Technolandy

Day 157 (of 2024/25) May 17th is the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia #idahobit Who are the people in your neighbourhood – a great song and saying I still remember from my early years watching Sesame Street.  Despite significant progress, LGBTQIA+ people continue to face challenges in accessing their basic rights. The last…

Day 156 (of 2024/25) MooseHide Day Are you fasting? This is one way to show support. Are you walking? This is another way to show support. Are you wearing a piece of MooseHide? This too is a way to show support. Are you thinking about ‘why’ this day happens? On May 15th we come together…

Day 155 (of 2024/25) can we talk about mental wellness without using screens? I know school jurisdictions everywhere are implementing “bans” on personal screens in the hope that it would make things better – yet I do not see a sharp/any decrease in mental wellness concerns – bullying is still a regular topic… counselling resources…

Day 154 (of 2024/25) I love clickbait like this: 18 Basic Life Skills Schools Don’t Teach Anymore Let’s take a look at this ‘article’ about the remarkable transformation education has undergone…spoiler: more of a wish-it-was than ‘actuallities’  https://www.msn.com/en-ca/lifestyle/lifestylegeneral/18-basic-life-skills-schools-don-t-teach-anymore/ss-AA1yEUlY?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=d24b434f4ac84a94a72a408d273d5c85&ei=72#image=1 Is there something from the before times that you wish schools still taught to all? What is…

Day 153 (of 2024/25) The holding of secrets… building off of Chris Kennedy’s share on the placing of PVPs… Chris Kennedy’s weekly-ish blog is always worth reading. Today’s was taking on the topic that is being discussed in many districts right now – the placing and moving of Principals and Vice Principals: https://cultureofyes.ca/2025/05/12/the-art-and-science-of-placing-principals-and-vice-principals/ My only…

Day 151 (of 2024/25) Digital Learning Symposium 2025 Keynote: A Metarelational Approach to Technology Dr Vanessa Andreotti Power of Place and Land; Warning of dangers of colonialism; we are all relations! Humans and non-humans…<— hmm, what is ‘humanity’ when compared to AI? What makes ‘us’ different? (Me, not keynote!) Sketchnote time!  Session 2: Supercharge Online…

Day 150 (of 2024/25) My Rant (anniversary edition with comments about Personal Screens & AI) My Rant began awhile ago… ten years ago since my ‘edited’ version: https://technolandy.wordpress.com/2015/05/01/day-150-of-188-my-anxiety-rant-edited-continued-blog4mh-anxiety/ and most of my philosophy has remained pretty much the same ~ though as the years evolve, and technology becomes more interwoven into everything we do… or…

Day bonus (of 2024/25) a gifted reader from a mom who also loves books. Well, this was unexpected. A mom whom I have worked with at both schools I have been part of in qathet school district came into my office with an older reader. She had noticed some of my book shelves hold… classics……

Day 149 (of 2024/25) #autism should’ve been printed during Autism Awareness Month, but great @parents article: This Is The Evidence-Backed Reason Why Autism Rates Are Rising This Is The Evidence-Backed Reason Why Autism Rates Are Rising — Parents Or: https://www.parents.com/evidence-backed-reason-why-autism-rates-are-rising-11723967 Wish this was available during Autism Awareness Month in April, but a little late is…

Day 148 (of 2024/25) #reddressday #MMIWG2S Carolyn Roberts is phenomenal, and her writing of Red Dress Day is by far better than mine: https://www.carolynroberts.net/single-post/thinking-about-red-dress-day-for-elementary-students but today is a day to remember the Missing & Murdered Indigenous WOmen, Girls and 2SLGBTQI+ that often go unreported and/or uninvestigated.  Highway of Tears and the lack of investigations into…