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Day one-ish (of 2025/26) @ShaneSafir Pedagogies of Voice with @ejeducation (Saswan Jaber) @_crystalmwatson and @marlobagsik Can’t wait to see some of the pushback as Safir continues to unravel a personalized approach to data and education that really hits at the bedrock of the system that works for most… many?… some…? But really wasn’t ever meant…

Day one-ish  (of 2025/26) — the days of learning blog continues… year 13 I appreciate West Vancouver superintendent @chrkennedy (cultureofyes.ca) pointing out a few years back that this daily blog was a bit of an ‘iron man’ streak… as a baseball rn, I was always in awe of the longevity of Orioles Cal Ripken Jr…

Zero Hour (of 2025/26) schoolpunk future education/society thinking inspired by @willrich45 Will Richardson  Video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOFZ3shkTUs/?igsh=cG96NGhwYmNnOG00 I admit that I am looking forward to the future. While I hear many other Gen Xers (and +/-) complain about ‘youths today’ the same as our parents did… and was originally written down by Socrates a couple thousand years…

Day -1 (of 2025/26) influencers to know for education! Welcome to this New Media sampler package! Video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOElM6zkmkc/?igsh=MXA1ZGc5ZjR6Y2xxcw== My son once complained ‘if schools are supposed to prepare us for the future… why isn’t there a class about youtube?’ How to use it as a resource… how to monetize on it as a career (as…

Day -2 (of SOL 2025) Pre-Thinking about Goals & Rules… https://apple.news/Aew3SeXGlQ9GIo2EiggAI_g My bias goes to @theweirdteachers mantra: Be Cool. Video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DN6p1htkrTV/?igsh=OW14bmF2aGRhdThv It also reminds me that rules for others also mean we gotta think about the rules for ourselves… and I got a little inspired while thinking about my personal/professional growth plan while watching this…

Day -3 (of 2025/26) dress codes – I get it, but… “If moms can’t pay the barbershop, if their homes don’t have (running) water, (or) electricity to iron, if they haven’t given them shoes, put yourself in that position Minister (Trigueros), and dress like a civilian,” Magaña wrote on X. El Salvador is enforcing strict…

Day -4 (of 2025) Horray for some university entrance changes! viva l’ History of Math  Not for nothing, but thank goodness for statements such as this from UBC regarding entrance requirements: For students starting September 2026: Video link: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DN1mKpvwky6/?igsh=MXZtNmcybjFkYmNmeQ== This means that History of Math 11 is now more than ‘just’ a way to get…

Day -5 (of 2025/26) what to do as parents to get learners ready for the school year! Thanks @huffpost Teachers Confess What They Really Want Parents To Do Before School Starts. Their Answers Are Surprising. — HuffPost One week to go till schools reopen in BC – hoping the same in Alberta… both provinces teachers…

Day 47 (of SOL 2025) thought on fitness tests US is bringing back the “presidents fitness test” which immediately reminded me of Canadas Particip-ACTION drills we used to do. The us version: 1 mile run (1.6 km)  Shuttle run Push-ups Pull-ups Sit-ups Sit-and-reach The grid differs based on gender and age: https://gilmore.gvsd.us/documents/Info/Forms/Teacher%20Forms/Presidentialchallengetest.pdf but the award…

Day 46 (of SOL 2025) a tryout for another #deanie @shareski I was very excited to learn that Dean Shareksi was our summer learning event ‘special guest’ – I am a big fan of Deans work and was so excited I texted our superintendent much later than I should’ve after I saw the agenda for…