Monthly Archives: February 2015

Author: Karen Copeland It was a true honour when the Minister of Children and Families, Stephanie Cadieux joined me in Abbotsford a week ago to hear more of our family story. I sincerely appreciated the Minister’s curiousity about our experience…

Day 117 (of 188) superhero day for @bcchf via @mrjamiemcdonald Last year our school was visited by a man with a crazy plan. He dressed as a superhero and ran across Canada – raising awareness of, and money for each … Continue reading →

Day 116 (of 188) as predicted – a crazy busy week On Monday I shared some of my #pln belief that the last-week-of-February is under appreciated for craziness. When it first strikes one of us, the phone calls & emails … Continue reading →

Day 115 (of 188) Pink Day First the background: http://pinkshirtday.ca/about/ Why I like it: a good visual image to bring awareness to unwanted, repeated attention that is focused on power (having or lacking it) aka “bullying”.  Why I don’t like … Continue reading →

Day 114 (of 188) active watching/looking/seeing We talk about active listening & hearing vs listening. But we don’t often talk about watching vs looking vs seeing. Today during our “morning play” (after a basketball mini lesson) I started thinking about … Continue reading →

Day 113 (of 188) always forget this time of year Every year I forget until “it” happens – an escalation in school ….. “bubbliness”…. It always sneaks up on one of us (there’s a cohort of us that email each … Continue reading →

Day 112 (of 188) My presentation on Blogging at #bcpvpalearn The return of our @bcpvpa Friday Forum and four of us from a new committee on communication share out on our technology journeys. We had @mrjtyler talk about engagement,  @a_beckingham talk about mobile technology, … Continue reading →