doug — off the record

just a place to share some thoughts


April 2022

  • VoteThemAllOut

    A big shout-out goes to Peter Beens for creating this project and keeping it going for us. He’s written a program that scrapes polling data in advance of the upcoming provincial election and shares it with us. He makes no attempt to hide his political feelings and provides his thoughts as to we should vote… Continue reading

  • OTR Links 04/30/2022

    The Best of Ontario Educators 7 Daily The Best of Ontario Educators 7 is out! – https://t.co/Iw6DMeDV26 Special thanks to @amelialibertuc1 @MarieSnyder27 @Anjali_Ajmera #onted #onpoli — Doug Peterson (@dougpete) Apr 29, 2022 tags: IFTTT Twitter The Best of Ontario Educators 6 Daily The Best of Ontario Educators 6 is out! – https://t.co/a8AFmfrPWr Thanks to @eccerheinheimer… Continue reading

  • This Week in Ontario Edublogs

    I enjoyed some great reading this week from Ontario Edubloggers. Check them out! Teaching new teachers in 2022 Paul McGuire – @mcguirp https://paulmcguire1.com/2022/04/24/teaching-new-teachers-in-2022/ Here’s a post from Paul that will make you think. He’s musing over what teacher candidates should experience in their Faculty of Education experience. He provides a nice summary of the way… Continue reading

  • OTR Links 04/29/2022

    The Best of Ontario Educators 7 Daily The Best of Ontario Educators 7 is out! – https://t.co/UUvQoRbixa Special thanks to @vickitabhatt @shelleylaskin @DeborahBWal22 #onted #onpoli — Doug Peterson (@dougpete) Apr 28, 2022 tags: IFTTT Twitter What My Teachers Were Saying About Me – Matthew R. Morris RT @callmemrmorris: some folks really gotta chill with the… Continue reading

  • What’s in a name?

    The biggest news in education this past couple of days was the renaming of Ryerson University to Toronto Metropolitan University. As I look at the building in this picture, I see both the name Ryerson and RU. Reportedly, there was a list of 2500+ suggested names that were shortlisted and Toronto Metropolitan University was chosen.… Continue reading