Peter Newbury
@polarisdotca.bsky.social
Educational developer at Red River College Polytechnic in Winnipeg, Canada. Happy to chat about active learning, inclusive teaching, and ⚾. Building a mid-Century modern house. He/him. Teaching and learning blog peternewbury.org
Winnipeg Goldeyes: Uh, what?!?
November 6, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Winnipeg Goldeyes: Uh, what?!?
In CRED ible northern lights over Winnipeg right now! Here’s the view with a cellphone camera and all the city lights!
November 6, 2025 at 3:35 AM
In CRED ible northern lights over Winnipeg right now! Here’s the view with a cellphone camera and all the city lights!
Just your friendly neighbourhood scorekeeper for the trick ‘r treaters!
November 1, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Just your friendly neighbourhood scorekeeper for the trick ‘r treaters!
@analog-ashley.bsky.social @grimalkina.bsky.social FFS. I'm angry with how my institution is diving headlong into GenAI. I whisper the word "dissent" to trusted colleauges. After your Andor episode, I feel an obligation, even a responsibility, to use the trust and access granted me to speak up.
July 23, 2025 at 1:37 PM
@analog-ashley.bsky.social @grimalkina.bsky.social FFS. I'm angry with how my institution is diving headlong into GenAI. I whisper the word "dissent" to trusted colleauges. After your Andor episode, I feel an obligation, even a responsibility, to use the trust and access granted me to speak up.
Thought-provoking and hard-hitting column by @shawpsych.bsky.social about Gen AI in #HigherEd. I particularly like this point using LLMs to get your work done faster 🔥
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/how-...
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/how-...
July 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Thought-provoking and hard-hitting column by @shawpsych.bsky.social about Gen AI in #HigherEd. I particularly like this point using LLMs to get your work done faster 🔥
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/how-...
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/how-...
Ooh ooh, can I play, too? The Goldeyes are our American Association team here in Winnipeg. That’s an independent league with no affiliations to MLB teams. There’s been a goldeye fishery in Manitoba for 100+ years and the logo neatly incorporates the gold-eyed fish into the Capital G.
July 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Ooh ooh, can I play, too? The Goldeyes are our American Association team here in Winnipeg. That’s an independent league with no affiliations to MLB teams. There’s been a goldeye fishery in Manitoba for 100+ years and the logo neatly incorporates the gold-eyed fish into the Capital G.
Done! Can't wait to read it 😁
July 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Done! Can't wait to read it 😁
Me: Oh c’mon, who piled all this stuff right inside the office door where you can trip on it 🤬
Also me: Oh, wow, look how the boxes *perfectly* align with the cabinet 😍. Yeah, ok, if you gotta store these boxes somewhere, this is the right place
Also me: Oh, wow, look how the boxes *perfectly* align with the cabinet 😍. Yeah, ok, if you gotta store these boxes somewhere, this is the right place
June 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Me: Oh c’mon, who piled all this stuff right inside the office door where you can trip on it 🤬
Also me: Oh, wow, look how the boxes *perfectly* align with the cabinet 😍. Yeah, ok, if you gotta store these boxes somewhere, this is the right place
Also me: Oh, wow, look how the boxes *perfectly* align with the cabinet 😍. Yeah, ok, if you gotta store these boxes somewhere, this is the right place
My reno goal is to restore the original mouldings that have been slowly stripped out of my 1923 house. In practice, that means a shit ton of mouldings. All this is for my 8’ x 6’ bathroom! 2-part baseboard, 2-part window and door casing, crown, and shoe adds up to a lotta sticks. #ThisOldHouse
June 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
My reno goal is to restore the original mouldings that have been slowly stripped out of my 1923 house. In practice, that means a shit ton of mouldings. All this is for my 8’ x 6’ bathroom! 2-part baseboard, 2-part window and door casing, crown, and shoe adds up to a lotta sticks. #ThisOldHouse
There really is something nice about coffee breaks during a work from home day 😌
June 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
There really is something nice about coffee breaks during a work from home day 😌
🎵 It’s the most wonderful time of the year ⚾️
May 21, 2025 at 1:17 AM
🎵 It’s the most wonderful time of the year ⚾️
Nothing makes Mother’s Day more special than 100-year-old plaster and dust, right?!?
May 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Nothing makes Mother’s Day more special than 100-year-old plaster and dust, right?!?
I went to the dentist for the first time in like 5 yrs yesterday. Visit was surprisingly, um, not traumatic. But I won’t submit the feedback form because look at this Likert, totally wrong scale. “Do you like our survey? Not at all likely” “Will you submit our survey? Ditto” 😉
May 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I went to the dentist for the first time in like 5 yrs yesterday. Visit was surprisingly, um, not traumatic. But I won’t submit the feedback form because look at this Likert, totally wrong scale. “Do you like our survey? Not at all likely” “Will you submit our survey? Ditto” 😉
"Protecting Zebras" reminds me of the "Pac-Man Rule" for fostering welcome and inclusion at conferences:
When you're speaking with friends and colleagues, leave an opening for someon else to join the conversation.
I can't remember where I learned about it. I've def used it at conferences 🙂
When you're speaking with friends and colleagues, leave an opening for someon else to join the conversation.
I can't remember where I learned about it. I've def used it at conferences 🙂
May 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
"Protecting Zebras" reminds me of the "Pac-Man Rule" for fostering welcome and inclusion at conferences:
When you're speaking with friends and colleagues, leave an opening for someon else to join the conversation.
I can't remember where I learned about it. I've def used it at conferences 🙂
When you're speaking with friends and colleagues, leave an opening for someon else to join the conversation.
I can't remember where I learned about it. I've def used it at conferences 🙂
Mission accomplished!
April 18, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Mission accomplished!
I see your beach and raise you one prairie...
April 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I see your beach and raise you one prairie...
It was +7 and sunny on Tuesday. The geese had returned and were settling into their waterfront condos. Then this happened. C’mon, winter, read the room and GTF outta here 😂
March 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
It was +7 and sunny on Tuesday. The geese had returned and were settling into their waterfront condos. Then this happened. C’mon, winter, read the room and GTF outta here 😂
Sunrise 😌
This is my fav spot on my daily commute, midspan on the rail/foot-bridge over the Assiniboine River. For a moment, you stop, listen to the birds and gurgling river below, and forget you’re in the middle of the city.
This is my fav spot on my daily commute, midspan on the rail/foot-bridge over the Assiniboine River. For a moment, you stop, listen to the birds and gurgling river below, and forget you’re in the middle of the city.
March 18, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Sunrise 😌
This is my fav spot on my daily commute, midspan on the rail/foot-bridge over the Assiniboine River. For a moment, you stop, listen to the birds and gurgling river below, and forget you’re in the middle of the city.
This is my fav spot on my daily commute, midspan on the rail/foot-bridge over the Assiniboine River. For a moment, you stop, listen to the birds and gurgling river below, and forget you’re in the middle of the city.
Are you on Instagram? Here’s the weirdest thing I’ve ever heard about car / sea sickness, from Hannah Fry (fryrsquared)
www.instagram.com/reel/DGyE7T4...
www.instagram.com/reel/DGyE7T4...
March 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Are you on Instagram? Here’s the weirdest thing I’ve ever heard about car / sea sickness, from Hannah Fry (fryrsquared)
www.instagram.com/reel/DGyE7T4...
www.instagram.com/reel/DGyE7T4...
Well played, NYT Games 👏
February 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Well played, NYT Games 👏
Attending a conference in a circle room. Ceiling is finished with hanging planks, different orientation in each quarter. My math - engineering - carpentry brain asks, how would I determine the lengths of each plank? Measure from 1:1 or scale model? Trigonometry? Pythagorus?
February 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Attending a conference in a circle room. Ceiling is finished with hanging planks, different orientation in each quarter. My math - engineering - carpentry brain asks, how would I determine the lengths of each plank? Measure from 1:1 or scale model? Trigonometry? Pythagorus?
Kraft peanut butter
Winnipeg honey
Hawkins cheezies
Salt Spring Island coffee
Lunch of champions, all 🇨🇦-made. 😅
Winnipeg honey
Hawkins cheezies
Salt Spring Island coffee
Lunch of champions, all 🇨🇦-made. 😅
February 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Kraft peanut butter
Winnipeg honey
Hawkins cheezies
Salt Spring Island coffee
Lunch of champions, all 🇨🇦-made. 😅
Winnipeg honey
Hawkins cheezies
Salt Spring Island coffee
Lunch of champions, all 🇨🇦-made. 😅
I love me a good card sort! My last one was in a workshop about learning outcomes. I gave ‘em 2 stacks of cards: all the levels in Bloom’s various taxonomies and a big stack o’ verbs. “Match ‘em up! Is <verb> cognitive? Affective? At what level, low-order or high-order? Argue if necessary”
January 31, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I love me a good card sort! My last one was in a workshop about learning outcomes. I gave ‘em 2 stacks of cards: all the levels in Bloom’s various taxonomies and a big stack o’ verbs. “Match ‘em up! Is <verb> cognitive? Affective? At what level, low-order or high-order? Argue if necessary”