Thread of amazing sculptures you (probably) didn't know existed 🧵 1. Statue of King Arthur, England

With Penny Kittle. Some new books to consider reading. #rvsliteracy

I don't do artsy things, but I am a literacy team player. This is for you @RobertsJaner

The most powerful skill you were never taught in school: Copywriting. Here are 9 simple formulas to help you write like a world-class copywriter:

🗣️Let's talk about #GreatTeaching. ▶️17 videos describing each of the elements from the Model for Great Teaching. 👥Use them with colleagues to facilitate conversations about teaching and learning. Free via this link 👇 https://t.co/NRVSMlLjwS

I hated writing in school. Now, at 20, I've written hundreds of essays, emails and articles. Here are 10 great resources to make you a better writer:

But no one knows the woman's name, and no one cares, haunted for me like that...distorted beyond my eyes' power of correction. #midjourney

In the foreground four solemn men in dress suits are walking along the sidewalk with a stretcher on which lies a drunken woman in a white evening dress. Her hand, which dangles over the side, sparkles cold with jewels. Gravely the men turn in at a house, the wrong house. /2

The Great Gatsby | A night scene by El Greco: a hundred houses, at once conventional and grotesque, crouching under a sullen overhanging sky and a lustreless moon. /1

Playing around with Midjourney AI art creator by entering my favorite lines from texts I read in class. Seeing what it creates.

Yeah…this. By Kay Ryan:

Sometimes amidst the stupidity of Twitter you stumble across a treasure. Here’s a good poem for today, @ABELATeachers

At the heart of the Toolkit is our Model for Great Teaching - the things teachers know, do and believe that research has shown to make the biggest difference to student learning. It can be thought of as a curriculum for teacher learning.

Today a student emailed and asked what they could do to improve their grade. My response was, "What do you think you need to show me that you know to prove it should go up?" And I think I want that to be my response from here on out, because it does two things... 1/

Practice *with feedback* makes perfect Practice *without feedback* makes permanent

NEW! One-pager on questioning techniques to elicit evidence of learning. Thanks to the inspirational people featured: @Doug_Lemov @teacherhead @DTWillingham 🙌

Just found this. I think I did good. Wordle 206 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Alberta's provincial government has FINALLY agreed to release a list of school outbreaks, but it is currently only available as a PDF. Their map is "in development", so I made my own: https://t.co/6Kp6d25uiy #AbEd #COVID19AB

On the latest @WestofCentreCBC episode, @sunrickbell said he re-watched Kenney's "Open for Summer" announcement. "Go to YouTube and listen," Bell said. "I didn't realize how WILD that particular press conference was until I heard it again." I took his advice. Some highlights:

We are calling for the reinstatement of contact tracing in schools and an early warning system for potential school closures. RT if you agree with @shoffmanAB! #ableg #abhealth #abed #COVID19AB