You may want to read part 1 but I think this post does stand alone. In general, I think professional offerings will be expanded and diversified moving forward. More than ever, teachers are more comfortable with webinars, chats and courses. Since there is currently little to no face-to-face opportunities, it seems participants are more accepting ...… Read the rest
Starting in 2015, I decided to take time at the end of the year to celebrate my network. The randomness that I've always loved about Twitter is the chance encounters I've had both in-person and online but often stemming from a conversation on Twitter or just something that made me smile. I have no real ...… Read the rest
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While the pandemic is raising lots of questions about the future of schools and education and rightfully so, there isn't much talk about the future of professional learning. While virtual conferences and webinars have been around for a while, they only reached a small percentage of educators. Much like the early days of using technology ...… Read the rest
As a kid growing up in Canada, winter was never seen as something negative. Probably a little nostalgia I'm sure but winter as a kid was all about snowball fights and hockey. For me mostly hockey. While I played organized hockey since I was 8, some of my greatest memories were skating in my backyard ...… Read the rest
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Since the inception of social media which emerged in and around 2005-07, it has gone from something as silly and useless to essential and powerful to dangerous and divisive. Perhaps all of those elements remain in some respects but certainly, the danger and divisiveness is the dominant narrative. If you've watched The Social Dilemma or ...… Read the rest