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Day 137 (of 2025/26) #tEChursdAI look at corrective eyewear… We’ve spent decades helping students see better. Now we’re worried about what happens when they can see too much.  Received a heads up from another online resource with a new alert – eyewear… specifically meta eyewear – smartglasses… an upgrade on my previous note of certain…

Day 136 (of 2025/26) 🧡 the visit with Shane Safir and Crystal Watson I feel very fortunate that our district is doing some work with Shane Safir around the book Pedagogies of Voice…  Our recent focus was looking at the 10 toxins that undermine learning… with the credo: we decolonize the classroom at every level.…

Day 134 (of 2025/26) Back to the Future? Or Inspired by Playoffs? – Ontario Education Edition New for 2026/27… a return to 1967. Inspired, perhaps, by playoff season, Ontario is bringing back the idea that learning culminates in a final exam — a single, time-bound performance on what someone else has decided is “most important.”…

Day 134 (of 2025/26)  a Clippy by another name… There’s something oddly familiar about the current moment in edtech. As Microsoft rolls out Microsoft Copilot across its ecosystem, I can’t help but think back to Clippy — that well-meaning paperclip that appeared when software became more complicated, not more intuitive. Clippy didn’t solve the problem.…

Day 133 (of 2025/26) 3 News Stories you may have missed: Artemis; Grades failing students, and what is “extreme” – with a bonus: #dayofsilence Also, April 10 is The Day of Silence – an annual student-led initiative, usually held in April, where participants take a vow of silence to protest the bullying, harassment, and silencing…

Day 132 (of 2025/26) #tEChursdAI – WhatchA(I) reading? Gotta read to lead – these are the articles that are currently influencing me – I tried to find the ‘free’ links as best I could for each… while I like some of the books that have filtered to me, the turnaround time is challenging with the…

Day 131 (of 2025/26) thinking about the Artemis moon mission The week I was born, humanity had only just learned how to reach far beyond its own horizon. The Moon wasn’t just a distant companion in the sky. It was a place we had touched, briefly, before stepping back. For decades, that moment lingered like…

Day 130 (of 2025/26) Names are important ~ a share from our asynchronous assembly celebrating the 10th anniversary of Tla’amin Day Names are important. It’s why I always work to pronounce my students and staffs names correctly with appreciation for time and patience for me to get it right when sometimes I’m not so good…

Day 129 (of 2025/26)#AutismAcceptanceMonth #AutismAwarenessDayAre we knowing more about autism? An interesting article came out recently exploring how new biotech is helping scientists “unlock the secrets of autism.” https://apple.news/AB8IjC6xJSaqLGC31KcVKkQOrhttps://www.magzter.com/stories/science/BBC-Science-Focus/UNLOCKING-THE-SECRETS-OF-AUTISM?srsltid=AfmBOoo21avZHG1xM5I5-4ShxcewsmeTt23-jkRJmHH8SJcRakzaKzMh One line lingered with me:“The question is whether there’s one common feature that goes wrong in every case of autism.” Unsurprisingly, genetics remain a primary factor—but…

Day 128 (2025/26) Interesting news for staff and students in online learning environments who have pets at home… When students and staff work remotely, that means they work at home. For the most part, things are great. However, a concern has recently been raised regarding animals “on site.” While this has traditionally referred to animals…