I'm trying to spend less time at Twitter; the administrative goings-on at my school are just infuriating, and I don't want to spend all of July being angry. But there are some nice things from the class Twitter.
More goodness from National Park Service: I need all the social distancing humor for the Fall files!
Beautiful map and important thread:
Resources from Poynter: free classes in July; I'll keep an eye out for more free stuff coming up in Fall.
Cool idea from Eric Curts: Google Slides for Student Created Storybooks
Cool item via Jennifer Ouellette: Mysterious Stone Age flint artefacts
Maria Popova on Rackham's Brothers Grimm: Rare and Revolutionary 1917 Illustrations
Puns at TikTok: When Wordplay Becomes Worldplay
Something coming from the Dalai Lama: Inner World
Important piece on digital blackface: Reaction GIFs
And a video on Miniature Books!
It's #MiniatureMonday, the perfect day for a new episode of Bite Sized Book History all about miniature books! π This is my favorite video I've made yet, and I hope you enjoy it too!✨ https://t.co/C7mgYIEh0H— Allie Alvis π (@book_historia) July 6, 2020
And a gorgeous Google Doodle from folklore:
Today’s #GoogleDoodle celebrates Tanabata (δΈε€), an annual Japanese tradition that commemorates the fabled reunion of two celestial lovers kept apart by the vast expanse of the Milky Way ππ―π΅— Google Doodles (@GoogleDoodles) July 7, 2020
Learn more → https://t.co/b7JtwaZ2HH pic.twitter.com/QTg8E7lUdz