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Captain Awkward

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Advice blogger, soon-to-be-author. You may remember me as CAwkward on that other site, but I have reclaimed my full title and powers! Here to make new internets to push the bad internets down.

Captain Awkward

1 авг., 21:25

Essayed in the menchies again. Sub🧵in case you want to teach students *how* to collaborate before you throw them in the group project deep-end instead of assuming they already know. Short version: Let the class define & agree on what a good teammate looks like

Captain Awkward

To be fair, I did do a bit of “sort it yourselves” while the projects were still underway, but it came with coaching: 1) What’s *your* plan for talking to your wayward peer and seeing if you can wrangle them back onside? 2) What’s your contingency for filling the gaps & getting stuff done?

Captain Awkward

1 авг., 19:52

I post for the people who grew up wailing “ahhhh! ahhhh!” in perfect time with the lady slumped backward over a gravestone in the Masterpiece: Mystery! opening credits and still do it every single time.

Edward Gorey's Masterpiece Theater AnimationAlt: Edward Gorey's Masterpiece Theater Animation, first shot is the fancy 1920s people dancing and then we quick cut to the lady with the amazing batwing hat and the magic eye fan holding a shushing finger to her lips.static.klipy.com

Captain Awkward

1 авг., 00:33

I wrote a whole essay in some poor person’s replies again. This 🧵’s for teachers who deal with group projects and creative fields in the age of the capitalist plagiarism hagfish slime machines.

Captain Awkward

As a prof this is how I dealt with the person in the group project who everyone else complained privately about because they did no work come presentation time: “Nice work, everyone! For the Q& A, why don’t you start us off [Obvious Fuckup Name]! Can you tell us a little about [creative choice]?”