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Alex Ford @apf102.bsky.social · 31m

My morning feed is now 50% ICE abducting people or being or being prevented from abducting people. Grateful there are people taking a stand but how is there not more coverage of this across the US and European news?

Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 13h

Whistling when ICE is about to kidnap someone for no reason is incredibly effective. They know what they are doing is wrong and will scatter in the wind when too many witnesses gather.

FORM A CROWD
STAY LOUD
PROTECT EACH OTHER
CODE I:
ICE NEARBY
BLOW QUICKLY IN A BROKEN RHYTHM:
PRE-PRE-PRE!
→ ALERTS THE COMMUNITY THAT ICE AGENTS ARE IN THE AREA.
ROGERS PARK WHISTLE PROTOCOLS
WHY A WHISTLE? ON THE STREETS
• A SIMPLE TOOL FOR FAST ALERTS.
• LOUD.
RECOGNIZABLE.
IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE.
• OUR VOICES ARE
STRONGER TOGETHER.
WHISTLES GUIDE
PEOPLE TO:
• FOLLOW ICE CARAVANS
• CATCH UP WITH THE CROWD
• ALERT NEIGHBORS
TO JOIN IN
NOISE = VISIBILITY.
CODE 2:
CODE RED
BLOW THREE LONG BLASTS:
PREEEE-PREEEE-PREEEE!
→ ICE IS DETAINING SOMEONE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
DON'T STAY SILENT. STAY NONVIOLENT.
WHY IT WORKS
• INSTANT ALERT
SYSTEM
• FASTER THAN SOCIAL MEDIA
• TURNS SILENCE INTO COMMUNITY
ACTION
ORIGINAL FLYER CREATED BY:
WHAT YOU CAN DO
• WEAR YOUR WHISTLE AROUND YOUR NECK
TEACH FAMILY
EIGHBORS TH
CODES
• USE IT WHEN ICE IS
SPOTTED
• PROTECT EACH OTHER, ALWAYS
TOGETHER, WE KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
THIS FLYER DISTRIBUTED BY:
PROTECT RP
• @PROTECTRP_

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Caitlyn Palmer @cpalmerhistory.bsky.social · 2d

So excited to be presenting at the next @1972shp.bsky.social Yorkshire History Forum! Can't wait to continue the conversation about teaching Transatlantic Slavery in different lenses

Pete Jackson @petejackson.bsky.social · 2d

Delighted to be presenting at this fantastic event organised with @1972shp.bsky.social and alongside the wonderful @cpalmerhistory.bsky.social
Spread the word!
#historyteacher

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Dan Lyndon-Cohen @danlyndon.bsky.social · 2d

Tickets now available from store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata.... Secondary teachers come and see @petejackson.bsky.social share his great wisdom in helping students to improve their historical writing and listen to Caitlin Palmer's fascinating work on local links to the Transatlantic Slave Trade

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Dan Lyndon-Cohen @danlyndon.bsky.social · 2d

We will also be joined by some of our SHP Yorkshire Regional Advisors @petejackson.bsky.social and @fredoxby.bsky.social and any OCR B teachers can chat to Pete about the course.

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Alex Ford @apf102.bsky.social · 2d

This looks ace. If you are a #historyteacher in or around York, do come along and say hi!

Dan Lyndon-Cohen @danlyndon.bsky.social · 2d

I am absolutely delighted to be able to share the news about our next @1972shp.bsky.social Yorkshire History Forum which will be taking place in York on November 24th. We have a superb line up of workshops for #primary and #secondary #historyteachers and all for a bargain basement price ...

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4d

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 4d

This Reuters headline. Oof.

Fascism isn't 'coming.' It's HERE.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Alex Ford @apf102.bsky.social · 4d

This was the model Apple used. It was remarkably effective. Look at schools using tablets and loads of them will be iPads. Incredibly lucrative market for tech.

Natalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · 4d

"Why would OpenAI and Microsoft spend $23 million to give 'free training' on how to use AI to teachers? Because they love teachers? No. Because they want to get their products into public schools in an attempt to cultivate the education market."

Jodi Jacobson @jljacobson.bsky.social · 5d

I maintain that we are in grave danger due not only to the trends noted by @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social in this piece, but by the failure of the Democratic party 1) to grasp these dangers and act in advance to prevent or minimize them; (1)

www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/thinking-o...

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Anton Treuer @antontreuer.bsky.social · 4d

Launching Bemidji State’s Ojibwe Teacher Training Program

#bemidjistate #ojibwe

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 4d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Alex Ford @apf102.bsky.social · 4d

Apparently

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Alex Ford @apf102.bsky.social · 4d

Not a clue.

Either is is a solution to an invented issue

Or it’s suggesting children should be using phones to lie to their parents more….

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Alex Ford @apf102.bsky.social · 4d

Remind me of the positive use cases of AI again….

Who even signed off on this advert?!

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Jennifer Kretchmer @dreamwisp.bsky.social · 5d

Because it feels relevant as we continue to evaluate the media and our representatives’ statements, my favorite way to identify the active vs. passive voice.

A post by Rebecca Johnson:
“I finally learned how to teach my guys to ID the passive voice. If you can insert "by zombies" after the verb, you have passive voice.”

A tumblr respond from mightymur:
“The final, brilliant word on passive voice.
"She was killed [by zombies.]"<--passive
"Zombies killed [by zombies] her." <-- active”

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 6d

@lataco.bsky.social first began as a blog documenting local Mexican cuisine. Now, it’s an essential reporting powerhouse to the city as Trump’s mass deportation plot unfolds.

Check out the latest from our friends at Reveal: tinyurl.com/4cm2bsdr

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Alex Ford @apf102.bsky.social · 5d

Now that’s success

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Barbara Bleiman @barbarableiman.bsky.social · 5d

Excellent piece on the dire impact of removing bursaries for training to teach subjects ts like English and History.

Alex Ford @apf102.bsky.social · 5d

@victoriacrooks.bsky.social has written about this a lot, but I think this blog is an excellent summary and really gets to the heart of the issue:

uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2024/07/19/i...

It’s not about the money, money, money – until it is. Teacher recruitment and the need for bursaries

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com The Initial Teacher Training (ITT) landscape should be driven by market forces like every other employment market. This is an argument we hear time and time again.&nb…

uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog

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Alex Ford @apf102.bsky.social · 5d

Indeed. And creates such disparities on courses where some people are working 2 jobs just to train

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Barbara Bleiman @barbarableiman.bsky.social · 5d

It’s simply appalling. I’m aware that lots of depts in both English and History fill gaps with non-specislists doing bits and pieces, especially at KS3. But how does shallow teacher knowledge build the firm ‘foundations’ of deep subject knowledge they so frequently talk about?

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Alex Ford @apf102.bsky.social · 5d

Both, obviously … but only in the best way

charlie brown is sitting at a desk in a classroom with his hands folded in prayer .

ALT: charlie brown is sitting at a desk in a classroom with his hands folded in prayer .

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Alex Ford @apf102.bsky.social · 5d

@victoriacrooks.bsky.social has written about this a lot, but I think this blog is an excellent summary and really gets to the heart of the issue:

uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2024/07/19/i...

It’s not about the money, money, money – until it is. Teacher recruitment and the need for bursaries

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com The Initial Teacher Training (ITT) landscape should be driven by market forces like every other employment market. This is an argument we hear time and time again.&nb…

uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog

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Alex Ford @apf102.bsky.social · 5d

Completely agree. Same issue has been hitting History for some time. This makes teacher education inaccessible to some of the best candidates. It also makes routes which offer funding more attractive, even if they don't have the best track records for retention or subject expertise.

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Alex Ford @apf102.bsky.social · 5d

Amused that history didn’t even make it onto the list - it’s been that long since we had a bursary!!

Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 5d

The government has swung the axe on teacher training incentives – including cutting funding for shortage subjects such as maths and foreign languages

schoolsweek.co.uk/dfe-swings-a...

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Barbara Bleiman @barbarableiman.bsky.social · 5d

The lack of student bursaries for training as an English teacher will only lead to further shortages of specialist English teachers and damage to the subject as a whole. Such a short-sighted decision!

Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 5d

The government has swung the axe on teacher training incentives – including cutting funding for shortage subjects such as maths and foreign languages

schoolsweek.co.uk/dfe-swings-a...

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Terra Glowach @terraglowach.bsky.social · 5d

Yes, apparently I need to start training Latin teachers instead of English ones. Jobs for the future!

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