Technolandy

Day 147 (of 2025/26) #BCEDL on #tEChursdAI Yes – the conference focused on distance and digital and online learning is hybrid, but does encourage the in-person opportunity as the connections continue to be a lot easier when in lineup for a coffee refill than in a breakout room… we trust that at some point the…

Day 146 (of 2025/27) evolution of eThinking Those of us who have seen the benefits of technology augmenting meaning and helping reframe the many ways that learning can be shine… other than tests and essays…  vs https://www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/ontario-tech-restrictions-could-mean-no-phones-on-school-grounds/ I mean, it is one way to avoid disruption… ban it and hope it goes away. Though I…

Day 145 (of 2025/26) #GreatPoetryReadingDay and a shoutout to @crashtestdummiesofficial @ctdsband I like to recount a story connected to poetry… I was in my first year English class tutorial at UBC and our prompt was to discuss Earle Birney’s “The Bear on the Delhi Road” https://canpoetry.library.utoronto.ca/birney/poem4.htm  – and I thought that I would finally be…

Day 144 (of 2025/26) rigor.  Loved this share I heard to start the week: Partners In Education sometimes has “too much flexibility” There’s a familiar refrain drifting through staff rooms and comment sections: kids today have less. Less stamina. Less focus. Less grit. Maybe. But that feels like diagnosing the weather by looking at one…

Day 143 (of 2025/26) 3 News Stories you may have missed – no smoking for those born after 2008; screen time limits; Ontario financial literacy… (thanks @krushowy) Bonus wonder about Mythos… Bonus… doom? Anthropic announced an AI model so powerful, it’s not being released widely… Mythos is a neat example of the balancing act needed…

Day 142 (of 2025/26) #tEChursdAI look at the idea of leaning in… Huh? I only knew that for the test. Then I forgot all about it. <— I’ve heard (and said) that too often when recounting long term learning. With Ontario dusting off standardized final exams as their education post-season, it has me wondering about…

Day 141 (of 2025/26) #EarthDay A Conversation on Earth Day, Attention, and What We’re Still Deciding to See Human: Me: ugh day 141 is earth day – what ought I promote on the Wednesday blog… Will Richardson’s view/warning about the unsustainable future of our climate and ecosystem and how that ought to be the number…

Day 140 (of 2025/26) World Creativity and Innovation Day On World Creativity and Innovation Day, we tend to celebrate big ideas. The breakthroughs. The inventions. The “aha” moments that change everything. But in schools, creativity rarely looks like a lightning bolt. It looks like: Innovation isn’t always loud. Sometimes it’s a quiet refusal to do…

Day 139 (of 2025/26) 4/20 and the ongoing impacts of legalization… I’ve got biases. Mostly this one: the longer we can delay the use of substances, the better for neurological development. Full stop. But since the legalization of cannabis in Canada, I’ve been paying closer attention… and I’m not sure we’re looking in all the…

Day 138 (of 2025/26) 3 news stories you may have missed (but definitely should not have) Ontario returns final exams; A couple of provinces doing a business model look at school boards; teacher training timeframes…  Bonus: Canada Reads sees a book featuring The Cure for Drowning by Tegab Quin is a historical fiction novel that follows Kit McNair,…