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Day 83 (of 2024/25) at over 100 years of age, a passing may not be surprising, but it is still a loss My remaining grandparent passed this past weekend. Last year we celebrated her 100th birthday. An amazing streak considering she took on cancer (with the help of my mom who moved back ‘home’ to…

Day 82 (of 2024/25) thank you AJ Brown @1k_alwaysopen for being a reading role model Playoffs football. The NFL is in its playoff season, and the tv crew caught AJ Brown (receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles) reading a book after a frustrating series… But was it frustrating? “A.J. Brown says book wasn’t sign of frustration:…

Day 81 (of 2024/25) a funny thing happened as i challenge myself with this blog One of my challenges to myself with this blog is to push myself to communicate differently. I started doing some more of the videos I’ve pushed in the past… I like that this one was noticed by B.C. news icons…

Day 80 (of 2024/25) happy anniversary #montessori https://apple.news/AiC2k-wSrTWWiIwSsH71Sfw https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-trailblazing-teacher-maria-montessori-transformed-the-realm-of-childrens-education-180985723/ This first week of 2025 also connects with the birthday of one of the great education thinkers… schools (especially preschools) continue to use her name to market her philosophy ~ even if they don’t actually authentically follow her approaches, because it isn’t as easy to visualize…

Big thanks to www.blackexcellenceday.ca – a great group of educators who have worked to highlight some ideas and supports to highlight some of the amazing work done by a group of people that don’t often pop up in our older history books – or the old “Canada Heritage Minutes” such as this one on the…

As with many educators, I find it appealing to consider a theme word for the upcoming year rather than a list of resolutions to break. I considered curious (rather than judgemental) as I sought some wisdom of others about an idea I had, but wanting to be wary of being appreciative, not appropriative of a…

Day 77 (of 2024/25) The Age of Identity – top of my ‘must read’ recommendation to educators to kick off 2025 – thank you @hargreavesbc @dennisshirley16 Serendipity – on the podcast “the rest is entertainment’ with Richard Osman and Matina Hyde shared how youth are turning to streaming services when they don’t see shows that…

Winter Vacation 1 (of 2024/25) a bonus tattooed christmas tale My three kids gifted each other sibling tattoos – they each chose a symbol from Gravity Falls. I was then told to be supportive because they were worried what my reaction would be – knowing that I have not been a fan of ink on…

Day 76 (of 2024/25) traditions… change… This year led to a couple of changes to tradition – at least my experience of school traditions. As an online school, we did not have a concert titled winter, that really is just a christmas concert going by another name… and all is well…. We had some gift…

Day 75 (of 2024/25) #tEChursday look at #kwanzaa and online games to discover more This year, I have shared online-based games for Christmas… https://technolandy.com/2024/12/05/172/ some Judaism themed online games to unpack some thoughts on Chanukkah… https://technolandy.com/2024/12/12/day-70-of-2024-25-techursday-looking-for-other-holiday-games-hanukkah/ and today sharing a bit more about Kwanzaa… these remain the big ‘end of December celebrations’ in my expanding…