Aaron @theartguy@scholar.social

Misleading headline aside, this article includes a good explanation of what "Fair Use" is and how it applies to photography. While this one case has concluded (pending appeals), Fair Use is still determined on a case-by-case basis.

https://petapixel.com/2018/07/02/court-rules-copying-photos-found-on-internet-is-fair-use/

"D&D is a clothesline on which I can hang all kinds of academic subjects."

https://simplecast.com/s/903cfa30

(I feel the same way about art and technology.)

"To attract new prison guards, salaries were raised. To attract beginning teachers, perhaps we should pay them more than prison guards."

SC teachers vilified, underpaid in anti-public school state | The State https://www.thestate.com/opinion/op-ed/article214184704.html

The Importance of Educating Educators | My Island View https://tomwhitby.com/2018/07/02/the-importance-of-educating-educators/

Me: OK, time to sit down and finish this unit!

Brain: Nope.

Me: OK, what if I play a video game, then do the curriculum writing?

Brain: Nope.

Me: Just video games?

Brain: Nope.

Me: Stare into the abyss until it stares back at me?

Brain: Sounds like a plan, let's to that.

It’s a great day for writing unit plans outside.

Or it was, until the rain let up and the bugs came out.

73 days until students return to class!

https://aaronbsmith.com/photos/2018/06/23/morning-writing/

I woke this morning with a strong drive to head to school and get some work done.

It's Saturday, my last day was yesterday, and I had, in fact, slept in for two hours.

But I am motivated to continue my curriculum writing, so there's that.

Home Grown Peppermint Tea

https://aaronbsmith.com/photos/2018/06/22/peppermint-tea/

For one of my first acts of Summer Vacation I took a nap and woke up the very minute I wanted to without using an alarm clock to time it.

Then I stayed in bed for another minute because it's Summer Vacation and I could.

How does one tell between "I am having fun" screaming and "I am being brutally murdered" screaming?

Asking for a friend.

Summer Vacation Starts Now!

Many teachers have already left for the summer. Others are following the principal around waiting for their chance to do final checkout.

I'm sticking around a bit longer, like someone who waits until after rush hour to commute home. It has the same benefits and drawbacks.

The boards are blank. old books are stacked on the stage for pickup.

There are few places with people that are lonelier than a school without students.

I feel it today.

https://twitter.com/KageSatsuki/status/1010051092141334529

The school feels empty and quiet.

Some teachers are at off-site Professional Developments, but most are here, slowly packing up their rooms.

My lab is a mess, but it's an organized one. Computers are covered. Chairs are stacked.

I have two tables filled with things to be sorted later.

It's "later."

I don't wanna.

However, it needs to be done.

LB: Since Mastodon lets you add content warnings in replies, you can use them EVEN IF the original toot didn't have them.

Just because you have enough spoons for the convo does not mean that everyone else does.