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Day 175 (of 2025/26) On #WorldCup eve I wasn’t a great soccer coach. I got voluntold to help out with the youngest teams as my kids were growing up. I like soccer. It was amazing to me when I discovered what the World Cup was (not big in my community nor family) in 1986… Kind…

Day 174 (of 2025/26) The Work Will Wait June always feels packed. And this article on ‘increases in teacher absences and sick days’ made me think of how busy we can get and how hard it can be to take a day…even if we really need it… https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/education/article-teacher-absences-ontario-sick-days-violence-burnout/ There are graduations, camps, celebrations, year-end meetings,…

Day 173 (of 2025/26) Ceremony and Traditions Season… It’s a busy time of year when we start adding “graduation” events to the calendar. And not just Grade 12 graduations. There are kindergarten celebrations, elementary leaving ceremonies, middle school transitions, scholarship nights, dry grads, after-grads, and, of course, prom. Some of these traditions are surprisingly recent.…

Day 172 (of 2025/26) Grad Eve & 3 stories you may have missed; AI National experiment; Ethic-ai?; overcrowding during declining enrolment?  It’s graduation eve, and for the first time – as Regional Partners In Education Principal I get to (have to?) make a speech to the broader district community as we acknowledge our ‘area of…

Day 171 (of 2025/26) #tEChursdAI follow-up to our AI baseline experiment Last week, I was disappointed that an AI-focused “read/copy/paste” experiment didn’t go particularly well. (https://technolandy.com/2026/05/29/day-166-of-2025-26-first-little-test-of-ai-learning-this-techursdai/) Then I was reminded that the “good old days” weren’t exactly overflowing with deep learning either. Unless it was just me and my cohort, students have always been experts…

Day 170 (of 2025/26) Upcoming Opportunities (last regular staff meeting) #OTESSA June 8/9; Deeper Learning July 3,4,5!   Sigh – June staff meetings are pretty good markers for the end of the school year. Talking about alignment for closing things up (while keeping one eye on September startup)… looking at the way too many events…

Day 169 (of 2025/26) wow… the haters gonna hate, hate, hate on #PrideMonth (and I haven’t even had time to check the comments section of the #NationalIndigenousHistoryMonth posts yet…) When I post and share things regarding SOGI, I anticipate getting some direct messages that are rather… “insulting.” It comes with the territory. But as an…

Day 168c and for National Indigenous History Month, I’m highlighting Kaboom! by Jay Odjick. This graphic novel is exactly why diverse stories matter. It’s superhero storytelling through an Indigenous lens, blending action, humour, culture, and identity in ways that feel both fresh and deeply grounded. What I love most is that it doesn’t treat Indigeneity as a…

Day 168b (of 2025/26)  Opting Out by Maia Kobabe and Swati “Lucky” Srikumar #pridemonth  Maia’s ‘less likely to be challenged book of the year’ is Opting Out – a book that does a lot of important shares very well… and has quickly climbed my personal ‘best reads of 2026 list’. What it takes on: Menstruation…

Day 168a (of 2025/26) final Education Book Share for 25/26 school year: Forward Together by George Couros @gcouros  Love the forward indicating that within  the book, the truth is there is a mix of beauty, complexities, and +/- possibilities in education… no matter what you may think, it’s an exciting time to be an educator…