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Day 30 (of 2026/27) Does AI dream of being cold? #courageousminority  The part with AI and Education that equally thrills and terrifies me is this: the next six months will be hundredfold different from the previous three years.  . But what will AI change… Can we build a new society? Is our current society/direction sustainable? …

Day 29 (of 2026/27) October is also… the month of breast cancer awareness October is a sea of pink. Ribbons, shirts, walks, fundraisers and reminders that breast cancer affects millions of lives. And there is good reason for that awareness. Research has improved treatments. Screening can detect cancer earlier. Communities have rallied around people facing…

Day 28 (of2026/27) climate change – the arrival of the Kelvin wave… (delayed – as anticipated) October saw the start of another new weather phenomena. We’ve introduced “atmospheric rivers” to our lexicon and as we prepare for an El Niño winter… early October has California first prepare for what is called a Kelvin wave –…

Day 27 (of 2026/27) Fridays are for: Option 5 – bringing attention to special days – Persons Day   After last weeks Saturday Night Live monologue by Shane Gillis, I think it’s important to once again remind people that oppression based on gender is long standing and continues to need attention brought to it… https://apple.news/AWug-hljGS_-xvS_Xh8WyLA…

Day 26 (of 2026/27): School Safety Drills #ShakeOutBC Day Earthquakes. Fires. Lockdowns. We practice for emergencies because we hope we never have to experience the real thing. But how often do we stop to consider whether our drills are actually preparing everyone for the unexpected? . Of course the night before I watched the first…

Day 25 (of 2026/27) everything old is new again… beauty over reading… Alix Earle @alixearle being  honest… share via India McTaggart  @indiamctaggart  Interesting article about pride in not reading… https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10/02/gen-z-has-a-bizarre-new-heroine-an-influencer-who-cant-read/ and showing how there are more ways than ever to communicate beyond printed text… . But the subtext made me ponder (undoubtably connected to my…

Day 24 (of 2026/27) October is also… #AutismAwarenessMonth Awareness is knowing that someone is there. Acceptance is making room for them. Inclusion is ensuring they have a meaningful place. . A Canadian timeline of autism awareness, acceptance and advocacy 1925 Early descriptions of autistic people Soviet psychiatrist Grunya Sukhareva publishes research describing children whose characteristics…

Day 23 (of 2026/27) Fridays are for: Option 5 – Reflections – World Mental Health Day…  . At a time when Canada has decided to shutter access to MAID for invisible health issues… . https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/07/canada-assisted-dying-mental-illness . It’s good to remember that just because you can’t see the pain Doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.  Normalize empathy. …

Day 22 (of 2026/27) a thought on ‘internal clocks’ inspired by an article by @arianaeunjung and the @washingtonpost Another day and another ‘concern’ brought to me about how a kiddo’s internal clock is flipped and there is a hope that our school (a provincial online learning school) may be helpful for them to do work…

Day 21 (of 2026/27) eye roll emoji: “Science” of Learning… Teaching is an Art. Even the title of a book i found on my dad’s shelf. There ain’t no clear pathway No universal solvent No one-size-fits-all approach… Even thought that would me much easier.  But teaching ain’t easy…  And it’s why I’m glad our province’s…