on 05Apr202105Apr2021

Redefining the Box

by banana29

Just like Madonna, I’m reinventing myself again and taking a Graduate Certificate in Instructional Design through Royal Roads University. I’m in the last third of my teaching career but I don’t feel nearly done yet. At the same time I’ve been remote teaching since March 2020 and it just isn’t as satisfying as being face-to-face. […]

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on 02Apr202102Apr2021

Becoming Leidah by Michelle Grierson

by banana29

Becoming Leidah by Michelle Grierson My rating: 5 of 5 stars I waited so long to get my hands on this debut novel for the Nordic setting and it’s dip into mythology. It’s just a quiet little Norwegian fishing village …or is it? One of the local fishermen, Pieter, happens to catch a little something […]

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on 21Feb2021February 19, 2021

Bottle critique

by banana29

Before reading texts this week, I glanced through Taste (Winter 2020) and noted my first impressions. Generally, I found that the layouts of articles in Taste magazinewere comfortingly similar to the Ontario LCBO magazine Food & Wine, which I have more experience with. Yet the layout within the articles “More For Your Pour” (pp. 12-13) and “Wine & Bonbons” […]

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on 24Nov2020November 24, 2020

Changing the narrative

by banana29

My call to action: stop teaching chronologically.

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on 04Nov2020November 3, 2020

Gutter Child by Jael Richardson

by banana29

This is the must-read book of the year and I can’t wait to teach with it.

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on 01Sep202001Sep2020

Apocalypse Kitchen by Jen Mt. Pleasant

by banana29

Apocalypse Kitchen by Jen Mt. Pleasant My rating: 4 of 5 stars I can’t wait to try out the recipes! Jen has some whacky treasures of how to save and preserve food for an apocalypse. I particularly enjoyed the section on proteins. She also has a taste for spicier stuff than I usually go for. […]

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on 22May202022May2020

Rescue Me by Anne Shillolo

by banana29

Rescue Me by Anne Shillolo My rating: 5 of 5 stars Shillolo manages to develop her 3 main characters really well in just 150 pages. Rescue Me is a great title for the ‘me’ refers to each of the narrating voices, and also the polar bears that they seek to save through their protest actions […]

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on 21Apr2020April 27, 2020

Setting Up Communication with Students in Distance Learning

by banana29

I would like a secure Google Doc/Form way to communicate mark updates with students. I’m wondering if we can use something like DocAppender on a spreadsheet to mail merge a column to users with a specific email address …

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on 20Apr202020Apr2020

Fostering Literacies to Empower Life-Long Learners: A Look at the CLA’s Leading Learning

by banana29

Originally posted on LB's Learning Blog:
As a teacher who has unreservedly and loudly argued that literacy instruction is the responsibility of ALL teachers, I chose “Fostering Literacies to Empower Life-Long Learners” to explore in the Canadian Library Association’s Leading Learning: Standards of Practice for School Library Learning Commons in Canada (2014). The framework…

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on 17Mar2020March 17, 2020

The Impressions of Walquiria: Buenos Aires comes to Canada

by banana29

This article was originally published in Canadian School Libraries Journal Spring 2020. It is the third part of 3 articles on my relationship with the school libraries in Buenos Aires including 1) Donde esta Alanna King? At the Jornada de Bibliotecas Escolares and 2) Getting on the Train: A Decade of Shifting Culture in the […]