LochNessAlec
@lochnessalec.bsky.social
High school teacher (español). I rant about my job, politics, and TTRPGs. He / him / él
It’s hilarious while at the same time frustrating. It would be like if there was a big social movement for teachers to incorporate Google Glass into the curriculum in 2013. Laymen think education should be about trend chasing rather than good fundamentals.
January 12, 2025 at 12:56 AM
It’s hilarious while at the same time frustrating. It would be like if there was a big social movement for teachers to incorporate Google Glass into the curriculum in 2013. Laymen think education should be about trend chasing rather than good fundamentals.
Now, a story. Once a drunk man in a bar on NYE heard that I was a Spanish teacher and smugly said, “Y’know you gotta teach em CULTURE, not just language,” like he was God’s gift to education. Everyone’s got a bold idea about what needs to be taught in our rooms. They dont even know what we DO teach!
January 12, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Now, a story. Once a drunk man in a bar on NYE heard that I was a Spanish teacher and smugly said, “Y’know you gotta teach em CULTURE, not just language,” like he was God’s gift to education. Everyone’s got a bold idea about what needs to be taught in our rooms. They dont even know what we DO teach!
When we teach students that recognizing the good qualities of something ELSE’S work is all that matters, we teach them that consuming is more important than creating, that passivity is more important than initiative. But kids need to experience both the process AND the product. 9/?
January 12, 2025 at 12:41 AM
When we teach students that recognizing the good qualities of something ELSE’S work is all that matters, we teach them that consuming is more important than creating, that passivity is more important than initiative. But kids need to experience both the process AND the product. 9/?
…offsetting *some* intellectual load of rote calculation, so that time and energy are focused on internalizing and applying greater principles of mathematics. A calculator is a world of difference away from a little robot on your shoulder analyzing the problem for you and clunking out an answer. 8/?
January 12, 2025 at 12:41 AM
…offsetting *some* intellectual load of rote calculation, so that time and energy are focused on internalizing and applying greater principles of mathematics. A calculator is a world of difference away from a little robot on your shoulder analyzing the problem for you and clunking out an answer. 8/?
…the problem you are trying to solve. There are a number of intellectual processes you must internalize before you use one to solve a complicated problem. An algebra student with a calculator in hand still needs to internalize SOME principles of algebra to be successful. The device is more about 7/?
January 12, 2025 at 12:41 AM
…the problem you are trying to solve. There are a number of intellectual processes you must internalize before you use one to solve a complicated problem. An algebra student with a calculator in hand still needs to internalize SOME principles of algebra to be successful. The device is more about 7/?
Let’s contrast AI with the introduction of the calculator to math classes. I’m sure there have been anti-calculator math teachers in history, but there are key differences that make them a real intellectual tool while AI is not. Calculators are precision devices, only operable if you UNDERSTAND 6/?
January 12, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Let’s contrast AI with the introduction of the calculator to math classes. I’m sure there have been anti-calculator math teachers in history, but there are key differences that make them a real intellectual tool while AI is not. Calculators are precision devices, only operable if you UNDERSTAND 6/?
This is completely aside from my personal disgust with the state of AI. These comments are just poorly thought-out, with no real idea in mind for what they’re looking for. Just like so many complaints of yore about needing to “teach taxes,” it sounds quippy but fails at the planning stage. 5/?
January 12, 2025 at 12:41 AM
This is completely aside from my personal disgust with the state of AI. These comments are just poorly thought-out, with no real idea in mind for what they’re looking for. Just like so many complaints of yore about needing to “teach taxes,” it sounds quippy but fails at the planning stage. 5/?
The best candidate for checking AI “work” is someone who HAS DONE THAT WORK ON THEIR OWN BEFORE. Do they really think a student who writes all their own essays and knows what good content looks like is going to be suddenly lost if their future job requires overseeing / curating AI work? 4/?
January 12, 2025 at 12:41 AM
The best candidate for checking AI “work” is someone who HAS DONE THAT WORK ON THEIR OWN BEFORE. Do they really think a student who writes all their own essays and knows what good content looks like is going to be suddenly lost if their future job requires overseeing / curating AI work? 4/?
The best case scenario I can imagine for this is that they want classes about how to check an AI’s work before submitting it. How to edit it / verify its good qualities. Those skills… are acquired if you teach the classes as normal. 3/?
January 12, 2025 at 12:41 AM
The best case scenario I can imagine for this is that they want classes about how to check an AI’s work before submitting it. How to edit it / verify its good qualities. Those skills… are acquired if you teach the classes as normal. 3/?
It’s often commented on posts about students using AI to cheat. So I know they’re not suggesting curriculum about the development/ ethics of AI, which would be actually enriching. No, from the context it’s clear that they’re just asking the teacher to hold your hand while using the cheat tool. 2/?
January 12, 2025 at 12:41 AM
It’s often commented on posts about students using AI to cheat. So I know they’re not suggesting curriculum about the development/ ethics of AI, which would be actually enriching. No, from the context it’s clear that they’re just asking the teacher to hold your hand while using the cheat tool. 2/?
I’m confused. BG3 is just D&D 5e. Are people returning your pitches accusing you of just making D&D 5e again?
December 3, 2024 at 3:15 PM
I’m confused. BG3 is just D&D 5e. Are people returning your pitches accusing you of just making D&D 5e again?
If you’ve got good face follicles I’m afraid you’ll become Gandalf unless you continually cut it, yeah.
December 1, 2024 at 5:06 PM
If you’ve got good face follicles I’m afraid you’ll become Gandalf unless you continually cut it, yeah.
“What does that mean?”
THE RETURN:
An unstoppable current meets an immovable object. Turns out, the immovable object won.
THE RETURN:
An unstoppable current meets an immovable object. Turns out, the immovable object won.
November 26, 2024 at 2:28 PM
“What does that mean?”
THE RETURN:
An unstoppable current meets an immovable object. Turns out, the immovable object won.
THE RETURN:
An unstoppable current meets an immovable object. Turns out, the immovable object won.
“Hey, Kim. Someone shot the statue. Do you think it’s related to the case?”
“Eh? It’s just some punks vandalizing public property.”
THE RETURN (Impossible) [Success]: The bullet was traveling for a long time. Fifty whole years it’s been flying until this statue stopped it.
“Eh? It’s just some punks vandalizing public property.”
THE RETURN (Impossible) [Success]: The bullet was traveling for a long time. Fifty whole years it’s been flying until this statue stopped it.
November 26, 2024 at 2:28 PM
“Hey, Kim. Someone shot the statue. Do you think it’s related to the case?”
“Eh? It’s just some punks vandalizing public property.”
THE RETURN (Impossible) [Success]: The bullet was traveling for a long time. Fifty whole years it’s been flying until this statue stopped it.
“Eh? It’s just some punks vandalizing public property.”
THE RETURN (Impossible) [Success]: The bullet was traveling for a long time. Fifty whole years it’s been flying until this statue stopped it.
I once wrote a whole list of 24 original skills for teaching rather than detective work. Maybe I can find it somewhere.
November 26, 2024 at 2:15 PM
I once wrote a whole list of 24 original skills for teaching rather than detective work. Maybe I can find it somewhere.
THE RETURN would be a fantastic Disco Elysium skill, especially because it’s both a David Lynch work and an in-game prophetic event.
THE RETURN. Feel the currents of history. See how the past affects the future. For: patient cops. Pendulum enthusiasts.
THE RETURN. Feel the currents of history. See how the past affects the future. For: patient cops. Pendulum enthusiasts.
November 26, 2024 at 2:14 PM
THE RETURN would be a fantastic Disco Elysium skill, especially because it’s both a David Lynch work and an in-game prophetic event.
THE RETURN. Feel the currents of history. See how the past affects the future. For: patient cops. Pendulum enthusiasts.
THE RETURN. Feel the currents of history. See how the past affects the future. For: patient cops. Pendulum enthusiasts.
Yes, see later in the thread for my thoughts on this. To me it’s a good bluff to illustrate how unfun it would be to allow this. I would not implement it in practice though
November 25, 2024 at 8:32 PM
Yes, see later in the thread for my thoughts on this. To me it’s a good bluff to illustrate how unfun it would be to allow this. I would not implement it in practice though
On top of all this, and I say this as a veteran player as well as GM, it’s way more fun to be a fan of the others at your table. If they want to be cool for two seconds, let them. They put a lot of effort into crafting this moment. Your GM has let you have a hundred cool moments yourself.
November 25, 2024 at 8:25 PM
On top of all this, and I say this as a veteran player as well as GM, it’s way more fun to be a fan of the others at your table. If they want to be cool for two seconds, let them. They put a lot of effort into crafting this moment. Your GM has let you have a hundred cool moments yourself.
And do you really want to open up that door to both sides? Cool, the GM now gets a surprise round every session bc the Kobolds decide to attack while you’re speaking. I wouldn’t rly do that, but it illustrates how unfun it all is.
November 25, 2024 at 8:25 PM
And do you really want to open up that door to both sides? Cool, the GM now gets a surprise round every session bc the Kobolds decide to attack while you’re speaking. I wouldn’t rly do that, but it illustrates how unfun it all is.
Thus you run the risk of robbing yourself of exposition in exchange for, what exactly? A Marvel movie moment where the rude hero goes “Psssh, whatever dude! Isn’t it stupid that this villain is monologuing! How unrealistic!” The gag’s been done before.
November 25, 2024 at 8:25 PM
Thus you run the risk of robbing yourself of exposition in exchange for, what exactly? A Marvel movie moment where the rude hero goes “Psssh, whatever dude! Isn’t it stupid that this villain is monologuing! How unrealistic!” The gag’s been done before.
This is often done with the false expectation that the player will get some kind of advantage by surprising the villain. But your initiative roll will be just the same regardless of if you wait or jump the gun! There’s no way the villain is “surprised” you attacked them after storming their lair.
November 25, 2024 at 8:25 PM
This is often done with the false expectation that the player will get some kind of advantage by surprising the villain. But your initiative roll will be just the same regardless of if you wait or jump the gun! There’s no way the villain is “surprised” you attacked them after storming their lair.
Maybe they have hostages in a secondary location! Maybe they have secret leverage to make some kind of deal with you. Maybe you have a common enemy they wish to discuss. What if he was just about to explain that this lair will self destruct in five minutes?
November 25, 2024 at 8:25 PM
Maybe they have hostages in a secondary location! Maybe they have secret leverage to make some kind of deal with you. Maybe you have a common enemy they wish to discuss. What if he was just about to explain that this lair will self destruct in five minutes?
Often this is done with some expectation of “realism.” Why would I listen to a villain monologue at me when I could fight? Many reasons! The same reason you want to listen to a Jigsaw video. They could explain key stakes about the situation.
November 25, 2024 at 8:25 PM
Often this is done with some expectation of “realism.” Why would I listen to a villain monologue at me when I could fight? Many reasons! The same reason you want to listen to a Jigsaw video. They could explain key stakes about the situation.