Yes, you read that correctly and it’s not a typo. The normal post for a Friday morning around here is “This Week in Ontario Edublogs” but this is a bit different.
I’ve been doing that post for a long time now. Using WordPress’ duplicate title feature, that title has appeared 389 times. There are actually a few more because I’ve made typos and called it “The Week in Ontario Edublogs” a few times. So, if there are 52 weeks in a year, 52 goes into more than 389
…
a whole bunch of times. Actually, that’s a post a day for a year and then some.
So, why did I start to do this?
It goes back a while (I’m still doing the math). Blogging was kind of young and there were blogging recommendations that people would share. The problem this Ontarian realized, was there were a lot of blogs written right here in the province – why aren’t we shouting from the rooftops the amazing things we’re doing here? dougpete.wordpress.com was my rooftop.
I stored, and continue to store, Ontario Educational blogs here. Some remain and others have come and gone; if nothing else, it’s a collection of professionals who have shared their thinking for the world to read.
This week, I’ve done something that I’ve wanted to do for a while now. Next week during our weekly podcast, Stephen Hurley and I will be doing a year-end summary so I wanted to create a document of all of the blog posts that we talked about on a weekly basis. Now, that document which I’ve since shared with him doesn’t include all of the posts that I write for my blog post. Typically, we talk about five on the show; then there’s a couple extra I add just for here. I don’t want him stealing all my readers!
It took a while but I went through all of the posts on this blog that I use to celebrate great Ontario blogging on Fridays. I really hope I captured them all. You’ll understand if I say that my eyes got crossed a few times. Of course, there are people who have been featured numerous times here. They obviously love to blog and share their ideas and I love to read them. There was a time when I would leave comments on their blogs. But, by putting them here, I’m in control and can sometimes offer more than just words.
Before I share the list from you, let me step back from the rooftop and go to street level and look up at these people. As I was working this document, I was just in so much awe as I revisited their titles and what I had written about them at the time. There is absolutely so much great writing and reflection. I am truly, truly humbled by looking at it. I hope that you don’t skip past this. Please take some time and look at the titles and the wide variety of content and wisdom that was shared.
I’m already having blogger’s remorse as I look at the finished product. There were some things that I could have done better. This was originally not going to go beyond the two of us but it was too impressive not to share.
But, there’s always next year.
Please enjoy and appreciate the absolute genius in the content that has been shared with the world this past year. Ontario bloggers are a terrific example of what people who are serious about their profession do. They share successes, outline next steps, and then push themselves to higher levels. I can think of no higher praise for both their efforts as bloggers or their dedication to learning and their profession.
| Blogger | Post |
| Alanna King – @banana29 | Leaping with no net: autism for teens in Ontario |
| How to coddle a volunteer | |
| UX/UI Design with Canada Learning Code | |
| HTML/CSS with Canada Learning Code | |
| When Political Penny-Pinchers Pilfer Your PD | |
| Albert Fong – @albertfong | Teachers tell stories |
| Amanda Potts – @Ahpotts | Why he comes to class |
| He may be right; I may be crazy | |
| He talks about me at home | |
| Exam | |
| When friendship lasts | |
| Enough | |
| For Mrs. Barkman | |
| Amy Bowker – @amyebowker | Goal Setting in the Classroom |
| Andrea Haefele – @andreahaefele | Dear Other Mom |
| Andrew Campbell – @acampbell99 | An Alternative To A School Cellphone Ban |
| Your Students Should Nap (and so should you) | |
| Ann Marie Luce – @turnmeluce | The value of the Exit Interview |
| #EdcampBeijing | |
| Morale Compass | |
| #oneword2019 | |
| Anna Bartosik – @ambartosik | Citation practices, using databases, and literature reviews #MyResearch |
| Independent Reading and Research, Week 1: Data Tool Analysis #MyResearch | |
| Anne Shillolo – @anneshillolo | Online Pre-School |
| Anne-Marie Kee – @AMKeeLCS | Should schools ban cell-phones? |
| What do trees have to do with well-being? (Trees Part Two) | |
| Focus on Trees – Part One | |
| Have you ever put a tooth in the microwave? | |
| Arianna Lambert – @MsALambert | Hour of Code Is Coming… |
| Podcasts for Students | |
| Long-Range Plans | |
| The Heart and Art of Teaching and Learning Resource | |
| Association for Media Literacy – @A_M_L | Taking Old Town Road to School |
| Aviva Dunsiger – @avivaloca | My Look At The Holidays: What Are Your Stories? |
| Back To The Map Of Canada: What Do You Do With That 2%? | |
| Wondering About WHMIS: When Compliance Training Makes You Reflect On Assessment & Evaluation | |
| What Makes A Partnership Work? | |
| What Do You Do On A Perfect Day? | |
| How Do We Use Our Powerful Words For Good? | |
| Educating Grayson: How Do We Make Inclusion Work? | |
| Do We Need A Scaffolded Approach to Bullying | |
| A Lot More Good … | |
| How Do You Define Beauty? | |
| When “Dear Other Mom” Becomes “Dear Educators And Parents” | |
| Can Kids Understand Equity? | |
| This is WHY I Speak Up. Why Do You? | |
| Beate Planche – @bmplanche | Momentum and the positive side of constraints |
| Beth Lyons – @mrslyonslibrary | Sharing the LLC Space- An Advocate’s Infographic |
| Maker. Space. Inquiry. Place. What might be the connection? | |
| What the Librarian Read Part 1 | |
| On Being a “Teacher-Librarian” | |
| Preserving the Cup | |
| Podcast PD? | |
| Social Media- What is it good for? | |
| Preserving the Cup | |
| Bonnie Stewart – @bonstewart | Experience Required: Walking the Talk in Digital Teaching & Learning |
| The #UWinToolParade: Open Pedagogy as #OER | |
| bringing back the participatory: a story of the #ProSocialWeb | |
| Brenda Sherry – @brendasherry | Exploring By The Seat of Your Pants |
| No First Day Jitters This Year! | |
| Cal Armstrong – @sig225 | The structure of the Interstitial App, or, Observations & Conversations – Part 2 |
| Observations & Conversations: Part 1 of many? | |
| Choose your own… PD. | |
| Charles Pascal – @CEPascal | Mindless cuts to education puts our future at risk |
| Colleen Rose – @ColleenKR | Take 10 Minutes |
| A Stitch in Time | |
| Keep it Simple. (thanks, Rachel) | |
| Conrad Glogowski – @teachandlearn | Podcasts on Youth Development |
| David Carruthers – @dcarruthersedu | Go Magic! Let’s do this! 🙂 |
| Do You Have A Safety Net? | |
| Reflections from the Tech Guy | |
| David Petro – @davidpetro314 | Math Links for Week Ending Jan 25th, 2019 |
| Math Links for Week Ending Oct. 25th, 2019 | |
| Math Links for Week Ending May 3rd, 2019 | |
| Deanna McLennan – @McLennan1977 | Autumn Math Walk |
| What does the equal sign really mean? | |
| Deb Weston – @dr_weston_PhD | Class Size and Composition Matters |
| Why students walked out today – April 4th, 2019 | |
| Did you get your flu shot yet? | |
| Violence in Ontario Schools | |
| Evaluating e-learning | |
| The Courage to Teach | |
| Debbie Donsky – @DebbieDonsky | From Compliance to Commitment Takes Personal Accountability |
| A Career Marked by Change: Learning the Big Lessons in Some Small Places | |
| “You aren’t what I was expecting…” | |
| The Fear of Writing: Finding Your Voice When Writing within an Organization | |
| The Caterpillar Math Problem: Is it possible to be unbiased in our assessment? | |
| Deborah McCallum – @Bigideasinedu | Leadership & Goal Setting for Math Learning |
| Guided Reading for Math? | |
| Virtual Reality in the Math Class: Moving from Abstract to Concrete | |
| Guided Reading with Adolescent Readers | |
| Make your Feedback more Productive | |
| Supporting Struggling Students in Math | |
| Derek Tangredi – @dtangred | Working with Children in Makerspaces |
| Diana Maliszewski – @MzMollyTL | First Day Back |
| Reconnecting with my cultural roots | |
| Making Kindergarten Media Projects with Meaning | |
| The Gift of Staying Connected – Thanks Andrew and Diana | |
| Further Reflections after Faith in the System Podcast | |
| Reflections on NAMLE Part 1 | |
| Happy 40th Anniversary AML! | |
| Hit By A Car | |
| Reflections on NAMLE Part 2 | |
| Reflections on NAMLE Part 3 | |
| Happy #DLweekTO | |
| Full STEAM ahead with Blue Spruce Books | |
| My Many Microaggressions | |
| Diana Maliszewski and Neil Andersen – @MzMollyTL and @mediasee | Baby It’s Cold Outside: The Saga of a Song |
| ECOO – @ecooorg | ECOOcamp Owen Sound 2019 |
| Fair Chance Learning – @FCLEdu | Indigenous Institute Blends Tradition & Tech to Preserve Anishinaabe Teachings |
| Using Technology to Drive Language Skills and Create Meaningful Learning Opportunities | |
| Implementing Survivor Mode into Student Learning in MinecraftEE | |
| HP Maker Challenge | |
| Fleming College Learning Design and Support Team Blog – @FlemingLDS | Week 4, Winter 2019 |
| Harnessing Assessment – @HarnessingA | Descriptive Feedback: The Engine that Powers Learning |
| Hatch Coding – @hatchcoding | Spending time with professional teachers |
| Heather Lye – @MsHLye | Bittersweet Year End |
| Heather Swail – @hbswail | TMB Withdrawal |
| Heather Theijsmeijer – @HTheijsmeijer | First Week of Math: Resources to help make connections & build relationships |
| Making the Shift Toward Tracking Observations | |
| When a Drawing is Not Just a Drawing | |
| Heidi Solway – @hsolway | Roll Out The Red Carpet |
| 30 Days of Gratitude: Day 26 – The Perfection in Imperfection | |
| Helen DeWaard – @hj_dewaard | Thinking about Feedback |
| Helen Kubiw – @HelenKubiw | Goodnight, World |
| Ian McTavish – @ianmct | Class size changes – my perspective. #ontedannouncement |
| Indigenous Awareness – @indigenousawrns | ‼️‼️ELECTION DAY‼️‼️ |
| Indygo Arscott – @decolonizeont | Ontario Students Hold Walkouts in Protest of Progressive Conservative Party’s Policy Proposals |
| Irene Stewart – @IrenequStewart | Irene learns about teaching: Part 1a |
| Irene learns about teaching – Part 1b | |
| Interviewing My Domain | |
| James M Skidmore – @JamesMSkidmore | A MODEST SOTL PLAN: WORKING WITH LITERARY PASSAGES |
| ORGANIZING PRINCIPLES | |
| Jamey Byers – @mrJameyByers | BOOKMARKS ON TWITTER |
| Jay DuBois – @Jay__Dubois | The Grade 3 ‘Travelling Genius Bar’ |
| Reset? | |
| Jen Apgar – @jenapgar | Design Thinking and 3D printing challenges |
| Jen Giffen – @virtualGiff | Another Day another EdTech conference! #ECOOCamp 2019 |
| Twitter – To Reply or Reply All? | |
| Jennifer Arp – @Jennifer_Arp | Full-Day Kindergarten at it’s best: awesome things are happening in Room 102 |
| Jennifer Aston – @mme_aston | This Blog is not Dead it’s… |
| Another One Bites the Dust? | |
| Parlons Minecraft BIT2019 | |
| Building a Google Site and Relationships with Parents | |
| A Tale That Endures | |
| Jennifer Brown – @JennMacBrown | Reflection and Self-indulgence |
| Jennifer Casa-Todd – @jcasatodd | Three lessons on Grit and Resilience |
| My device. My terms. 3 strategies for finding balance. | |
| No Wifi: Pretend it’s 1993 | |
| What school and Curling have in common | |
| The risk of digital leadership | |
| Help! My child wants a YouTube channel | |
| Five reasons why banning cellphones is a bad idea | |
| Jessica O’Reilly – @Cambrian_Jess | So Why SoTL? |
| Sidney Helped | |
| Finding Middle Ground | |
| Jessica Outram – @jessicaoutram | Moccasin Flowers: A Work-in-Progress |
| Jim Cash – @cashjim | Why do you want kids to code? |
| Mathland Actually | |
| Scratch 3.0 is Here! | |
| Joanne Babalis – @joannebabalis | Sebby Dee turns 3! |
| Joe Archer – @ArcherJoe | Exploring Classroom Expectations while using WipeBook Chart Paper |
| Swimming with my fish! Do it ALL!! | |
| Joel McLean – @jprofNB | The DNA of a leader |
| “I Don’t Have Time For That” | |
| R.E.A.L. Leadership | |
| Find A Vision | |
| A Positive Climate For A Culture Of Growth | |
| John Allan – @mrpottz | STUDENT INFOGRAPHICS |
| TESOL’S ELECTRONIC VILLAGE ONLINE | |
| Jonathan So – @MrSoClassroom | Perseverance, struggle and a little grit: How running a 53km race relates to Education |
| If we want our students to (insert word) it starts with us | |
| Judy Redknine, Toby Molouba – @redknine and @tmolouba | It’s a Matter of Relationships |
| Karaline Vlahopoulos – @KaralineVla | 99 Needs and They’re All Student Related |
| Kelly McLaughlin | School year start up |
| Krista McCracken – @kristamccracken | Community Archives and Identity |
| Preserving and Listening to Soundscapes | |
| Kyle Pearce – @MathletePearce | HOW TO START THE SCHOOL YEAR OFF RIGHT |
| Kyleen Gray – @TCHevolution | The problem(s) with mandatory e-learning… |
| Why (as a teacher and parent) I Value Standardized Testing | |
| Arguments for Teacher Performance Pay in Ontario | |
| Laura Bottrell – @L_Bottrell | Rethinking End of Year Countdowns |
| Laura Elliott – @lauraelliottPhD | Standardized bodies < Accepting & Celebrating Difference |
| My ‘Why?’ … | |
| Helping our Girls Reframe Anxiety – it’s not all bad! | |
| Laura Wheeler – @wheeler_laura | Learning in the Loo: Collaborative Kahoot Quiz |
| Lisa Corbett – @LisaCorbett0261 | This week we did…something |
| MATH, NUMBER SENSE & NUMERATION, NUMBER TALKS, PATTERNING & ALGEBRA | |
| Update: Assessment | |
| Slice is of Life: Who Needs Me? | |
| Day 3: Relax | |
| Summer Math:Counting and Subitizing | |
| Slice of Life: Published | |
| A little of this, a little of that | |
| Writer’s Self-Regulations Project | |
| Addition of double digit numbers | |
| Lisa Cranston – @lisacran | We teach students not just content |
| Beyond Behaviour Charts | |
| Self-Care for Writers | |
| #HandsOffFDK | |
| Lisa Floyd – @lisaannefloyd | Text to Speech and Translation Blocks in Scratch 3.0 |
| Lisa Munro – @LisaMunro11 | New Journeys |
| Liv Rondreau – @MissORondeau | THE MEDICINE WHEEL VS MASLOWS’S HIERACHY OF NEEDS |
| Lynn Thomas – @THOMLYNN101 | H is for Happy |
| F is for Frankenstein, Focus & Future Ready | |
| D is for Debate | |
| B is for Brainy, Bold & Beautiful | |
| Q is for Questions and Not Getting Caught in the Quagmire | |
| P is for Patience | |
| O is for Outside the Box | |
| L is for light | |
| K is for Knowledge | |
| Maggie Fay – @maggiefay_ | Hallway Connections: Autism and Coding via @maggiefay_ |
| Mark Chubb – @MarkChubb3 | Strategies vs Models |
| One-Hole Punch Puzzle Templates | |
| The More Strategies, the Better? | |
| Marc Hodgkinson – @Mr_H_Teacher | The 500 – #452 – John Prine – Debut |
| Martina Fasano – @RokStarTeacher | Why Caring Adults Matter: An Ode To My Alma Mater |
| Matthew Morris – @callmemrmorris | Cell Phone Ban in Classrooms |
| Does Black History Month still hold meaning in 2019 | |
| 5 School Ideas for Black History Month | |
| Detentions | |
| I Think My Neighbors Think I’m Selling Dope | |
| Equity Tech’quity | |
| Speaking on and about black male students | |
| Matthew Oldridge – @matthewoldridge | Using Play to Teach Math |
| Too Random, Or Not Random Enough: Student Misunderstandings About Probability In Coin Flipping | |
| The Playful Approach to Math | |
| Melanie Lefebvre – @ProfvocateMel | WHY FRUSTRATED STUDENTS MADE MY DAY TODAY |
| An Oscar-esque thank you speech type of blog post | |
| I DON’T USE TEXTBOOKS | |
| Melanie White – @WhiteRoomRadio | Nurturing Guilt |
| Merit Centre – @Self_Reg | A Self-Reg Look At “Preparing Kids”: Is It Time To Change The Conversation? |
| No Such Thing as a Bad Kid | |
| Michelle Fenn – @toadmummy | The Gender Gap in Technology |
| Coding with Microbits | |
| Mike Washburn – @misterwashburn | WHEN LAST PLACE FEELS LIKE FIRST PLACE |
| Nancy Drew | Reckless Abandon! |
| Neil Anderson – @mediasee | Highlights of the National Association of Media Literacy Educators Conference |
| Noa Daniel – @noasbobs | Pitch Day 2019 |
| Elevate your Audience | |
| My River, My Mountain- A Day of Learning with Jennifer Abrams | |
| TTalks for Impact 2019 | |
| This Week in Ontario Playlists – Doug Peterson’s P3 | |
| Patt Olivieri – @pattolivieri | Dear Jordan… |
| Paul Gauchi – @PCMalteseFalcon | Friday Two Cents: Positive Thoughts For The New Year |
| Friday Two Cents: Honour Our Past To Understand Our Present | |
| Friday Two Cents: The Language of Art | |
| Comic Strips: School’s Out for Summer | |
| Paul McGuire – @mcguirp | When your plan is no longer the plan |
| Tour de Mont Blanc – Day Eight for Climb for Kids | |
| When it comes to mental health in Canada, the gap is still too wide | |
| “What Do You Say When Our Social Institutions Are Under Attack?” | |
| Trolls Creep Into the Education Debate in Ontario | |
| Self-Regulation and Evangelism in Education | |
| Class Sizes Really Matter | |
| Has inclusive education gone too far? – The Globe and Mail debate | |
| Naming and Shaming | |
| Walking in a New Way – the Ottawa Indigenous Walk | |
| History in the Making – Creating Digital History Techbooks | |
| New Beginnings, New Adventures | |
| Your Professional Life is Declining and It’s About Time | |
| Peter Beens – @pbeens | Snippets #1 |
| Students’ Favourite Affinity Designer Tutorials | |
| 100DaysofCode | |
| Snowbirds | |
| Peter Cameron – @cherandpete | GO! Explore! |
| Find your inner explorer | |
| A Day (or three) in the Life of this Grosvenor Teacher Fellow | |
| For Water: Learn. Adopt. Protect. Walk. | |
| Our Kids’ Spelling is Atrocious | |
| K Cups Math Resource Page | |
| Water Walking | |
| Ideal PD? | |
| Peter Skillen – @peterskillen | Dear Ontario Educators, |
| Ramona Meharg – @RamonaMeharg | #ECOOCamp Owen Sound |
| 50th Episode – I Wish I Knew EDU learning | |
| Snow Day Chaos – the Lament is over! | |
| Fill Your Own Cup With Gratitude | |
| #RememberingLeanne | |
| #BIT19 Call for Proposals is OPEN! | |
| Rebecca Chambers – @MrsRChambers | Another Year and The Unlearning Continues |
| Dreams do come true if you persevere, my vision of an experiential passion based classroom have come true. | |
| Introduction to Unlearning June 23 – August 17 | |
| Rob Cannone – @mr_robcannone | If not now, then when? |
| Designing the Learning Environment : Why students, pedagogy and critical reflection should come first | |
| On cultivating curiosity in the classroom | |
| Robert Hunking – @yesknowno | When The Dust Settles? |
| Rola Tibshirani – @rolat | How To Self Engineer A Learning Community? |
| When Students Shine! | |
| Rolland Chidiac – @rchids | Esports with Primary Students – Part 1: Jumping In |
| Esports in Primary – Part 2: Next Steps | |
| Ruthie Sloan – @Roosloan | Secret Truths of Empathy While Learning to Advocate |
| Context is Key | |
| Sarah Lalonde -@sarahlalondee | Thirty one days – my social media detox |
| Sean Monteith – @KPDSB_Schools | A New Year, Perspective From Experience |
| It’s “Time” | |
| Sheila Stewart – @sheilaspeaking | Minding the Children |
| Chocolate by Trial and Error | |
| Good Tree Stories | |
| Web Intentions | |
| Shelly Vohra – @raspberryberet3 | Inquiry, Social Justice, & the SDGs |
| Digital Breakouts Using Google Forms | |
| ETFO Innovate 2019 | |
| Shyama Sunder – @ssunderaswara | Final Thoughts |
| STAO Blog – @staoapso | Experiment of The Week – Homemade Projector by Steve Spangler |
| KEEPING BIRDS SAFE INQUIRY – GRADE 1 | |
| 5 Things That Make You a Mosquito Magnet – YouTube | |
| Stepan Pruchnicky – @stepanpruch | Reader’s Theatre = Experiential Learning |
| Canada’s New Food Guide | |
| Sue Bruyns – @sbruyns | Here’s to Paving New Ground |
| Adjust the Tuning | |
| Proofreader or Instructional Leader? | |
| Cultivating the Culture Code | |
| Sue Dunlop – @Dunlop_Sue | Why Summer is a Perfect Time for Reflection |
| Are You Caught in the Whirlwind? | |
| Just Stop Using “You Guys” | |
| T.J. Hoogsteen – @marexdad | 21st Century Skills: What Students Need Now or Just More of the Same Bad Ideas? |
| TDSB Professional Library – @ProfLibraryTDSB | New books: take an eReading March break! |
| National Indigenous Peoples Day – June 21 | |
| Terry Greene – @greeneterry | So Long and Thanks For All of This |
| The Open Learner Patchbook Went To The PressEd Conference | |
| Hatching a PLN | |
| Reset, Reboot, RemOOC | |
| Thanks Milan – Lessons Learned at #OEGlobal19 | |
| Feeling the Ground by Getting Some Air | |
| What’s With All The Sharing? | |
| Dreaming is Free | |
| Where am I in the #ExtendmOOC Conversation? | |
| A New Year, A New Semester | |
| TESLOntario Blog – @TESLontario | WHO HAS THE FINAL SAY ABOUT STUDENT MARKS? |
| ENCOURAGING REFLECTIVE PRACTICE FOR OURSELVES AND OUR STUDENTS | |
| TESOL’S ELECTRONIC VILLAGE ONLINE | |
| The Beast – @thebeastedu | A Guy Walks into a Bar |
| I Am Right Here | |
| Keys to a Rocket Ship | |
| Recess is as Real Life as it Gets | |
| The Merit Centre – @self_reg | Words Matter. But Sometimes the Interbrain Matters More. |
| Tim King – @mechsymp | Stretched Thin |
| There is no STEM | |
| Good Will: it’s what holds the education system together | |
| Tim King – @tk1ng | Privilege Masquerading as Superiority |
| Class Caps are a Low Resolution Solution to a High Resolution Problem | |
| Cyber Dissonance: The Struggle for Access, Privacy & Control in our Networked World | |
| 2019-20: Persistence and Possibility | |
| Easy Money | |
| Elearning: How to make the inevitable more than a cash grab | |
| Tina Zita – @tina_zita | A Journey with Sketchnotes |
| Saying Goodbye – A Consistent Journey | |
| A Modern ‘Who Came First’ Debate | |
| Will Gourley – @WillGourley | Shoulders of giants |
| Undercover Boss | |
| Beyond | |
| Be Strong in the Face of Poor Government | |
| Back in the day was better (because now is often unbearable) | |
| The best present is one you can give year round | |
| Zelia Tavares – @zeliamct | Skype-A-Thon 2019 |
| EdTechTeam Ontario Summit 2019 | |
| Hack the Classroom 2018 |
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