Sonya McChristie @sonya@scholar.social
Reader, Writer, Philosopher, Learning Technologist, Geek, Queer. Possessor of at least 2 distinct superhuman abilities. Pronouns: They/Them or She/Her.
Joined Oct 2018
Sonya McChristie
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Haymarket Books are offering free ebooks bc quarantine
Youre welcome
https://www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/112-ten-free-ebooks-from-haymarket-books
Angry Sweary Rant
I am providing no context for this text I just received from a friend:
“Coronavirus was made by gargamel to get the smurfs in one place and infect them”
Here's a 1.8 billion pixel photo taken by a robot probe on a planet some 200 or odd million kilometres away to bring a bit of awe and wonder to your day.
Sonya McChristie
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I just love everything about https://diversityreadinglist.org
The whole thing is so carefully crafted so as to be useful for de-colonising our curriculum.
The Office365 rollout at work is going well... As a general rule I find that avoiding Microsoft and Google products as much as possible works well for my sanity.
New blog post:
Speedwell Train the Trainer – Advanced
https://blog.mcchristie.com/speedwell-train-the-trainer-advanced/
#Assessment #CPD #Exam #MCQ #Speedwell #Training
Potentially interesting read for anyone in #EdTech #LearningTechnology - https://www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/blogging/the-state-of-edtech-2020/
Sonya McChristie
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LibreOffice 6.4 is here! More performance, more compatibility, and great new features to try out – it's an essential upgrade for the world's leading free office suite. Learn more and download it: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2020/01/29/libreoffice-6-4/
Three years I’ve played this stupid game, three years! Long after all my friends quit, but I finally have my shiny fish!
Good article covering some of the biggest tech milestones of the past decade. Was surprised at how long ago some of these things happened.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/15/technology/decade-in-tech.html
Last gig of the year - Bury Tomorrow at the Riverside on the 17th. It was a belter!
Sonya McChristie
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me and the lads are dressing up as ghosts and haunting the shit out of jeff bezos tonight
Instructure, they of Canvas VLE / LMS, sold to private equity firm for 2 beellion dollars. Curse this sudden but inevitable betrayal!
Got a .org domain? You might have to pay a lot more to renew it in future so that rich arseholes can get richer. What a shameless sellout.
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/20/org_registry_sale_shambles/
Reasons to be hopeful for the future - 10 emerging technologies which could change our lives and society:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/top-10-emerging-technologies-of-2019/
I hereby propose that cookbooks shall henceforth be known as “nom fiction”. All those in favour say “aye”.
Reader, Writer, Philosopher, Learning Technologist, Geek, Queer. Possessor of at least 2 distinct superhuman abilities. Pronouns: They/Them or She/Her.
Joined Oct 2018
