Alison Horton by https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0 This isn't about me (o.k., it's a little about me) but mostly what I like and think about and want to share with everyone en-us 2018-07-07 16:30:01 UTC 2023-05-11 23:31:00 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/File.png There's a lot of interest about STEM these days but just reading with sustained concentration and comprehension is a basic building block. Here are a few TED talks that may offer a new perspective on the importance of reading. alisonhorton https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/269622327 Warning, this is an article with links to the talks. The article also has advertising. ]]> 2018-07-07 16:30:01 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/269622327 I took care of my folks in their last years. My dad worked on computer punch cards and nuclear subs in the 50s. He was 93 when he passed. He may have been a nuclear physicist when few people knew what that was, but he was also a ham. alisonhorton https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/269622328 2018-07-07 16:30:01 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/269622328 How Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are - TED Talk. alisonhorton https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/269622329 Do this before every test (so teach your kids) or job interview! ]]> 2018-07-07 16:30:01 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/269622329 I listen to a lot of NPR and selected shorts is one of my favs. When was the last time someone read you a bedtime story? alisonhorton https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/269622330 There's a new one every week so check back.]]> 2018-07-07 16:30:01 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/269622330 How to build an enduring, multi-billion dollar business - Sarah Tavel alisonhorton https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/269622331 2018-07-07 16:30:01 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/269622331 THIS is why we need to teach shop to ALL kids. alisonhorton https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/269622332 2018-07-07 16:30:01 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/269622332 I do get eggs from my girls but some days it's 4 and other days it might be none. alisonhorton https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/269622333 2018-07-07 16:30:01 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/269622333 The girls in the front pasture. alisonhorton https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/269622334 Eating grass makes their yolks bright orange and incredibly healthy to eat. My first 2 chickens were being given away on Nextdoor the neighborhood app.  They were called Dove and the other one. I renamed her Lovey. She started to crow like a rooster.]]> 2018-07-07 16:30:01 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/269622334 When not in school, I can usually be found in my backyard where I like to spend a lot of time with my animals alisonhorton https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/269622335 They often come to me as rescues from a friend's backyard where the universe appears to funnel them on a regular basis]]> 2018-07-07 16:30:01 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/269622335 Books on Language alisonhorton https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/269623681 Great introduction for the non linguist to nativist language learning theory]]> 2018-07-07 17:15:52 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/269623681 Mamacita was a feral who dropped her second litter in a friend's backyard. We catnapped em! alisonhorton https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/270809625 2018-07-22 23:39:34 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/270809625 I've been a graduate student at U.C. Berkeley and an undergrad at San Francisco State. I've been to Laney and American University. I've been to U.C. Santa Barbara and Montgomery College. I've been to U.C. Extension and The Corcoran School of Art. You might say I like school. alisonhorton https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/270809895 2018-07-22 23:43:01 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/270809895 Lake Anza is one of my favorite places. When the world seems way too complicated and even talking to my chickens won't help, I come here to have my faith in humanity restored. alisonhorton https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/270819172 2018-07-23 01:29:25 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/270819172 A tom cat dropped off Zipper in Tonda's back yard so of course I took him too alisonhorton https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/270819643 2018-07-23 01:34:16 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/270819643 The whole Miss. Mrs. Ms. thing demystified. alisonhorton https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/270896531 https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2011/11/02/what-are-mrs-and-ms-short-for/]]> 2018-07-23 20:52:36 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/270896531 An oldie but a goodie. alisonhorton https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/270897407 2018-07-23 21:09:49 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/270897407 Awesome civics games, really! alisonhorton https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/271206166 Everyone should play these!!]]> 2018-07-26 14:54:09 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/271206166 Sounds like a great book. alisonhorton https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/271372712 2018-07-29 16:08:59 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/271372712 Make one of these yourself! alisonhorton https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/271373765 They are incredibly easy to make and you get 3 for free. ]]> 2018-07-29 16:31:00 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/271373765 I was diagnosed with ADD a few years ago. I've always seen everything as a challenge and I've found that outlook really helpful. alisonhorton https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/271596488 I don't think ADD should be used as an excuse. It's also a gift! If you can tame it.]]> 2018-07-31 22:15:57 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/271596488 This is the tiny url to the reading room alisonhorton https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/271598122 goo.gl/vbDvjL]]> 2018-07-31 22:40:27 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/271598122 Just in case you know anyone who's working on their English, finishing High School, or wants to become a citizen alisonhorton https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/272577128 Most of the really helpful stuff on this website is free. ]]> 2018-08-10 02:27:48 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/272577128 Really cool information about kids and families and how to make your life easier or just plain better if you have either of those things. alisonhorton https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/272849834 2018-08-13 12:25:43 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/272849834 alisonhorton https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/273251336 2018-08-15 13:48:47 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/273251336 alisonhorton https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/273253013 2018-08-15 13:55:17 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/273253013 alisonhorton https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/273255209 2018-08-15 14:05:20 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/273255209 alisonhorton https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/273255952 2018-08-15 14:08:19 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/273255952 alisonhorton https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/273256454 2018-08-15 14:10:38 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/273256454 alisonhorton https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/273257022 2018-08-15 14:13:34 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/273257022 alisonhorton https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/273257277 2018-08-15 14:14:55 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/273257277 Really helpful with tools and tips like how to organize the IEP binder. alisonhorton https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/311836680 Understood.org]]> 2018-12-06 15:01:19 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/311836680 alisonhorton https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/314399297 Heterodoxacademy.org]]> 2018-12-13 18:30:35 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/314399297 The most important thing I've seen in decades alisonhorton https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/314416319 It explains all that bizarre behaviour everyone else engages in 😉

]]> 2018-12-13 18:58:19 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/314416319 alisonhorton https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/405919797 2019-11-03 16:33:11 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/405919797 Rouseau alisonhorton https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/811792955 wrote "man is born free, but he is everywhere in chains."
Ok. Sounds good. But...
Who is this man you speak of? Women aren't included? What about non-white, non western men?  ]]> 2020-10-07 20:20:21 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/811792955 “Race isn’t about black people, necessarily.” It’s about the way whiteness works to disfigure and distort our democracy, and the ideals that animate our democracy.” alisonhorton https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/818894305 How Whiteness distorts our democracy. Ezra Klein show with Eddie Glaude Jr  ]]> 2020-10-10 20:16:56 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/818894305 Code Switch: Hip-Hop, Mass Incarceration, And A Conspiracy Theory... alisonhorton https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/828904344 featuring Louder Than a Riot podcast]]> 2020-10-14 14:53:21 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/828904344 Beyond Doomscrolling: Without minimizing the justifiable pain that 2020 has brought to so many people — we wanted to explore another way of seeing things. We talk with psychologist Steven Pinker about why it's so hard to see things that are going well in the world. alisonhorton https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/828971845 Super important for all historians to keep in mind.]]> 2020-10-14 15:08:55 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonhorton/qnqxuijtf2k0/wish/828971845