Photos, Stories and articles on East Asia
There was a shockingly clear-eyed and insightful report released the other day about AI in elementary/secondary education from the Brookings Institution. Specifically, they argue: “A narrow focus on developing effective AI-supported teaching approaches could obscure how students’ very ability to learn is being undermined by AI overuse, inappropriate use, and non-productive use, both in and,…
This week I found an article about student misbehavior in the Virginia Education Association newsletter. (see screencaps at the bottom if the PDF is difficult to navigate). I found this article fascinating because it is the most teacher-centric article on the topic I have yet to read (naturally enough; it s a teacher union newsletter), which helped Continue reading How I learned to stop screaming…
[This is a repost of something I had to write for a pedagogy class as a reflection on a current event in education. I was shocked. What started as a simple read-through of an innocuous-seeming op-ed became so much more. The Republican chair of the House education committee advocates for more Federal investment in work-training Continue reading It s so easy to stumble upon legalized corruption in…
Is this thing on?
From November 30 to December 31, 2021, as emergency precautionary measure from a preventive perspective, new entry of foreign nationals is suspended. As tersely stated above, the Kishida government has reimposed entry restrictions out of fear of the spreading Omicron variant of covid. The strong response has led to an uptick in his public approval, Continue reading I will wait three more weeks…
To help get me back in the swing of writing and following stories I care about, I am going to try a semi-regular post rounding up some of the thoughts I ve had over the week, and try when I can to offer some niche topic I m following that other might not be as aware of. Continue reading The week in things my take on Suga, Rahm, and fast trains
As I ease into this blogging thing again, I figured I d give a little update into some of the stuff I ve been into lately and if I m feeling frisky, I might even do a follow-up post with my dislikes! Fortnite: This game is unbelievably popular among American kids. I wasn t into it until I Continue reading Things I m into now
I can t tell you how happy I am to see Mutant Frog Travelogue back online. I have fond memories of when MFT was at its most active it was so fun to pull together an argument or report on some development in Japan and see people sounding off in the comments section. It was Continue reading Good to be back
Another year draws to a close in the Adamu household 2018 has been nothing short of momentous. Long story short in August we moved from Tokyo to the greater DC area! For the most part moving here hasn t really changed my life all that much (certainly not compared to the rest of the Adamu household) Continue reading 2018 wrap up Adamu s Big Move edition
This year was one of my best years for gaming in quite a long time. A lot of really fun games came to my attention, including Battle Royale games (I haven t played the real PUBG yet, but there are a couple of knock-offs that I have liked) But one game has stood above all others, Continue reading 2017 Game of the Year Pokemon GO