Monthly Archives: October 2023

Day 39 (of 2023/24) the hypocrisy of hallowe’en… For some it’s a day of fun… but for others, a day of terror… pranks and ‘tricks’ and a significant change in the ordinary. An excellent example of how two truths can … Continue reading →

Day 38 (of 2023/24) Hallowe’en Eve Eve… Always a tricky time of year in education. There is of course the celebration of a religious day in school (more on that tomorrow) but an attempt to more-secularize the date makes it: … Continue reading →

Day 37 (of 2023/24) Friday funnies? Great article in the New Yorker about Billy Watterson, someone I described as a millenium philosopher while I was doing my teaching degree – along with Gary Larson created a form of communication that … Continue reading →

Day 36 (of 2023/24) free will? Glitches in the matrix this #tEChursday People looking into aspects of free will… are we in a matrix unreality… is the building blocks of this universe just code… fun distraction to explore Mandela Effects … Continue reading →

Day 35 (of 2023/24) even fiction can inspire… thanks @richardosman #thursdaymurderclub “Ibrahim has stuck a Post-it note on both his printer and his laminator saying What would Greta Thunberg do?” Excerpt From The Last Devil To Die Richard Osman This … Continue reading →

Day 34 (of 2023/24) no graduation requirements? But but but… So, in Oregon: https://www.nationalreview.com/news/oregon-suspends-graduation-requirements-citing-discrimination-against-minority-students/amp/ Initial criticism is around boards of education accepting mediocrity… More thought ponders “what is mastery in reading writing and numeracy?” But often we don’t like to … Continue reading →

Day 33 (of 2023/24) virtual classroom in 25 years? @appleedu vs @googleedu vs @microsoftedu https://www.the-sun.com/tech/9056468/experts-say-future-classrooms-replaced-by-3d/ But Ready Player One author Earnie Cline wrote (not filmed by Spielberg) a very realistic model system for an eclassroom. A bit different than the … Continue reading →

Day 32 (of 2023/24) provincial professional development day The bog pro-d day in BC. The third Friday in October when all the provincial specialty associations host conferences – and even other groups (like the Prinicpals group who were asked/told to … Continue reading →

Day 31 (of 2023/24) #tEChursday look at games that bring in some writing reading and mathing practice! I’ve been venting a bit on the lack of ‘modelling’ of reading writing and matching this week – so it’s now time to … Continue reading →

Day 30 (of 2023/24) modelling writing & reading & mathing or …not … part 3 And then there’s mathing… The literacy we differentiate the least… mathematics. If there is one course where the default is set to “textbook” it is … Continue reading →