10 Things -- not strictly school related - that came across my desk this week

1.  One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Yoshitoshi...1839-892)
   
   
   

2. Poet/Artist Bernadette Mayer took a roll of pictures each day for a month in 1971 and wrote a diary to accompany it… (New Yorker article)

3. bike lights

4. solar string lights

5. Camping battery (connect to solar, 12V)

6. E-Cargo bikes review  

   What I hear from people who have bought them is that they change life in small but profound ways. Such an e-bike becomes a family adventuremobile for exploring greenways and parks; kids ask to go to school on the “big bike,” not in the car; running errands becomes something other than sitting in stressful traffic and hunting for parking spaces. Life seems simpler. The point of cargo bikes isn’t to get a workout (ahem, e-bike shamers). And while they can replace a car outright, that’s a commitment few are willing to make. Really, these bikes are meant to replace car trips—as many as you can feasibly switch from four wheels to two. That means they’re among the most important kinds of bikes to make and sell.

7. 26 tips on healthy eating (Outside)

8. Backpack essentials (Outside)

9. 5 minutes to fall in love with violin (there are other “5 minutes” for other topics like modern music)
10. I’m guessing that many teachers are now moving towards planning for bigger assessments and thinking more intensely about how remote learning makes us think about grades a little differently.  We spoke last week at the department meeting about some of the issues with grading and assessment in a remote setting.  Here’s an addendum to that conversation: a blog post by Kittle and Gallagher (180 Days…) that reiterates their 7 principles of grading and how remote learning impacts that.  I found the posting wise and helpful.  It may give us all some ideas to consider and/or some language to use with admin or parents.  Their last question is an important one.   link