Getting ready to send a new issue of the #ImaginingPossibilities on Music Learning & Teaching #MusicEd Newsletter! Sign up for info, ideas, news, & opportunities across #MusicEducation evantobias.net/newsletter-s... #EduSky

Respect to AZ senators @captmarkkelly.bsky.social & @gallego.senate.gov for supporting the voices of AZ demanding the democratic process & voice of the people are upheld by having Rep-elect @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social sworn in. Enough of Republican obstruction!!!

One of the things we <actually> teach students at universities is that you need to support your arguments with data & evidence. When you don’t, or when you lie, your “arguments” are not taken seriously. Maybe that’s what these folks don’t like about universities. The marketplace of ideas is tough 🤷‍♂️

Count this fam among the many people saying no to supporting autocracy w #boycottdisney we cancelled our subscription last night & while our kids will be disappointed they also favor democracy over authoritarianism

Futures of Orchestras?!(Sound Systems) https://evantobias.net/futures-of-orchestrassound-systems/

Respect to Gov. Hobbs putting people’s health & wellbeing first!

This is compelling re: AI, rights of people publishing info & ideas on websites, & potential for compensation arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

A short explanation of p-hacking and why it absolutely makes sense to ask HHS to release the study methods of their autism report in advance.

Any other Descript users spending more time with crashing and blank windows then their projects? The crashing seems to be getting worse each week - any tips to making it work smoothly again? I did everything on their website & nothing is stopping the crashes

Please check out our new white paper on the state of our music publishing written by my esteemed colleagues @normhirschy.bsky.social and @buddytwo.bsky.social. If you're formulating your next project, be sure to read to the end for tips on maximizing the reach and impact of your work!

@heretakis.bsky.social on why art and design education must rebel against the factory school. ow.ly/L7ae50WObs6

Some quick ideas about the potential of K-pop Demon Hunters & #MusicEd youtu.be/PpstOSxJTyA?... #MusicEducation

Back at it --- New #MuscEd newsletter coming out soon - subscribe to check it out & #ImaginingPossibilities evantobias.net/newsletter-s...

Getting ready for our Glitchn pop up public engagement part of our NSF grant on sparking interest in circuits, semiconductors, & electrical engineering through creative music tinkering — hanging out, messing around, & geeking out . . .

I love the juxtapositions that pop up on my Bluesky Paper Skygest feed -- sometimes they spark all kinds of creative ideas for #MusicEd activities & projects :) @amygaeta.bsky.social @musicjournalstf.bsky.social

Don't miss today's newsletter, which is about AI and teaching discussions organized by actual educators rather than funded by tech companies--lots of ideas in there for how to organize your own discussion/build your own community of educators.

! We’ll be doing some of this w creative & critical lenses for #MusicEd in this Fall’s Learner Centered & Project-based teaching in MusicEd course at ASU - MusicEd folks we have spots for digital commuters for grad credit or PD hours if you’re interested

Free to access until 7/31/2025: “Three Black Gospel Music Experts on Preparing, Teaching and 'Being' in the African American Aural-Oral Tradition" by Whitney A Covalle, from Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education 233. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/bcrme/ar...

With academia.edu applying AI to our work & being less than communicative, know how to opt out - check this video w info on AI Academia is applying to our work & related thoughts on AI, sharing research, & this platform youtu.be/zSbUA48YS_A?... #AcademicSky #EduSky #Research #AI

Chapter 23: Navigating Motherhood within Dual-Career Academic Families by Dr. Jessica Vaughan Marra and Dr. Melissa Baughman #motherhoodinthemusiceducationacademy Motherhood in the Music Education Academy, now available for preorder: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

#MusicEd folks: see this thread - I don’t have the head space to explore the system or think through it right now but it looks like it has some interesting implications for music teaching 👇🏻

The people running the country and making high stakes decisions :

Listening to Pet Sounds today — I remember when I first learned about & listened to the Pet Sounds Sessions it was revelatory to hear the process - lots of potential for behind the scenes process for #MusicEd

Check out some themes & topics in my @obsidian.md notes & writing docs this week on #MusicEd & curriculum 👇🏻 How does knowledge show up in your curricular thinking? What are your curiosities when you see these different aspects of knowledge and knowing? youtube.com/shorts/FG4rQ...

#newsletter folks: I need to switch from using Mailchimp due to removal of automation email upon signup for free accounts - thinking I will switch to Kit free account - any thoughts or suggestions of options? Not currently worth it/doable for me to pay for a subscription at this point in time.

Now that broswercompany is abandoning Arc, what are best alternatives that support the same/similar paradigm of multiple spaces, pinned sites across spaces, etc. ? Really doubtful I'd be interested in the AI-first version of whatever they working on so ideas on replacements?

Pretty awesome: When the Republican president & party work hard to stop science & to prevent the public from being informed, scientists work harder to inform the public w science & counter misinformation & disinformation. Respect to meteorologists & climate scientists youtube.com/@wclivestrea...

Also starting to add bases seamlessly & organically while working on a writing project - @obsidian.md bases is a great example of the value of metadata in your notes & how templates can be powerful in everyday note making by facilitating adding metadata w/o much cognitive load #AcademicSky #EduSky

this is nifty, someone has already made an open source Dataview → Bases conversion tool for @obsidian.md 1.9 bases-toolbox.vercel.app

This is exciting! Been using the @obsidian.md projects plugin & dataview a lot but looking forward to exploring the potential of Bases - especially as I work on a major writing project!

Show us your writing process in a gif

#Wordpress & #Drupal folks: Any advice - strategies - resources on a process for transitioning a wordpress site with largely static pages to Drupal - ideally that would not take longer than 1 - 2 days of time - tight deadline on this. Thanks!

Rep. Matt Gress and Senator JD Mesnard are forcing vouchers into the #Prop123 renewal 😡 Thanks to your calls & emails, they have retreated for now — keep up the pressure, it’s working! Read about this & much more in our #WeeklyEdReport! ➡️ bit.ly/May11EdReport

experimental scores offer interesting potential in #MusicEd & open possibilities for creative music engagement - fixation on performing staff notation accurately can end up taking up all the air in a program, stifling creative thinking & doing

FYI: The Spencer Foundation, Kapor Foundation, The William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have collaborated to offer $25K rapid response grants. "This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."

Learner-centered & Project-Based Teaching in #MusicEd is back this Fall ‘25 ! You can enroll as a digital commuter (sync) via Zoom for grad credit or PD hours - Message me for info

Paper skygest is pretty cool!

If you, like me, had you NSF granted terminated, here’s what I learned from a hopeful meeting with my VP of research: 1. We have 30 days to act! Meet with your admin asap 2. APPEAL: Everyone can appeal! It must go through your institution, there’s a template, sent registered mail. My VP told me ⬇️

The NSF has stopped funding research into disinformation, a disinformation researcher highlighted why this is such a bad idea: “We know false information is out there, we know it spreads widely, and it’s important for people’s health and for democracy to understand what we can do about it.”

20yo DOGE tech bros entered NSF and cut funding to my ACTIVE grant. I am 3 YEARS into a 5 year grant, that was awarded to me by NSF. I have teams of science teachers doing climate justice units in their classrooms, grad students collecting data. Effective immediately. breach of contract at a minimum

My PhD student's NSF grant was terminated today. Her dissertation investigates why air pollution monitoring, metrics, and regulations don't properly capture the harms experienced by marginalized communities--esp in the most polluted Detroit neighborhoods. She and I are happy to talk with press etc.

For the last 3 yrs, I was the director for the Science of Science program at the NSF. We funded projects on science communication - science communication to the public, communication of public priorities to scientists, citizens engagement & participation in science. 🧵

URGENT ACTION FOR NSF GRANTEES. For current & recent (since 2020) awards, archive your award history this afternoon/tonight. Screenshot/download/print your work in research.gov & alert your partners. We have credible threats to integrity of awards tracking systems (via @jeremymberg.bsky.social)

& arts & education — challenging times require creative & imaginative thinking & action & ways of moving people - #MusicEd #ArtsEd

Now we just need our universities to change the icon to match the link that we already changed on our bio pages !

In solidarity with Arizonans living with disabilities who desperately need our help, their incredible families and caregivers, and Governor Hobbs’ courageous decision to veto any bills until a real bipartisan supplemental appropriation is passed, House Democrats voted no on every bill.

Ever wonder how a top music educator uses tech to revolutionize their classroom? 🤔 2025 TIME Teacher of the Year, Robby Burns, spills his secrets in this insightful interview! Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?si=F5y... #musicEd #edtech #innovation #EduSky

Could YOU be a guest on our new podcast?! musiceducationsolutions.co.uk/news/new-pri...

Do you remember when I told you that your institutional repository was on a list for a future purge? And to save copies of everything in multiple places? It's time you prioritized that. Now.

Small wins! Figured out how to link directly to a book in @vitalsource.bsky.social bookshelf w Hookmark so I can go straight from my @obsidian.md notes to the book. Thanks 4 the great documentation in Hookmark & ability to paste a markdown link. Vitalsource thanks for ability to deep link to page.