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Thursday, December 06, 2007

Quatchi, Miga, and Sumi

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What do you think of the 2010 mascots? Compare them with some "winners" from past olympics .
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Saturday, October 20, 2007

panic and mirth

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So... our server crashed at school on Thursday and the staff and students went without internet, email, home folders, everything on the comp...
Saturday, May 05, 2007

Finn

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Finn, our son, born 4:55 am, Tuesday, April 17th weighed 8 lbs 7 oz (3.83 kg) length 20.7" (52.5 cm) head circumference 13.8" (35 ...
Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Help me pick our baby's name

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MALE (pretty sure it's a boy): Alec, Aragorn, Avi, Bëor, Fëanor, Fin/Finn, Hemlock, Lewis, Lief/Liev, Mac, Max, Oromë, Ossë, Owen, Pierr...
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Friday, March 16, 2007

fun with photobooth

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Monday, March 12, 2007

response to technology issue

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A response to a developing technology issue in my district... the plan to make elementary schools go to a single platform ("minutes...
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from the District Technology Team Minutes 07.02.27

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[Here lies an issue which deserves a response...] "Funding for technology at the elementary level Given the challenges elementary s...
Monday, January 29, 2007

Frankenfoods... my kids will not be lab rats!

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After watching " The Truth About Genetically Modified Food ," I’m more convinced than ever that Canada needs mandatory labelling o...
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Monday, January 08, 2007

Diamond's top 12

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From " Collapse ," here is Jared Diamond's most serious environmental problems facing past and present societies: 1. Destruct...
Saturday, January 06, 2007

Christmas reading

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I'm not sure why, but against the advice of almost everyone I respect, I never bothereed to pick up and read A Sand County Almanac by A...
Monday, December 25, 2006

2 weeks of playdough

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Christmas break is here and I'm looking forward to doing not much and puttering around the house. My daughter has discovered televsion ...
Wednesday, December 13, 2006

blog cabin fever

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Like I said in this year's Christmas letter ... I have written many things this year, dispatched many trees in the service of this writi...
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Friday, November 24, 2006

GarageBand workshop

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GarageBand has many purposes among educators. Some are using it to create student or teacher podcasts, others are using it more musical com...
Thursday, November 23, 2006

campus 2020 thoughts

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I recently spoke at a "Campus 2020" forum where participants were asked to respond to some questions about the future of post-seco...
Friday, September 22, 2006

Finding Enkidu

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I've been meaning to put a bit of this online for a while (I haven't tried to embed video before). It is a scene from a video proje...
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Saturday, August 05, 2006

summer before you know it

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To beat the clock, I've continued my school year ritual of rising early to get stuff done before anyone awakes. Now I've banished s...
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Sunday, June 04, 2006

Now that was a nice river

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The Stellako flows out of Francois Lake and drops 45 metres over 11 km down to Fraser Lake. With a shaky knee and gimpy foot I didn't g...
Monday, May 08, 2006

Samorost Game

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O.K. this is a very cool game which stole an hour from me early this morning.
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Wednesday, March 22, 2006

Spring Break in Victoria

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Magnolia trees blooming, cherry trees spent... wow - a nice change from snowbanks and the "dog days" in PG when the melting uncove...
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Friday, March 03, 2006

March 3 workshop links

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Blogging and Beyond... Educational Technology to bridge the gap between curriculum and identity. Here are the workshop links: Formal Webque...
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Friday, January 13, 2006

Yurting

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Watch a 15-yr-old in a school computer lab and you'll see something new to a generation: yurting. Like Mongol nomads, the students pack...
Tuesday, December 20, 2005

what I'm reading Christmas 2005!

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Tuesday, December 06, 2005

Data & Education

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pet peeve... when people analyze ordinal data as if it were interval data... I wasn't even aware of what this meant until a couple of ye...
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Tuesday, November 15, 2005

What I'm watching

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I've been getting up at weird hourse lately and have ended up watching a bunch of movies lately... 1. Apocalypse Now... I hadn't see...
Wednesday, October 05, 2005

What I'm reading

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Short History of Progress... finished this one in summer. The book laid out a timeline of human evolution as it relates to environmental im...
Thursday, September 29, 2005

Back to Jack's room

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This year I find myself teaching all Socials again (finally) after the bumping and reassignments of the last few years in our school distric...
Friday, September 16, 2005

reflections on a meeting

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I met yesterday with a group of educators to review concepts of leadership, teaching, learning, and collaboaration (among other things). He...
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Saturday, June 25, 2005

Quality Learning Globally

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Over the last year or so, I've been involved with a "Quality Learning Globally" consortium organized by our school district...
Friday, June 17, 2005

some thoughts on PLCs

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Having recently attended a two-day workshop on instructional leadership (featuring/promoting the Professional Learning Community concept), I...
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Tuesday, May 17, 2005

What I'm reading

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Just finished Golden Spruce by John Vaillant... more than just the story of the guy who cut down the special tree on the Charlottes, this bo...
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