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Day 106a (of 2025/26) #BlackHistoryMonth Book Share – Ghost by Jason Reynolds I’m a big fan of the work of Jason Reynolds. Known mostly (I think) for his work on the Miles Morales Spiderman stories, and a kid-ready version of Stamped with Ibram X Kendi (definitely on my ‘you gotta read both editions’ list: https://technolandy.wordpress.com/2020/06/19/day-184-of-189-stamped-the-remix-by-jasonreynolds83-based-on-dribram-stamped-from-the-beginning-so-i-had-to-read-that-too/…

Day 105 (of 2025/26) #tEChursdAI consideration of some Vital AI Queries Leading a session around AI this week. Got some questions that I don’t think we will be able to answer but I think are worth pondering collectively. Anything you’d add? Who are WE now? (Individuals; society; communities; virtual and IRL and asynchronous?) What is…

Day 104 (of 2025/26) #TumblerRidge Meetings have been cancelled. Across the district and throughout the province… Questions asked about flag protocol As flags get lowered across the country… Wonders about how schools do our lockdown/hold and secures (we just reviewed fire drills, earthquakes and secure drills for the 3rd and 4th times of the year……

Day 103 (of 2025/26) Safer Internet Day… I promote open honest conversations – especially with our younger users – while the term ‘digital native’ has been used for awhile now, it needs to be reminded that it does not mean that there is an innate knowledge of how to use the technology… just a greater…

Day 102 (of 2025/26) Sports and Education in 2026… I’m a fan of the Winter Olympics… I’ve always enjoyed having them on in the classroom, or in the school as a bit of white noise in the learning environment. It’s two weeks of exploring sports and events that sometimes only get attention once every four…

Day 101 (of 2025/26) 3 news stories for this week: gifted learning; dresscode again!; math needs/wants…; bonus around considerations about what does graduation ‘guarantee’?   Bonus – where are the jobs we are saying our graduates will get following their completion of courses decided for them? https://apple.news/AHwbilmBuRKCR5fWAkhGmKA  average of 123 applicants for each internship available…

Day 101a (of 2025/26) #blackhistorymonth book share: The Crossover by @kwameAlexander I know some teachers worry that verse novels don’t demand sustained attention… or enough rigorous reading (Which usually tells me they haven’t read much Milton.) But the verse here isn’t decorative. It moves like basketball. Short passes. Hard beats. Momentum. Even if not in…

Day 100 (of 2025/26) Seeing “Absences” as a growing area of focus – but maybe we’re focusing on the wrong thing… I’ve seen articles such as this: https://www.edweek.org/leadership/opinion-progress-on-absenteeism-is-stalling-what-can-we-do-about-it/2026/02  pop up a bit more and more. It has made me ponder, as we hit the ‘magical’ Day 100-ish mark (my blog includes pro-d days… some jurisdictions…

Day 99 (of 2025/26) First world problems: paper mache edition #gsplayday2026 Heard a great complaint about the quality of newspaper today – clay based vs pulp (being in a town that used to have a pulp mill…)  Apparently it makes a difference in the craftiness for the arts… it also led to some shock when…

Day 98 (of 2025/26) #gsplayday eve! @gsplayday Global School Play Day at https://globalschoolplayday.com/ #GSPD2026 Ahhh feels like not that long ago that some asynchronous conversations with some smarter educators than me were isolating on a key factor that Haidt seemed to not focus too much time on while blaming screens as the paramount reason for…