#year of the marachi

[marachistudios]

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#my art #legend of zelda #pokemon #etsy #yotm comic #year of the marachi #webcomic #yotm #ffxiv #tea cups #teapot

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Tonight I am Pokemon self-insert dumping because I am feeling cringe at little me’s old self insert stories, and felt like drawing some Pokemon Teams

Lots of text under the cut

We’ll start with my cringiest one, aka the first Self-Insert I ever sat down and wrote; Pokemon Black and White

I was born in Sinnoh, left as a sacrifice to appease an erupting volcano as an infant. It both worked, and didn’t work. It worked because, yes, it did keep the volcano from erupting, and didn’t work because instead of becoming a sacrifice to some legendary Pokemon, she actually adopted me.

The Heatran within the volcano did her best to be a mother, but being made of molten metal and having your baby be a frail meat lump made that very difficult. Her husband, an Entei who’d been roaming at the time, returned and was promptly unamused by the human baby.

After a lot of debate, Entei convinced Heatran to allow him to return me to my own kind; other humans. With the promise it would not be the village that originally threw the child away.

Finding the right town to leave the baby proved more difficult than Entei imagined (mostly because he was growing attached, and refusing to admit it), and took a few years of travel across regions, looking for just the right parent at just the right moment.

Eventually, Entei and I found ourselves in the wilderness in Unova, with very alike company. A Darmanitan and a little boy simply called N.

N and I were both little, convinced we were like our fathers, fire type Pokemon. We spent days on days trying to use the most basic of fire type moves, to no luck. We “battled” and played all sorts of games. Entei and Darmanitan talked about our future.

One day, while playing hide and seek with N, I wandered a bit too far, to the edge of the woods, near Nuvema town. A little girl named Bianca and her friend Cheren where just entering the woods at the same time. I didn’t understand their words, they spoke the human language. But they took me back with them to their town, and I never saw Entei again.

The rest of the self insert is heavily built into the story line of Pokemon Black and White. Bianca, Cheren, and I are childhood friends, we go on a journy together, grow, change, and stop Team Plasma along the way.

Face offs with N are tense, I’m trying so desperately to reach him, to save him from this wicked man that took him away from his father the day I disappeared from our shared home. In the end I do punch Ghetsis right in his face. Mostly because he hit N and called him a monster, and I’m not letting that stand.

This SI also has a lot of violence, as I tend to throw myself physically at Pokemon, especially Ghetsis’ Hydreigion, which we see for the first time in Castelia City when Bianca’s Pokemon gets stolen. That fight lands me in the hospital for a few days. It pushes Cheren to become stronger even harder, it makes Bianca take a step back. I’d love to write it as a fic someday, it’s a big turning point in the story.

The team:

Weavile - Frostbite - He/Him - My first Pokemon, a friend I made while visiting Lacunosa Town as a child. He’s sharp and quick, typically the ace of the team. Loves to run into a fight, be it with Pokemon or Person.

Stoutland - Rusty - He/Him - My family’s Pokemon, originally my mother’s husband’s, a man I never met as he was gone before I was adopted, he’s watched over me sense the day I arrived to live with him and my mom. Very old, very wise, very chill.

Trubbish - Dumplin - She/Her - Bubbly, cuddly, baby of the group. Hatched from an egg found abandoned in the trash in Castelia. She doesn’t do a lot of fighting, and is scared of confrontation, but is a great cheerleader

Maractus - Marachi - He/Him - The smallest Maractus you ever did see. Completely blind as well, uses sound and echolocation from his own maraca like arms to move around. Amazing battler, and extremely loud.

Victini - He/Him - Not an official part of the team, another childhood friend of mine, locked up in Liberty Garden for his own protection. Cheren, Bianca, and I allow him free, and he decides to follow the three of us, for the fun of it.

Golurk - They/Them - Also not an offical member of the team, a large Golurk sent to protect Dragon Spiral Castle who helped us scale the castle to find N and the legendary dragon type Pokemon at the top. Afterwards, the Golurk decided to come along, flying us wherever we needed to go, to make sure I could acquire the legendary Pokemon

Self Shipped with: N

Oof.... Okay that was a lot. The other two are less! I think.

Pokemon Sun and Moon

This is another one I wrote as a kid, and it also basically follows the plot of Sun and Moon anyway with a few smaller, fun differences.

I’m Molyane’s little brother, same age and childhood friend of Hau, thus we decided to do the Trials together. We also drag Lillie along with us, we like to do that to her a lot.

I’d say, a lot like Hau, I’m very lax in this one. The journey isn’t rushed, there’s no running from objective to objective. It’s a very chill romp though Alola. A growing-pains/coming of age story for sure, as it’s mostly just Hau, Lillie, and I, being kids doing kid things.

The team is just as lax, as the only one I have a good personality and name for is my Castform; Teruteru - he/him - My first Pokemon, a very anxious and tired little guy who’s always worried about the weather, my lax nature, and the possible dangers we could get in. He’s very high strung. 

In the Anime version of this Self-Insert, I’m older, only have the Shiitonic, and end up tagging along with team rocket a lot, being an unofficial member due to my crush on James. 

Self Shipped with: Lillie, James

Pokemon Sword and Shield

This was the first Pokemon game I felt disjointed from the main story, so it’s not built in as taking the player character’s place, and instead being an addition to the pre-existing tale.

I’m an author living in Ballonlea, who was practically raised by Ms. Opal, and is now doing the same to Bede. We’re a found family of white haired trans people and I think that’s great. Allister is also there sometimes.

I write mainly horror and mystery novels, with my most recent Grimwood Detective series being picked up for a TV show, which has brought me much more attention than I sighed up for. 

The team:

Minccino - Nezu - He/Him - My first Pokemon, a cocky little shit full of rage and ready to throw down. He absolutely hates that the series where the main character is based on him isn’t the one that got off the ground. He puts a lot of his rage twords Intelleon. The two of them fight a lot

Clobbopus - Zucker - Hatched from an egg, just a very lazy little dude. He likes to sit on my lap while I’m writing. He makes an amazing pillow.

Raboot - Ruby - She/Her - Not my Pokemon - A trans Raboot actress who was cast to play a little boy. She asked me (very violently) to change the script to allow her character to better fit her chosen gender. She’s yet been able to thank me for making the change properly, mostly being passive aggressive or hostile on accident. She has a crush on Intelleon

Scrafty - Iggy - She/Her - Not my Pokemon, Ruby’s best friend both on an off the set, trying to both help her thank me and get her together with Intelleon.

Intelleon - They/Them - Not my Pokemon, the lead actor or the television version of my book. They are constantly bothering me about the script, wanting revisions or edits to help their character appear more swauve and charming. They think they’re hot shit, and unfortunately they’re correct. Nezu absolutely hates them, and the two of them have spats all the time.

Self Shipped with: Milo, Gordie, Intelleon

#Emile's Arts #Self insert #Self ship #Two of these are really really old #Oh little baby me really really really liked Lillie #you all need to understand this self insert was so important to little me he LOVED Lillie and wanted nothing more than to hold her hand #The BW one is very violent because it was written in my obsessed with horror blood and gore phase #Very very dark and edgy younger me #Then you have the Sun/Moon one which is just a growing pains romp and I love that for me #The Swsh one is the most recent and the least story driven I feel #I liked swsh just felt hard to play the role of the plucky young protaganist when I first played it I guess #The Pokemon SUMO Anime Self Insert is newer as well technically #Sumo is my favorite part of the anime mind you it was really really good #One day I might clean these up and actually add the F/Os involved who knows #I may also one day re-write my BW self insert fics #Not change them plot wise just. Clean up the horrid writting I did back them #Mostly that Castelia scene oof #Good angst little dude #pkmn selfship

[popculturebuffet]

Tomtober Day 5 Catchup: Ping Pong

Marco: (Gets a call) Tom.. it's 5 in the morning

Tom: I just wanted to celeberate our anniversary

Marco:.... which one

Tom: That time I destroyed you in ping pong. I even framed a photo of it.

Marco:.. Goodnight tom. (hangs up) every year with this... (Gets another call) Hello?

Tom: So do you want any of the cake?

Marco:... of course I want the cake... I'll be over in the m... aw i'm not getting any sleep right now i'll be over in 5.

Tom: Great i'll cue up the marachi band

Marco: the wha

Tom: See you soon buddy!

#star vs the forces of evil #tomtober #tom lucitor #marco diaz

[crimson-chains]

HEY HEY!!! OWO

My friend who has super cool art is doing a kickstarter for her book!!!

I totally recommend checking it out! :D Reblogs are much appreciated! ^^

Here’s a character of hers that I drew, and I think he’s super neat :D

#Signal Boost

[loverofpiggies]

I would like to tell you all about a webcomic I have found, and I feel like it deserves a lot more love than it gets.

The Year of The Marachi.

I’m gonna go into detail about this. -This comic was started by a friend of mine, who had Carpal Tunnel. She had to relearn how to DRAW, when working on this story. -Not only that, from my understanding, this is her first, long term story of any sort. -3. The art. THE ART. Look how it started. Once again, this was coming from an artist who was relearning how to draw with carpal tunnel.

To where it is now.

(I’m not actually completely caught up, I’m only up to Volume 2, so I picked a recent page with no context but it looks sad and that scares the fuck outta me) -After I finished book 2, I couldn’t believe how intricate and fascinating the world and it’s characters were. Everyone is interesting, and especially as the writers got further into the story, it just-- it feels like EVERY conversation between characters have two sides to it. I keep thinking back to different conversations, especially within volume 2, that keep striking me. This is some EXTREMELY good writing, that has been sticking with me. I need to reread volume 1, because there is so much I feel like I missed, and I gotta go back on. (I also read Vol 1 months before Vol 2, so my memory was hazy.) This story scares me- because I don’t know where it’s going at all. Like, the moment volume 2 really started hitting me, I have so many questions I’m scared to know answers to. The world is also really REALLY well built?? Like. This comic is doing a lot of things I conceptualize within my own stories, and its stunning. It’s also incredibly diverse, with fascinating cultures and characters and interactions-- jeese it’s very well done. Especially where the state of the world in-comic is today, it’s built very ORGANICALLY. Like, situations of the past built up in ways people did not expect, to create the political environment of the story as it is currently. It just feels VERY realistic with how its portrayed- I feel like I’m reading a real world, with real characters. I feel like this is a real country I’m reading about. I literally ended reading Volume 2 in dismay, because now I finally gotta actually read comics online (believe it or not, I might do webcomics but its hard as heck for me to get on the computer and READ any, even if its made by friends. Sorry friends.)

I can’t explain this half as well as I’d like. Dangit.

MY POINT IS

THIS IS CURRENTLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE STORIES, AND NO ONE REALLY KNOWS IT EXISTS.

So please, I’m rambling, but check it out at it’s sites.

Webtoons

Smackjeeves

It deserves more attention than it gets. And- this is their first real work. Like, I’ve been making comics for like 20 years. This is their first REAL SERIOUS WORK, and the passion and dedication behind it- I’m amazed at how good it is on every turn.So. Please check it out, it’s well worth a read.

#yotm #yearofthemarachi #webcomic #webcomic shoutout

[dalyunministry]

Min. Hilla Mwale

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1 Thessalonians 5:22-23

TOPIC: BE A VESSEL OF HONOR.

Allowing God‘s Glory to shape your life

Let‘s pray, We thank You, Lord of this wonderful time we are sharing the word. May you minister to us,give us the spirit of understanding Lord, In Jesus Christ we have pray,,,,,AMEN!

Bible reading, KJV

22 Abstain from all apearance of evil.23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be perserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ

Let‘s begin by discussing:

TWO TYPES OF VESSELS

(1).Vessel of honor

(2). Vessel of destruction

You and I live in a amazing time of great spiritual life and of great spiritual darkness.Though today christians have more revelation of the word of God than any other generation that ever lived, the world around us is growing more evil every day.

SO WHAT ARE WE TO DO:

How are we as believers to live in the midst of such evil?

A. ABSTAIN FROM EVIL.

As verse 22 says, that means, don‘t participate it, don‘t watch it, don‘t feed on it and have nothing to do with it.

B. We should know that we are not children of darckness but we are children of life.

Colosaians 1:13

we have no business participating in evil.

C. To understand that.we are devoted to the Lord and no destruction

We are the temples of God and His Spirit dwells in. If we destroy it, we are to be destructed too. God wants us to be holy.

To be holy means to be set apart , seperated to simething and separated from somthing else.

Be reminded of something which is holy according to.the word of God,

Marachi 3:10 The Bible teaches that the tithe is devoted. That means it has set been aside for God.It is a holy thing, set apart for God‘s use. So person‘s tithe can be devoted to.God or to destruction.If you give it to God , it becimes devoted to Him (if you keep it, and rob Him of it, it becomes devoted to destruction).

If you don‘t keep your body the way you should ,by obeying God, it will begin to destruction.

The more a person uses drugs or alcohol, partakers of pornography or adultery or any other kind of sin, the more quickly he or she will die.

GOD WANTS US TO FREE.

I believe every believer who loves God wants to.be holy, but not every believer is actually living holy. If you have struggled like this, even for years, I konw you can be free.

John 17:17.

All it needs is your choice your quality decision.God is faithful, He is just waiting on the oppertunity to help you.

Jeremiah 15:19

If you are a person who is moved away from God, He is asking you to return. If you are not saved, He is asking you to come to him and make Jesus your Lord and savior. (God would not force you to do that).

But He does not require you to live a life separated to Him.God wants you to do.what He says and walk in His ways because those things produce freesom... ..they produce best for you.

You can‘t walk in the ways of the word and be free, never!

HE IS NEVER STOPPED WORKING.

You may have given up overcoming sometings in your life, but God never has. His word to you is always; ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE .

From the time you came into the kingdom.of God, God has endeavored to.restore you, to readjust you so.that you can walk in the full bleasings and the full power of God. Jeremiah 18:1-4

GLORY BE TO GOD FOR HIS WORD HE HAS SPOKEN TO US.

[wellhalesbells]

6 and 8 please! 😊

yesss, i adore you!!! 

6. what books have you read in the last month?

considering i’m using this to combat boredom, i’ll answer as if you’re asking a 31-day month from right now, rather than just listing january.  :)

dec 15-31

iceman #8, by sina grace.  why did this get cancelled??  we just don’t know.

nightwing, vol. 3, by tim seeley.  meh.  these are going downhill fast for me.  (psst, he can’t really write women in this series apparently??)

the rose society, by marie lu.  i am finishing this effing series this year, okay, i am.  and the boys had better be gay together!

noumenon, by marina j. lostetter.  one of the arcs i picked up from comic con last year!  i actually loved it a lot, but space, science and psychology are a hodgepodge of my favorite things so… makes sense.

the couple next door, by shari lapena.  it was… hella quick?  i finished it in the car in two days between taking driving turns.  and i liked the ultimate villain but otherwise it was just kinda… there (and did not focus on the couple next door, like, at all so… what?).

dirk gently’s holistic detective agency, by douglas adams.  it was no hitchhiker’s guide that’s for sure but it had some epically great lines like: “i suspect that your problem,” he said, “is that you have too many paper clips up your nose.”

uprooted, by naomi novik.  OH MY GOD, I LOVED THIS ONE.  fantasy’s kind of hard for me and i really have to space that shit out as i cannot do a lot back to back because i get bogged down with all the different elements.  but, holy shit, this was amazing fantasy; i could read eight of these in a row.  the dragon is just sitting there going ‘oh no thank you,’ to every potential adventure, because fuck it, i’m immortal and what’re you gonna do, man?  i control the narrative ‘cause i’m gonna outlive ya, you bozo, and i’ll just tell everyone i was heroic as balls after you die your horrible death so go do that.  so agnieszka is given more to do than basically any heroine ever because the guy who knows all the stuff is like: ‘i’ll be in the library with tea today, please keep the screams of the nearest village to a dull roar.’  (the dragon is my hero, okay.)  and is trying to learn magic from this pomp and prissy wizard before she eventually comes up with, ‘you know what, it works if i just sing the happy birthday song or forget half the word and make up my own, so, shove it.’  then she goes off, makes the universe significantly better and gets some dick.  it’s marvelous.

the wicked + the divine: christmas annual, by kieron gillen.  i could just have more inanna and baal for the rest of eternity and it wouldn’t be enough.

wonder woman, vol. 2, by greg rucka.  greg is moving in the right direction.  i liked this one better than volume one.

jan 1-16

endurance, by zaya feli.  this series is steadily improving too.  it’s not epic or anything but good.  i hope the final book is a nice finish ‘cause i’m gonna chomp it up soon.

everything leads to you, by nina lacour.  SO I’M STALKING NINA LACOUR NOW.  i love her writing.  and this book was so good, so weirdly nostalgic in a way and warm and kind and loving and free and insightful!  LOVE IT.

behind closed doors, by b.a. paris.  gah, i’ve had this book forever.  got it free as an arc and then never read it because i am an asshole.  it was super well done (and the finish was so satisfying) but goooooosh is it hard for me to read that much helplessness and hopelessness or any book that relies on the reality that men will automatically be believed over women.  it’s realistic, absolutely, but that’s not the kind of realism i want in my fiction ‘cause, uh, not so relaxing, that.

this was not the plan, by cristina alger.  this was so much cuter and sweeter than i expected it would be!  i wish the ending had been more solid ‘cause then it would’ve been a total fave.  but caleb was absolutely adorable and charlie being torn between wanting to protect caleb from what kids/adults might say and do in regards to him wearing tutus and dresses and all the pink the world has on offer and wanting to embrace every single bit of that because that’s his amazing kid read very real to me.  zadie and moose were great side characters too.

john dies at the end, by david wong.  meh.  i mean, there were definitely parts that made me laugh out loud but it’s such a lowbrow (boy’s) humor book: meaning boobs and dick and fart jokes all over the place.

spider-man/deadpool #25, by robbie thompson.  HEY, HI, I MISS JOE KELLY.  like, sobbingly miss that guy.  he wanted the boys together possibly more than i do.  robbie thompson’s arc kinda blows.  (and seeing as marvel print went on a diversity-killing cancelling spree, not seeing any reason why i should continue supporting this.)

iceman #9, by sina grace.  judah better be fine and that’s all i’m gonna effin’ say about that.

the disciples, by steve niles.  SPACE ZOMBIES.

limbo, by dan watters.  DUDE, HOW GREAT WAS THIS??  neon, voodoo, 80s vibe, noir amnesiac detective, femme fatale singer who’s actually a goddess of the underworld, a sidekick who communicates with the gods by making them mixtapes, dia de los muertos, a marachi band of assassins who use music to murder, and on and on and on.  i wish it had ended differently but it gave me so much awesomeness first that i don’t even care.

ufology, by james tynion iv.  i wanted so much more aliens!

the friendship ruse, by georgia tell.  the amount of obliviousness was totally unbelievable but give me a second book and i’ll read the shit out of it (especially since so much was unanswered at the end of book one, come on!)

8. what is the first book you remember reading yourself?

i’m not sure which came first, either harry potter and the chamber of secrets or the picture of dorian gray.  two of the most different books in existence, ahahha.

book meme.

#!ask #meme answers #WELL THAT KILLED SOME TIME YEEEEES #rankcastle

[faceofmalawi]

College student kills self after sister asks him to stop smoking, drinking alcohol

A 23-year-old Kenyan college student on Thursday evening (July 16) died after jumping into a swollen river following a disagreement with his elder sister. Bernard Otieno, a Second Year student at Bushiangala Technical Training Institute in Kakamega County, received a phone call from his elder sibling, who reprimanded him for his penchant for ganja smoking and binge drinking. Speaking on behalf of police, Rolex Nyoka said shortly after talking to his sister on phone, Otieno left for River Walatsi, where he threw himself into and died. “The deceased’s elder sibling had reprimanded him for his habit of smoking bhang and excessive drinking of alcohol. It appears Otieno was angered by his sister’s scolding, pushing him to commit suicide by drowning,” Nyoka told K24 Digital. “I urge parents to closely monitor their children during this period when the kids are at home after schools were closed due to coronavirus crisis. The guardians should also find tactful ways of advising the children,” added Nyoka. Otieno’s body is yet to be retrieved from the river, police said. The deceased’s relatives say, according to the Marachi culture, some of them (family members) will have to camp on the riverbed until Otieno’s body is found. Read the full article

#BernardOtieno #RolexNyoka

[marachistudios]

I’ve been feeling pretty down about my art lately. Getting more con rejections and waitlisted than I did last year definitely hasn’t helped, but it is what it is. But when I get down on myself I always return to my ocs and my favorite colours. I’ve been trying for years to develop a thinner line art style to match industry standards but I think my art just looks better with thicker lines. It’ll have to be fine :’D There are still some concept artists and such who use thick lines too. Here I kinda used them as part of the style and not just a guideline for where the colours go. Anyways, enjoy this little painting. I’ll post more updates soon including my convention schedule.

#My art #original character #original art #shanaihe #Year of the marachi #vivid colors

[zipgrowth]

Public Educators Share Fallouts on Personalized Learning, Privatization and Edtech

Educators from around the U.S. gathered in Oakland this past weekend for the Network for Public Education’s (NPE) national conference, where several sessions centered around a common theme: protecting public education amid an era of federal budget cuts and concerns over the increased presence of technology in classrooms.

After an opening keynote from NPE president Diane Ravitch, the conference started with a talk Saturday morning led by Mark Miller, former president of the Pennsylvania School Boards Association; Leonie Haimson, the Executive Director of Class Size Matters; and Marla Kilfoyle, executive director of the Badass Teachers Association. The speakers all pressed that digital learning, and in particular online charter schools, are falling short for students and teachers.

“There has been a huge explosion of online learning and edtech in our schools… and online education is privatizing education through for-profit companies and their apps,” said Haimson. “But the reality is that online learning has not progressed really far.”

In particular, Haimson, who is also the co-chair Parent Coalition for Student Privacy, called attention to the “hype” around personalized learning, often described as a technology-based education model that aims to allow individual students to be able to learn at their preferred pace and instructional method. “This Orwellian phrase of ‘personalized learning’ is taking away human contact in education,” she said.

This Orwellian phrase of ‘personalized learning’ is taking away human contact in education

Leonie Haimson

Personalized learning has become a particular point of passion for major philanthropists and tech executives, including Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and Microsoft founder Bill Gates. Haimson charges that Summit Schools, a personalized learning-based charter network financially bolstered by Facebook, focuses more on screen time than actual learning of human interaction. Students and teachers using these programs, she alleges, “don’t get any personal time at all.”

Haimson also said many of the Summit parents she has spoken with cite issues with their child’s learning. The presentation included quotes by some of these parents, such as: “Within weeks my son started coming home from school upset and didn’t want to go to school. He said that he didn’t like being taught by a computer and sitting in front of a computer watching videos and taking notes all day. He was basically in charge of his own education at the age of 12.”

The speakers pointed to a 2017 study out of Stanford University’s Center for Research on Education Outcomes, which suggests that effects on both reading (-0.10) and math (-0.25) performance decreased for students in virtual charter schools regardless of what network they a part of. “Virtual charter schools don’t work for most kids,” the report reads.

Other studies offer "modest" optimism around technology’s role, however. A study by the RAND Corporation this year found “new evidence to suggest that customizing instruction for every student can generate modest gains in math and reading scores,” Education Week reported. The report also cited challenges for personalized learning, and warns that its popularity “far outpaces its evidence base.” But Haimson underscored there are “so many issues with the [RAND] studies,” such as how “there is no definition of personalized learning,” which the study attempts to measure.

Haimson is stark with her position on the matter: “I’m totally on the record about being against this stuff.” But she and the other speakers also said there is a time in place in which their opinions might soften. “We are not saying online learning is a bad thing—it’s good in moderation and when it’s used responsibly,” said Kilfoyle.

Haimson said that successful implementation often requires smaller class size, plus working with “kids who are self-motivated, easy learners and have support.” For those with less resources or support, she said “the myth [about personalized learning technology] is that it will narrow the achievement gap, but it will actually increase the achievement gaps.”

The majority of research is saying that cyber charters are tremendously problematic and are targeting low-income communities.

Roxana Marachi

Later in a lunchtime keynote session, Roxana Marachi, an associate professor of education at San Jose State University, echoed some of the morning’s sentiments.

“I’m not against [all] tech. It’s the exploitation by tech that is taking data from our students and doing harm but saying it’s success.” In particular, Marachi, who studies social and emotional well-being for students and how technology affects students’ health, criticizes what she sees as the headlong dash to adopt devices and software without fully understanding their potential and limitation.

“There is a lack of research [on education technology]… We are putting technology in schools before we know these are working.” In addition, she claims the most vulnerable targets are low-income areas, such as communities near her university in San Jose, which is scattered by tech-heavy charters like Rocketship Schools. “The majority of research is saying that cyber charters are tremendously problematic and are targeting low-income communities,” Marachi said. She also described one charter school that her program is studying near San Jose which has implemented 21 edtech programs, but only two of those programs had studies on their effectiveness.

Janelle Scott, a chancellor’s associate professor at UC Berkeley, provided additional context to their arguments during the lunchtime keynote: “[Privatization in education] is operating in a state of education disinvestment.” She stressed that “there is a reason families are choosing” alternatives like charter schools, virtual schools and technology, “even if they are not the ideal.”

But Scott also pointed out that “there are people who are very happy with their charter schools,” and encouraged “a way to bring them into the critical conversations.”

Public Educators Share Fallouts on Personalized Learning, Privatization and Edtech published first on http://ift.tt/2x05DG9

[heathersconfections]

TOMORROW! The biggest taco and beer fest of the year is happening at Doheny State Beach from 1pm-9pm and featuring a whole mess of hometown heroes. Don't be left out! I will be there sampling my delicious goodies AND we will have an EXCLUSIVE GRINGO BANDITO version of our spicy peanut brittle! Tacos and Beer! See you there! #beer #tacos #music #beach #wrestling #luchalibre #sand #surf #rock #punk #marachi #eat #food #foodporn #salsa #hotsauce #brittle #toffee #realitystar #realitytv #dreambig #dreamsdocometrue #heathersconfections @BestCandyChick #🍬 #🍭 (at Doheny State Beach Dana Point Ca)

#wrestling #rock #toffee #🍭 #salsa #beer #eat #music #sand #punk #realitystar #surf #heathersconfections #beach #realitytv #dreamsdocometrue #dreambig #tacos #food #🍬 #foodporn #luchalibre #hotsauce #marachi #brittle

[marachistudios]

My comic Year of the Marachi turned 10 years old this month! 10 years ago I posted the first update - the prologue - on DeviantArt and I'm still chugging along with no intention of stopping until the story says so xD I'm working hard on Book 7 but in the mean time...

DTIYS TIME!

This is my baby girl, my pride and joy, my everything, my protag Shanaihe. Her name means "North Star", hence the Ursa Minor constellation with Polaris shining brightly in the bg! She is the last in a long line of monarchs in a country plagued by war, but the most important thing she would like you to know about herself is that she likes her morning coffee with a drop of milk and two sugar cubes.

RULES: 1. Redraw this image in your own style - creative liberties are welcome and encouraged!

2. Post your work on Tumblr or Instagram and tag me in the post! It's @marachistudios on tumblr and @marachistudiosart on Instagram, and also please use the hashtag #YOTM10DTIYS so I can find posts easier!

3. I share your DTIYS of this!! I'm looking forward to seeing what you do!

And if you're interested (and I would extremely appreciate it!), please check out the comic on Webtoon!

Cheers!

#my art #original #year of the marachi #webtoon #webcomic #yotm #yotm comic #yotm10dtiys

[marachistudios]

I had an AMAZING time at #kumoricon this weekend! Thank you for coming and saying hello, everyone was so friendly and fun and kind!! If you missed me or were hoping to see my fan art, no worries, I'm going to try to get my online store going in a week or two so keep posted! Also keep posted for a Year of the Marachi update coming soon 👀 #artistsoninstagram #convention #illustration #art (at Portland, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck8o-dtpPeM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#kumoricon #artistsoninstagram #convention #illustration #art

[marachistudios]

I finally updated my Etsy store! I have a bunch of cute charms and foil stamped prints on there already, and soon I’m adding my comics as well as pencil bags and maybe some other goodies! And the best part? Domestic orders within the US all get FREE SHIPPING! Take a look if you want - the store is permanently open so don’t worry about missing out! Click here to check it out!

#original art #fan art #digital art #key chains #crafts #art #my artwork #my art #marachi studios #virginia paton #boku no hero academia #danganronpa #untitled goose game #my hero academia #legend of zelda #breath of the wild #zodiac #year of the marachi #yotm #webcomic #my comic #comics #animals #nature #cute #dungeons and dragons #critical fail #d20 #promised neverland

[marachistudios]

Happy New Year! It is now the year of the elk in my comic story's zodiac 🦌

May you get the rest you need to love, to fight, and to create with all your might!

This will be January's sticker on my patreon, and I'm making an enamel pin of it too for my new pin club tier (coming soon)!

https://www.patreon.com/marachistudios

#happy new year #my art #art #illustration #elk #year of the marachi #yotm comic #yotm #original art #original

[marachistudios]

Meet my comic protag Shanaihe! Or maybe you've already met her if you've read "Year of the Marachi" on Webtoons BUT you can never have too much Shanaihe (or at least I can't!). And as a bonus I did a sketch of her cuddling her favourite human.

You can find my comic on Webtoons and also on Tapas and ComicFury! The comic updates in chunks on those sites BUT you can have early access to the comic page by page on my Patreon!

#marachi studios #art #my art #artist #year of the marachi #my webcomic #webcomics #webcomic #my oc #my oc art #comics #web comic #comic book #comic