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Day 21 (of 2025/26) Thoughts on @optimus_rime A Year of Leading (by Kevin Reimer) Insta Video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPRWDuKEUcY/?igsh=MTZ1aGtybWg0bGkydw== Love the subtitle: A 40 Week Leadership Compass for Principals and Vice Principals. And fair notice that I am a big fan of Kevin’s – both of his leadership of our BCPVPA but also in how he models…

Day 20 (of 2025/26) annual reflection on the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. I think I am proudest of one of my comments that I added into our asynchronous assembly this year that said: we will now it’s working when we no longer have/need A day on Truth and Reconciliation because EVERY day…

Day 19 (of 2025/26) In the news… gotta talk Tylenol and **** and fees  First,  there is the blame game on Tylenol and acetaminophen as the cause of autism.. despite the findings being inconsistent and inconclusive… love one of my favourite education resources on the socials, @Kaelynn_vp – who shared a great video on research,…

Day 18 (of SOL 2025) #tEChursdAI embrace the silence and ponder what jobs are actually AI resistant (or embracing that resistance is indeed… futile) I am a fan of serendipity – and this week doing some learning from  Will Richardson, I have been simmering with: Be comfortable with the silence. Lean in … Trust and…

Day 17 (of SOL 2025) names – not allowed Mx? This is why I go by my first name or last name without Mr… Video support: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPANYgYkrKw/?igsh=MWdlYWZndG5tcmg3dg== https://apple.news/AuvVAEfKwTvC_q8xfv27uPw Our school is pretty informal with names – teachers et al (admin) are often referred to by their first name (admittedly many use my last name as…

Day 16 (of 2025/26) The joy of literacy callbacks… but bsc? A part of #toontuesday New Media Episode 3 Episode 3 – the underappreciated skills needed to read comic books: https://youtu.be/MG7tUwb978I?si=0esc7mpAwe0VX6HO Allusions to classic literatures are delightful… King does it so well, but this summer I’m seeing (at least) two TV franchises making links to…

Day 15 (of 2025/26) Recreational Mathematics Episode 3 – mental math (an ode to algorithms cuz poetry is very maths) Short video re-highlighting IsThatPrime: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DO66zrhknbd/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Longer Episode 3: https://youtu.be/vRomhyXlFsI?si=mQ7s–s76W4stJx1 Do we really know What we think we thought? Does 2+2 =5? Or the more pedantic four? Ought we articulate a times table And why does…

Day 14 (of 2025/26) our districts pause for an Indigenous Focused Learning Day HEHAWŠLN Moving Forward Note: I am a fan of sketchnoting, but often get frustrated with how mine often defer to ‘word notes’ so this time, I am trying “comic strip noting” (with key descriptors/notes/reminders below). I still ended up being ‘too wordy’…

Day 13 (of 2025/26) #tEChursdAI look at gamma.app NOT SPONSORED I clarify that because I do not often go out of my way to highlight a tool… but as I am sharing thoughts and tools related to AI on Tech focused Thursdays (thus T(ec)hursd-AI) I have often been asked which tool might be good to…

Day 12 (of 2025/26) #TerryFox prelude This year we are starting something a bit different… I have been bringing some some ‘online assemblies’ for our broader community that spreads out all across British Columbia – which have been ‘good’ at drawing some people in to form a shared experience… but we also know more have…