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I am going to use the "Move to a different account" feature to move to my current account, @crash.

I'm pinning this toot so as to hopefully mitigate confusion should anyone see they are following a username and avatar that they have not seen before.

I apologize for the inconvenience.

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How playing Dungeons & Dragons has helped me be more connected, creative and compassionate | http://blog.ed.ted.com/2018/09/17/how-playing-dungeons-dragons-has-helped-me-be-more-connected-creative-and-compassionate/
How playing Dungeons & Dragons has helped me be more connected, creative and compassionate

Power doesn’t just come from having money or lifting weights — you can gain strengths and abilities you didn’t know you had from fantasy role-playing games, says writer Ethan Gilsdorf. You’re a mem…

Michigan’s ‘band-aid’ for filling teaching jobs is expanding. Here’s what you need to know. https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/detroit/2018/09/17/michigans-band-aid-for-filling-teaching-jobs-is-expanding-heres-what-you-need-to-know/
Michigan’s ‘band-aid’ for filling teaching jobs is expanding. Here’s what you need to know.

There aren’t enough qualified teachers to fill classrooms across Michigan — and especially in Detroit. That’s why state officials have opened the door to a controversial way of filling classrooms, loosening restrictions on so-called alternative certifications for educators. In addition to Teachers of Tomorrow, a fast-track, for-profit teacher certification program that began placing teachers with virtually …

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Create custom operating systems for Raspberry Pi with CusDeb - The MagPi MagazineThe MagPi Magazine
https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/create-custom-operating-systems-raspberry-pi-cusdeb/

#opensource #raspberrypi #linux

Create custom operating systems for Raspberry Pi with CusDeb - The MagPi Magazine

Linux distributions, such as Raspbian for Raspberry Pi, are popular on other types of computers due to their customisability. While many come as pre-packaged operating systems, some of them you have to build from the ground up. This allows you to optimise your OS for your PC, and some developers allow you to do some …

The MagPi Magazine
Readers respond: Expanding the reach of arts education

Each year, the cultural and educational communities come together to celebrate the transformative power of the arts in education to improve our communities, schools, teaching and learning. As our young people and educators return to school, we take time to...

Student-Created Videos in the Classroom | Edutopia

Making videos allows students to demonstrate their learning in an engaging way.

It's my understandiing that a lot of schools have been holding onto their Win7 images for dear life. Things are going to get interesting soon, and by that, I mean scary.

(I'm not as concerned for my own school, as we'll likely be converting computers too old for Win10 into Chromebooks.)

Microsoft 'Confirms' Windows 7 New Monthly Charge

https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2018/09/08/microsoft-windows-7-monthly-charge-windows-10-free-upgrade-cost/

Trying out the solo instance thing over at @theartguy.

It was only a matter of time before I gave admin stuff a try. I enjoy pressing buttons too much.

(Also my employer's web filter has blocked scholar.social but not my own domain, so that'll give me more opportunities to be active on Mastodon.)

Today it was reinforced that I get more upset about things that could hurt my students than I do about things that could hurt me.