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Day 10 (of 2026/27) AI still can’t fit Saskatchewan into a map of Canada to be coloured! – a Courageous Minority influenced blog Provocation: The question we must ask: AI reminds us that education’s mission is not to catch up with technology, but to rediscover what it means to learn. Reminder: Young Zhao is coordinating…

Day 9 (of 2026/27) Fridays are for…. Option 2: Amplifications – and @chrkennedy did a practically perfect piece of writing for #TerryFox recognition (many runs this weekend) So, thank you Chris. As superintendent of West Vancouver, your “Culture of Yes” is more than a blog sort, it’s an ethos that shares many positive messages and…

Day 8 (of 2026/27) another reason to add video games as a unit in language arts! #tEChursday It’s been long shared that playing Tetris after a traumatic incident can help the brain recover.  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-01956-y Now more looks are showing that while screens may indeed be part of changing brains… That is not exclusively negative.  Nor…

Day 7 (of 2026/27) sigh – still takes on #inclusion mindsets #IStandWithEsquimalt Thank you to the staff of Esquimalt Secondary. Thank you to the staff of SD61. Cuz hate still happens… And apparently a fun little back-to-school video can still become a target when a Rainbow Flag happens to be visible on a classroom wall.…

Day 6 (of 2026/27) thoughts on reading – a workshop on ‘building better reading outcomes: the role of instruction’ by Dr Una Malcolm by Dyslexia Canada I’ve got some thoughts on reading lately – especially thinking of neurologies… Styles brains use Heck, is reading just a Fad that’s winding down?  Love to get someone from…

Day 5 (of 2025/26) annual look at dress codes #principaldresscode  I’m known for wearing ties. Always have. Started with occasionally breaking them out in university after a professor wistfully commented about ‘back in the day’… and even now I will occasionally see some people unpack their bias with comments about “educators in ties and collared…

Day 4 (of 2026/27) Fridays are for…. Option 1: News you may have missed, but have education connections: PISA report https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/oecd-pisa-student-test-2025-results-9.7339057 What exactly is the test measuring — and what changed around the people taking it?  I’ve had the test run with one of my cohorts…  It’s not a bad test… But it’s still a…

Day 3 (of 2026/27) Be late. Fight the system. Got into a social media ‘feud’ a bit over the concept of ‘being late’. The video had launched the idea of an event being set up and then the pressure the host felt with people not being on time… group had new parents… an era when…

Day 2 (of 2026/27) Social Media in the current School Year by far the most powerful media format  along with the fastest uptake of users  and compelling because it enables the OG communication styles  visual  auditory Societal – if Aristotle had instagram, written text would not have been bothered with beyond a niche boutique industry) …

Day One (of 2026/27) — Welcome back… Year 30 for me. Year 14 of this Days of Learning blog. 2,425 posts so far. Cal Ripken Jr. played 2,632 consecutive games. So apparently that’s the target now. Just over 200 to go… Lots has changed. Three of my kids have entered — and exited — the…