TIL that all of the words "parabola", "parable", "parole" and "palaver" are descended from the Greek word "parabolé" (παραβολή) -- as well as the word "palabra" in Spanish and variants in other Romance languages.

I made Lude. It lets you build video games quickly. Here's a demo where I build Breakout - youtube.com/watch?v=xy4uE8…

technically if you go off on a tangent then you are continuing in the same original direction, and it's the rest of the convo that was curving in some other direction

Thank you to Charles Ward and Derivita for sponsoring the Northeast Regional Conference! @njpsa

Can’t have regional meetings without support from sponsors. Thanks to our friends Derivita for helping support The Northeast Regional Meeting here in Princeton NJ! #northeastregional NJPSA

🌟 Derivita is redefining math education! Their platform brings open-ended questions and tailored feedback, empowering teachers and championing mastery-based learning. A true game-changer in #EdTech! 📊📚 Check out this blog post to learn more! myedtech.life/blog/derivitab… #Math

I can’t stop watching.. 🧐 x.com/buitengebieden…

The "Ship of Theseus" article has been edited 1792 times since it was created in July of 2003. At present, 0% of the phrases in the original article (seen below) remain.

If we're preaching grit and resilience to our students but not examining our assessment practices to ensure there's room for mistakes and opportunities for students to see evidence of success... ...we're really just telling students to overcome barriers we've created.

A very good Q&A with the head of Brown's endowment. Honestly addresses many of the misconceptions that people have about how US university endowments work (including some current hot-button topics). brown.edu/news/2024-04-1…

Chipotle for years is our allergy family's go-to restaurant. Love this video my son made: instagram.com/reel/C88xYaMu2…

Remembering the time Canvas by Instructure where we crashed Blackboard #bbworld11 conference in Vegas at the Venetian. Booked the bar right in the same hallway as their event and held a party for their customers. One of my favorite t-shirts we gave out to their customers.

World's largest house number?

Multi-column figures, line numbers, improved PDFs, and faster performance – Typst 0.12 is a game changing release. To show you how to use it for your projects, we have put together a short video

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We have a Derivita Power User Story for you all with our celebrated Derivita Teacher of the Month: Margaret Scarano! Check it out here: derivita.com/2024-b2s-tom-p… #derivita #backtoschool2024 #iteachmath

🤩We're proud to collaborate with @Derivita to transform math classrooms! 🤝Together, we're empowering teachers with a seamless TI-Nspire CX II graphing calculator integration that drives real-time engagement and critical thinking. 🧠🥳

The answer to one of the most universal questions in computing education: "Which Programming Language Should I Teach First?" It's not what you're expecting. At all. parentheticallyspeaking.org/articles/first…

Have student's attention spans been decimated by digital technologies? In Education Next I look at the data and conclude that's not the problem. educationnext.org/pay-attention-…

Are the Purported Causes of NAEP Score Decline Actually Symptoms?open.substack.com/pub/dtwuva/p/a…