Normalising mistake-making in my classroom
Green Failure is a classroom philosophy built on normalising mistakes--because a student willing to fail is a student willing to grow.
Revitalising the 5 Ws in secondary English
When oral presentations terrify middle schoolers, here's how I used the I Do / We Do / You Do model and the 5 Ws to create a managable task.
Experiental Bipolar Disorder and how teachers deal with highs and lows
Six weeks into my teaching career, and I mentioned to one of my colleagues that it genuinely feels as though I have some kind of bipolar disorder. Allow me to explain further, on a 'high' day.
Swings and Roundabouts: Life as a Graduate Teacher (atm)
The emotional rollercoaster of graduate teaching and a simple classroom strategy to help reluctant writers just start writing.
Online fan communities suck the fun out of Star Trek
Star Trek communities enjoy enforcing a law on canon and what's "correct," and fans are actively turning their backs on them.
Fanfiction Art Commission Scammers: Investigation
Techigate LLC, ArtistifyStudio, Pakistani scammers, and the massive web of fake accounts made to convince you to pay for "art".
Fanfiction Art Commission Scammers: Critique
In which critically evaluating the flaws in a single AI artpiece can lead to a headache.
Fanfiction Art Commission Scammers: Baited
A fanfiction art commission scammer picked the wrong week to ask me if I wanted a "comic" made out of my work.
Fixing Kingdom Hearts 2's Hostile Program battle bug (assuming you're emulating on PS3)
The bug tripping up OG KH2 players 20 years after the game's release.
The Waiting Game
Good things come for those who wait.
Captain America: Brave New World is fine.
We're spending so much time trying to get to the next team up, that we've forgotten about the journey these characters need to get there.
21st Century Audiences Suck
Yes, we can see you using the little light box in the dark concert hall.