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Question to educators, teachers, tutors, parents, instructors 

How do you deal with your students giving up, getting demotivated or stuck and not asking for help?

I know it's partially an anxiety thing but I'm not sure how to get around it.

extra: if possible, how do you get around this in a static, text environment?

#education #teaching #tutoring

And here's the first version ever: github.com/skiant/mastodon-lig

Feel free to send issues for anything that looks broken, preferably with a screenshot!

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does anyone know about a software that one can write examinations in, that is specifically for testing students programming knowledge/practice? also i want to be able to write the tests, so premade tests aren't what i'm looking for

the thing is i want to give my students a test, and have automated grading, and would be glad if the software wasn't just for basic tests but could also evaluate and test the output of code.

thank you :)

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And on that note, does anyone have codes of conduct or anti-harassment policies they particularly like? We'll be doing our own thing, but input (particularly regarding what you've found works well or poorly) would be much appreciated!

(Boost if you like, I suppose? More input is good.)

Have you ever wondered why we love spicy food, why we fall in love, why life exists, why a tesseract intersecting an n-dimensional hype͠rpla̴n͠e wi҉th͜ va̧ry͠i͠n͠g̕ g̢͢͝e͢͜͢om̶͞et҉̶r̡͠y̡̕ s̨͟ţ͘ú̀͟ck̢͝ ̵͡i̸n̶̛ a̕͏n͢҉͏ i̧͡ń͟fí҉n͠ìt̸͞e͏͞ ̷ça̢͟͞u͢sa͢l̛͡i̵̛t̵̡͜ý͝͡ ͝͠lơ҉o͢p̛ d҉͏͞e̵͞҉̶ś̵͟͠͝t̵̵͞͝r̴̵̢̛o̡͠y̡̢͢͝ş̵͡ ̴́ţ̷̴̡h̶̕͘͏e̸̵ ̨́̕u͏̢͠n̶i̢̡v̛͞e̸͝ŕ̶͜s̕̕͞e̢̧̕͝

I need coffee

Stuff like navigating Mastodon with keyboard only is missing, simply because I don't know much about it. I hope someone else will add that, and more :)

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Hi everyone, since the same issues come up again and again and are keeping people from using this site, I started a wiki page on Mastodon #accessibility stuff!

Please go and improve it, and share it with anyone who might need it!

en.mstdn.wiki/Accessibility

It is supposed to help use Mastodon right now, by explaining useful features that Mastodon already has and showing workarounds for features it lacks. It's not meant to imply that improvements to Mastodon itself can't or shouldn't be made :thumbsup_paw:

Please boost widely: Call for Proposals, "After Social Media: Alternatives, New Beginnings, and Socialized Media." It's a call for research/essays on alternative social media, including Mastodon, of course. robertwgehl.org/blog.php#2017-

Morning Natalie (but good news) 

I just got off the phone with Natalie's mom. With the help of a Vietnamese speaking friend of a friend, I learned that she intends to bury Natalie under Natalie's chosen name.

(There is also a small booklet with just a simple to-do list for the day. Because the mess is good for organizing but not for overview and too overwhelming. Every morning I take the big , a cup of tea and the small booklet an make the daily list.)

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Look at my nice
My life depends on it right now.

Also queer unicorn stamp and ice-cream because I did so much stuff already.

(The pic shows a messy weekly page in my with lots of to-dos on the right, trackers for uni, yoga and chores and different colors. On top of the pages are boxes for every day of the week, each one gets another color once the day is happening, for color-coding my trackers.)
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Cool! Der Gesetzgeber muss laut Bundesverfassungsgericht bis zum 31.12.2018 einen positiven dritten Geschlechtseintrag schaffen: bundesverfassungsgericht.de/Sh

Today there were no lesbian prolog warriors in my dream but I went to Vienna and met a friend but was too shy to ask other nice humans and cats there to meet so I went home again.

Very disappointing

@minx @maunzikation there are extra long blankets and extra long beds but money!

(Mine is not long enough either and I am kindof small myself)

Oh guten Morgen :)

Nerdy trans-peeps in the Seattle area, I'm starting a meetup! Meet people in meetspace! Talk about anime! I'll probably talk about Haskell! Who knows what could happen!!!

And if that isn't a good enough argument, check out this cool logo that is backed by an svg!

meetup.com/Seattle-Transisters

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#introductions
Dank @maunzikation's Unterstützung bin ich nun auch auf #MasterDom.
Hooray!
Wird aber noch dauern bis ich mich hier eingelebt habe oder auch nur die Pipeline zu meinem Twitterprofil (twitter.com/schokopflaster) gelegt habe ^^;.

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Computer Fairies is a Mastodon instance that aims to be as queer, friendly and furry as possible. We welcome all kinds of computer fairies!