Karen Spencer | virtuallykaren
@karen-spencer.bsky.social
Educator working for the tamariki & teachers in Aotearoa and beyond. Wellington/Aotearoa/Yorkshire. #edchat #edchatnz #edleadership https://karenmelhuishspencer.com/
Final episode of #severance season 2. Chef’s kiss. A perfectly constructed hour of tv.
March 22, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Final episode of #severance season 2. Chef’s kiss. A perfectly constructed hour of tv.
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After multiple failed attempts, the conch was blown at 10:37. The 2025 Barkley Marathons begins in one hour. #BM100.
March 19, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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About 8 years ago, @siobhanleahy50 and I prepared a Quick Reference Guide for Embedding Formative Assessment. It's now out of print, so the copyright has reverted to us, and we are free to share it with anyone who wants it: bit.ly/EFAQRG (pdf).
Dropbox
bit.ly
December 26, 2024 at 5:24 PM
About 8 years ago, @siobhanleahy50 and I prepared a Quick Reference Guide for Embedding Formative Assessment. It's now out of print, so the copyright has reverted to us, and we are free to share it with anyone who wants it: bit.ly/EFAQRG (pdf).
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Absolutely true. My kids were safe and didn’t have to run for their lives because someone forwarded to me this dude’s weather warning earlier in the day — amazing job, Edgar McGregor. localnewspasadena.com/2025/how-two...
How Two Words from a 24-Year-Old Pasadena Climate Specialist Saved Hundreds of Lives - Local News Pasadena
Edgar McGregor’s timely Eaton Fire alert: ‘Get out!’
localnewspasadena.com
January 14, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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In light of Mark Zuckerberg's announcement that Facebook is ditching fact-checking during a time of heightened disinformation and polarisation, a colleague and I have written an op-ed about what this means for New Zealand's public sector.
www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
Time for public sector to step up in defence of online trust
OPINION: Meta’s latest move should serve as a wake-up call in the battle for public trust.
www.thepost.co.nz
January 13, 2025 at 7:38 PM
In light of Mark Zuckerberg's announcement that Facebook is ditching fact-checking during a time of heightened disinformation and polarisation, a colleague and I have written an op-ed about what this means for New Zealand's public sector.
www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
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Hello friends here in Aotearoa. There are just SEVEN days left to make your submission on the Treaty Principles Bill. If you were one of the ~50k people at the hīkoi, now is the time to have your say via "official" channels.
I'll put some useful links in the thread below
#kikorangi #toitutetiriti
I'll put some useful links in the thread below
#kikorangi #toitutetiriti
Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill - New Zealand Parliament
Public submissions are now being invited on this Bill
www.parliament.nz
December 30, 2024 at 10:22 PM
Hello friends here in Aotearoa. There are just SEVEN days left to make your submission on the Treaty Principles Bill. If you were one of the ~50k people at the hīkoi, now is the time to have your say via "official" channels.
I'll put some useful links in the thread below
#kikorangi #toitutetiriti
I'll put some useful links in the thread below
#kikorangi #toitutetiriti
Thank you @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social for your wonderful
book. Lucky enough to get it as a Xmas present, now feet up in the New Zealand summer with a slice of Xmas cake reliving all the mad magic of the 90s. Joy x
book. Lucky enough to get it as a Xmas present, now feet up in the New Zealand summer with a slice of Xmas cake reliving all the mad magic of the 90s. Joy x
December 29, 2024 at 3:17 AM
Thank you @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social for your wonderful
book. Lucky enough to get it as a Xmas present, now feet up in the New Zealand summer with a slice of Xmas cake reliving all the mad magic of the 90s. Joy x
book. Lucky enough to get it as a Xmas present, now feet up in the New Zealand summer with a slice of Xmas cake reliving all the mad magic of the 90s. Joy x
Yes to this! If you are looking for joy and heartfelt clarity on what matters, subscribe and read issue #307 for proper Xmas feels 🥹🎄🎄
December 20, 2024 at 6:02 AM
Yes to this! If you are looking for joy and heartfelt clarity on what matters, subscribe and read issue #307 for proper Xmas feels 🥹🎄🎄
Vale, Michael Leunig
December 20, 2024 at 3:53 AM
Vale, Michael Leunig
Life-giving cheer on a sunny day in Wellington - thanks to our musical Tree, Jarrod Wilson🎄🎄🎄
December 12, 2024 at 9:53 PM
Life-giving cheer on a sunny day in Wellington - thanks to our musical Tree, Jarrod Wilson🎄🎄🎄
‘Exceedingly good needle drops: why a 1915 reading of a Kipling poem is the cherry on top of the 28 Years Later trailer’ > spent a happy few minutes delving into the rabbit hole of the poem ‘Boots’. Amazing recording. www.theguardian.com/film/2024/de...
Exceedingly good needle drops: why a 1915 reading of a Kipling poem is the cherry on top of the 28 Years Later trailer
Zombie movie action soundtracked by the unhinged vinyl screeches of Boots, Rudyard Kipling’s evocation of soldiers in battle? It’s a match made in horror movie heaven
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2024 at 6:54 PM
‘Exceedingly good needle drops: why a 1915 reading of a Kipling poem is the cherry on top of the 28 Years Later trailer’ > spent a happy few minutes delving into the rabbit hole of the poem ‘Boots’. Amazing recording. www.theguardian.com/film/2024/de...
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Today's (2nd) Poem by Brian Bilson:
December 5, 2024 at 12:10 AM
Today's (2nd) Poem by Brian Bilson:
Have had a rich and productive couple of days working with Viviane Robinson and Jacqui Patuawa on our leadership work with the Victorian Academy for Teaching and Leadership☺️☺️ Got my geek on!
#edusky #eduskynz #eduleadership #leadership
#edusky #eduskynz #eduleadership #leadership
December 5, 2024 at 4:01 AM
Have had a rich and productive couple of days working with Viviane Robinson and Jacqui Patuawa on our leadership work with the Victorian Academy for Teaching and Leadership☺️☺️ Got my geek on!
#edusky #eduskynz #eduleadership #leadership
#edusky #eduskynz #eduleadership #leadership
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I keep trying to write something eloquent and just being tired.
History matters. Philosophy matters. Languages and literature matter. Indigenous studies matter. Arts and humanities and social sciences matter. All of them.
Signed,
a physicist
History matters. Philosophy matters. Languages and literature matter. Indigenous studies matter. Arts and humanities and social sciences matter. All of them.
Signed,
a physicist
December 4, 2024 at 9:23 AM
I keep trying to write something eloquent and just being tired.
History matters. Philosophy matters. Languages and literature matter. Indigenous studies matter. Arts and humanities and social sciences matter. All of them.
Signed,
a physicist
History matters. Philosophy matters. Languages and literature matter. Indigenous studies matter. Arts and humanities and social sciences matter. All of them.
Signed,
a physicist
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Two stages of writing:
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
December 4, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Two stages of writing:
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
Stunning 🤩 And so light! I remember it as being dark and rather gloomy. www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...
Notre Dame rises from the ashes
French President Emmanuel Macron praised the more than 1000 craftspeople who helped rebuild Paris' Notre-Dame Cathedral.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 29, 2024 at 9:46 PM
Stunning 🤩 And so light! I remember it as being dark and rather gloomy. www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...
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New Zealand drug buying agency, Pharmac is planning to stop funding Estradot HRT patches. The planned alternative is universally regarded as shit by medical professionals. Please take a few seconds to sign this petition.
www.change.org/p/mandate-go...
www.change.org/p/mandate-go...
Sign the Petition
Mandate Government Funding for keeping ESTRADOT HRT Patches funded for Menopausal Women
www.change.org
November 28, 2024 at 10:09 AM
New Zealand drug buying agency, Pharmac is planning to stop funding Estradot HRT patches. The planned alternative is universally regarded as shit by medical professionals. Please take a few seconds to sign this petition.
www.change.org/p/mandate-go...
www.change.org/p/mandate-go...
Morning hike up the hill. Mōrena te whānau #wellington
November 27, 2024 at 6:56 PM
Morning hike up the hill. Mōrena te whānau #wellington
So very sad. Regardless of one’s’ politics, she worked hard in the edu-tech space in ways that sought to bridge the digital divide www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Live: Former National minister Nikki Kaye dies, aged 44
Leaders from across politics are mourning Kaye, who has died at the age of 44, as a hard-working, passionate parliamentarian with a gift for reaching across the aisle.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 25, 2024 at 11:26 PM
So very sad. Regardless of one’s’ politics, she worked hard in the edu-tech space in ways that sought to bridge the digital divide www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Yes - and his book was picked up in this powerful piece today from @carolecadwalla.bsky.social - feels like it won’t happen until it does … www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 24, 2024 at 6:38 AM
Yes - and his book was picked up in this powerful piece today from @carolecadwalla.bsky.social - feels like it won’t happen until it does … www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Just finished the astonishing Ken Burns / Lyn Novick doco on Vietnam and -finally- read O’Brien’s ‘The Things They Carried’ - late to the party on both but holy hecker. And how history is just on repeat…#booksky #filmsky
November 24, 2024 at 12:05 AM
Just finished the astonishing Ken Burns / Lyn Novick doco on Vietnam and -finally- read O’Brien’s ‘The Things They Carried’ - late to the party on both but holy hecker. And how history is just on repeat…#booksky #filmsky
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OH at a leadership workshop on building trust as we discuss practice problems this week: “The more passionate I feel about something, the more controlling my language becomes.”
An ‘a-ha’ moment at the time - and feels pertinent to the times we are in…
An ‘a-ha’ moment at the time - and feels pertinent to the times we are in…
November 23, 2024 at 9:55 PM
OH at a leadership workshop on building trust as we discuss practice problems this week: “The more passionate I feel about something, the more controlling my language becomes.”
An ‘a-ha’ moment at the time - and feels pertinent to the times we are in…
An ‘a-ha’ moment at the time - and feels pertinent to the times we are in…