doug — off the record

just a place to share some thoughts


May 28, 2012

  • Flight

    The Ontario Curriculum has Flight covered as a formal Science and Technology topic in Grade 6.  There’s one interesting expectation that I’d like to reference: 2.4 use technological problem-solving skills (see page 16) to design, build, and test a flying device (e.g., a kite, a paper airplane, a hot air balloon) Sample guiding questions: How… Continue reading

  • OTR Links 05/28/2012

    REVEALED: Hundreds of words to avoid using online if you don’t want the government spying on you | Mail Online Revealed: Hundreds of words to avoid using online if you don’t want the government spying on you (and they include ‘pork’, ‘cloud’ and ‘Mexico’) tags: revealed hundreds words using online government spying mail tremendously-huge-marvel-comics-infographic.jpg (800×8900)… Continue reading