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Wednesday, February 05, 2014

Dresden Codak

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I've been following Aaron Diaz (@dresdencodak) on twitter for a while. It was one of those follows that results when you read a few ...
Tuesday, February 04, 2014

Tapestry Workshops

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Hello Victoria, Sooke, Sanich and Gulf Islands Teachers! The organizers for the Tapestry Conference tell me that my workshops need some ...
Friday, January 24, 2014

GeoNarrative Paula

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This year's cohort in the " Language and Landscape Program " recently presented their GeoNarratives -- a historical/geogra...
Monday, December 30, 2013

do your homework

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O.K. I'll bite. A digitally dynamic educator from Penticton, Naryn Searcy ( @ncearcy17 ) dropped a "getting to know you" me...
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Saturday, December 21, 2013

The Crying Tree

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A gnarled tolkien-like box elder (or manitoba maple) used to live on our front lawn right beside the curb. It was a delight to our child...
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Thursday, December 12, 2013

Domination of Black

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My class is having a Week of Poetry right now, and I've asked them to both find, share, and explain some poetry with us for our Friday ...
Monday, November 18, 2013

Uphill Battle

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After a few professional conversations in the last while, I've come to the conclusion that we face many uphill battles when it comes t...
Monday, November 11, 2013

Peace and Remembrance 2013

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The photo shows my grandpa Johann Heinrich Enns who served in the Russian Forestry and Non-combatant Medical Service during WWI. As a cons...
Saturday, November 09, 2013

Open Letter on the State of Technology

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Open letter regarding the motions from the last board meeting, the ones about: A) reporting to the SD57 Management & Finance Committ...
Thursday, November 07, 2013

BCED Leadership Conference a Year Later

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Last year, I wrote about my experiences as a participant and presenter at the BC Superintendent's Association  BCED Leadership Confer...
Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Ancient Forest

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A couple Fridays ago I took my Language & Landscape group out on a bus to the Ancient Forest , a local hiking trail about 110...
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Saturday, October 12, 2013

GeoNarratives

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For educators and others: this post is intended as a beginning, a draft for a Gr. 11 student project design.  Your feedback is welcome, pa...
Sunday, October 06, 2013

Professional Development has changed

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Professional Development (PD) has changed in the last 15 years. For those of you who taught in the 80s and 90s, think back to a time be...
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Monday, September 30, 2013

And now for something completely different

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This September has been the most unique for me in at least a decade. I've jumped into an inquiry-based, blended learning program d...
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Friday, September 13, 2013

Book Talk

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For the first seminar in the new Language & Landscape program , I invited our  dedicated teacher-librarian  to do her amazing book tal...