Tag: learning

  • Learning Is a Series of Iterations, Mercy Is Necessary to Learner Safety

    Learning Is a Series of Iterations, Mercy Is Necessary to Learner Safety

    Learning is a series of iterations. The Game Has Changed – Cornelius Minor | CTRH! 2023 – YouTube Learning is not linear, we know this. Rather, learning is iterative. The Game Has Changed – Cornelius Minor | CTRH! 2023 – YouTube We can create space for iteration. We can create space for failure and revision.…

  • Stimpunks Podcast Episode 2: Learning from Rockets

    Stimpunks Podcast Episode 2: Learning from Rockets

    In this episode, Inna visits a rocket launch and reflects on learning from failure.

  • Fundamental Texts of Progressive Pedagogy

    Fundamental Texts of Progressive Pedagogy

    Our friends at Human Restoration Project suggest that their community read these four “fundamental texts of progressive pedagogy” to understand their philosophy. These are great recommendations that also help understand our philosophy at Stimpunks. When education is the practice of freedom, students are not the only ones who are asked to share, to confess. Engaged…

  • Stimpunks in a Minute

    Stimpunks in a Minute

    Stimpunks Foundation challenges the typical approach to helping people who are neurodivergent or disabled. We know what it is like to live with barriers and what it means to not fit in and have to forge our own community. Stimpunks knows that neurodivergent and disabled people have human needs. We offer a humane approach to…

  • September at Stimpunks: Our Blogging, Our Reading, Our Giving

    September was busy at Stimpunks. We made progress on setting up the foundation and the philanthropic LLC. We got a new logo. We helped launch Josephmooon’s website and their rock album about autistic life. And we did the usual blogging, reading, and giving. Our Blogging Inclusive Meetings, Classes, and Presentations with Access Notes, Bodymind Affirmations,…

  • Inclusive Meetings, Classes, and Presentations with Access Notes, Bodymind Affirmations, and Small Changes

    I’ve noticed a trend among neurodivergent and disabled speakers, notably Lydia X. Z. Brown and Jonathan Mooney, of prefacing their presentations with an access note and a bodymind affirmation. They encourage people, be it in an auditorium or a group video chat, to move around and get comfortable. I believe we should all move in…

  • Additions to Our Philosophy on Equity, Learning, and Psychological Safety

    Our Philosophy page lists acquired phrases that we steer by. They are compasses and stars that align us on our mission. I added several phrases on equity, learning, and psychological safety from Human Restoration Project, Equity Literacy Institute, and Timothy R. Clark. Learning is rooted in purpose finding and community relevance. Social justice is the…

  • Try Again: Mercy is Necessary to Learner Safety

    Try Again: Mercy is Necessary to Learner Safety

    “Retesting clearly works, so I give endless chances. If you’re willing to work, there’s always mercy. You can try again.” Craig B. Smith Craig invites students to learn without adding fear to a subject that already creates its own. He recognizes that students who are emotionally distressed—anxious, angry, or depressed—are cognitively impaired and don’t learn…