Here’s a summary of some of the things I learned and published this week.
Readings
You can follow my daily readings as they happen here. Below are a selected few, with commentary, from the past week. They’re posted to the blog under the title OTR Links.
Sunday
- I learn a great deal from Google Doodles – this time is was Sarla Thukral
- Funny and yet true – questions that I would ask Jaimie if he would answer them
Monday
- There are places that even Google isn’t allowed to take pictures of and so here are a bunch of them
- This is how the Ottawa Catholic DSB is upgrading the ventilation in their classrooms
Tuesday
- This is a superb collection of cartoons that reveal so much about our society these days
- So much for free speech. It’s sad that they had to take this sign down
Wednesday
- This is a superb collection of cartoons that reveal so much about our society these days
- So much for free speech. It’s sad that they had to take this sign down
Thursday
- I loved my cartoons growing up and now I find there are things in there I should have paid attention to!
- Another list of things that educators should try
Friday
- Field of Dreams was big this week. Of course, it could have been better if the Detroit Tigers had played
- Just when you think things are going well, the price of gas is poised to jump
Saturday
- Get your jab in Chicago or you’re out of a teaching job
- Some interesting back to school thoughts from some teachers as September looms on the horizon
Blog Posts on
doug — off the record
My daily contributions to this blog are linked below. If you’re looking for a week in review for doug–off the record, you came to the right place.
- Sunday – My Week Ending August 8, 2021
- Weekly summary of things around here
- Monday – When you’re not getting out much
- Discover places that you’ve never seen
- Tuesday – A real throwback
- Test your educational age to see if you remember this one
- Wednesday – And then a couple more
- Some more classic educational software products
- Thursday – Why this wouldn’t happen to me
- There are times when paper is good
- Friday – This Week in Ontario Edublogs
- My weekly look at seven blog posts from around the province
- Saturday – Do we really need this?
- My thoughts about an election during the fourth wave
- Sunday – Whatever happened to … ?
- A weekly fun post to try to get you to reflect on things and share your thoughts
#FollowFriday – August 13, 2021
voicEd Radio

Chey Cheney and Pav Wander co-hosted This Week in Ontario Edublogs. It was a great discussion and we went way over time.
Featured bloggers:
- Chey Cheney – @mrccheney
- Pav Wander – @PavWander
- Noa Daniel – @iamnoadaniel
- Shawna Rothgeb-Bird – @rollforlearning
- Diana Maliszewski – @MzMollyTL
- Terry Whitmell – @TerryWhitmell
- EduGals – @EduGals
- Marc Hodgkinson – @Mr_H_Teacher
Opening Song:
Closing Song:
All of the podcasts are archived here. The show is broadcast LIVE almost every Wednesday morning at 8:45 on voicEd Radio.
Technology Troubleshooting
Every Friday morning, I do a shout out to Ontario Educators via #FollowFridays. The first one is scheduled for 4:58 since the blog post comes out at 5:00. I like to keep the two of them together.
So, after the post, I’ll take the list of blog posters, copy it, and paste it into a new message to appear at the time. The list is shown above and should work – right?
It was only after it went live that I realize that Twitter had altered one of the names before scheduling. It was the username for Marc Hodgkinson which got altered. I discovered it later and panicked, going back to the source from the blog post where it remained corrected.
I turned to Twitter and it was there that I saw for my very eyes the name being altered. Tres weird. I’ll have to pay more attention in the future.
So, I deleted the original post, created a new one carefully checking Marc’s name and resent it.
Video of the Week
Big in the news this week is COVID passports.
Photo of the Week
If you need proof that someone is driving on the school playground, take your dog for a walk in the morning while the grass is still wet.

Thanks for reading.
Please join me daily for something new and, hopefully, interesting for you. I honestly and truthfully appreciate your few moments reading my thoughts. Time willing, this summary appears every Sunday afternoon.
Be safe.
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