Pre-Covid I was reflecting as I finished my second "for fun" book of the summer on how little I read this school year. Or at least how...

In the spring of last year I interviewed for a position I really wanted. I didn't get it. My imposter syndrome that I have been...

Background I grew up in Northern Alberta, for those who read my blog and are from communities made up of diverse cultures and people, my...

Sitting down and watching a little Homeland after a day of working out, blogging, yard work and a walk I begin to blog again. I wrote...

I don't think I have ever started a blog post without a clear title in mind. I feel like it has always framed my thinking but today as I...

I attended my first Edcamp down in Bozeman Montana a few years ago. It was a neat experience. Teachers gathering together to share their...

When Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream first came out I have this recollection of Chunky Monkey and movies with my friends. A few weeks ago shea...

I don't know what to really call this distance education, remote teaching, home school, home learning, whatever it is. What I do know is...

As I am sitting enjoying my Easter weekend watching movies and playing video games a very small piece of me misses the hustle and bustle...

As the world battles an "all hands on deck war" with COVID-19 many still have hopes that have not yet been fulfilled. "When we have...

My morning routine is getting up at 4:30 or so checking Twitter and other social media getting ready to head to the gym and once there...

I don't know where to start. Earlier this week someone said to Julie, "Teachers are just loving this aren't they?" Julie told them we...

Last year I was asked to join the coaching staff of the Varsity Basketball team. When the head coach mentioned my name as his assistant...

This year I have been working on ways to make writing more engaging. When I talk to my students every year their biggest complaint about...

This was the question that my new (excellent) student teacher asked me this morning. I think when I first started teaching I had this...

This week I had the amazing opportunity to fly across the country and learn from some of the best in the field of literacy. I never take...

I have wrestled with this post for a week, probably much longer if I am being really honest. Every year students around the province are...