Last night I was lucky enough to attend the Wings vs. Avalanche game at “The Joe” with my brother @adamaspinall (thx @alicespinall for the tickets!). My dad jinxed the game the night before by reminding me of the Wings current record of consistently losing in OT or a shootout and last night was no different. […]
There have been quite a few discussions around assessment the last few weeks. I have enjoyed being active in many of them as I continue to question the system and my own practice. There are a few differing perspectives about marks and their relevancy but on the whole nobody seems to really care about them […]
Sometimes our best moments come from “winging” it. This is another example. We follow the Covey Model at our school. It makes sense for our demographic. What I mean is we focus on student leadership and making good choices. We feel there are no bad kids, just good kids making bad choices because of external […]
Today we are learning to: identify and extend patterns use algebra to describe pattern rules represent relationships using a table of values Let me introduce our Minecraft project. I cannot take credit for this. Thanks to my grade 8 student Isaac, we have developed a pretty cool “game”. Using Minecraft students are creating and extending […]
Which better describes you as an educator? The Sex Pistols or The Clash. What I mean to ask is, are you a “punk” leader? Do you follow all of the rules and regulations outlined by the powers beyond? Do you still make decisions based on fear? Do you punish the entire group because you found […]
For all the kids who grow up in a small town and think they don’t stand a chance. You do. I was once that kid.