Notices by Aaron :cc_cc: :cc_nc_us: (theartguy@scholar.social)

A boy, no more than five, jumped in front of me at the grocery store.

He'd wandered from his mother. Not far enough to be out of sight, but far enough to make her uncomfortable.
The child pointed at me, yelling STOP!
I froze, hands up, a look of terror on my face.
His mother was furious at his actions. I could only smile as I walked away.

At times I feel like I have so little control. More so this time of year.

It was good to let someone else feel powerful, if only for a moment.
#smallstories

@BartG95 I'm a fan of Lessig's take on the need for changes to the copyright system, to be honest, but if I teach my students strategies that cost them their college funds because they made videos with copyrighted content in them when there were viable alternatives, I am doing them a disservice.

Who has 2 thumbs and got the software he uses to teach animation to elementary kids (Win & Mac only) to install on his Linux machine?

👍 THIS GUY! 👍

In an odd turn of events, the influx of Mastodon users from Metafilter got me to check out Metafilter.

Yesterday, all of my Kindergarten students managed to log into the computers.

Some did not need any help, some needed A LOT OF help, but all of them pressed the keys for their usernames and passwords. I didn't do any of THAT for them.

Kindergarten is a series of small successes and little steps that combine into a glorious journey of first experiences.

Yesterday was a particularly large small step.

Reminder that unlike on Twitter, Mastodon allows for Content Warnings (CW). These let others decide if they have the mental energy to deal with certain topics (politics, current events, bigotry, etc.) rather than you deciding for them.

You don't have to refrain from talking about those subjects here, but please make frequent use of CWs for those of us who use Mastodon as a refuge.

They're also good for hiding spoilers, joke punchlines, and long rambles, but don't forget their primary usage.