David Grills
@davidkgrills.bsky.social
🇨🇦 🏴 Social science (Ancient History and Human Geography) and religious studies (Old and New Testament) teacher. MA Philosophy (Education Leadership).
Considering a PhD.
Interested in tech, pbl, and the art of teaching.
#Edusky #edtech
Considering a PhD.
Interested in tech, pbl, and the art of teaching.
#Edusky #edtech
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David Grills
@davidkgrills.bsky.social
· Nov 24
I am planning to begin PhD work on the following ideas and I would appreciate any helpful and specific comment. This will be a thread.
I teach the Bible (Old Testament and New Testament as separate courses) in a Christian day school. In my case, I teach 10-12th grade.
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I teach the Bible (Old Testament and New Testament as separate courses) in a Christian day school. In my case, I teach 10-12th grade.
1/?
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If you like to listen to audiobooks about the apostle Paul (and who doesn't?), the audiobook of *A Jewish Paul* just dropped!
tantor.com/a-jewish-pau...
tantor.com/a-jewish-pau...
March 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
If you like to listen to audiobooks about the apostle Paul (and who doesn't?), the audiobook of *A Jewish Paul* just dropped!
tantor.com/a-jewish-pau...
tantor.com/a-jewish-pau...
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Hearing from Community Partners International, which works from Myanmar to Bangladesh, that USAID cuts mean 14,000 people with HIV losing access to lifesaving meds and a total stop in all HIV and TB screening. So many people will die due to these chaotic, sudden, horrifically implemented cuts.
February 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Hearing from Community Partners International, which works from Myanmar to Bangladesh, that USAID cuts mean 14,000 people with HIV losing access to lifesaving meds and a total stop in all HIV and TB screening. So many people will die due to these chaotic, sudden, horrifically implemented cuts.
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Talking in DC next Tuesday 25 Feb, at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Center. Free and open to all, but registration essential via QR code at bottom of this pic (or go to Krieger School website)
February 18, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Talking in DC next Tuesday 25 Feb, at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Center. Free and open to all, but registration essential via QR code at bottom of this pic (or go to Krieger School website)
Two of our community schools are closing early today due to an impending snowfall. If a third makes a similar call, we two will close early.
I dont want to shovel snow, so I am a little torn.
I dont want to shovel snow, so I am a little torn.
a girl in a purple shirt is standing in front of a bench with nick written on the fence
ALT: a girl in a purple shirt is standing in front of a bench with nick written on the fence
media.tenor.com
February 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Two of our community schools are closing early today due to an impending snowfall. If a third makes a similar call, we two will close early.
I dont want to shovel snow, so I am a little torn.
I dont want to shovel snow, so I am a little torn.
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Open access!! www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...
The Samaritan Pentateuch: An English Translation with a Parallel Annotated Hebrew Text
This new translation into English seeks to introduce the reader to the character of the Samaritan version of the Pentateuch, while emphasising the fundamental differences between it and the Masoretic ...
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February 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Open access!! www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...
I have had a @supernote.com Manta for almost a week now, and I wonder how I did my job before it became part of my routine. Early days yet, but it has been an excellent experience so far.
February 4, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I have had a @supernote.com Manta for almost a week now, and I wonder how I did my job before it became part of my routine. Early days yet, but it has been an excellent experience so far.
Back to school on Monday. There are no snow days on the forecast for the next two weeks. I'm trying to hype myself up for the last 8 class periods before exams.
a man in a suit and tie says yaaay
ALT: a man in a suit and tie says yaaay
media.tenor.com
January 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Back to school on Monday. There are no snow days on the forecast for the next two weeks. I'm trying to hype myself up for the last 8 class periods before exams.
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Trends in Cognitive Sciences recently published an opinion piece on the threat of LLMs like ChatGPT making it easy for misinformation to be widely championed as accurate, which feeds misinformation back into the LLM, further institutionalizing the misinformation.
December 27, 2024 at 4:15 PM
Trends in Cognitive Sciences recently published an opinion piece on the threat of LLMs like ChatGPT making it easy for misinformation to be widely championed as accurate, which feeds misinformation back into the LLM, further institutionalizing the misinformation.
Two weeks of class left before Christmas break. Each day is a slog. Teachers dragging kids through the remaining projects and lessons while pretending like we aren't out of gas and ready to be on break, too. #teachers
December 9, 2024 at 2:15 AM
Two weeks of class left before Christmas break. Each day is a slog. Teachers dragging kids through the remaining projects and lessons while pretending like we aren't out of gas and ready to be on break, too. #teachers
I just sent off my statement of purpose to a colleague for editing. Getting closer to a complete application to a PhD. program. Everything should be ready for Friday.
I'm excited but also nervous that I might actually get in.
#philosophy #phd
I'm excited but also nervous that I might actually get in.
#philosophy #phd
December 5, 2024 at 1:14 AM
I just sent off my statement of purpose to a colleague for editing. Getting closer to a complete application to a PhD. program. Everything should be ready for Friday.
I'm excited but also nervous that I might actually get in.
#philosophy #phd
I'm excited but also nervous that I might actually get in.
#philosophy #phd
I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 8 Ultra, which I like and will continue to use, but I am thinking about an #eink device for reading and annotation, hoping to take advantage of my commute and longer less fatiguing reading sessions. I will be doing a lot of reading and notetaking for school.
Worth it?
Worth it?
December 3, 2024 at 11:57 AM
I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 8 Ultra, which I like and will continue to use, but I am thinking about an #eink device for reading and annotation, hoping to take advantage of my commute and longer less fatiguing reading sessions. I will be doing a lot of reading and notetaking for school.
Worth it?
Worth it?
Picture this: it's early morning before the sun. You are walking on snow kissed paths through a quiet lamp lit park with this as your soundtrack: open.spotify.com/track/7GczKx...
Nativity Carol
John Rutter, The Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia · The John Rutter Christmas Album · Song · 2002
open.spotify.com
December 2, 2024 at 12:08 PM
Picture this: it's early morning before the sun. You are walking on snow kissed paths through a quiet lamp lit park with this as your soundtrack: open.spotify.com/track/7GczKx...
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When a woman named Datâ wrote the equivalent of “per my last email” to her brother in the 8th century BCE, she was actually trying to tell him about someone’s death.
“The lady Gagâ has died and your brother is troubled” oracc.museum.upenn.edu//saao/saa19/...
“The lady Gagâ has died and your brother is troubled” oracc.museum.upenn.edu//saao/saa19/...
December 1, 2024 at 1:52 PM
When a woman named Datâ wrote the equivalent of “per my last email” to her brother in the 8th century BCE, she was actually trying to tell him about someone’s death.
“The lady Gagâ has died and your brother is troubled” oracc.museum.upenn.edu//saao/saa19/...
“The lady Gagâ has died and your brother is troubled” oracc.museum.upenn.edu//saao/saa19/...
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The art, and the artist.
(My own work today feels like it is going similarly).
(My own work today feels like it is going similarly).
November 30, 2024 at 7:38 PM
The art, and the artist.
(My own work today feels like it is going similarly).
(My own work today feels like it is going similarly).
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So, you’re a recent PhD who has fallen in love with the idea of teaching at an independent school. You cannot wait to get into a classroom and teach. That’s great! But what are the actual duties involved? Before you make the jump, keep some (more) things in mind: 1/14
November 30, 2024 at 6:30 PM
So, you’re a recent PhD who has fallen in love with the idea of teaching at an independent school. You cannot wait to get into a classroom and teach. That’s great! But what are the actual duties involved? Before you make the jump, keep some (more) things in mind: 1/14
This is our senior cat. She knows what she likes.
November 30, 2024 at 5:23 PM
This is our senior cat. She knows what she likes.
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Great news: *Revelation and Material Religion in the Roman East: Essays in Honor of Steven J. Friesen* just turned a year old, which means it’s now fully open access! You can download the whole book or individual chapters for free at this link:
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...
Revelation and Material Religion in the Roman East | Essays in Honor o
This collection of essays from a diverse group of internationally recognized scholars builds on the work of Steven J. Friesen to analyze the material and
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November 30, 2024 at 12:30 AM
Great news: *Revelation and Material Religion in the Roman East: Essays in Honor of Steven J. Friesen* just turned a year old, which means it’s now fully open access! You can download the whole book or individual chapters for free at this link:
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...
November 29, 2024 at 10:00 PM
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“In the American media, white people debate whether race matters, rich people debate whether poverty matters, and men debate whether gender matters. People for whom these problems must matter – for they structure the limitations of their lives – are locked out of the discussion.”
Sarah Kendzior
Sarah Kendzior
November 29, 2024 at 3:46 PM
“In the American media, white people debate whether race matters, rich people debate whether poverty matters, and men debate whether gender matters. People for whom these problems must matter – for they structure the limitations of their lives – are locked out of the discussion.”
Sarah Kendzior
Sarah Kendzior
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REMINDER:
It is still possible to register for the course 'Jews, Christians and Mithraists: Urban Traces and Traditions of three “Oriental” Religions in Imperial Rome', which will be taught by Jürgen Zangenberg and myself from 22 April - 5 May at the KNIR! See www.knir.it/en/cursus/co...
It is still possible to register for the course 'Jews, Christians and Mithraists: Urban Traces and Traditions of three “Oriental” Religions in Imperial Rome', which will be taught by Jürgen Zangenberg and myself from 22 April - 5 May at the KNIR! See www.knir.it/en/cursus/co...
November 29, 2024 at 7:00 AM
REMINDER:
It is still possible to register for the course 'Jews, Christians and Mithraists: Urban Traces and Traditions of three “Oriental” Religions in Imperial Rome', which will be taught by Jürgen Zangenberg and myself from 22 April - 5 May at the KNIR! See www.knir.it/en/cursus/co...
It is still possible to register for the course 'Jews, Christians and Mithraists: Urban Traces and Traditions of three “Oriental” Religions in Imperial Rome', which will be taught by Jürgen Zangenberg and myself from 22 April - 5 May at the KNIR! See www.knir.it/en/cursus/co...
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The last public photo of CARY GRANT (with his wife Barbara Harris) the afternoon of November 29th 1986 while preparing for his one man show “A Conversation With Cary Grant" in Davenport, Iowa.
The great man died later that night (11.22pm) of a massive stroke.
The great man died later that night (11.22pm) of a massive stroke.
November 29, 2024 at 1:31 PM
The last public photo of CARY GRANT (with his wife Barbara Harris) the afternoon of November 29th 1986 while preparing for his one man show “A Conversation With Cary Grant" in Davenport, Iowa.
The great man died later that night (11.22pm) of a massive stroke.
The great man died later that night (11.22pm) of a massive stroke.