January 3rd, 2013 was a sad day for Ontario Educators, for Education, and for the democratic rights of Ontarians. Kudos to Dave Lanovaz (@DaveLanovaz on Twitter) for posting his open letter to the Premier of Ontario on his blog Thursday morning. Check out the conversations in the 65 comments posted there in the last 36 hours. [...]
My youngest son and I had an interesting conversation this past Sunday as we were leaving the arena after his speed skating practice. Rather than sitting in the bleachers fiddling with my iPhone as I am usually wont to do, I had instead just completed 20 exercise laps (walking) around the perimeter of the rink. [...]
by Andrew Forgrave and Kim Crawford Central to Unplug’d was the notion of leaving the Internet behind. Various thoughts on connecting, unplugging, and focusing attention have started to emerge. What did it feel like to unplug? Kim: I didn’t have far to go from ‘plugged’ to ‘unplugged’. I scaled back my online presence a year ago. Since then [...]
Outside, like a knowing parent, patient and amused, the Experience of Life glides around the bricked-in school-box. Inside, sequestered, we struggle to learn, isolated from Truth, in our compartments, with our Rules. Walls of brick and mind dividing us from It. “This IS the real world.” They say. In a long-faded comic book, the bare-footed [...]
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