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The Arcane Texas Fact of the Day is one of the most Texas things I've ever read: Last Thursday, a high school football game here in Texas was played under a Rattlesnake Advisory. It's true. Prior to Thursday night's game between Kaufer and Corpus Christi John Paul II, the Riviera Independendent School District posted the following announcement on social media:
"⚠️ FOOTBALL GAME SAFETY ANNOUNCEMENT
Due to the increased presence of rattlesnakes in the area, we ask all parents and spectators to please use extra caution while attending tonight’s football game.
For everyone’s safety, please do not allow children to play in the long jump area of the football field or underneath the stadium seating.
Please stay alert, supervise children closely, and avoid areas that are not designated for spectators.
Thank you for helping us keep everyone safe! ⚠️"
That's right: not a tornado warning or a heat advisory, but a rattlesnake advisory. Folks in other states might think that's crazy, but, hey, this is Texas and this is high school football that we're talking about. I can hear the conversation now: "Grab the lawn chairs and the snake boots, honey, kickoff is in thirty minutes.”😃
Thanks to Cindy Wood for letting me know about this.
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Following the amazing reaction to the Marble Curriculum yesterday, we've decided to make it open source 🛰️👇
Everything a child learns in primary school. 1,590 concepts. 3,221 connections across 8 subjects, from Math and Science to Computing and Life Skills. Anchored in the US and UK curriculums, standard by standard (NGSS, Common Core, DfE).
What you will find in the repo: every concept as structured JSON with its age band and the evidence a child must show to master it. Every prerequisite link marked hard or soft, with a written rationale. It's a true DAG you can compute learning paths on. Open license, you can build whatever you want with it.
Now is a unique time in history to be building in education. Getting AI and kids education right is likely one of the hardest and most important problems to crack over the next decade and we need as many smart and creative minds behind it.
We think a common solid basis, accessible to all and that can be built upon, is critical to move fast. That's why we're making this curriculum open source.
It's not perfect but we know it's a robust basis, and we believe that sharing it openly is the fastest way to progress in this field. If you're building in education, share this around you and tell us in comments if you find this useful and if you want to contribute.
We'll keep working and investing on it @withmarbleapp. Credit goes to @guillaume_boni for building this. I just made it look pretty.
Links below 👇
Mark Begert retweeted
I recently heard someone say:
"The amount of good things in your life depends on your ability to notice them."
I can't see it any other way now.
Mark Begert retweeted
Just returned from my first trip to China, mostly looking at the energy and robotics industries. Fascinating. Random observations, both business and general, below...
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great post on where consumer apps go wrong with gamification and why now change is coming by @joakim_a
Gamification After Content Became Free open.substack.com/pub/eliteg…
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2025 Report: Teachers Named the #1 Tool for Student Re-Engagement
📢 Our survey found 60% of educators named gamification as the most effective way to re-engage disconnected learners. clever.com/classroom-future-…
Huge thanks to @clever for featuring @FabuLingua in their post about the 2025 Classroom of the Future Report!
Their data found that gamification is the top tool for student re-engagement—a trend we're proud to lead.
Read the full post: xitter.cf/clever/status/19868460…
#EdTech #FutureReadyClassrooms #ClassroomoftheFutureReport
2025 Report: Teachers Named the #1 Tool for Student Re-Engagement
📢 Our survey found 60% of educators named gamification as the most effective way to re-engage disconnected learners. clever.com/classroom-future-…
This award has our name on it! Grateful to win "Top Language Learning Mobile Games & App" from Education Technology Insights.
No memorization. No drilling. Just kids absorbing language through meaningful stories and playful interaction — and teachers get simple tools to guide, monitor, and support progress (saving time on prep and grading). #FabuLingua #DualLanguage #EnglishLearners #WorldLanguage #K12Education
The "Student Engagement" Formula for K-12: Gamification, Choice, and Personalization. 📷
In a recent survey of more than 2,500 teachers, 60% see game design/gamification as the top way to re-engage disconnected learners.
@FabuLingua's language learning game strives for the right mix of competition, creativity, and autonomy.
See more teacher insights in the Classroom of the Future Report from @Clever: bit.ly/COFT-Report #FutureReadyClassrooms
Can you believe it!?
Video games can foster student engagement in the classroom k12dive.com/news/video-games… via @K12DiveNews
It’s a bumpy road, but growing pre-K education access is essential. edsurge.com/news/2025-05-08-…
Overheard at @CapitalFactory cocktail party last night from investor to startup…
“what’s so special about your ballistic missile?”
Fun event. New era. #SXSW2025
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UNPRECEDENTED
The singularity is near. We're 1-6 years away from AGI according to:
1. Prediction markets
2. Insider insights
3. Benchmarks
4. Lack of barriers to growth
5. Current progress
This breakneck speed of AI progress is illustrated by OpenAI's o3 and DeepSeek🧵
Bravo. “School cellphone bans keep bipartisan momentum” axios.com/2025/01/16/school-…
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This is by far the craziest video from the fire in Los Angeles. This guy is filming huge walls of fire surrounding a house they're in, and there's another person and a dog. I have no idea why they didn't evacuate or what happened to them. Let's hope they're okay. #PalisadesFire
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Kobe is a 5x NBA Champion.
He also holds the all-time record for missed shots.
Babe Ruth is a 7x World Series Champion.
He also led the MLB in strikeouts for 5 seasons.
Tom Brady is a 7x Superbowl Champion.
He also holds the record for most passes intercepted in Superbowl history.
Serena Williams is a 23x Gram Slam Champion.
She also holds the record for the most unforced errors in a single match.
Novak Djokovic is a 24x Grand Slam Champion.
He also holds the record for the most tennis final losses in history.
These aren't contradictions, they are proof of what it takes to win at the highest levels.
Winners don't succeed in spite of failure, they succeed because of failure. While others shield themselves from the sting of defeat, winners run towards it. They take big risks and put their reputation on the line, knowing that whatever happens, they'll come out a more competent opponent on the other side.
Whether you're chasing championships or personal goals, the same truth applies. To double your rate of success, you have to double your rate of failure. The more you learn about what doesn't work, the more you understand what does.
Everything changes when you reframe losses like this. It's not a setback, it's one step closer. It's not a measure of incompetence, it's proof of your willingness to take risks and charge boldy forwards.
Failure isn't the enemy of success, it's the foundation.
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Everyone thinks they know what kids are like.
Rowdy and messy. Zero attention span. Frivolous and fickle.
Maria Montessori repeatedly found evidence of the exact opposite.
In the end, she concluded we *don't know kids* at all:
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Our brains are naturally wired to learn languages through exposure and comprehension, not just rules! 🧠✨ FabuLingua taps into this science to make language learning intuitive and fun. 🎉
👉 FabuLingua.com #LanguageLearning #FabuLingua















