David WhittleFeb 2, 2025
Despite fears of falling trust in expert knowledge, a global survey shows New Zealanders value science highly
https://theconversation.com/despite-fears-of-falling-trust-in-expert-knowledge-a-global-survey-shows-new-zealanders-value-science-highly-247181
Despite fears of falling trust in expert knowledge, a global survey shows New Zealanders value science highly

Even if there’s no acute crisis of trust in science, we shouldn’t minimise the disproportionate impact vocal minorities who distrust science may have on policy and society.

The Conversation