My Week Ending 2021-12-05

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 daily under the title OTR Links.

Sunday

I love this post – why you should be using Canadian spelling no matter what you’re bombarded with
A thoughtful response to the question about whether you should create another new login or just login with your Facebook or Twitter credentials

Monday

Sadly, Frank Williams passed away
If you’re looking for a cheap Windows computer, go to a car manufacturer

Tuesday

I think the title is overkill but the whole premise should have teachers examining exactly where technology should and should not be used in the classroom – COVID lockdown was an anomoly
Kudos to CBSA for catching people trying to enter the country with fake COVID vaccination certificates

Wednesday

I don’t think that this comes as a surprise or it shouldn’t and I don’t know why people would pay to cheat but they need to be aware of blackmail
We know that COVID has caused many school, cohort, bus groups to stay home from school – in Essex County that number is 12 000 and counting

Thursday

As if things weren’t bad enough in Wheatley, another gas leak appears
When a date is both a palindrome and ambigram

Friday

The Boblo tower which gave a beautiful view of the amusement park, the Detroit River, and Amherstburg has been torn down
Things to consider if you’re considering buying a Tesla

Saturday

Actually, of these “four Windows email apps that I didn’t know about”, I knew about 1 of them but the rest were interesting to know about
When this upgrade hits, there will be a lot of Windows 11 users that will be so happy to have the one click and change a browser routine again

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 November 28, 2021
- Weekly summary of things around here
Monday – An interview with Nilmini Ratwatte-Henstridge
- I had a change to interview Nilmini
Tuesday – Old skill, new use
- When you want to get the colours right
Wednesday – 3D and augmented reality
- A beautiful way to access 3D images through a Google search
Thursday – A moment
- Parents and Educators everywhere have to have their hearts in their throats
Friday – This Week in Ontario Edublogs
- A review of seven recent blog posts from Ontario Educators
Saturday – When social media fails
- Sadly, the whackos are out
Sunday – Whatever happened to … ?
- A weekly fun post to try to get you to reflect on things and share your thoughts

#FollowFriday – December 3, 2021

https://wke.lt/w/s/W5lI-r

voicEd Radio

This Week in Ontario Edublogs is a show/podcast that features great writing from Ontario Edubloggers.

Featured Bloggers:

Jennifer Hutchison – @TESLOntario
Rabia Khokar – @Rabia_Khokhar1
Nilmini Ratwatte-Hensdridge – @NRatwatte
Diana Maliszewski – @MzMollyTL
Ann Marie Luce – @turnmeluce
Janice Williams – @staoapso

This week’s show:

https://voiced.ca/podcast_episode_post/fatigue-fidgeting-and-finding-a-new-school/

Opening Song:

Closing Song:

All of the shows are archived here. The show is broadcast LIVE almost every Wednesday morning at 8:45 on voicEd Radio.

Technology Troubleshooting

I guess if I was really serious about this I would have stuck around but I didn’t.

Tonight was “Meet Santa Claus” downtown. Santa isn’t immune to COVID and, at his age, should be particularly careful. Not to worry. The town had him covered.

Santa and Mrs. Claus were put in the Amherstburg Snow Globe (yes, we own a Snow Globe) on a couple of chairs and kids got to ask their questions from outside the globe.

Video of the Week

Who doesn’t like the Beatles?

Photo of the Week

The magic of Christmas, this time in LaSalle.

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.

This blog post was originally posted at:

https://dougpete.wordpress.com/