Dan Kearney
@dankearney.bsky.social
Progressive educator in California / Host of the education podcast What’s the Big Idea? / Host of the music podcast But I Won’t Do That / Lover of running and comic books
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Dan Kearney
@dankearney.bsky.social
· Nov 29
What's the Big Idea?
A podcast about big ideas in education. Tune in to listen and think, then respond on Twitter and Instagram @BigIdeaEd
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In addition to teaching middle school I also host this education podcast, which lets me talk to some very cool people. Hope you can check it out…or be a guest!
#education #podcast
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#education #podcast
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From the new episode of What’s the Big Idea?
@jessehagopian.bsky.social talks about how teachers are a crucial part of democracies…and the target of fascist regimes.
Full episode: shorturl.at/eHNUd
#podcast #education #truth #historyteacher
@jessehagopian.bsky.social talks about how teachers are a crucial part of democracies…and the target of fascist regimes.
Full episode: shorturl.at/eHNUd
#podcast #education #truth #historyteacher
May 26, 2025 at 1:29 AM
From the new episode of What’s the Big Idea?
@jessehagopian.bsky.social talks about how teachers are a crucial part of democracies…and the target of fascist regimes.
Full episode: shorturl.at/eHNUd
#podcast #education #truth #historyteacher
@jessehagopian.bsky.social talks about how teachers are a crucial part of democracies…and the target of fascist regimes.
Full episode: shorturl.at/eHNUd
#podcast #education #truth #historyteacher
In the new episode of But I Won’t Do That
Total Eclipse of the Heart
We ask:
What’s the most accurate vampire movie? What’s the best song for a solar eclipse? And would Meatloaf have done a better or worse job with this song? #podcast #musicpodcast #laugh
open.spotify.com/episode/6c7y...
Total Eclipse of the Heart
We ask:
What’s the most accurate vampire movie? What’s the best song for a solar eclipse? And would Meatloaf have done a better or worse job with this song? #podcast #musicpodcast #laugh
open.spotify.com/episode/6c7y...
Turn Around, Bright Eyes
But I Won't Do That · Episode
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May 26, 2025 at 1:25 AM
In the new episode of But I Won’t Do That
Total Eclipse of the Heart
We ask:
What’s the most accurate vampire movie? What’s the best song for a solar eclipse? And would Meatloaf have done a better or worse job with this song? #podcast #musicpodcast #laugh
open.spotify.com/episode/6c7y...
Total Eclipse of the Heart
We ask:
What’s the most accurate vampire movie? What’s the best song for a solar eclipse? And would Meatloaf have done a better or worse job with this song? #podcast #musicpodcast #laugh
open.spotify.com/episode/6c7y...
We really are living in peak hoodie times.
May 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
We really are living in peak hoodie times.
When you’re a teacher you realize how bad the world is at explaining things.
May 2, 2025 at 3:57 AM
When you’re a teacher you realize how bad the world is at explaining things.
New episode!
More cringey lyrics!!
More questionable fashion!!!
#music #podcast
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More cringey lyrics!!
More questionable fashion!!!
#music #podcast
open.spotify.com/episode/4gyk...
He's So Thug!
But I Won't Do That · Episode
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April 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
New episode!
More cringey lyrics!!
More questionable fashion!!!
#music #podcast
open.spotify.com/episode/4gyk...
More cringey lyrics!!
More questionable fashion!!!
#music #podcast
open.spotify.com/episode/4gyk...
There are 100 education policy podcasts? 😂
April 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
There are 100 education policy podcasts? 😂
“I can’t think of a way this could help ME” often equals “this can’t do anything” in many people’s minds
There are a lot of critiques of LLMs that I agree with but "they suck and aren't useful" doesn't really hold water.
I understand people not using them because of social, economic, and environmental concerns. And I also understand people using them because they can be very useful.
Thoughts?
I understand people not using them because of social, economic, and environmental concerns. And I also understand people using them because they can be very useful.
Thoughts?
April 24, 2025 at 5:43 AM
“I can’t think of a way this could help ME” often equals “this can’t do anything” in many people’s minds
April 24, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Finally made it over to the @wendemuseum.bsky.social
Wow, it’s beautifully curated and full of thoughtful, fascinating artifacts. #history #historyteacher #coldwar
Wow, it’s beautifully curated and full of thoughtful, fascinating artifacts. #history #historyteacher #coldwar
April 22, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Finally made it over to the @wendemuseum.bsky.social
Wow, it’s beautifully curated and full of thoughtful, fascinating artifacts. #history #historyteacher #coldwar
Wow, it’s beautifully curated and full of thoughtful, fascinating artifacts. #history #historyteacher #coldwar
It’s not really about Hegseth or Trump, both noted chumps. It’s all about the sycophants who confirmed Pete. Government just doesn’t work without thought and skepticism.
April 21, 2025 at 12:17 AM
It’s not really about Hegseth or Trump, both noted chumps. It’s all about the sycophants who confirmed Pete. Government just doesn’t work without thought and skepticism.
I’m so excited to announce the release of my new #podcast project, But I Won’t Do That.
My co-host and I take a humorous look the lyrics & videos of some of our favorite #songs. Tune in to hear us shooting the shit about #music and #popculture. New episode weekly
open.spotify.com/show/3G0d163...
My co-host and I take a humorous look the lyrics & videos of some of our favorite #songs. Tune in to hear us shooting the shit about #music and #popculture. New episode weekly
open.spotify.com/show/3G0d163...
But I Won't Do That
Podcast · Becky & Dan · Where we side eye the lyrics and videos of some of our favorite songs
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April 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I’m so excited to announce the release of my new #podcast project, But I Won’t Do That.
My co-host and I take a humorous look the lyrics & videos of some of our favorite #songs. Tune in to hear us shooting the shit about #music and #popculture. New episode weekly
open.spotify.com/show/3G0d163...
My co-host and I take a humorous look the lyrics & videos of some of our favorite #songs. Tune in to hear us shooting the shit about #music and #popculture. New episode weekly
open.spotify.com/show/3G0d163...
April 15, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Reposted by Dan Kearney
I tell my undergrads that my 20th c lecture course revolves around two big questions — what is America and who counts as American?
this was more or less my conclusion from my undergrad lib arts degree:
April 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I tell my undergrads that my 20th c lecture course revolves around two big questions — what is America and who counts as American?
Ai Weiwei’s graphic memoir is remarkable. It’s as much a meditation on how to exist in the world as it is his life story. A really beautiful work. #graphicnovel #comics
April 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Ai Weiwei’s graphic memoir is remarkable. It’s as much a meditation on how to exist in the world as it is his life story. A really beautiful work. #graphicnovel #comics
I set Spotify to radio based on “Set Adrift on Memory Bliss” and it’s on an absolute heater
April 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I set Spotify to radio based on “Set Adrift on Memory Bliss” and it’s on an absolute heater
Reposted by Dan Kearney
They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
April 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
It’s difficult rn to talk civics and history with teens who, for as far back as they can remember, there’s Trump.
Me: this isn’t normal
Them: what do you mean yeah it is
#EduSky
Me: this isn’t normal
Them: what do you mean yeah it is
#EduSky
April 10, 2025 at 12:08 AM
It’s difficult rn to talk civics and history with teens who, for as far back as they can remember, there’s Trump.
Me: this isn’t normal
Them: what do you mean yeah it is
#EduSky
Me: this isn’t normal
Them: what do you mean yeah it is
#EduSky
It’s all fun and games when you’re not accountable and you can sit on some asshole’s podcast and lie
April 7, 2025 at 2:05 AM
It’s all fun and games when you’re not accountable and you can sit on some asshole’s podcast and lie
So true. A local “Patriot Store” (that’s literally its name) sells Trump merch and its all cheap shit made overseas
I’ve gone out of my way for years to buy Tshirts that are made in US. Do you know where you most often find them? Festivals, fairs, concerts and events run by progressives. You know where you rarely find them? Being sold by ‘America First’ influencers & companies.
April 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
So true. A local “Patriot Store” (that’s literally its name) sells Trump merch and its all cheap shit made overseas
Weeks like this I miss patriot act @hasanminhaj.com
April 6, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Weeks like this I miss patriot act @hasanminhaj.com
AP Art is such an oxymoron
April 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
AP Art is such an oxymoron
In the new episode of What’s the Big Idea?, @garystager.bsky.social discusses the difference between technology for learning and EdTech. #education #edtech #computers #learning #EdSky
April 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM
In the new episode of What’s the Big Idea?, @garystager.bsky.social discusses the difference between technology for learning and EdTech. #education #edtech #computers #learning #EdSky
In the new episode @garystager.bsky.social talks about what computers mean in a constructivist classroom (hint: it’s not EdTech), what he learned from teaching in a Maine prison, and why Jon Haidt needs to calm down. #education #podcast #learning #edtech
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Constructing Learning with Dr. Gary Stager - What's the Big Idea?
In which Dan chats with Dr. Gary Stager, teacher, professor, author, and consultant (among other things) and a true constructivist. Gary is the founder of the Constructing Modern Knowledge summer inst...
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April 5, 2025 at 5:55 PM
In the new episode @garystager.bsky.social talks about what computers mean in a constructivist classroom (hint: it’s not EdTech), what he learned from teaching in a Maine prison, and why Jon Haidt needs to calm down. #education #podcast #learning #edtech
bigideaed.buzzsprout.com/220519/episo...
bigideaed.buzzsprout.com/220519/episo...
You can throw the trade deficit in there, too
I’m in my 48th year on planet Earth, still waiting for someone to coherently explain to me why the national debt matters
April 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
You can throw the trade deficit in there, too