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Day bonus (of 2024/25) a gifted reader from a mom who also loves books. Well, this was unexpected. A mom whom I have worked with at both schools I have been part of in qathet school district came into my office with an older reader. She had noticed some of my book shelves hold… classics……

Day 149 (of 2024/25) #autism should’ve been printed during Autism Awareness Month, but great @parents article: This Is The Evidence-Backed Reason Why Autism Rates Are Rising This Is The Evidence-Backed Reason Why Autism Rates Are Rising — Parents Or: https://www.parents.com/evidence-backed-reason-why-autism-rates-are-rising-11723967 Wish this was available during Autism Awareness Month in April, but a little late is…

Day 148 (of 2024/25) #reddressday #MMIWG2S Carolyn Roberts is phenomenal, and her writing of Red Dress Day is by far better than mine: https://www.carolynroberts.net/single-post/thinking-about-red-dress-day-for-elementary-students but today is a day to remember the Missing & Murdered Indigenous WOmen, Girls and 2SLGBTQI+ that often go unreported and/or uninvestigated.  Highway of Tears and the lack of investigations into…

Day 147 (of 2024/25) A discussion about educations future #tEChursday Based on yesterday’s book share “Flash Forward: An Illustrated Guide to Possible (and not so possible) Tomorrows! (No spoilers!): I was chatting with a colleague earlier and we were talking about AI and tech and how things might be better (?) in the future… though…

Day 146 (of 2024/25) #booktok Flash Forward – Rose Eveleth – great for #tEChursday  Some extended thinkings from trading this collection of possible (and not so possible) tomorrows… Delicious short graphics with essays extending some of the thinkings of future focused ponders. Delightful as some of us find it ‘fun’ to look back and read…

Day 145 (of 2024/25) Another comic book share? Just Roll With It – RPG vs OCD… great book by Veronica Agarwal @wisbagram & Lee Durfey-Lavoie @DurfeyLee Terms to note: RPG = role playing game – fabulous for imagination and critical & creative thinking (along with communication and exploring identity – both personal and community) OCD…

Day 144 (of 2024/25) secret #starwars week (landyism about distractions) May the fourth (be with you) falls on a weekend and I need a positive distraction because there is just a little bit too much going on all at the same time. So a bit of comfort viewing (and sharing) is helpful – one of…

Day 143 (of 2024/25) #booktok the Cartoonists Club by Raina Telgemeier & Scott McCloud  Two of my favourites – Raina got my attention with Smile and Drama and I was guided to Scott with his graphic novel look at comics.  I love the opening looking at writing/drawing partnerships… I don’t imagine it’s ever ‘easy’.  And…

Day 142 (of 2024/25) why screens From Black Mirror “Plaything” “Well, I learned early on to fear most people. So, to enjoy company, even emulated company via a screen, may be a bit sad, but it was water in the desert for me.” – from the amazing Peter Capaldi as older Cameron Walker.  Something to…

An AI Story(?) Day 141 (of 2024/250  Or https://archive.is/D8nAm A difference between calculators and generative AI that I notice in education is that the AI tools appear to mimic original thought whereas calculators conclude entered commands to an expected conclusion. And calculators were reviled by educators for a long while. And once expensive enough that…