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You would have been 36 today…

Posted on 24 April 2021
/Under Personal Reflections
/With 3 Comments

Nichole, we all miss you. You left us too soon. I wish you had reached out more so we could help with your internal struggles. When I read this, I am reminded of you. When I die Give what’s left of me away To children And old men that wait...Read more

Global Warming — Time to Act is Now!

Posted on 7 April 2021
/Under climate change, Mindset, STEAM, STEM
/With 0 Comments

Two eloquent speakers — the time to heed their message is now…Read more

First Robotics / Christina McAuliffe Silver Dollar

Posted on 17 March 2021
/Under Instructional Leadership, Personal Reflections, Robotics
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First Robotics collaborated with the US Mint to create a comemorative coin featuring a teacher lost in a space shuttle explosion, Cristina McAuliffe. Notice the powerful message at the top of this silver dollar (and the first robotics logo)… Mine just arrived today.Read more

Learning CAD (Computer-aided Design) leading to CNC Router use

Posted on 4 October 2020
/Under Robotics
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I’ve been working my way through a short-course on Fusion 360 CAD/CAM – trying some of the things in the video demonstrations in Fusion 360 as I go. I think that I now have some rudimentary skills that can be used now so when it is time to test the...Read more

Post-truth — I sincerely hope not!

Posted on 1 September 2020
/Under Leadership
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A number of years ago, while a student in Central Michigan University’s MA program, the prof entered the classroom on day one apologizing profusely. We checked the time on the wall clock, double checked on wristwatches and on cell phones. No, she was not late so what was it? She...Read more

Restorative Practices

Posted on 29 August 2020
/Under Hodinohso:ni` Values, Leadership, Restorative Practices, Six Nations Polytechnic STEAM Academy
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The storm before the calm — typical of many teachers, I find my stomach churning. Though tired, I didn’t sleep much last night either. Starting August 31, teachers at my school are back to work with PD and prep — sort of — beginning online with colleagues and led by Garth...Read more

Covid-19 and Return-to-School (2)

Posted on 14 August 2020
/Under Covid-19, Robotics, Six Nations Polytechnic STEAM Academy
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Today, I spent an hour with a health and safety expert, the principal and vice-principal and assorted others. They had a look at the robotics lab which is divided into two areas: a classroom area with 9 student tables and a lab area with various work benches, table saw, chop saw,...Read more

Covid-19 and Return-to-School (1)

Posted on 5 August 2020
/Under Covid-19, Six Nations Polytechnic STEAM Academy
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Well, not sure how the 2020-2021 academic year will play out but there is a plan! Rather than taking four courses each day, students take two courses at a time on a quadmester schedule, one course in the morning and another in the afternoon. The quad changeover occurs at the...Read more

3D Printer

Posted on 25 July 2020
/Under Robotics
/With 0 Comments

I expect delivery of a 3D Printer in August, 2020; officially described as: Artillery®Sidewinder X1 3D Printer 300 × 300 × 400mm print size support for resume printing [after power loss] filament run-out detection quiet operation Reviews are good and YouTube videos impressive; filament spools are available in different...Read more

CNC Router

Posted on 28 June 2020
/Under Robotics
/With 0 Comments

Moving forward, it’s time to figure out how to purposefully use a CNC router. There is no room at home for this so I’ll deploy this at the school (though I do retain ownership rights). After doing some research this is the one I selected. Made in China, reviews of...Read more