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Day 83 (of 2025/26) the complicated life of some authors/cartoonists – Scott Adams… I enjoyed a lot of Dilbert over the years. The cartoon strip was a huge success and very popular (popular enough to even inspire a tv series). And unlike some (Bill Watterson) was heavily into merchandising the brand – Dilbert was even…

Day 82 (of 2025/26) #mathmonday – Math evolving in how we solve it…  Some thinking about math as we re-enter some thoughts connected to History of Math 11 (the best math ever for those of us who are called to the Arts more than the Sciences – especially as universities now welcome it… for the…

Day 81 (of 2025/26) some education connected news stories for the new calendar year! Civility Rules in Quebec; chew more gum in school!; and too many babies are watching @MsRachelforlittles @MsRachelSongs ! 1. “Civility” – Well, in Quebec, students must now address teachers as “Mr” and “Ms” under new civility rule… https://apple.news/AY7TITJc5TlyZcJEkVsJ2ZQ – a big…

Day 79/80 + bonus blog (of 2025/26) serendipity around misremembering nostalgia… thanks @msn  #tEChursdAI saw me share some of the things we have ‘lost’ in 2025 and on Wednesday I shared the things that we teach, but don’t get to practice much outside of the classroom environment…. And then another share was shared… one of…

Day 80 (of 2025/26) #tEChursdAI look at the tech we lost in 2025… and what 2026 might bring…  This year we said goodby to some tech that was once used or appreciated for various reasons…  Apple once again took a step – removing the home button and the last of the physical click that many…

Day 79 (of 2025/26) Things change aka shift happens… These were once survival skills in a low-tech world. Today they’re nostalgia skills – useful, but no longer central. We still teach these skills, but mainly because they’re familiar to us… and we need to recognize that relevance has shifted and that schools cannot be artificial…

Day 78 (of 2025/26) A sonnet to reading (and the skills needed to be learned along the way) An article that started me thinking… Is relevant reading the spark needed to shift The role of learning to read to reading to learn? https://www.dailydot.com/news/gamer-teachers-reddit-teens-read/ As I thought phonics and phonemic awareness were always taught… Part of…

Day 77 (of 2025/26) Facing Feelings: inside the world of @RainaTelgemeier I love that Raina has helped normalize graphic novels as part of a readers journey… comic books are what led me to become an English/History double major and helped me build the capacity to transform the words on a page to pictures in the…

Day 76 (of 2025/26) top 3s of 2025 going into winter break! So here it is: the Top 3s that made me stop, think, and sometimes mutter under my breath in 2025. Winter break feels like a good excuse to let these ideas marinate, let the rabbit holes grow, and maybe, just maybe, start imagining…

Day 75 (of 2025/26) #tEChursdAI thoughts wishes for the new year (2026 wow!!) Kind of excited to get a PLC looking at AI going within our Provincial Online Learning School. Today’s touch-in allowed some fun … shares… (rants) good balance is things that’ll make you agree and get angry! It is kind of fun knowing that…