Tuesday, December 13, 2022

December 12, 2022: It has been a while

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 I often wondered if this blog would suffer the same fate that so many others have. Given how much thought and effort went into creating the...
Tuesday, December 7, 2021

December 7: Homework Chart & brief note on assignments

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 Hello. If you have not signed up for a Brightspace account, I strongly encourage you to do this, so you can track the work that is being as...
Tuesday, November 23, 2021

Brightspace for Parents & Homework

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 Hello. I now remember why I do not post a lot of information on this blog.  I place a lot of time and energy in maintaining Brightspace.  I...
Tuesday, November 2, 2021

High School Open Houses

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  Important Open Houses for this week: Etobicoke School for the Arts - November 2 Ursula Franklin Academy - November 2 Western Technical Sch...
Sunday, October 31, 2021

October 31/November 1

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High School Transition & Parent/Guardian Brightspace account creation It is hard to believe that 20% of the school year has gone by al...
Monday, October 25, 2021

Grade 8 to 9 Information Night for Parents

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I am going to check to makes sure there is a link to this presentation. The image was taken from a PDF image and uncertain if the link to...
Saturday, October 16, 2021

It has been a while but things are in a Brighter space

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Hello, family members of 8.2 students. I have not posted on the class Blog for a long time. Most of the posting I have been doing has been ...
Friday, September 17, 2021

Friday, September 17, 2021

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I have not uploaded a video to this blog for a while from my Google Drive and wanted to see if it worked: This short clip is from a Histo...
Thursday, September 16, 2021

Thursday, September 16, 2021

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Hello. I have been in the process of getting Brightspace ready to share with the class. All of the Students will have some time to learn ...
Friday, September 10, 2021

Friday, September 10 & COVID-19 Screening information

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Over the next week, I plan to set up my Brightspace "shell" for the 20-21 school year and I will use this page, for now, as a way ...
Wednesday, September 8, 2021

On the eve of Day 1

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This photo was taken last Spring, soon after I obtained the Grade 8 position.  Hello. There are so many new things that will be coming my wa...
Tuesday, July 20, 2021

mid Summer reflections: July 20, 2021

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Hello. My reflections, on this blog, have faded over the last three years, but I have never stopped thinking, pondering, and challenging mys...
Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Orange Shirt Day: more thoughts

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  Today is the actual, official, day for Orange Shirt Day . As I do some more reading, reflecting, and thinking I wanted to add something th...
Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Orange Shirt Day, Historical Concepts, and our first read aloud

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Understanding the background of what Orange Shirt Day is key to having an understanding of how we can move forward on the path towards Recon...
Tuesday, September 22, 2020

Rumblings from Virtual School: Navigating the early days of Brightspace

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  Morning. This year I will not be in my Centrally Assigned role and returning to the classroom -- the  Virtual Classroom.  This is exciting...