reflection
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Two Essential Questions for Reflection
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The end of a school year always prompts reflection. After collapsing exhausted on Canada Day to recover from the whirlwind of June, educators take a few deep breaths and think about their year. That reflection takes different forms. It can be mulling over how your class did as you sip a morning coffee on the…
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Greg Moore – #HWDSBaccelerate
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Greg Moore has a long and proud history with HWDSB. I first met him when we were elementary teachers together – and there was a lot of laughing! Greg is a friendly and funny guy. He is always exploring how to use tech to improve his workflow and is eager to keep learning and growing as a leader.…
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How Will I Use My Wild and Precious Life?
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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…
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#HWDSBaccelerate – Manny Figueiredo
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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…
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I’m Proud to be 100!
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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…
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My Top 3 Posts for 2015
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I thought you might like to know which posts gained the most readers this past year. I found this interesting, because I don’t necessarily think these are my best posts. While there are many articles out there about how to generate more traffic to your blog and about “click bait”, I’m not one to focus on that.…