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Day 63 (of 2024/25) Challenges of Change I’ve been having a few conversations with people about change… usually I like change, but recent changes that have been unpredictable and out of sequence have been tricky. Then a student I work with had a nice reflection they shared: You’re absolutely right—change can indeed be uncomfortable, especially…

Day 62 (of 2024/24) monthly book share: So You’re A Teacher Now! What’s next? By @thierck & @mathraps Tom Hierck and Alex Kajitani have written a neat book for starting teachers – kind of a “what you are afraid to ask”  and has some great prompts (though I have some bonus bias….admittedly maybe better for…

Day 61 (of 2024/25) subscription services… (or how scholastic book club prepared me for Columbia Music House) Subscription fatigue is real: https://apple.news/AjGHQo_3US8uaO50b4YAmeg And they’re everywhere… are they ruining our lives: https://apple.news/AimHOdtsDTt-87PqWOwXigw ****** Subscriptions have long been the joke on credit cards – subscriptions to gyms ~ sign up January 1… never be able to cancel…

Day 60 (of 2024/25) Thanksgiving… Friendsgiving…   Heard a sportstalk radio host walk back some comments slamming concepts like friendsgiving after his daughter kinda tricked him into hosting one and it was pretty positive. Even though in Canada we celebrate turkey themed Thanksgiving in October, the US version greatly influences us… from tv special to…

Day 59 (of 2024/25) wait – distractions we are more comfortable with are being leveraged for learning? Thanks @edutopia  Board games. Admittedly sometimes bored games if they go on too long (looking at you monopoly – admitting that if we actually read and followed the rules the games would not have  been marathons. Like many…

Day 58 (of 2023/24) a couple thoughts after marking FSAs BC does not do a lot of ‘whole group’ exams in our province – we have the FSA (Foundation Skills Assessment) done at grade 4 & 7 (reading writing and math – multiple choice component and ‘show your work’ books). They are meant to focus…

Day 57 (of 2024/25) we’ll, one of my favourite books as a young reader was “My Robot Buddy” https://www.businessinsider.com/eric-schmidt-ex-google-ceo-ai-book-kissinger-white-stork-2024-11 One of the new wonders… how will AI influence … ‘us’. Google CEO thinking that, ‘ready or not’, it already is.  At the same time a colleague shared a concern about Poly.AI. A tool (although it…

Day 56 (of 2024/25) forgetting about it – a ponder on short term cramming for tests vs long term core memories… inspired by @edutopia Memory is a funny thing. Some things crystal clear… some moments re-lived… lots of new learnings… lots still unknown… if memory all worked the same, the industrial model of school might’ve…

Day 55 (of 2024/25) tinnitus and sound From https://apple.news/Ak14PE-eISgymfbUe9dP9Rg and because I have had such congestion that I woke up in the middle of the night to silence – no tinnitus ~ but I gladly welcomed the buzz back rather than try to cope with the sinus pressure I had instead. But I do like…

Day 54 (of 2024/25) and then things got better! Thank you @BIketani and @emilycarru  It’s been a tough week… and I can only empathize for our friends family… but, as always, life keeps on moving… sometimes cuz it has to – sometimes because it gets to… finally ‘got to’ get to a good moment, though…