Adding Symphora, my WordPress blog, to the #fediverse via ActivityPub (Take 2)

Second try. Probably need to be subscribed first, then post.

Why just join a Mastodon instance if I can turn my entire blog in to a node in the federated social network space? This is the first post that attempts this feat. If it works I’ll write up what I did to make it work. In the meantime you can follow these antics and more by following elmer@www.symphora.com and @emasters.

See you on the other side!

Social annotation tools help students read together

Now, a new study offers evidence supporting what […] has long observed: online social annotation helps students understand and construct knowledge around scholarly content, while at the same time building community.

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2022/10/12/social-annotation-technology-helps-students-read-together

There is room for the use of social annotation tools in legal education especially as more teaching resources move online. Tools like Hypothesis would provide law students with ways to highlight and annotate online materials and share those as annotations with study groups, peers, and teachers.

Hypothesis is available in CALI Lawbooks, the online publishing platform that for CALI members

Yum, ribs!

Oven baked ribs

Sometimes after you prep and they spend the night in the fridge you just don’t feel like firing up the smoker. That’s why we have ovens. Not as smokey but just as tasty.

The prompt says “Start writing” so, sure, I’ll just start writing. I’m on my phone at the moment so writing is me like swiping but it does have a certain cursive feel to it once you get going. Of course proof reading to avoid bad autocorrect is essential. It also helps to have something to say and that’s a bit subjective I think.

What I’m really looking for is whether or not I can post without a title. Sometimes I have an idea but get stuck staring at the “Add title” and lose my inspiration. Not having to think of a title is nice.