@FrauSusi welcome to the #fediverse! It sounds like your doctorate might somehow relate to using #UDL principles in the design of technology-based instructional tools? As a recently qualified #teacher, it is interesting to consider how #EdTech might help improve access to content in an #InclusiveClassroom, and I look forward to hearing more about your work.

@dimi when I did my undergrad studies in #ee, they didn't teach us about thermionic valves, since these days they have limited applications. It was only through studying for my #hamradio licence that I learned about them, and it is cool to see them still cropping up from time to time...

@adriftinaotearoa bonege, ĉu ne? 😃

@hikosaemon I enjoyed the first season of the #Foundation series on #AppleTV, based loosely on the set of novels by Isaac #Asimov. They're in the process of making a second season now, I believe...

@Amzedbythislyf @aliceleung Linda, there are tools to help you find #FediVerse accounts of your twitter followers and bulk-upload them to your #mastodon account. For example, https://fedifinder.glitch.me/ makes a CSV of followers file you can upload, or https://pruvisto.org/debirdify/ does something similar.

@aus_teach @mguhlin At least in NSW DoE, we already have a MS-Teams "space" where collaboration across across the state is already possible. However, if we want to cross-pollenate ideas beyond the department, such as looking into what is happening elsewhere in the country or even worldwide, then this is where a more open system like #fediverse might be of benefit.

@aus_teach @mguhlin outside school of course students already use social networking tools that reach beyond the "walled garden" that schools try to provide when students are under the school's care. We clearly need to educate students to equip them with the skills they need to stay safe and be good digital citizens (even walled gardens have inevitable cracks in their walls). Part of this may be modelling a safe and supportive online community, but this becomes quite difficult without technical capabilities to monitor and moderate such model communities. If we had an interschool "fediverse" inside the walled garden, we have a safe(r) place for this learning to happen, but it would require support and buy-in from the school system leadership.

@aus_teach my concern would be that the fediverse cannot form closed groups. Without that, how can you meet your duty of care to provide a safe learning environment? You could maybe implement your own isolated #ActivityPub server(s), but then is it fair to say it is part of the #Fediverse? (here, I am looking at underage students falling under child protection laws; university students would be a different matter)

@aus_teach I think #Fediverse may present some #cybersafety issues. While it could be a useful tool for researching, in terms of providing a safe online community suitable for children, there may be better options.