Beckie Supiano
Chronicle of Higher Ed reporter covering teaching and learning; co-writer of free, weekly Teaching newsletter—get it here: chronicle.com/newsletter/teaching
- Nothing quite like going to email an expert to request an interview on a big, complex topic, thinking their name is familiar, and realizing you’ve written them before…with a ridiculous question for the footnote of the Chronicle’s daily briefing 🙈
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- Well, thanks @sarosecav.bsky.social for the new followers! I lurk way more than I post, but will say a quick hello. I cover teaching for the Chronicle of Higher Education. Here’s my latest: www.chronicle.com/article/decl...
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- Look who’s here! The other half of the Chronicle’s Teaching team, bethmcmurtrie.bsky.social! Just in time for POD, which she’s attending.
- Just when you think you’re used to the snakes, gators, coyotes, bobcats, Bufo toads and all of the many bugs:
- Why aren’t more sports teams named for mythological creatures? So many good ones no one’s even using
- I’m sure this time of year— when you can see Christmas lights, inflatable turkeys, and skeletons peeking out of coffins all within a block—is magical everywhere But I think it’s extra special when you live in a place that’s still too hot for any of it
- Just wrote “November” rather than “Friday” at the top of tomorrow’s to-do list before copying over all the things I didn’t get done today Nice try, brain!
- What’s going on with students’ use of ChatGPT and the like this semester? Beth McMurtrie (not on here yet) and I are doing a bit of crowd sourcing for a story we’re working on. If you’re teaching college students and have thoughts on this, tell us here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
- At this point in my life, I think a good superpower would be the ability to make my coffee stay the correct temperature until I finish drinking it.
- De-pluralize a band U1
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- Man, I don’t care how good generative AI gets: I don’t think I’ll ever get a story done without at least one conversation with a human colleague who gently suggests I might get myself unstuck if I try doing some more reporting and/ or writing
- I should have said this the first time: Megan recently shifted beats and is covering faculty issues. So if you have some thoughts on that, get in touch!
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