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Day 118 (of 2024/25) Radio Ga-Ga? Radio Nowhere  – a #tEChursday share on a fading media Sigh – I am part of the problem: https://vancouversun.com/news/whats-happening-to-am-radio-stations-bc?tbref=hp in this love/hate relationship with radio… it has long been my most favourite medium – whether listening to CBC when I was sick as a kid, or recording FM stations…

Day 117 (of 2024/25) a great share on failing via @TankTolman It’s sometimes+ a good idea to go beyond the usual education voices to get some great education connections. Sometimes someone else has the wording just right. That is what I thought when I heard this @TankTolman clip – a great reminder – and why…

Day 116 (of 2024/25) finally official – the @bcpvpa transition from Leadership Standards to Leadership Competencies! Proud to be part of an association whose standards were used by a variety of other education groups over the past decade+ to influence their own growth… and now we are making another transition – from ‘standards’ to competencies……

Day 114 (of 2024/25) teen disengagement. Not new, so why so much attention now? The Teen-Disengagement Crisis — The Atlantic Teen disengagement is not new. I know we like to ‘blame the screens’ but I still remember zoning out of many classes playing such amazing games as ‘close my eyes and open them when the…

Day 113 (of 2024/25) #digitallearningday Some activities to explore today! The download is this document with some challenges based on today:

Day 112 (of 2024/25) #pinkshirtday 👚 Of course want bullying to end all together – and the more modelling we can see from the adults… well, kids do want they see! So when people talk about “all” we do need to remember all the populations that are often not feeling that they are included in…

Day 111 (of 2024/25) teachers vs uncertified adults – ministry of education and (not as) child care The term ‘trusted adult’ got mentioned to me today – and it reminded me of this article I recently read – including a note that a ‘study by Jacob Kirksey showed students losing three to four months of…

Day 110 (of 2024/25) assessment discussion when communicating a grade/proficiency: quality v quantity v effort | independent work vs ‘grade/age level expectation’ It is ‘that time of year’ when we are looking at second editions of Learning Updates (still colloquially referred to as report cards) and sharing what students have done and how students are…

Day 109 (of 2024/25) a reshare of #recreationalmathematics  A while back Dr Who made a throwaway comment about “recreational mathematics” – the joys of doing math for fun… imagine that! So today I did a classroom takeover with the theme of seeing if this math thing would work or not! I like to start with…

Day 108 (of 2024/25) gotta admit… I miss flash and still hate (but appreciate) firewalls – a #tEChursday reflection I have a list of math games that used to be great – but there were definitely a lot more available via flash – and not as many blocked by our various firewalls due to them…