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Dan vs. Nature by Don Calame
Dan vs. Nature by Don Calame My rating: 3 of 5 stars This book is a light read but darker than Don Calame‘s previous works. Dan and his Mom’s fiance venture into the wilderness with a motley crue of tag-alongs. Dan is intent on breaking the fiance until he starts to really struggle with the…
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The frontierland of secondary school eLearning: Conquering fear and fostering courage
This week I’m attending the inaugural CANeLearn symposium in Vancouver, BC. The session I’m presenting is a collaborative action research project that we had funded by the Ontario Teachers’ Federation. The session will show you the results so far of our action research project in improving student motivation. Through teaching strategies for increasing student curiosity,…
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Interview with John Vaillant
I had such a treat this week to interview author John Vaillant about the book that we are currently reading in TVO’s TeachOntario. The questions were developed in conjunction with the book club’s participants. Usually when I have interviewed people in the past, I have simply used Google Hangouts on Air and hit record. This…
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The Magicians Trilogy by Lev Grossman
The Magicians Trilogy Boxed Set by Lev Grossman My rating: 4 of 5 stars Do you remember how you felt at the end of the Harry Potter books…you couldn’t believe it was all over? Lev Grossman’s world renderings have left me feeling like I have been to another world and back again. Truthfully, I didn’t…
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Baltimore, Vol. 1: The Plague Ships by Mike Mignola
Baltimore, Vol. 1: The Plague Ships by Mike Mignola My rating: 3 of 5 stars It’s dark and dingy but it has this throwback, homage feeling to it that really appealed to my sense of design. The story uses many archetypes and predictable twists and turns as there is a plague, and zombie-esque creatures and…
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Why you should read The Jaguar’s Children right now
In 2015 award-winning author John Vaillant released his first novel “The Jaguar’s Children” saying that the issues of Mexico’s plight are just too complex to do justice in a non-fiction book. The book cover shows a wall….the same wall that everyone is talking about in 2017. It’s this wall that our main characters Hector and…
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