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Day 179 (of 2025/26) Nostalgia Burns… Eras come to an end – even CBC is ending it’s annual tradition of Hockey Night in Canada… not that many watch it on CBC since the HD channels on Sportsnet are a bit more crisp and clear… and a neat pivot from when CBC was ‘the’ broadcaster to…

Day 178 (of 2025/26) the math of graduation celebrations… I’m hearing a negative trend in a number of school districts – fewer kindergarten students than graduates… that math makes it tough for “big education” to feed the machine… We like to celebrate the graduation ceremonies that take place in high schools (and the ‘leaving ceremonies’…

Day 177 (of 2025/26) Three EdNews stories you may have missed: Canada going for a social media ban for those under 16 and energy drinks!; Online “Harms” Bill (thanks @IRPlawyer ); chatbots; ugh – handwriting as the apex in communicating learning? For many, might as well make it an interpretive dance as your ‘final’…

Day 176 (of 2025/26) #tEChursdaAI again, instead of banning… Pro-D and guided gradual release of responsibility… Sigh – I am observing too many rants against technology (specifically laptop type devices) on the education-social-media sphere… talking about the flop and fizzle out of ‘digital education revolutions’… and I am reflecting on the fact that many jurisdictions…

Day 175 (of 2025/26) On #WorldCup eve I wasn’t a great soccer coach. I got voluntold to help out with the youngest teams as my kids were growing up. I like soccer. It was amazing to me when I discovered what the World Cup was (not big in my community nor family) in 1986… Kind…

Day 174 (of 2025/26) The Work Will Wait June always feels packed. And this article on ‘increases in teacher absences and sick days’ made me think of how busy we can get and how hard it can be to take a day…even if we really need it… https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/education/article-teacher-absences-ontario-sick-days-violence-burnout/ There are graduations, camps, celebrations, year-end meetings,…

Day 173 (of 2025/26) Ceremony and Traditions Season… It’s a busy time of year when we start adding “graduation” events to the calendar. And not just Grade 12 graduations. There are kindergarten celebrations, elementary leaving ceremonies, middle school transitions, scholarship nights, dry grads, after-grads, and, of course, prom. Some of these traditions are surprisingly recent.…

Day 172 (of 2025/26) Grad Eve & 3 stories you may have missed; AI National experiment; Ethic-ai?; overcrowding during declining enrolment?  It’s graduation eve, and for the first time – as Regional Partners In Education Principal I get to (have to?) make a speech to the broader district community as we acknowledge our ‘area of…

Day 171 (of 2025/26) #tEChursdAI follow-up to our AI baseline experiment Last week, I was disappointed that an AI-focused “read/copy/paste” experiment didn’t go particularly well. (https://technolandy.com/2026/05/29/day-166-of-2025-26-first-little-test-of-ai-learning-this-techursdai/) Then I was reminded that the “good old days” weren’t exactly overflowing with deep learning either. Unless it was just me and my cohort, students have always been experts…

Day 170 (of 2025/26) Upcoming Opportunities (last regular staff meeting) #OTESSA June 8/9; Deeper Learning July 3,4,5!   Sigh – June staff meetings are pretty good markers for the end of the school year. Talking about alignment for closing things up (while keeping one eye on September startup)… looking at the way too many events…