Aaron Smith @theartguy@is.aaronbsmith.com

1. I have no idea who you are, AND one of the following...

2. Your account does not have enough content for me to have a sense for the kind of person you are.

3. Your account has enough content for me to get a sense of who you are, but our interests do not align at all, making me think you decided to follow me by accident.

#Introduction / #Introductions

I'm Aaron, a Media Arts / Technology teacher for a K-8 Creative & Performing Arts Academy.

Before I did this, I was a Visual Arts teacher.

I'm very much into #DIY, #STEM, #STEAM, #DnD, #photography, the #Maker movement, and the idea that artists should be fairly compensated for the work they do (vs reposting said work without even attribution).

My politics lean left, but I don't talk about that much here.

I'm a widower.

I talk about games on @Crash.

*"Follow-for-follow." Life's too short to clutter my timeline.

*Post, boost, or favorite profanities. Yes, even the ones included in super-insightful posts. My students can find me.

*Post, boost, or favorite copyright infringement or endorsements of the same. Copyright law needs reform, sure, but it is still used to protect artists. If you're punching down and up at the same time, You're still punching down.

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Good morning,

It's the first day of Spring Break and I spent all my spoons on an unexpected-but-needed-to-be-done assignment for an administrator whom I greatly respect.

I don't even have yet.

I should get some.

LBs: Boosting my other account because I don't know who needs to hear it but I am much less likely to wish pain on others than I was four years ago.

Not because I feel righteous and above others, but because I was brought low.

Felt like sifting through what remains on the shelves of the local grocery store, might delete later.

Aaand I just recorded 30+ minutes of student instruction with my mic muted.

Learn from my fail. Check your audio settings before each recording.

Unionize.

Disney to Furlough Non-Union Park Employees in the US Starting April 19

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/disney-to-furlough-non-union-park-employees-in-the-us-starting-april-19

This training was advertised as being more advanced techniques, so it seems to have scared away most of the participants who caused issues yesterday.

Good advice is being shared in a non-distracting manner.

Good morning!

I have another 8:30 am training today! It's going to be great!

I signed up for the very first session on the first day of training because...

1. I know how hard this stuff can be so I'm likely part of the more forgiving portion of the audience when it comes to learning curves for live video training.

2. I want to get it out of the way so I can spend the rest of my day on grading and lesson prep.

Good morning!

Today I have an online training about online training!

We were given some leniency on which sessions to join, so I'm optimistic that I will be learning new and interesting things today!

This is a placeholder for a work related subtoot that I typed up twice before deleting.

I love my career, I really do, in spite of some things that threaten that enjoyment.

Mr. Emberley was an early inspiration for me. He provided tools that I could use in my classes to convince students that, yes, they COULD draw.

Scion Installation LA: Ed Emberley & Friends // Ed Emberley interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57Nj2dW5e6A

5. I am ALL FOR massive reform of Copyright, a concept that was created specifically to protect and encourage creative individuals.

Yes, it has been abused since then, but it still does its original job.

Maybe let it still do that instead of throwing it all away.

3. Those on top tend to stay there. An independent artist missing the tools to survive will sink. Corporations will just start stealing (more), because what's to stop them, now?

4. "We'll stop them," you might say. "We'll stop using their stuff." Well that's excellent in an ideal world Nestle's still afloat after saying you don't have a right to water so we don't live in a world where we get to see that work.