Will was worried his thoughts were murky.  His less than positive experience recently led him to some pretty clear ideas. I concur with them and can also relate to some remarks I’ve heard teachers make regarding professional development like, “just let us teach”. In other words, professional development is getting in they way of teaching. Will...

Planning has always been up to classroom teachers. Teachers decide what students are going to learn and how they are going to do it. I’d like to try something new and different. I’d like your ideas. Do have suggestions for assignments and projects? Do you have a resource that you think we should be using in class? Is there someone we absolutely need to...

David Warlick makes this claim: Is a teacher who is not using technology doing their job? An emphatic “NO!” As I think about the upcoming school year, I’m hoping to be more emphatic about my beliefs about teaching and learning. This quote inspires me. So given this I’m going to try to committ to a few things this year. Challenge everyone who uses...

Youtube announced they hope to put every music video ever online.  Read the full story. Nostalgia is setting in as I recall the early days of MTV and watching my college roomate sitting in front of the TV for hours watching this new thing called music...

I uploaded the last of my summer photos to flickr and wanted to showcase a few. Bet you didn’t think you could grow grapes in Saskatchewan. Well this crop comes from my backyard. We had some great crops of both raspberries and strawberries. These are my favourite. Never been much of a farmer but this wheat field near Waldheim, SK was quite amazing. This is...