doug — off the record

just a place to share some thoughts


April 22, 2013

  • Must Watch Television

    At least for our family. At 10pm tonight EST on the Discovery Channel, my son’s (affectionately known as “The Boy”) latest efforts have their world premiere.  The television show is called “Last Car Standing“. Some of the pre-premiere news: http://www.torontosun.com/2013/04/21/last-car-standing-a-trip-down-memory-lane http://finance.yahoo.com/news/series-last-car-standing-shakes-192500455.html Continue reading

  • Biggest Takeaway from the Google Summit

    I spent the weekend in Kitchener attending the Ontario Google Summit.  The neat thing about good professional learning events, in addition to the actual learning, is the chance to renew old friendships and to make some new ones.  Of course, when you head to Waterloo Region, there are plenty of people to meet again and… Continue reading

  • OTR Links 04/22/2013

    Cohort 21 “CIS Ontario is excited to announce an innovative new professional learning opportunity for its member schools. Cohort 21 seeks to build a community of passionate and like-minded independent school educators who are looking to explore what it means to be a teacher in the 21st century.” tags: PLN cohort21 cis TNN (Twitter News… Continue reading