Sue Dunlop

  • How Will I Use My Wild and Precious Life?

    Have you heard Mary Oliver‘s great poem The Summer Day? Since I’m no poetry analyst, I’ll leave you to read it for yourself. The poem has inspired joy and reflection for me. For example… I used to feel guilty about not gardening, or painting, or odd jobbing it around the house. I know some people really…

  • #HWDSBaccelerate – Adele Stanfield

    Here in HWDSB, we’ve been talking about how to transform relationships, environments and learning opportunities. The driver is pedagogy, but the accelerator is technology. Asking students to do this is one thing – but what about the educators? I’m asking connected educators around our district how they use technology to accelerate their learning.  Adele Stanfield is…

  • #HWDSBaccelerate – Manny Figueiredo

    Here in HWDSB, we’ve been talking about how to transform relationships, environments and learning opportunities. The driver is pedagogy, but the accelerator is technology. Asking students to do this is one thing – but what about the educators? I’m interested to know how connected educators around our district use technology to accelerate their learning, so I’m…

  • Phone vs. Email – You Know Which One Is Better, Right?

    My work world revolves around email. I wish it wasn’t that way. Email is a time sucker. Email is never ending. And worst of all, email is void of tone or context. So the people who read your emails have to guess what tone you might be going for. There are some solutions to this: you…

  • My First Essential Thing

    I love to sleep. Mind you, I don’t sleep in or take naps. I just like my regular bedtime. My friends and colleagues poke some gentle fun at me because I go to bed by 10:00 p.m, even on weekends. Yes, you read that right – 10:00 p.m. I’ve always believed that sleep is one of…

  • I’m Proud to be 100!

    Milestones are important. Celebrations are everywhere including the important first birthday, golden wedding anniversaries, and even 100th shows in television. And why do we mark them? I think it’s because we need to recognize our accomplishments and sometimes just the fact we’ve actually made it this far. So I’m sharing and celebrating that this is my 100th…