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Day 16 (of 2025/26) The joy of literacy callbacks… but bsc? A part of #toontuesday New Media Episode 3 Episode 3 – the underappreciated skills needed to read comic books: https://youtu.be/MG7tUwb978I?si=0esc7mpAwe0VX6HO Allusions to classic literatures are delightful… King does it so well, but this summer I’m seeing (at least) two TV franchises making links to…

Day 15 (of 2025/26) Recreational Mathematics Episode 3 – mental math (an ode to algorithms cuz poetry is very maths) Short video re-highlighting IsThatPrime: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DO66zrhknbd/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Longer Episode 3: https://youtu.be/vRomhyXlFsI?si=mQ7s–s76W4stJx1 Do we really know What we think we thought? Does 2+2 =5? Or the more pedantic four? Ought we articulate a times table And why does…

Day 14 (of 2025/26) our districts pause for an Indigenous Focused Learning Day HEHAWŠLN Moving Forward Note: I am a fan of sketchnoting, but often get frustrated with how mine often defer to ‘word notes’ so this time, I am trying “comic strip noting” (with key descriptors/notes/reminders below). I still ended up being ‘too wordy’…

Day 13 (of 2025/26) #tEChursdAI look at gamma.app NOT SPONSORED I clarify that because I do not often go out of my way to highlight a tool… but as I am sharing thoughts and tools related to AI on Tech focused Thursdays (thus T(ec)hursd-AI) I have often been asked which tool might be good to…

Day 12 (of 2025/26) #TerryFox prelude This year we are starting something a bit different… I have been bringing some some ‘online assemblies’ for our broader community that spreads out all across British Columbia – which have been ‘good’ at drawing some people in to form a shared experience… but we also know more have…

Day 11 (of 2025/26) Episode 2 of New Media: the joy of comics err, graphic novels (cuz academia, y’know?)- and losing a great one… let the celebration of Robert Munsch’s life begin now! #toontuesday   Canadian icon Robert Munsch has chosen to die by MAID — National Post https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6904065 Sizzle Reel: YouTube Long: https://youtu.be/3w0N4QiSBSk Sigh…

Day X (of 2025/26) some thoughts leading into episode 2 of Recreational Mathematics as part of History of Math 11 Once again, I am trying to shout the virtues of the humanities focused, ‘good parts version’ of studying maths: History of Math 11. Todays focus… the text… And an exploration into Recreational Mathematics week 2…

Day 9 (of 2025/26) 2 things in the news: the move to utopia? Consequences to free speech… https://news.gallup.com/poll/694835/image-capitalism-slips.aspx Star Trek and The Orville are tv shows that show a common growth in human civilization: the move away from capitalism (well, except for relations with the Ferengi…)  So when this recent article said that people are…

Day 8 (of 2025/26) #tEChursdAI the third option (thanks @theatlantic ) @tyler_a_harper AI share: https://apple.news/A2gH_t35BSFOXtPESWRS4KQ or https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2025/09/ai-colleges-universities-solution/684160/ spoiler warning – seek the third option to break down barriers that ableists don’t need to think about. Video support: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOe6rA5D8BA/?igsh=MW56bTc2MTdwaHN2NQ== I am still living in between the two big reactions in K-12 education to AI, which I…

Day 7 (of 2024/25) Good article re reading makes me think I need to do a thing for New Media 12! Parents aren’t doing this key activity anymore with their kids and experts are alarmed — Newsweek Good video about reading… https://youtube.com/shorts/oUsVD3b9gwg?si=uhj7yy76jprtHDU0 Which is timely as I continue to vent about the need for more…