My gamedev and gaming account is here: https://mastodon.gamedev.place/web/@Moosader
This account will be more for talking about #teaching , since I teach Computer Science at J C C C, mostly C++ courses.
us pol, transphobia, ways to fight back
Spreadsheet that tracks all Anti-LGBTQ bills being pushed in the state legislatures. Over 200 transphobic bills have been proposed so far this year.
Spreadsheet includes general info on what the bill is, including who the sponsors are and where the bill is at.
For folks able to do the 'pester your legislators' stuff, this is goldmine for identifying which bills are in danger of passing and fighting back.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1fTxHLjBa86GA7WCT-V6AbEMGRFPMJndnaVGoZZX4PMw/htmlview
Maybe it wasn't because of my boss but these people don't understand the value of this vs. the twice a year hackathons. -_-
AT LEAST most people who aren't cis-het-white-men that I meet already kinda fucking know. Like you don't have to lay some foundation on "how to not be an asshole" while getting to know them. They just get it. But these dudes... -_-
Reused some old art as ideas for some of the magical Teaching Assistants for the MUC school. :T
I also added channels on my Moos-a-dee Discord server (link on the public domain site) for people to discuss or come up with ideas. I can post to the website as well. (If these worlds ever grow, maybe I'd make a wiki for it...)
"MUC is a university for magical folk located in Raytown, Missouri. Although to a non-magical person there is nothing resembling a university in Raytown, those of a more magical persuasion know to seek entry past a charmed entryway behind the 350 Highway Taco Bell.
Example departments: FLYS (Flying sciences), FFC (Fauna and flora care), FAM (Familiars studies), NUM (Necromancy and Undead Management), CONJ (Conjuring), DIV (Divination), ENCH (Enchantment), POT (Potions), AST (Astronomy). "
So with my "Trans-inclusive Wizarding World" open source world building project (http://publicdomain.moosader.com/#trans-inclusive-wizarding-world) I have decided to develop where I have experience - i.e., I don't know anything about Britain, or boarding school, or even grade school, so my secret hidden magical school is Magical University of Conjuring (MUC) and I have some Teaching Assistant characters and everybody's broke and has to use substitutions for their spells and stuff.
My class sessions are for working through coding assignments and I don't lecture (I make video lectures that are cut and edited to be concise for them to watch outside of class).
The downside, however, is that I have a HARD TIME SITTING STILL and doing nothing during these class times.
And I can't get my brain to really engage in any side projects out of the "danger" of being "interrupted". (My brain doesn't like interrupts.)
Other teachers are so concerned with attendance and "what if they don't come to class???"
I spent almost all of 2022 in empty classrooms because my job is to help students learn and understand things... And if they want to connect remotely or don't want to attend class altogether, then how is that bad?? They contact me as needed.
Every semester I get at least one or two students early transfer into my class from someone else's, purely because the way I teach my courses are ACCESSIBLE. And that can be anything from attendance not being mandatory (and everything being available even if you miss class) to just having resources available in written and video/audio format for students to choose from.
Starting on a list of traits to keep in mind for developing a world:
http://publicdomain.moosader.com/#trans-inclusive-wizarding-world
Anyone want to add to the list?
@Vespero
#ComputerScience #CPP #teacher, indie #gamedev, speaker of #Esperanto, I just want to play video games.