Dr. Rebecca Weaver
@weaverrew.bsky.social
Teaching and Learning Consultant at Kennesaw State's CETL; writer; pedagogy activist; metacognition/walks/food/gardens/service/humans; she/her. Appropriately sweary, opinions mine. talkingteachingwriting.com
In my latest "Bad Ideas About Teaching" column, "Don't Talk About Failure," I write about how we can help *very resistant* students understand how important failure is to learning and to staying motivated for learning. Link in comments, and PDF available upon request.
November 7, 2025 at 10:32 PM
In my latest "Bad Ideas About Teaching" column, "Don't Talk About Failure," I write about how we can help *very resistant* students understand how important failure is to learning and to staying motivated for learning. Link in comments, and PDF available upon request.
Good lordt! This game!
November 2, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Good lordt! This game!
In my latest "Bad Ideas About Teaching" column, "Don't Use The Names Students Want," I write about my struggle to learn names and to speak from the integrity of my "teacher within" to use students' chosen names and speak to the student within. Link in comments, and PDF available upon request.
October 15, 2025 at 9:47 PM
In my latest "Bad Ideas About Teaching" column, "Don't Use The Names Students Want," I write about my struggle to learn names and to speak from the integrity of my "teacher within" to use students' chosen names and speak to the student within. Link in comments, and PDF available upon request.
One of the most resonant activities in my writing classes centers, transparently & forcefully, definitions of parts of the writing process. It’s powerful because many FYS don’t know the difference between editing and revising, for ex, or why free writing is beneficial. I’m grateful for this thread.
And so to understand this kind of survey, we really need to understand more than just whether students are using AI to brainstorm or to edit (or to do any of these other things); we need to understand how they understand those terms, and we need to talk to them about why we're assigning writing /5
September 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
One of the most resonant activities in my writing classes centers, transparently & forcefully, definitions of parts of the writing process. It’s powerful because many FYS don’t know the difference between editing and revising, for ex, or why free writing is beneficial. I’m grateful for this thread.
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Now many times are we gonna have to dance this dance before these people learn the goddam steps.
"AI" reproduces, exacerbates, and iterates the biases and values it was trained on. Those biases and values are, largely, very bad. There for the reproductions will most often be as bad and worse.
Jfc.
"AI" reproduces, exacerbates, and iterates the biases and values it was trained on. Those biases and values are, largely, very bad. There for the reproductions will most often be as bad and worse.
Jfc.
Study finds A.I. LLMs advise women to ask for lower salaries than men. When prompted w/ a user profile of same education, experience & job role, differing only by gender, ChatGPT advised the female applicant to request $280K salary; Male applicant=$400K.
thenextweb.com/news/chatgpt...
thenextweb.com/news/chatgpt...
ChatGPT advises women to ask for lower salaries, study finds
A new study has found that large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT consistently advise women to ask for lower salaries than men.
thenextweb.com
July 20, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Now many times are we gonna have to dance this dance before these people learn the goddam steps.
"AI" reproduces, exacerbates, and iterates the biases and values it was trained on. Those biases and values are, largely, very bad. There for the reproductions will most often be as bad and worse.
Jfc.
"AI" reproduces, exacerbates, and iterates the biases and values it was trained on. Those biases and values are, largely, very bad. There for the reproductions will most often be as bad and worse.
Jfc.
This is a fascinating read!
OpenAI's "moonshot" for education includes the creation of something it calls "study mode." The thing about study mode is that it's a complete f'ing joke.
August 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
This is a fascinating read!
I’m really grateful for this thread from @lindsaymasland.bsky.social (belated though my finding of it is).
I'm co-facilitating a learning community this year & one of the profs off-handedly mentioned how they've tried to make their course as tech-free as possible.
Which is not a new idea, but it's interesting because of WHO said it. It wasn't someone who never learned tech tools in the 1st place ...
Which is not a new idea, but it's interesting because of WHO said it. It wasn't someone who never learned tech tools in the 1st place ...
August 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I’m really grateful for this thread from @lindsaymasland.bsky.social (belated though my finding of it is).
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We have had a century of “big data,” seventy years of “AI,” decades and decades of Bill Gates' bullshit and “computers in the classroom.” It's batshit to believe that this time this time, the ed-tech is going to be good 2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/degenerate-a...
Degenerate: Against Education at Scale
Ed-Tech Criticism. AI Refusal.
2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com
August 5, 2025 at 10:23 AM
We have had a century of “big data,” seventy years of “AI,” decades and decades of Bill Gates' bullshit and “computers in the classroom.” It's batshit to believe that this time this time, the ed-tech is going to be good 2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/degenerate-a...
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#BlackAugust
#BlackAugust
…Three: no matter who you are, or what medical condition you might have (or not), we owe the continuity of our lives to Henrietta Lacks.
Happy belated heavenly birthday (August 1).
Happy belated heavenly birthday (August 1).
![The Mother of Modern Medicine by Kadir Nelson, oil on linen, 2017.
Collection of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery and National Museum of African American History and Culture.
From the National Museum of African American History and Culture:
Artist’s Statement:
"The Mother of Modern Medicine," visually juxtaposing faith and science. Lacks smiles innocently. She stands with her beautifully manicured hands crossed, covering her womb (the birthplace of the immortal cell line) while cradling her beloved Bible (a symbol of her strong faith). Her deep red dress is covered with a vibrant floral pattern that recalls images of cell structure and division, while two of the four dime-sized buttons on her dress are noticeably missing (a reference to the cells that were taken from her body without her knowledge). Her bright yellow hat functions as a halo (recalling Renaissance paintings of the Madonna), while pearls (a symbol of the aggressive cancer that took her life) hang from her neck. The decorative wallpaper behind her forms a repeated hexagonal pattern, a design containing the "flower of life", an ancient symbol of immortality and exponential growth - two distinctive qualities of her rare and incredibly durable cells."
-Kadir Nelson, 2017.
Description
Lacks, smiling, is depicted standing in the center of the image. She is facing forward with her hands clasped in front of her body, holding a black book with gold-colored text [HOLY BIBLE]. Lacks is wearing a red dress with a white flower pattern and small belt. The dress has central buttons, with two missing. There is a flower accessory with three pearls in the center above the buttons. Lacks is wearing a wedding ring and a pearl necklaces and earrings. She has a cream and tan hat, the circular brim of which acts like a halo behind her head. Lacks is standing in front of a cream wall with a blue geometric "Flower of Life" motif. The work is signed in the lower right.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xrxbycbachtxi4gjqk3f4rzb/bafkreig4ydno6kf5x5ov52gdpemk4iltnoippqblybgox7harelcefdwue@jpeg)
August 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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#BlackAugust
#BlackAugust
In the words of Jerry Garcia, SoTL peeps: "what you standin' there for? Get up, get out, get out of the door!" Register NOW for the SoTL Summit, an all-virtual international conference showcasing peer-reviewed and invited scholarly work on teaching and learning in higher education.
August 1, 2025 at 8:23 PM
In the words of Jerry Garcia, SoTL peeps: "what you standin' there for? Get up, get out, get out of the door!" Register NOW for the SoTL Summit, an all-virtual international conference showcasing peer-reviewed and invited scholarly work on teaching and learning in higher education.
That's a big ol' NOPE for me . . .
They are eugenicists who believe if you get sick it’s your fault, and wearables will provide them with “data” for the conclusion they’ve already reached. That’s it.
The US wants a wearable for all. Experts say it won’t fix the health crisis
The Secretary of Health Services wants every American to use a wearable device in the next four years. Experts say it's a great move, but not a cure-all.
www.digitaltrends.com
July 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
That's a big ol' NOPE for me . . .
My latest "Bad Ideas About Teaching" column, "Complain About the Transactional Nature of College," advocates leaning into the transactional nature of college: be transparent/ forceful w students abt the nature of that transaction: transformation & learning.
Link in comments; PDF avail w request.
Link in comments; PDF avail w request.
July 2, 2025 at 11:49 AM
My latest "Bad Ideas About Teaching" column, "Complain About the Transactional Nature of College," advocates leaning into the transactional nature of college: be transparent/ forceful w students abt the nature of that transaction: transformation & learning.
Link in comments; PDF avail w request.
Link in comments; PDF avail w request.
Here is a beautiful and wonderful thing: reading a meditation on flying in an airplane-themed coffee shop. Gorgeous, thoughtful prose by Mark Vanhoenacker.
June 21, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Here is a beautiful and wonderful thing: reading a meditation on flying in an airplane-themed coffee shop. Gorgeous, thoughtful prose by Mark Vanhoenacker.
Upside down flag=distress. My in-laws have deep connections with the Minnesota Legislature and I am grieving with my MN family and friends today.
June 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Upside down flag=distress. My in-laws have deep connections with the Minnesota Legislature and I am grieving with my MN family and friends today.
Hey pedagogues, can someone share an example of a socially annotated syllabus from a class you’ve taught (student info redacted, of course)? #Teaching/Learning
June 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Hey pedagogues, can someone share an example of a socially annotated syllabus from a class you’ve taught (student info redacted, of course)? #Teaching/Learning
Hey @bigjet.tv if you ever get to Albuquerque, check out this lovely exhibit of models! It goes on and on!
April 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Hey @bigjet.tv if you ever get to Albuquerque, check out this lovely exhibit of models! It goes on and on!
Y’ALL, how lucky am I that I got to talk with @sarosecav.bsky.social for my latest column in the National Teaching and Learning Forum!? If you need a little joy, a little warmth, a lot of thoughtfulness, read this. Link in comments, and PDF available upon request. GET IT!
March 11, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Y’ALL, how lucky am I that I got to talk with @sarosecav.bsky.social for my latest column in the National Teaching and Learning Forum!? If you need a little joy, a little warmth, a lot of thoughtfulness, read this. Link in comments, and PDF available upon request. GET IT!
Reposted by Dr. Rebecca Weaver
“To be clear, the opposite of welcoming diversity is supporting segregation. The opposite of moving toward equity is hoarding resources. The opposite of being more inclusive is exclusion.”
“We believe this rush to comply is a sign that universities are willing to become an institutional wing of the new segregationists.”
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
Colleges must stand up to the new segregationists (opinion)
In rushing to comply with Trump’s executive actions, universities support a segregationist agenda, Subini Annamma and David Stovall write.
www.insidehighered.com
March 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
“To be clear, the opposite of welcoming diversity is supporting segregation. The opposite of moving toward equity is hoarding resources. The opposite of being more inclusive is exclusion.”
MLA vs APA question for you stylebook nerds (meant as a compliment!): I've noticed that MLA seems to prefer that writers introduce a source before quoting or paraphrasing, providing context and validating the source, whereas APA style doesn't seem to introduce the source at all. Why?
February 20, 2025 at 1:35 PM
MLA vs APA question for you stylebook nerds (meant as a compliment!): I've noticed that MLA seems to prefer that writers introduce a source before quoting or paraphrasing, providing context and validating the source, whereas APA style doesn't seem to introduce the source at all. Why?
I'm happy to share my new "Bad Ideas About Teaching" column, where I discuss the importance of metacognitive frameworks to learning, the training of graduate students, and tell a story about a particularly underwhelming seminar (IYKYK). Link in comments; PDF available upon request.
February 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I'm happy to share my new "Bad Ideas About Teaching" column, where I discuss the importance of metacognitive frameworks to learning, the training of graduate students, and tell a story about a particularly underwhelming seminar (IYKYK). Link in comments; PDF available upon request.
Reposted by Dr. Rebecca Weaver
This is a starter pack of accounts that bring me joy. Don’t we all need a bit more joy? It’s got book authors, fountain pen lovers, star gazers, nature photographers, music makers, comic artists and more. #MoreJoy
go.bsky.app/Amyn4ZE
go.bsky.app/Amyn4ZE
February 6, 2025 at 12:14 AM
This is a starter pack of accounts that bring me joy. Don’t we all need a bit more joy? It’s got book authors, fountain pen lovers, star gazers, nature photographers, music makers, comic artists and more. #MoreJoy
go.bsky.app/Amyn4ZE
go.bsky.app/Amyn4ZE
So so so good. If you need some joy, I can’t recommend this highly enough!!
“Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)” was Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson’s directorial debut. It won over 70 awards including The Oscar for Best Documentary Feature and is considered one of the greatest documentaries of the 21st century.
#MusComEnt #SummerOfSoul #Questlove
#MusComEnt #SummerOfSoul #Questlove
February 6, 2025 at 12:20 AM
So so so good. If you need some joy, I can’t recommend this highly enough!!
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I appreciate a lot about @theatlantic.com but holy cow is the hyper focus on elite private colleges odd. The Big Story about higher ed I want to read is abt the staggering increase in tuition at public unis, gutting of regional comprehensives, and the collapse of state funding that made that happen.
February 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I appreciate a lot about @theatlantic.com but holy cow is the hyper focus on elite private colleges odd. The Big Story about higher ed I want to read is abt the staggering increase in tuition at public unis, gutting of regional comprehensives, and the collapse of state funding that made that happen.
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“I will not give in to the lies. I will not give in to the fear.” @jimacosta.bsky.social
Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.
January 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
“I will not give in to the lies. I will not give in to the fear.” @jimacosta.bsky.social