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October
2009
A firend forwarded the link
to this video of The Firecrackers
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June 2009
A page long overdue - the
most recent addition to our family ... BRANDY. |
May 2009
During the past twleve months,
I have lost many of my long-term friends due to the ravages of illness.
Blair MacLean, Pat Riordan, Wayne Walker, and now, Bill Dagg. On
May 29th, Bill passed away after a long battle with cancer. He will
live on in the hearts of all who had the honour of knowing this caring,
compassionate, generous man. |
April 2009
I love my job, I love
my job, I love my job, I love my job ...
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March 14, 2009
This video was originally
a POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
titled
"Did You Know?/Shift Happens", created in 2006 by a teacher from
Arapahoe High School in Colorado. Karl Fisch put together the presentation
with what he hoped were some thought-provoking ideas to encourage his fellow
teachers to discuss the world their students would be entering. It
was never his intention for this video to become such an internet phenomena,
and I think many people are looking for some sort of hidden meaning behind
the whole thing. There is none ... it is merely a jumping point for
discussion on the changing world of which we are all a part.
In Karl's own words, "I was
hoping by telling some of these 'stories' to our faculty, I could get them
thinking about - and discussing with each other - the world our students
are entering. To get them to really think about what our students are going
to need to be successful in the 21st century, and then how that might impact
what they do in their classrooms."
Click the picture to the
right to view the video in a separate window. A history, beginning
with the creation of the presentation, can be found on Karl's site, THE
FISCHBOWL
While the original presentation
has been turned into a more visually-appealing medium geared to the general
public, by Jeff Brenman, the "new and improved" version does not cite all
the references used in Karl's original piece. And I think that is
one of the biggest areas questioned by the casual viewer - is the data
presented accurate. The PowerPoint slides state the references used
by Karl Fisch are:
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January
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