John Johnston

@johnjohnston
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Teacher, primary. https://johnjohnston.info/blog/

Product Owner for Glow Blogs

Likes RSS, carelessly attempts #IndieWeb principals with not much understanding.

#education #ds106 #fauna #flora #walking

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Some thoughts after playing with mastodon for two weeks. TL;DR I am a belieber! https://bavatuesdays.com/some-notes-on-mastodon-after-two-weeks/
Some Notes on Mastodon after Two Weeks | bavatuesdays

I don't usually pay a lot of attention to new features when an OS updates nowadays. But the other day I discovered the "photo shuffle" Lock Screen feature on my phone. Now every time I unlock my phone I see another random image. I picked nature as the subject. I am not sure what algorithm is picking the photos but the results are delightful.

Read seven steeples by Sara Baume ★★★★★ 📚

"October mornings peeled the night cloud back to its subcutaneous lilac tissue.
The leaves earned their name by leaving the trees."

A couple drop out and slowly dissolve into nature. Dreamy poetic prose.

With the news that Tumblr is planning ActivityPub support, a quick reminder that you can already follow any Tumblr user from Micro.blog. Just enter someone.tumblr.com in Micro.blog’s Discover search! I use this for following a few artists and writers.
Federated friends, I invite you to share a #silentsunday image -- no words other than the hashtag except, of course, for the Alt-Text layered on the image, for those who use screen readers. I can't wait to see what you share today

French authorities declare the use of Microsoft Office and Google Docs illegal in schools and education markets, as they don’t follow GDPR and might disturb later competition by making students used to these proprietary solutions.

https://questions.assemblee-nationale.fr/q16/16-971QE.htm

remembered I have an @pixelfed account. I wonder how it works with mastodon? Or should I think of them as separate things?

https://pixelfed.social/i/web/profile/2342

For those of you interested in how #AI is impacting #education - I have designed a basic story generator, powered by #GPT-3. You, or your students, can add a story title, and/or some opening words, and it will generate a very short story. The more #creative your prompt, the better the result.

It's free to use, no registration needed, and no adverts (apart from a plug for our book "Story Machines: How Computers Have Become Creative Writers").

https://story-machines.net/

Story Machines