Technolandy

Day 121 (of 2024/25) Mavericks by social media historian Jenny Draper (couldn’t wait until April 1 to share!)  Love non-textbook approaches to history. Facts are interesting but details are so much more captivating! And Jenny Draper subtitle of: ‘life stories and lessons of history’s most extraordinary misfits’ had my attention when she first announced her…

Day 120 (of 2024/25) time changes still ain’t easy – and making less sense Another weekend not quite at an equinox or solace, and yet another change to our manual clocks…  we can’t pretend time doesn’t matter… as people continue to wonder why we continue some ‘old things’ – the changing of an hour in…

Day 119 (of 2024/25) a return to some #edchat sharing via #vaespchat Sunday’s at 5pm pst (spoiler warning!)  I’ve been enjoying the return to some Sunday education thinkings. #bcedchat was a mainstay of my Sunday evenings until the pandemic impacted the online conversations and the influence of Xs owner turning many users away and has…

Day 118 (of 2024/25) Radio Ga-Ga? Radio Nowhere  – a #tEChursday share on a fading media Sigh – I am part of the problem: https://vancouversun.com/news/whats-happening-to-am-radio-stations-bc?tbref=hp in this love/hate relationship with radio… it has long been my most favourite medium – whether listening to CBC when I was sick as a kid, or recording FM stations…

Day 117 (of 2024/25) a great share on failing via @TankTolman It’s sometimes+ a good idea to go beyond the usual education voices to get some great education connections. Sometimes someone else has the wording just right. That is what I thought when I heard this @TankTolman clip – a great reminder – and why…

Day 116 (of 2024/25) finally official – the @bcpvpa transition from Leadership Standards to Leadership Competencies! Proud to be part of an association whose standards were used by a variety of other education groups over the past decade+ to influence their own growth… and now we are making another transition – from ‘standards’ to competencies……

Day 115 (of 2024/25) The teacher as Assessment Leader – edited by Thomas R Guskey Shipping this month (march 2025) https://www.solutiontree.com/ca/teacher-as-assessment-leader-second-ed.html Love the shares by Guskey – and getting to read this book a bit early was a delightful treat! Especially with contributions from some of my favourites (not in order of preference) Katie White,…

Day 114 (of 2024/25) teen disengagement. Not new, so why so much attention now? The Teen-Disengagement Crisis — The Atlantic Teen disengagement is not new. I know we like to ‘blame the screens’ but I still remember zoning out of many classes playing such amazing games as ‘close my eyes and open them when the…

Day 113 (of 2024/25) #digitallearningday Some activities to explore today! The download is this document with some challenges based on today:

Day 112 (of 2024/25) #pinkshirtday 👚 Of course want bullying to end all together – and the more modelling we can see from the adults… well, kids do want they see! So when people talk about “all” we do need to remember all the populations that are often not feeling that they are included in…