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Haha! I never saw this in January, but doing it now let me reflect on the first half of the year and look ahead. I got “goat” (with besotted and inspiring as 2 and 3). My 14yo daughter landed on “brain rot” 😂 followed by opulent and helpful.

Whenever I am fortunate enough to attend a bilingual meeting in Ottawa, I try to only use translation when I can’t keep up. Amazing how it helps bring back listening comprehension quickly (minus post-meal slumps)!

Exhibit currently on display at the Nanaimo Harbourfront VIRL library.

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What a treat today, having Dan Parker’s grade 9 students come up to VIU to help Michael MacKenzie and me test democracy games. Students playing “mobilize” convinced people on campus to show support for their transportation policy wish, by being photographed holding a sign. Fun! And good learning.

I love Nanaimo beaches during the herring run. Lots of visitors

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First time burmashaver, in support of her teachers and #redforbced

My colleague Michael MacKenzie and I like designing, field testing, redesigning, and testing (etc) games for teaching democracy. This was us cutting and folding and pasting for 45 min today. Then he came back from trying it out and had 4 changes to make. Into recycling you go…. #iterativedesign

A map mystery! Elementary Social Studies Education students making inferences about why this map was made and for what purpose. I learned about this map a few years ago when @benbradleyca.bsky.social shared it online. See link to map via @vanarchives.bsky.social next post.

Reflecting on the first week of the new semester teaching Social Studies Methods to future teachers. Somehow I have been doing this for 10 years! I always start the first class - before even looking at the syllabus - with an activity about teaching democracy. This work feels more urgent this year.